Case #8
Baldwin Cemetery
October 22nd, 2005
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Investigation of
Baldwin Cemetery 10-22-2005
Baldwin Cemetery is located in the town of Vernon Indiana. It is a very old cemetery but is still in use today. Hoosier Paranormal decided to investigate this cemetery after reading the story of Mary Smith in the book “Ghost Stories of Indiana” volume one. Her story is featured in chapter 7. The book tells of the life of Mary who met an untimely and tragic death in 1837. Supposedly you can see her sitting near her grave weeping. Investigators on this night included Robert,Shanon,Kenny,and Greg along with one guest. The temperature was crisp with no moon. Equipment used included digital cameras, digital voice recorders, EMF detector, and night vision video. At the beginning of the investigation Shanon caught something out of the corner of his eye. The object seemed to float across some tree branches. Later Kenny would experience the same thing. Baldwin Cemetery has a small gravel road running through the middle of it. The road seems to divide the old part from the new part. All investigators and their guest felt that when a person walked across the road from the new part into the old part there was a noticeable drop in temperature. Unfortunately we did not have a thermometer to verify this. Also Shanon was standing near a fresh grave and heard a whisper that sounded like a man’s voice. Findings: Not only did our investigators and guest experience some unexplained phenomena we also caught two EVP’s. The first one is faint but seems to be a male voice saying the word “ nothing”. The second one is louder and you once again hear a male voice saying, “Im human by chance”. We did not capture the whisper heard by Shanon. We also never found the grave of Mary Smith but there were many unmarked graves located in the cemetery. Hoosier Paranormal believes that based on our experiences and evidence this cemetery is haunted and there are restless spirits besides Mary Smith. Return to Baldwin Cemetery June
24th, 2006
Hoosier Paranormal decided to do a return trip to Baldwin Cemetery in Vernon Indiana. It was a clear and warm night with the moon at 3 quarters. Investigators present were Kenny, Greg, Shanon, and Robert. Equipment used was a Sony night-cam video recorder, digital cameras and digital audio recorders. Once again this is the cemetery that was written about in the Haunted Indiana book series by Mark Mariman. The legend goes of a murdered woman by the name of Mary Smith who watches over her grave site. However we have been unsuccessful in finding her grave marker. There are many unmarked graves from the 1800’s. We had no personal experiences on this night. Findings: Video and pictures revealed nothing out of the ordinary. We did manage to capture on EVP at an unmarked grave when we left a voice recorder on the marker. This was the same location that Shanon heard the whisper during the 1st investigation. Although it is faint we believe it to say, “ Help Me”. Conclusion: Once again this a wonderful and creepy place to try and capture some evidence of paranormal activity. In the future we will investigate Baldwin again. |
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