Heritage Inn 2
2007
Could be flash-produced orb.   However, two other shots taken afterward show no orbs.  I took images of the three lights that flickered on and off for us.
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HERITAGE INN – UPDATE
01-05-2008
Debbie’s Report

On the evening of January 4th,  one of our Sprits’ member who currently works for the Heritage Inn received a report from one of the hotel guests stating the television in their 1st floor room had suddenly quit working.  These guests were then moved up to a suite on the 2nd floor at which time the same thing occurred with the TV in that room also breaking down.  As the husband went downstairs to report this, the wife called down to the front desk.  With the wife on the phone with our SPIRITS member and with the husband standing at the front desk to the hotel, the wife said, “My coat just flew off the floor and hit me in the back” Is this place haunted?” 

The next day I was able to arrange to meet up with Jesse at the hotel to investigate the reported phenomena with hopes of documenting additional phenomena.  When I arrived the couple that were the eyewitnesses were at the front desk and I was able to speak with them both.  They did not deviate from the report given by our member onsite.

Jesse and I went to the suite and setup IR cameras and recording devices. My camera was set up in the bedroom while his was in the living room of the suite.  We arrived at about 11:30 p.m. and stayed until around 2:30 a.m.  We investigated both the 1st floor room but focused on the 2nd floor suite.

During an evp session in the living room of the 2nd floor suite, we turned on the TV in that room.  There was no cable signal and all we had was a screen displaying that message.  During the evp session I requested that the entity do something to let us know it was with us.  The last question I asked was for the entity to turn off the TV.  Within a few moments, the TV shut off.  Jesse’s first response was to chuckle and my first response was to ask if Jesse’s camera had the TV in its frame.  Sure enough, we had captured the event.  However, though impressed by the event, it was important that we apply proper investigation techniques so we attempted to again try and get the entity to turn off the TV.  Jesse noted the start time and we left the room advising the entity that if he wanted the TV off to go ahead and turn it off.  Shortly after leaving the living room for the bedroom the TV again turned off.  There was approximately 15 minutes between the start time and when the TV was turned off.  We again turned the TV on, said nothing this time and went back to the bedroom.  Within 15 minutes the TV shut off again.  Clearly, this was a case of an automatic shut off timer on the TV and not paranormal phenomena. 

The couple that reported the initial event continued to enjoy their stay at the Heritage Inn stating it was a really wonderful place, even with the occasional ghostly activity.

Review of audio and video presented no additional evidence except to say there was an extreme lack of dust orbs for our cameras.  I give the Heritage Inn a 5-Star Dust Free rating!!

To: tbspirits@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:19 pm

Good afternoon

I stayed at the Heritage inn last week and my family and I had a really interesting experience. I have always felt the hair on the back of my neck stand up at some places that I have not been able to explain and the moment I walked in the front door of the Heritage I felt this way and my wife was able to tell and asked me about it.

I did not see anything that would be considered a ghost this weekend but my family and I did hear things throughout the weekend and had the lights turning on and off on the second floor hallway late on Saturday evening 1-19. My son even recorded on his cell phone what sounded like the elevator and door opening and closing at around 3:30am Saturday morning after not being able to sleep. When I opened the door nothing was there. We were in room 223.

In addition while I was looking at your website I saw the pictures that you have taken and spots labeled as Orbs and in a few of my pictures I have the same images. However on pictures taken in the same room with the same camera at the same time the images are not there.

I would be willing to e-mail you a few of these pictures and discuss my experiences with you if you like. Just let me know if you are interested. I have never written or talked to anyone outside of my family about the feelings I get when I am in a building that has had strange experiences and had NO ideal about the history of this hotel but from the moment I walked in I could tell there was something there and only later did I hear the stories of this hotel.


Sincerely
F.S.


April 9:  These three images were taken by the same camera.  The young ladies have given permission to post these images.  The pictures were taken on Brandy's ghost tour, which stops inside the Heritage Inn.  Note:  the 6-sided orb shapes.  The only other place I have ever seen orbs as such is in the book "The Orb Project".  A SPIRITS sensitive, and hotel staff, reported the couch had an individual ("Charles") who had been sensed and witnessed in the spot where the young ladies sit.  Another member of the tour took the images.  The woman claimed to be a sensitive.

The third picture, at bottom, is taken with the same camera but outside.  The only difference is the inside vs. outside hots.  Any ideas on these images?

