Equipment used were: 3 Sony Nightshot cameras, 1 Mini DV with Nightshot, 9 HQ digital voice recorders, 1 Digital EMF, 1 Tri-Axis field meter, ambient thermometers, K2 meter and remote weather station.

Weather Conditions
Sky: Lt. Rain
Temperature: 35º
Humidity: 89%
Barometric Pressure: 30.00- Falling
Wind: S.Southeast- 3 mph
Moon Phase: Full (Blue Moon)

Our first investigation was December 27th, 2005 and we felt it was time to revisit this old Inn as it gave us more than a few pieces of evidence of  the paranormal.  It gave us the memories of what it is really like to be living human beings looking for ghosts.

On this return visit, December 30th, 2009,  the team decided to get their tanks full at the Harvest Moon Pizzaria in downtown Nashville.  Following dinner, we drove back to the Inn for equipment unload and a briefing on where to place the voice recorders and static cameras.  Once the plan was in place and the equipment was set, we started recording at 11:00 pm.  Investigators present this night were; Elisa, Greg, Robert, Shanon and Kenny.  Also on this night was the "Blue Moon". A name given to the second full moon in any month that has thirteen full moons in that calendar year. Normally, there are twelve full moons in a calendar year.  Since there are more than roughly eleven extra solar days each year compared to the lunar year, these extra days accumulate thus resulting in an extra full moon every two or three years.  Conicidentally, HPR investigated on this night.  Did it make any difference? We will never know that for sure. What we do know is that we did capture some pretty good evidence.

Also a note of interest- There was a log in one of the ledgers from guests a week before our arrival of a daughter and mother using a Ouija board trying to conjure the spirits of the Inn.  What's interesting is the name that surfaced on their board was "Hester Bar" and Elisa researched the Story, Indiana Census and found the name, "Hester Barkes", born in 1868.

During the entire investigation, Shanon volunteered to be audio documentist while Robert was video documentist.  For the most part, we stayed together all night.  Since it was raining and fairly cold, we decided not to investigate the barn or Doc Story's exam building.  However, we all did briefly visit the exam building for a group photo.  Hoosier Paranormal had the entire upstairs to ourselves and was locked at all times.

