Private Residence - Ellicott City, MD

Investigation - July 3rd, 2009

House Blessing - August 1st and 2nd, 2009

Evidence

Investigators Present

David Scott
John Warfield (D.C. Hauntings)

Case Notes

Tech Notes
Equipment and Placement

Baseline Readings

Investigation Summary

This case was a referral from our good friends at D.C. Hauntings. We were very happy to assist the team and the client. John, the Director of D.C. Hauntings, contacted NADP about this case after he and his team conducted an investigation of their own.

After telling David some of the things that had happened since he took on this case they agreed to go to Maryland and help him out. The activity being reported and the fact that people in the home and on John’s team had been attacked lead David to believe that this was indeed a demonic haunt and needed further investigation.

John and David arrived at the client’s home at approximately 6:05 p.m. on July 3rd, 2009. Upon their arrival, David met with the family and sat down with them to conduct the interview.  Before they could even start the interview, something very odd happened. While they were waiting for the client, John and David decided they would step outside and wait on the front porch.  While they were on their way out one of the client’s family members advised John that his driver’s side front door was open on the car. The interesting part about this is that John and David both closed and locked the car doors because they left their equipment inside.  It wasn’t until the interview was being conducted that the client said that if anyone parks their car on a certain side of the driveway the doors will open on their own. So, before they even started the investigation, activity was already taking place.

After completing the interview they began to set up their equipment around the home while the client prepared to leave for the evening (See Tech Notes for placement). Upon completion of equipment set up, John and David began by doing some EVP work in the living room. While they were doing this they both kept hearing what sounded like talking coming from outside in the front yard. Although they checked several times to see if there were any people walking by the house, they could not find anyone. (It is important to note here that it is impossible to walk by the front of the house without being seen due to the fact that it takes less than 5 seconds to get to the front door to look outside. It also needs to be mentioned that nobody can disappear down the road before being seen due to the fact that you can see for a few miles down the road in each direction in front of the house, nor is there any woods to disappear into in either direction.) They also kept seeing shadows and hearing faint bumping or movement coming from somewhere in the home while they continued the EVP session in the living room.

Once they finished their session in the living room they proceeded to the kitchen to start a new session in there. David sat at the table while John sat on the floor. They did not experience much activity while in the kitchen so they decided to move to the upstairs bedrooms to do some EVP work up there. Upon entering the master bedroom David immediately became light headed. However, when David would leave the room, he felt fine. This room is one of two in the home that nobody wanted to be in by themselves. Although they didn’t experience anything while they were in there David did catch an EVP from that room when David began Religious Provocation. (David did receive permission to use provocation from the client) Even more interesting is the fact that David caught the exact same thing that John did on his first investigation. That EVP is listed below.

After they finished their session in the upstairs bedrooms they proceeded to the basement of the home which also doubled as another living area with a bedroom and bath. While John and David were in the basement they heard a loud bang come from somewhere in the house when David started to use a mild form of Religious Provocation. This too was caught on the digital recorder and is listed below. A few minutes after that, John and David both heard very distinct walking coming from above them in the living room area. They proceeded to investigate thinking that the client had returned home, but, upon entering the house, they could find no one there. This was also caught on the digital recorder and is listed below.

After searching the entire home to find no one there they went back down to the basement to finish their EVP session only to hear more walking upstairs above us in the living room. This time it was much heavier and they were sure that the client had returned home. However, once again, no one was there.

It was at this point that David decided to go ahead and start the Religious Provocation session. While David was provoking, David also performed a binding ceremony so as to keep the demonic spirit from attacking the client any further until the home could be blessed. They did not experience any further activity during the provoking session so they wrapped the investigation and called it a night.

Please see the "Evidence" section for EVP's captured during this investigation.

House Blessing

The NADP Team returned to Maryland on the weekend of August 1st and 2nd to reveal the evidence gathered from the first investigation and to perform the house blessing. The team arrived at the client’s home on August 1st, 2009 at approximately 6:00 pm. Upon our arrival the team was given a tour of the home so that the members of NADP that did not attend the investigation on July 3rd, 2009 could get a feel for the home. Once the tour of the home with the client was completed, David sat down with the client to go over the evidence collected from the July 3rd investigation.

After going over all the evidence with the client the team left the home to go back to the apartment to unpack and prepare for that nights mini-investigation. The team arrived back to the client’s home around 8:30 pm. As soon as the team arrived they immediately began to set up equipment around the home. Once the equipment was in its proper places the team began by conducting EVP sessions throughout the house. During the last 30 minutes David used Religious Provocation to make the demonic spirit show itself. (As with the first investigation, David received permission to provoke from the client.)

As with the first investigation everyone present was able to experience the walking across the floor above us when we were all in the basement. Since the house blessing was to be performed the following morning we ended the investigation just before midnight and headed out.

The team arrived to the home at approximately 12:05 pm the following day accompanied by John Warfield of D.C. Hauntings to perform the first house blessing ceremony. Upon our arrival we immediately began to set up the equipment around the house before beginning the house blessing itself. Digital voice recorders were placed in the basement, living room, kitchen, spare room, master bedroom, children’s room, and attic. Motion sensors were also placed in the living room and attic.

After the set up was completed the family left the home with the exception of one person and the house blessing began. At this time David proceeded to the basement to start there and work his way up. While the team stayed with him in the basement, no activity was reported or experienced by anyone in that area of the home. However, while David was blessing the laundry room adjacent to the basement a loud crash was heard from above on the main floor of the home. This was heard by several members as well as the client, whom after hearing it came down to the laundry room to see if anyone had fallen down as that is what it sounded like to the client. We decided that after the house blessing we would try to “re-create” what was heard, and, when we tried the client advised us that nothing we did was what was heard.

After completing the basement the team proceeded to the main floor of the home to begin up there. David started in the spare room in the back of the house and worked his way around to the dining room in the front of the house on the other side. With the exception of scratching being heard by Christopher coming from somewhere behind him in the playroom no activity was reported or experienced. Once the main floor was finished David proceeded to the second floor to bless the bedrooms and attic. The blessing on the second floor also proved uneventful as did the attic. The house blessing took about an hour and a half.

As with all of our other cases we will keep in touch with the client so as to be ready to help them in the future should they need it. This home will most likely require a second and stronger house blessing, as well as a third. It is also important to note here that while we were there the client did advise us that another family member who had once lived in this house was now beginning to have “problems” at their current residence too. It is very possible that this demonic spirit is jumping around between any of the family members that have ever lived in this house. If this is the case we will most certainly help those family members as well, thus, giving the demonic spirit nowhere else to go but back to where it originally came from.

Please see the evidence section for EVP's captured duing this house blessing.

Evidence

Investigation Evidence

This investigation had a large number of EVP's that were captured. However, due to the graphic nature of some of the EVP's, and the amount that were captured, we are only putting up three EVP's from this investigation.

In this EVP you'll hear what sounds like heavy breathing/sighing into the recorder which was caught in the basement while David and John upstairs.

In this EVP you'll hear some whispering that was caught from the recorder in the kitchen while David and John were upstairs.

In this EVP you'll hear what sounds like whispering in the living room while David and John were in the kitchen.

House Blessing Evidence

This EVP was caught on the recorder in the living room while everyone was in the basement. You’ll hear a guttural type “EHHH” and then some very loud banging/slamming. This seems to be the demon protesting the blessing as it was none of us. (Note: This was NOT caught on the recorder in the next room or any other recorders in the house which proves that it was nothing “normal” that anyone may have caused. If it were, it would have been caught on the others too.)