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Pacific Paranormal Research Society
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SPEAKEASY
STEAKHOUSE
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AMAZING PHOTOS FROM THE SPEAKEASY!!
A huge formation of Ecto looms over Tim King from KATU
This photograph shows the ghost of a little girl holding her doll or a baby as reflected in the glass. You can see she has brown hair, and is wearing white shoes. She is looking down at the ground. She looks to be about 6 or 7 years old.
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Please note that this beautifully designed steakhouse used to be a gambling establishment called the HiHo, as well as being the location for a dentist's office; this dentist had a drinking problem, and eventually committed suicide by stabbing himself to death. There are also confirmed reports of an elderly gambler who expired while playing at a card table. He rented a room upstairs when they were divided into apartments. These 2 deaths at this establishment are well documented; other ghosts we encountered here may have no documentation to account for their presence, however, at least one that both myself and the Trails End psychic concluded, is that the ghost of young woman was murdered here- choked then pushed down the stairs. I received the name "Lila". EVP's received were erratic, electrical sounding,
but no short of amazing. We would have loved to do a case study/overnighter
in this establishment after realizing the potential of evidence
we could receive here. Please respect the owners of this establishment
and their strong Christian religious beliefs by not asking them
to show you their ghosts. Due to respect for the family that
runs the restaurant, and to bar a possible glut of unwanted
media attention, I decided not to post this investigation until
now. The following excerpts are from Tim King's
journalism files, and have been used by permission from the
author. They were written October 13th, 2003 when these investigations
were performed. "Saturday night was the second point in a
continuing investigation at the Speakeasy Restaurant in Independence,
Oregon. It was an interesting and enlightening experience to
say the least, and it was the second weekend in a row that I
visited the historic 1889 establishment in an attempt to determine
the source of a number of odd sounds, feelings and manifestations
that are noted with an increased frequency as of late. The Speakeasy Restaurant is housed in a picturesque
old building (The Cooper Building) that has stood over Independence
for 114 years. Its structure is brick and it has the feeling
of a building that was intended to last over a long span of
time. On this visit our time was spent in the upstairs
area accessible only by a locked, outdoor entrance. This is
the main area that seems to be the most active part of the building
in regard to haunting sounds and the like. Having said that,
it should be pointed out that there is not that much contrast;
all three levels of the building have plenty of activity. Last weekend Cathy Duncan, Adrienne Duncan and
Ginny Peterson from the Trails End Paranormal Society joined
my wife and research partner Bonnie King and myself in round
one of the investigation. They noted energy readings in different
areas with their EMF detector, fluctuations in room temperature
with a spot thermometer, and they had apparent good success
using dousing rods to trace sources of energy. One area emitted
particularly strong kinetic energy near a brick wall in the
basement. Last night I learned that a murder occurred in
that basement about twenty years ago. This crime should be relatively
easy to pin down, as I am told that numerous people presently
living in the community remember it. In addition to this investigation, information
on the entities in question also comes from a number of other
sources, and probably will continue to as long as the restaurant
remains open and the town's old-timers come to visit. Last night I brought a completely different group
of researchers to the building: Christina Bennett is an Archaeologist
from West Salem who specializes in recording EVP, (Electric
Voice Phenomena) Martina DeLude is a psychic from the Portland
area who with her significant other R. Todd Baker, head the
group Pacific Paranormal Research Society. I was directed to
them by NW Ghost Author Jefferson Davis from his faraway post
in Afghanistan. On this most recent trip, I attempted to record
audio through the use of a broadcast-quality wireless microphone.
I am not convinced that it means anything, but that mic sure
recorded some funny interference if that is indeed what it was.
Much of it is probably nothing but there was no object within
the restaurant that could have caused the sounds. A blender
being used at changing speeds and starting and stopping frequently
could have caused it, but the place was closed and locked up.
Quite a few times it sounds like someone could be trying to
talk and it is picking it up. The thing that makes the Speakeasy story so noteworthy
though, is that it doesn't host a ghost, it hosts several different
ghosts. And in these somewhat rare cases according to investigators,
one particular ghost will be the most pronounced and 'in charge'
in the ghost line up or pecking order. I'll bet you didn't know
it worked like that? I was a shocked by it, but then it is only
one of many things I've been shocked by recently in relation
to this story. My overall goal here is to help understand what
it takes to cause these spirits to 'move on' if that is indeed
the answer to their situation. I understand that some ghosts
never move on, and that the older a place, the more haunted
it can be. This is particularly true in Europe and other continuously
settled regions of the world. But most spirits receive no form
of counseling and I am told that this is sometimes all it takes." Tim King
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