Paranormal Success at the Ione Hotel

Paranormal Success at the Ione Hotel
By Paul Dale Roberts aka The Demon Warrior

The date is January 9, 2010, Saturday. We are heading back to the Ione Hotel. Arriving at my home is the owner/paranormal investigator of HPI (Haunted and Paranormal Investigations International) Shannon ‘Ms. Macabre’ and paranormal investigator Chantal Apodoca. Packing up our gear in my vehicle ‘the Ghost Tracker’ for an all nighter at the very famous and haunted Ione Hotel. To see pictures of this event, stop by here:

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Arriving are the following HPI paranormal investigators: Kathy/psychic and Tom, Kathy Foulk, Deborah Baughman, Staci Butler, Ann Dupire, Stephanie Belson/Psychic.

Arriving are HPI paranormal investigating scouts (ghosthunters-in-training): Shari Aresta, Cynthia Meadows, Jackie Murray, Stefanie Bertelsen, Eric Bertelsen, Curt & Susan Daniger, Dana Mierkey, Judy Allen, Curtis Daniger.

Our itinerary for this evening includes dinner at the Ione Hotel. Shannon and I had the fettuccini with a side order of cheese sticks. I absolutely enjoyed my dinner and with my palate satisfied, I was ready to some karaoke. Our star performers during karaoke were of course former rock band singer Shannon McCabe, Ann Dupire and Staci Butler. Yeah…I kicked up some dust with some crazy dance moves with Shannon and Chantal as my victims. The bar was hopping this evening and the residents of Ione were amazed at the urban energy we displayed this evening.

Okay, with all of that dancing and singing, let’s forget the ghost hunt. Nah, we have endurance and we have a long evening ahead. In fact our ghosthunting actually lasted until 4:45am.

As lead investigator/general manager I lead my investigators and scouts on the quest for the paranormal truth this evening. This evening we would receive results from that quest. Here is the lowdown.

To learn about the history of the Ione Hotel, read my previous article here:
http://www.ghostsandstories.com/the-haunted-preston-castle-the-ione-hotel-cjs-part-1.html

I broke up the group into two teams and this night we would have 2 investigative sessions and will end the night with a séance.

FIRST SESSION RESULTS:
EVP obtained: Man’s voice saying ‘tit for tat’. EVP obtained in Room 12. Note: Room 12 is the room that Shannon, Chantal and I slept in. Witnesses of this EVP: All investigators and scouts. Class A EVP. Substantial evidence.

EVP obtained: The sound of scratching. Inconclusive.

EVP obtained: Woman’s voice saying ‘hush’. EVP obtained in Room 13. Substantial evidence.

Orb movement seen on monitors. We could not determine intelligence in orb movement. Inconclusive.

Orbs in still shots. Inconclusive.

Major K2 hits in Room 12 and Room 13. Inconclusive.

Temperature fluxuations and cold spots felt. Inconclusive.

Two scouts felt their hair touched or felt static electricity in their hair. Inconclusive.

SECOND SESSION RESULTS:
Holder stabilizer on dresser is pulled out. Supposingly, they were inside the dresser and the next time they were seen, they were pulled out. Inconclusive.

Some investigators experienced unusual battery drainage with new batteries. Inconclusive.

Still photos with orbs and one moving orb anomaly. Inconclusive.

EVP obtained: Growling noise. Obtained in Room 6. Class C EVP. Inconclusive.

EVP obtained: Received EVP answer to question: “Yes”. Class A EVP. Obtained in Room 12. Substantial evidence.

EVP obtained: “You can go”. Class A EVP. Obtained in Room 6. Substantial evidence.

5 investigators/scouts hear a woman scream in Room 7. We tried to determine if the light woman scream was pipe filtering noise. Undecided on how the scream occurred. Inconclusive.

Audible ‘sigh’ is heard in Room 7 by 2 investigators. Inconclusive.

Room 4: Woman scout while laying in bed hears a woman voice in her ear saying: "What are you doing?" Scout identified as Susan Daniger. Inconclusive, no witness to the event.

Investigator Deborah Baughman has mark on her arm, after being touched. The touch was a burning sensation. Substantial evidence, other investigators heard her when she said she was touched and immediately we looked at her arm and her arm was reddened.

SÉANCE RESULTS:
Séance conducted in Room 13. Two séance sessions were conducted. First séance produced results. A balloon was placed in the middle of the séance circle. When investigators/scouts told the entity to move the balloon towards various investigators in the circle, the balloon obeyed the order and the balloon would go towards the investigator/scout that it was told to move towards. The investigators/scouts of this séance all felt energy go from one hand to another hand. The spurts of energy kept moving counter clockwise through the hands of the investigators/scouts. Substantial evidence through their testimony.

During the second session of the séance, the balloon stopped moving. Some investigators/scouts felt their bodies or hair touched. Video camera was trained on investigators/scouts and the balloon. The entity no longer wanted to play. This session was inconclusive.

Special Note: Room 13 has an upside down black rose on the wall. It looks like a grease stain in the shape of an upside down rose. A former employee told me that several times they have tried to paint over the rose or wash the rose off the wall and the rose keeps reappearing. There is no explanation for this anomaly on the wall. Rumor has it that a prostitute from the 1800s used this room for her special outings with her gentlemen clientele. This prostitute’s nickname was the Black Rose.

Added Note: Some investigators/scouts investigated the Ione Cemetery and obtained photographic anomalies that included what appeared to be ectoplasm mist. Orb photos were taken and some of the orbs were your classic ‘designer orbs’. Designer orbs have intricate designs (like a snowflake) inside the circle. Some ghosthunters enhance/enlarge designer orbs and feel they can see a face inside the orb.

Tonight was a very successful night with many investigators/scouts experiencing the unknown. On this night, we did get enough substantial evidence to conclude that the Ione Hotel is truly haunted.

Paul Dale Roberts aka the Demon Warrior
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