Ghost hunt of the Ghost City Inn, Jerome, AZ

Investigation Report

Location: Ghost City Inn, Jerome, AZ
Date: 07 September 2002
Personnel Participating: Cody Polston, Team 1
Weather Conditions: Cloudy, rain
Humidity: 56%
Geomagnetic Storm Activity: Inactive
Temperature: 73
Number of Photos taken: 341
Number with possible targets: 1
Average EM Readings: 5 mg
Average M fields Readings: 1 nt
Average E Field Readings: 2 vpm
Cold Spots detected: None
Hot Spots Detected: None
Olfactory Phenomena: None
Visual Phenomena: None
Type of Investigation: Ghost Hunt

Location Description and History

Built around 1890 as a boarding house for middle mine management, this building has seen many uses. Although most of it's life has been spent as a boarding house, the building served as an ashram as well as a restaurant in prior years.

In the 1930's a bootleg still exploded that caused the second floor to burn. The owners from 1920 to 1978 were the Garcia's. Late in the 1970's, the downstairs portion of the house was converted into an art gallery and the building was briefly an Ashram.

The building went through a major restoration project in 1994, and the current owners have renovated all the rooms in the last three years. From the Victorian elegance of the Verde View Room to the rustic feel of a northwoods cabin in the Northern Exposure Room the owners have made each room special and inviting.

The building still carries some of the uneven floors and original beadboard ceilings.

Reported Phenomena

There have been several "unusual things" reported to the owners since they have owned the Ghost City Inn. These include three sightings of a female spirit in the Cleopatra Hill Room and two reported sightings of a male spirit upstairs in the hall outside the Verde View Room. These sightings have been made by different people on different dates.

There have been many occasions where doors have slammed shut or voices have been heard with nobody present in the building.

The Investigation

After talking to the owners about the various sightings and related phenomena, we split up into two groups. We then moved throughout the building searching for unusual electromagnetic fields and other related phenomena.

The first group found one electromagnetic field with unusual properties in the "lobby area" of the Inn. The EM field was clearly moving around the room and registered 5 milligauss, DC.

A photograph taken while this field was being measured reveals a "orb-like" object behind the investigator holding the EMF meter. After approximately two minutes, the field vanished and attempts to relocate it were unsuccessful.

Dust and other airborne pollutants were also a major problem at this location, despite the rain.

Photographs

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Initial Conclusions

The one interesting image we obtained during this ghost hunt is thumbnailed to the left. this photograph was taken while an unusual electromagnetic field was present in the area.

The "orb" in this photo lacks diffraction rings, however the photo is of a lower resolution which can cause diffraction rings to be absent in the image.

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