John C. Fowler – Page 36 – Midnight Watchmen

Jennie Wade House Museum, Gettysburg, PA – 12/6/2008

The Jennie Wade house, originally the McClellan home, lived through the Battle of Gettysburg and witnessed the tragic death of Gettysburg civilian Jennie Wade, as she was preparing bread for the Union soldiers. This brick house was not a good spot to be in during the fighting as it was between both armies and commonly referred to as “No Man’s Land”. Northern soldiers were setting up defenses South of town while Confederate forces were occupying the North side of town. As both armies fired on each other, the Jennie Wade home was struck repeatedly and riddled with bullets. The north side received most of the damage as it faced the Confederate position and today is marked with over 150 bullet holes. Also causing damage to the Jenny Wade house was a Confederate 10-pounder “Parrot” artillery shell. The shell hit and entered the Jennie wade house going through and causing damage to the 2nd floor wall that separated the two dwellings. Fortunately, the Civil War projectile did not explode, and remained lodged in the house for many years after the war until it was removed. Evidence of this direct hit can still be seen today while taking the tour of the Jenny Wade house. The house is now a museum and contains a Gift Shop in the rear.

Members Present: John C. Fowler; Jon Bolton; Jimmy Graver

Time: 6:00 pm to 11:00pm

Temp (Average): ??° F

Humidity: Unknown

Moon Phase: Unknown

Wind Speed: Unknown

Weather: Flurries

# of Pictures: 172

Hours of Video: 03 Hours, 49 Minutes, 29 Seconds + MINIdv@ Jimmy, Bolton & DVR

Hours of Audio: 20 Hours, 09 Minutes, 14 Seconds Equipment Used: See Index of

Findings:

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Notes:

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Status:

Undetermined

Orphanage/Soldier’s Museum, Gettysburg, PA – 12/5/2008

Rosa Carmichael the former headmistress of Orphanage haunts the basement along with children spirits she mistreated & a little girl is reportedly seen in the Solider Museum. Multiple spirits have been reported.

Members Present: John C. Fowler; Jon Bolton; Jimmy Graver

Time: 6:00 pm to 12:00pm

Temp (Average): ??° F

Humidity: Unknown

Moon Phase: Unknown

Wind Speed: Unknown

Weather:

# of Pictures: 131

Hours of Video: 7 Hours, 9 Minutes, 49 Seconds + Mini DV &, DVR

Hours of Audio: 19 Hours, 59 Minutes, 27 Seconds

Findings:

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Personal Experiences:

Jimmy reported during setup of equipment the feeling of sunburn on his back, near the spot where “Rosa” hangs out. Chris Smith our guide informed us later that people have felt that before and is common when she (Rosa) doesn’t like people near her area. Notes: It is interesting that after Bolton’s provoking/smackdown to Rosa the whole environment changed from oppressive and overly humid, to light and airy upon are arrival back from a break right after that. Right after that speech is where we caught that light shoot across the basement.

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Status:

Undetermined.

Bristol Cemetery, Bristol, PA – 9/26/2008

No one is exactly sure how many ghosts are roaming this cemetery. Plenty of Orbs and white lights appear out of nowhere. The voice of a young girl has also been heard. People trying to record the voice and the Orbs have reported their batteries going dead.

Members Present: John C. Fowler; Tony Fantozzi

Guest: Dave Schumaker

Time: 11:15 pm to 12:01 am

Temp (Average): 68/72° F

Humidity: 90%

Moon Phase: Waning Crescent, 0.345% Illumination

Wind Speed: Windy with gusts

Weather: Scattered Rain

# of Pictures: 66

Hours of Video: 0 Hours, 00 Minutes, 00

Seconds Hours of Audio: 0 Hours, 46 Minutes, 29 Seconds

Findings:

As for the Orbs being seen, a good number of the Tombstones in this and the adjoining cemetery next to it reflect light from the cars that pass by. One car will shine on over 10 different grave markers as it goes by, and out of the corner of your eye it would seem as if balls of light are moving, but when you look their gone. And their are lots of lights in the ground that are white and do go off and on. As for the little girl’s voice being heard, in the one section of the cemetery, houses are across the street. It would be no stretch to assume one could hear voices from them if they were loud enough. We heard two people talking as they walked by a good distance away on the entrance side of the main road. Open areas tend to let sounds and voices carry through.

Notes:

We felt and saw nothing unusual when we were there. Only thing the pictures caught was the rain falling. E.M.F. was consistently at 0.0/0.1 milligauss.

Status:

Hype.

Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, PA – 8/29/2008

Reports of paranormal experiences began to trickle out from the inmates and guards in the 1940s. One of the more interesting ghostly stories of Eastern State happened to perhaps its most famous inmate – Al Capone. Other prisoners were said to hear Capone constantly screaming and begging with an unseen entity to be left alone. Capone himself reportedly said that the spirit “Jimmy” was none other than James Clark – one of the men murdered in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre that Capone was believed to be behind. It is even said that the spirit of “Jimmy” continued to haunt Capone well after his time in Eastern State Penitentiary, up until his death in 1947. The spirit that tormented Capone was hardly the only the ghost believed to haunt the walls of the prison. The sounds of disembodied screams, footsteps, talking, whispers, laughter and even crying are still commonly reported to this day. As is the case with black shadowy figures that are seen running down the hall or even darting from cell to cell. The most active area of the prison is reportedly Cellblock 12, but people have reported other strange encounters in Cellblock Four, Six and 15 (Death Row), as well as the Infirmary. There have even been sightings of a ghost, believed to be a guard, who haunts the Central Guard Tower and continues to keep an eye on the cellblocks.

Members Present: John C. Fowler; Jon Bolton; Jeff Robbins; Jimmy Graver

Guests: Brian Glockler

Time: 9:00 pm to 3:00am

Temp (Average): 72-74°F

Humidity: unknown

Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent

Wind Speed: unknown

Weather: Rainy

# of Pictures: 425

Hours of Video: 02 hours, 48 minutes, 59 seconds + MINI DV COMING SOON!

Hours of Audio: 14 hours, 17 minutes, 05 seconds

Findings:

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Notes:

I think its very interesting that the employee we talked to and was one of our two guides said: “No employee has ever seen a ghost or anything like that at E.S.P.”, Though numerous other employees past and present of E.S.P. have told us their paranormal stories…

Status:

Undetermined