At 11:00 pm, the investigation officially began in the Morrison/Kelly room.  There are four rooms in the Story Inn.  The four rooms are:  Morrison/Kelly, Liber, Hedrick and the Blue Lady.  We began an EVP session in the Morrison/Kelly room at 11:10 pm.  It was conducted by Greg.  All investigators were present and, for the most part, stayed together all night.  At 11:12 pm,  Shanon, Elisa and Kenny heard a cough that came from the upstairs.  We all were in the Morrison/Kelly room.  At 11:16 pm,  Shanon heard a whisper but it turned out to be an investigator.  At 11:30 pm,  the EVP session ended and we decided to go to the sitting room atop the steps near the Blue Lady room.  Before leaving the Morrison/Kelly room, at 11:31 pm, there was a "hit" on the K2 meter.  At 11:32 pm,  we arrived in the sitting room and also at that time, an EVP was captured. We believe it to say, "I know" at 30 seconds.  Kenny conducted an EVP session beginning at 11:33 pm.  At 11:42 pm, Kenny and Elisa heard a noise that seemed to come from the Morrison/Kelly room.  At 11:47 pm,  Shanon felt the sensation of the couch he was sitting on was moving or vibrating.  At 11:56 pm, Shanon proposed that someone go to the Morrison/Kelly bathroom alone with the documentary camera to conduct an EVP session while the rest go to the Blue Lady room.  At 11:57 pm,  Greg saw a shadow in the sitting room by the dresser.  At 12:00 am,  Kenny, Greg and Shanon entered the Blue Lady room while Elisa and Robert set up the camera in the Morrison/Kelly bathroom for an EVP session.  Also as we entered the room, Shanon asked, "We shut that light off last time?" Greg replied, "ah, we might have shut it off." Then Shanon said, "I think we did." Afterwards, you can hear a voice say, "Greg did." An EVP that we captured while entering the Blue Lady room referring to the blue light in that room. At 12:02 am, Robert entered the Blue Lady room.  At 12:04 am, Robert began the EVP session in the Blue Lady room.  At 12:11 am, Kenny checked the outside temperature. It was 36º and raining.  At 12:21 am, Elisa entered the Blue Lady room.  During her EVP session in the Morrison/Kelly bathroom, She claimed to have heard what sounded like a bell ringing.  There were holiday bell decorations hanging on each of the doors which could have been the source of this noise.  She also had the taste of a German pickle in her mouth.  At 12:22 am, we decided to take a break.  We returned to our "base" room for snacks and drinks which was the Liber room.  At 12:24 am, Elisa pulled out a can of guacamole chips when Shanon said, "Guacamole".  Right after, an EVP occured repeating Shanon.  We remained in the Liber room until 12:50 am when we decided to take an outside trip to Doc Story's examination room.  We didn't stay long as it was chilly and raining.  At 1:02 am, we returned to the Inn.  At 1:04 am, we decided to investigate the Hedrick room with an EVP session. Elisa would conduct the session and began at 1:07 am.  At 1:13 am,  the K2 lights flickered.  At 1:17 am, Robert and Kenny exited the Hedrick room to change the video tape in the Morrison/Kelly room.  They retured to the Hedrick room at 1:20 am.  At 1:29 am,  Greg heard what sounded like a female voice.  Nothing was captured on our voice recorders.  At 1:33 am, Elisa stated that the room was getting colder.  She felt really cold.  At 1:42 am, Elisa heard some noises that came from downstairs.  At 1:44 am, Greg suggested we go to the Blue Lady room and play back the EVPs that we captured during our first investigation to see if that would provoke any activity.  At 1:45 am, we all were leaving the Hedrick room and heark a squeek. Back-tracking, however, we discovered it was the bed as one of the investigators was setting on the bed.  At 1:46 am, we entered the Liber room to get the laptop.  At 1:47 am, we entered the Blue Lady room to conduct an experiment by playing back and looping the EVP that was captured on our first investigation to see if we get a reaction.  Kenny set up the laptop for audio playback.  At 1:53 am,  The documentary camera shut off and came back on without explaination. There was no activity on the K2 meter.  At 1:54 am, we began looping the EVP on the laptop and also began an EVP session.  Until 2:01 am, we played various EVPs from our previous investigation but it turned up no results.  At 2:07 am,  Shanon felt a pretty good cold spot next to him. He asked Elisa to see if she could feel it on his right side.  At 2:08 am, Elisa stated she heard some noises that was coming from downstairs in the dinning area. At 2:11 am,  the K2 meter lights flickered. At 2:15 am, the K2 meter hit three lights as the documentary camera's tape ran out. Robert changed the tape.  At 2:20 am,  we heard what sounded like thunder or a door closing downstairs.  At 2:21 am,  Kenny checked for lightning strikes on his cell phone and noticed that while downloading his data, the K2 meter was flickering  up to three lights.  A pattern was beginning to emerge.  After a few experiments and discussions, we establish that there is a correlation between the K2 meter activity and cell phone use.  At 2:29 am, we heard a thump, thump sound.  At 2:30 am, we decide to check all the doors to see if any of them had closed.  At that time, we went to the Liber room and experimented more on the cell phone and K2 meter. We checked to see if the K2 meter would react to a text message sent by a cell phone.  It did but the further away the cell phone, the less effect it had on the K2 meter.  We continued debating the cell phone/K2 meter interference for several mintues in the Liber room.  At 2:54 am, Kenny and Robert returned to the Morrison/Kelly room to change the video tape in the camera in that room. At 3:16 am, we decided to move to the Blue Lady room and hang out to listen for noises in the attic that's just above the room.  We spent about 20 minutes in the Blue Lady room when Shanon suggested going to the Morrison/Kelly room for a final EVP session before turning in for the night. At 3:36 am, we arrived in the Morrison/Kelly room.   On entering the room, Greg commented that the desk chair the was marked earlier had not moved. At 3:37 am, the final EVP session for the night began.  At 3:40 am, Shanon heard a noise that sounded like it came from the bathroom. Robert got up to check the bathroom but found nothing unusual. At 3:50 am, there was activity on the K2 meter. There were no cell phones on at that time.  At 4:03 am, the investigation was called. Voice recorders were placed in each of the rooms for the remainder of the night while we slept. At 4:29 am, while Robert was setting his alarm for the next morning's wake-up call, he claimed he felt a touch in the center of his back. "It felt more like a poke", said Robert.  Viewing the video footage of the Morrison/Kelly room of Robert, you can clearly see the moment he was touched as his shirt moved. (see video below)  At 5:04 am, while we were all sleeping, an EVP was captured in the Morrison/Kelly room. We believe this EVP is saying, "Greg". We got up and packed at 9:30 am. While breaking down the equipment, we placed a voice recorder in the Blue Lady room again hoping to capture another EVP. However, we were unsuccessful this time.