Octagon Hall Investigation

VSPR (Volunteer State Paranormal Research) vsparanormal.com, was kind enough to invite me out to Octagon Hall on August 26, 2009. The place has a ton of history and numerous reports of being haunted. In all cases I like to go in expecting nothing, but fully knowing the history and reports. If you dont know much about Octagon Hall, I suggest you watch the video below to catch up.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=24285327

Joining me during this investigation was Mike and Monique Sears from VSPR. A member from Nashville Paranormal Research and a science teacher from New York. Im terrible with names but will have them up in my next post. It was the perfect size and variation for a promising investigation.

We started in the main house working our way to the graveyard, the slave quarters, barn and back inside. The whole night, for me, was extremely comfortable. I never really felt "freaked out" or uncomfortable. Almost to a point where I felt it could possibly not be haunted. I felt a few cold spots and at a point my whole arm just felt really cold for a good 3 or 4 minutes, but being outside, I had ignore it as possibly being a breeze. I heard what could have been footsteps but being in an old house, it is hard to say. The motion detector went off a few times in the slave house, but after remembering that it may have been pointed at the door, it could have been a breeze. I have yet to go over my evidence(which will be posted in a later blog this week) but I have to say that I left Octagon Hall in a cheerful mood and feeling like it was a quiet night for the residents who may still call Octagon Hall their home.




History:

In 1847, Andrew Jackson Caldwell laid out the foundation for his new family home. With a desire for distinction, his home would not be a simple structure with four walls like so many others, but an eight sided edifice unique to the region.Completed in 1859, it would soon become a landmark in the south-central Kentucky area.Built for his growing family and as a headquarters for the plantation, it was occupied by the Caldwell family even after Andrew's death in 1866. His widow, Harriet, lived in the Octagon Hall until selling the house in 1918 to Doctor Miles Williams, an osteopath from Nashville, Tennessee.Dr. Williams moved from Nashville and made the Octagon Hall his residence until his death in 1954. At that time, the Octagon Hall was made rental property by his heirs.The Octagon Hall remained rental property until The Octagon Hall Foundation was formed and obtained the building in 2001. Dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the only eight-sided house in Kentucky, The Octagon Hall Foundation is furthering the efforts to save the past for the future. This history was brought to you by http://www.octagonhall.com/