Ghost hunt of the Oliver House, Bisbee, AZ

Investigation Report

Location: Oliver House, Bisbee, AZ
Date: 31 August 2001
Personnel Participating: Cody Polston, Jessica Irwin
Weather Conditions: Clear
Humidity: 32%
Geomagnetic Storm Activity: Unsettled
Temperature: 82
Number of Photos taken: 200
Number with possible targets: 2
Average EM Readings: 4 mg
Average M fields Readings: 1 nt
Average E Field Readings: 1 vpm
Cold Spots detected: None
Hot Spots Detected: None
Olfactory Phenomena: None
Visual Phenomena: None
Type of Investigation: Ghost Hunt (Recon)

Location Description and History

A historical home in Bisbee, the Oliver house is haunted by several spirits. Edith Oliver built the house for executives of the various mining companies until they all merged in the Dodge Phillips corporation.

The house has also served as a boarding house for miners. Twenty seven people have died in the home since its construction. The house is also the scene of a unsolved murder.

In the late 1800's, Nathan Anderson was shot between the eyes in the room at the top of the staircase. It is rumored that Anderson was bedding the wife of a local policeman who shot them both before heading downstairs to kill everyone in the parlor.

He then committed suicide.

Reported Phenomena

In the Grandma room a older lady died of natural causes and seems to stay in the residence as a kind of protector. She moves the rocking chair and prefers to rock in front of the window. She is seen late at night in the room, either in the rocking chair or dusting the room.

People staying in the Purple Sage room have witnessed the shutters and doors opening and closing by themselves.

The Plum room has moving cold spots and people have the feeling of being watched.

The Investigation

This was a recon of the location to see if enough interesting events had occurred to deem it worthy of an in depth ghost hunt.

After talking to the caretakers of this Bed and Breakfast, we were given a tour of the building. We took photographs and EM readings as we went along. In the Plum Room we located several interesting electromagnetic fields that seemed to be in motion. As jessica measured the field on one side of the bed, it would move over to the other side of the bed. This process continued for several minutes until the EM field vanished completely and could not be reacquired.

Photographs

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The Plum Room	Orb activity	Orbs about to engage in a game of tag with Jessica	When she checks one side of the bed, they move to the other side.
The orb doesn't seem to want to have it's measurements taken. Jessica is off camera	Back to the right side of the bed only to have the orb run away.	Small orb or possible globule	Jessica walks around to the right
She hasn't caught up to them yet...	Back to the left side of the bed....	& once again the orbs move to the right.	Finally she gets close enough to get some readings.
Orb measured a EM field that fluctuated between 3 to 4 milligauss.	Success at last	Orb in the Grandma room?	Another orb in the Plum room
A/C field above the bed	Another EM field on the second floor	Minor fluctuations on the Trifield	Very faint orb above the detector
First Floor	Second Floor	Coming out of the "Murder Room".	Second Floor

Initial Conclusions

Recommend a full ghost hunt at this location

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