Private Residence - Central Iowa Investigation & EVP

We investigated this private location in central Iowa in May of 2009. The location had many paranormal claims and a murderous history. Without giving the location away, I will say that children had been murdered in the home several years prior to 2009.

Our investigation started at the nearby town museum. The owner of the location did a great job giving us a feel for the history of the town as well as the facts of the murders. The town had mixed reviews on paranormal investigators being present, but some were very welcoming and gave us their opinion of the location.

On the first night of our investigation we were sitting in the front room of the lower level and were using the ghost box to attempt communication. It was difficult to make out any voices, but several people in the room experienced a phantom smell. We were trying to communicate with the mother of the children and shortly after we asked about baking, we got a strong smell of apple pie. It was so fragrant that we looked for an apple candle or air freshener in the room, but found none. Not much else happened that evening.

The next day, we were not 'officially' investigating, but sitting upstairs in the children's room. We were asking the children to open the small closet door, but nothing was happening. Then, one of the investigators, got a cell phone call from her 5-year-old daughter. She put the phone on speaker and was asking her daughter about her day, what she ate, if she missed her, etc.

After she hung up, the closet door opened slightly. It all caught us off guard. We attempted to further communicate with the children, but did not get any other responses. We thought that the conversation with another child may have peaked their interest.

Later that evening, during the investigation, we were again in the children's room. We were trying to get one of the children to play with a red ball that was in the room. We had tape on the floor around the ball and were asking if they would roll the ball across the floor for us. We caught this evp. It sounds like a child's response, but we are unable to make out what is said.