Ed note:  The orbs appear to be light refractions from the lens; the light hit it at just the right angle.
Orb images from Heritage, ghost tour, January.  Sent by:  Lori
Heritage Inn: Ghost Investigation document (May 10, 2008)
1. What was your role in this investigation? (Please check one)
Response
PercentResponse
Count
Sensitive/Psy 25.0%1
Technical 0.0%0
Researcher 0.0%0
Investigator (general) 25.0%1
Other 50.0%2
Other (please specify)2



2. What equipment did you use on this investigation?
Response
PercentResponse
Count
Thermometer 50.0%2
Thermometer IR 0.0%0
Barometer 0.0%0
Digital camera 75.0%3
Film camera 0.0%0
Video camera 0.0%0
IR video camera 25.0%1
Polaroid camera 0.0%0
Computer 0.0%0
Audio recording devices 25.0%1
Electro Magnetic Field Meter (EMF meter) 50.0%2
Compass 0.0%0
DC gauss meter 0.0%0
Other (please specify) 0.0%0
Other (please specify)0


3. What phenomena did you experience on this investigation? (Please check all that apply)
Response
PercentResponse
Count
Temperature related phenomena (hot or cold spots) 100.0%4
Sensation of energy 0.0%0
Sensation of being watched 0.0%0
Peripheral vision manifestation 0.0%0
Full manifestation 0.0%0
Physical contact 0.0%0
Odd behavior of equipment 25.0%1
Battery drainage or power outage 0.0%0
Electrical phenomena (lights, equipment acting up) 0.0%0
Observed odd behavior of animals 0.0%0
The detection of aromas (olfactory) 50.0%2
Hearing/auditory 0.0%0
Other (please specify below)  chest pressure and tightness25.0%1



4. In review of the footage, recording, or photographs taken at the location, which of the following did you find? (Please check all that apply)
Response
PercentResponse
Count
EVP (electronic voice phenomena) on video 0.0%0
Rod images (video) 0.0%0
Mist images (video) 0.0%0
Shadow images (video) 0.0%0
Full apparition (video) 0.0%0
EVP (electronic voice phenomena) on audio/recording 0.0%0
Orb images (digital) 0.0%0
Mist images (digital) 0.0%0
Shadow images (digital) 0.0%0
Full apparition (digital) 0.0%0
Orb images (film) 0.0%0
Mist images (film) 0.0%0
Shadow images (film) 0.0%0
Full apparition (film) 0.0%0
Nothing that cannot be explained naturally 0.0%0
No unusual occurrences at all 66.7%2
Other (please specify below) 33.3%1
Only the temperature flux and the one spike on the natural EM meter.

5. What technical observations did you note during the investigation? For purposes of categorizing data, please post your first name, followed by your response.




1.Brandy: This was a very interesting investigation, though very few results manifest for our group. I am not sure if it was the mixing of teams, the discomfort of being ill, or the lateness of the event, but the only thing that was observed was the fluctuation of the thermometer. This is fairly unusual for the thermometer, but the temperature flux was not enough (really ranging mostly between 1 degree; only twice did it drop down further to 3 - 4 degrees) for it to be of viable resources. The Natural EM meter went off only one time on the question "Did you travel with us?". It was a short spike, barely registering. Otherwise, neither meter was very useful that night.
2.Beth I noted unusual, rapid, temperature fluctuations of 1 to 4 degrees in the guest room. Sun, 5/11/08 4:44 PM
3.Kimberly: None.
4.Mary: There was none of my own, however, the team did experience temperature fluctuations while in rm 211 as well as one brief EMF tone during an EVP questioning session

6. What sensitive observations did you note during the investigation? For purposes of categorizing data, please post your first name, followed by your response.
Brandy: None. Again, I felt very uncomfortable that night and was not really with the investigation. Had we started on time, without the 2 hour delay, I might have had more observations. The only other information that was new that night was the "US soldier", though that is going to be hard to verify and really could be just suggestion or guesswork. At that time, I think the whole group was rather on edge and tired. The fluctuations of temperature were the only real sensation. At one point, I felt as if I were sitting in an a/c draft. Even after another participant turned off the a/c, the sensation continued so that I had to ask again if they had turned off the a/c. Another participant suggested that I was feeling air from the door. That was most certainly not the case. I know the difference between a breeze coming from a door crack and feeling as if I were sitting in a full blown breeze from the a/c. I did get up to test air currents by the door (nothing) and climbed upon a chair to test the a/c coming from the vents. Neither were emitting air. When I returned to my section of the bed, however, the cold breeze sensation was gone.
2.Beth Feeling of pressure in my chest during the evp session in the 2nd floor hall/stairwell. There was a sensation of a breeze and a chill (goose bumps) on my left arm in the guest room during an evp session. No changes in temperature were shown on the thermometer at this time.
3.Kimberly: Smell of bergamon at the west end of the second floor hallway. During the evp session in room 211, when the question was asked if the WWII soldier was sent there to convalesce, I got such extreme tightness in my chest that I had to leave the room.
4.Mary: While the team was investigating the 2nd floor hallway, I began to get tightness through my shoulders followed soon after by a cold sensation on my right arm and across my back. This happened just before 10 pm and lasted for most of the time we remained in the hall near the stairs. Also I could smell, only by taking deep breaths, a faint scent which only lasted about 60 seconds. Returning to rm 211, I began to get chills while sitting on the bed near to the window. The air conditioning was off, but I could feel a definite cold breeze around my right arm and again across my shoulders.




