Hell's Gate 03-27-09

The story we have read about Hell's Gate is as follows; Hell's Gate is a train overpass, where according to legend a train derailed, killing several people. Many people still visit this site believing that paranormal activity occurs here. When you arrive at this tunnel you are supposed to go through it, turn around go back into the tunnel, stop in the middle and turn off your car. After several minutes you can see blood seeping from the walls and hear loud banging around you car. Then if you see your name on the walls, it meant your impending doom. The tunnel is full of graffiti, so more than likely you will see your name on the wall.

Friday 03-27-09 we headed out to Hell's Gate. When we arrived here I was surprised to see how dark it was at this location. We did what the legend said and we sat in the middle of the tunnel with the car off for about 10 minutes. We did not see any blood dripping down the walls. We heard what sounded like talking and then there were some banging noises followed by moaning sounds. We did hear what sound like a train in the distance. This went on for a little bit. We then had to move there was a car coming and if you have been here you know that this tunnel is obviously not big enough for 2 cars.

We went up the road and turned around. Jason and Adam wanted to go back and climb to the top of the tressel. It was about 2:42 am and a train came through.

We got out of the car and decided to do some EVP work in the tunnel during dead time. We still heard the occasional moan and another train came through at 3:50am. Jason was asking the questions, it did get real cold in that tunnel and I took a piture while he was demanding something to make it's presence known and I got a pic of an ORB above Jason's head. I am really not sure what that was all I know is it was not in the next couple of photos.

100 Step Cemetery

On Friday March 27, 2009 we decided to go to Brazil, IN and check out the 100 Step Cemetery. We arrived about 10 til midnight, which was good because according to legend everything happens at midnight. The story goes; if you walk up the stairs counting them, when you get to the top look toward the open field and the ghost of the cemetery's first caretaker will appear. Without saying a word he will reveal your death to you in a vision. The climber MUST proceed down the steps, counting them again. If you do not get the same number as you got going up, then you will die the way the caretaker showed you. Legend also states that you must walk up the steps to get to the cemetery, if you try to walk up the grassy hill you will be pushed down to the ground by a phantom hand, which will leave a red imprint for several days so those who see it can see the mark of the Devil.

Adam and I decided we would walk up the stairs and do the counting while Jason walked up the hill in the grass next to the stairs to see if you do indeed get shoved down. Adam got to the top and counted 59 steps, I counted 58. We looked to the right toward the open field, but did not see the caretaker. Jason made it to the top without getting shoved to the ground. That took care of the legend.

While we were there we thought we would look around and take some pictures. This cemetery is in bad shape. People have destroyed this place. There was graffiti on trees and tombstones. Tombstones were toppled over, most of them broken. It is very sad to know that people do not have enough sense to be respectful of the dead.

All in all it was uneventful at this cemetery.

Hays Cemetery 10-18-08

On this particular night it was a little chilly, no rain. Adam, Chris, Sam, Robert, Kristy, and myself decided to go to Hays Cemetery to do some investigating. Hays Cemetery is one place that I love to visit. It is very rare that I do not have some sort of paranormal experience.

We took a lot of pictures and caught some unexplainable mists. We did not catch anything on the voice recorders or on camcorder. We did have some personal experiences. I saw black shadowy figures running around the cemetery. This was the first time I had actually seen anything. I heard many different noises. Loud whispers, woman crying in the distant, and footsteps. I also felt as if I was being followed at different times during the night.

If anyone reading this has ever been to Hays Cemetery, then you already know the activity that is there. This cemetery has different feels each time I go there. This night there was this ominous feeling in the atmosphere.

Some stories about this cemetery are as follows:

There story of a man murdering his wife by hanging and then shooting her with an arrow. Satanists back in the 70’s would come here and some of the graves were dug up and body parts were used for the cult’s activities.

There is also a story of a little girl, suspected to be the devil. There has been a plant growing on the top of her grave for many years that has now taken the shape of the Devil's pitchfork.

I have not been able to locate such a grave.

Investigation @ Central State

On October 31, 2008 several members of The Phantom Tribe investigated Central State, located in Indianapolis, IN. It was a dry, cool evening. Members present were Amy, Adam, Chris, Robert, Kristy, and Sam. We started out in the Administration Building. Equipment we had on hand: digital cameras, night vision camcorder, and voice recorders.

We split up into 2 groups. One group upstairs and the other downstairs. We walked around taking pictures and doing EVP work. We never did catch anything in this building. There were some kids driving around trying to cause some trouble. After all it was Halloween!

We spent some time walking around a couple other buildings and spent some time down in the tunnels that connect the Evans building with the Bahr Treatment Center. The tunnels were a little scary, but still we came up empty handed.