7. What researched/historical information did you learn about this location? For purposes of categorizing data, please post your first name, followed by your response.
1.Brandy: See prior investigations. The only new information for me was the advent of the US soldiers.
2.Beth The hotel was originally a private residence. At one time it also served as barracks for World War II soldiers.
3.Kimberly: No research.
4.Mary: The hotel began as a boardinghouse and was purchased approximately 1928 by Charles Helt and his wife Elizabeth. It was named Hotel Martha Washington shortly afterward. The hotel underwent several renovations with a major one in 1937. Some years later the hotel was sold and financial troubles began. The hotel went through several owners including the Holiday Inn chain. It is now privately owned. During WWII the hotel was occupied by trainees from the Army Air Corps as were almost all hotels in St Petersburg.




8. On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the haunting of this location? Note on scale: 1 represents "no haunting", 5 "moderate haunting" and 10 "extremely haunted"?
Response
PercentResponse
Count
1 0.0%0
2 0.0%0
3 25.0%1
4 0.0%0
5 50.0%2
6 0.0%0
7 0.0%0
8 0.0%0
9 25.0%1
10 0.0%0


9. What issues does the review team need to address with the occupant (homeowner, business owner, resident)? What aspects of the investigation need to be re-addressed, retested, or clarified?

1. I have been to the Heritage several times over the year. The most active I've seen it was in August. However, again, with the late arrival of part of the participants and my own sense of illness (I was sick to my stomach for 3 or 4 days after the investigation) I do not think that it was truly a valid investigation. The EVPs have to be dismissed as there was walking and talking in the hall by other participants and nonparticipants alike. Noises came from above us from other rooms. Video revealed nothing.
2.Research WWII soldiers that may have died at the hotel.
3.The hotel's use during WWII.
4.There is another room reported to be haunted where the team should also try for EVPs.




10. Is there any other information that you would like to add about this investigation? For purposes of categorizing data, please post your first name, followed by your response.
1.Brandy: I would like to return before the conference with just SPIRITS members. I think that the group may work better earlier in the evening and without the stresses of other influences.
2.Kimberly: Morgan's team did get what appears to be an evp of a gentleman identifying himself as "Mike."  3.Mary: This investigation is one that the SPIRITS started almost a year ago. We have also investigated the adjoining restaurant over the same time frame. We did this investigation tonight with a team that we had invited to share hosting responsibility with us for the Florida Ghost Gathering to be held next month. We usually conduct hunts alone and so this was a rather unique situation.






From SPIRITS member, Evie:

Sent: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 1:26 am
Subject: Heritage Hotel

The spirits have really acted up tonight.  There was a noisy wedding party in the hotel that apparently the spirits did not appreciate.  Suddenly there are flees in 3 of the rooms, in one room they couldn't get any of the lights to work even though the plugs were ok and the TV would work, just not the lamps.  Finally a leak sprung in the bathroom ceiling in the 1st floor ladies room and made a big mess.  Had to call out Roto Rooter in the middle of the night. What a disaster.

I was also told that the restaurant has been really active since the remodeling.  It isn't opened to the public yet but will be open next week. 
As reported on 5-28-08

"Gary (night auditor) heard a little girl crying when he was working in conference room C."

From Hammerhead's:

Serated knife was put into holder; came out of holder and fell to the floor.  Was picked up and placed back in the holder and it came out again.  Staff simply left it behind.

Bar stools that were placed up on tables were found the next morning knocked down all over the floor.  Building was locked and manager was last one out and first one in -- he noted the phenomena.

On the night of 5 - 31- -08:

Room 207:
Guest reported to front desk clerk that everything in the bathroom was put on the floor; she reported that she was feeling very uncomfortable in the room.

The hotel is undergoing potential rennovation and new management.  Could this be altering the ghostly behavior?  (As asked by hotel staff). 
This was taken at the Florida Ghost Gathering Conference.  We had about 30 members of various ghost groups sitting in the darkened Hammerhead's haunted restaurant.  This is about 44 minutes into a 1 hour recording.  Everyone is sitting quietly; there is no whispering (I made note of voices when people were talking, or times of talking were announced).  I cannot make out what it says.... 6-7-08
June 6 - 8:
The conference was a lot of fun.  Hammerhead's only produced the one EVP for me (Brandy) -- see link above.  I am not sure what is being said.

I did lead the psychic round table.  A group of psy-oriented folks went to rooms 205, where they sensed a male entity.  He had bad breath or teeth issues (an odor).  He was well dressed and was looking for or waiting for someone.  He was in an affiar or a relationship with a woman and they spent time in the hotel.  He planned to marry her, but was too heavy-handed and she left him. 

At the end of the hall, the group ran into "Elizabeth", who is waiting for her family to cross over.  Elizabeth likes Patrick Burns (in ghost shirt).  He did reveal that the first night he was there he felt someone moving the bedcovers while he was lying on them, alone, in his room.

During the stairwell session, I did have the sensation of someone touching my hair, but I was so tired at that point that it's hard to say what was going on for certain.

There were numerous reports of phenomena in the hotel and I hope that others will report them to us to record on this page.