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Nicki and Chuck, members of California Paranormal Research,
participated in an investigation of the Pardee Home Museum
in Oakland, California, on May 21, 2011. The event was
a fund raiser to help the location remain in operation.
The home was the family residence for Enoch Pardee and two
subsequent generations of the Pardee Family. From the
museum's web site: "Enoch Pardee came to California from
the Midwest during the Gold Rush to make his fortune. He
succeeded well enough to become a respected eye doctor, and
in 1868-69 built the house that is now the Pardee Home
Museum. Enoch also pursued a vigorous public career in the
1870's and 1880's, serving as mayor of Oakland, state
assemblyman, and state senator. His son, George C. Pardee,
followed closely in his father's footsteps, also becoming an
eye doctor and mayor of Oakland, and was elected Governor of
California in 1902."
It's a very interesting house, with a
long history and filled with collections of objects from
around the world. The home has been left in
virtually the same condition it was in when the last of the
Pardee family members, Helen, died in 1981, shortly after
the death of her sister, Madeline, in 1980.
To learn more about the Pardee Home Museum
and it long history,
go to their web site:
http://www.pardeehome.org/
At the start of the evening, everyone was
treated to an abbreviated tour of the home by Ron Pardee
Nielson, a close relative of George Pardee. For the
investigation, the group was broken into three teams, which then
participated in EVP sessions on the ground floor and the
second floor, while the third team went into the Cupola for
a séance. After a
while, the teams were swapped to allow each team to
experience the different areas of the house. Part way
through the evening a very nice tea and selection of munchies were
served in the dinning room. All in all, it was a very
enjoyable evening. Food and Ghosts, what could be
better :)
Below are the resulting EVPs we obtained that evening.
EVPs:
These are clips
from unfiltered, unaltered audio files and slight filtered/trimmed copies used to
clarify what is being said. However the filtered/altered files are not
considered "evidence" in themselves, they are for analysis only, and presented
here for that purpose. EVPs tend to be rather soft voices and oddly
modulated, so it helps to use good quality headphones, a
higher volume and play the file
several times.
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EVP Scale |
Meaning |
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+++ |
excellent EVP quality |
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++ |
good, easily
understood |
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not bad,
understandable |
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- |
so-so, understandable
but not easily |
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-- |
weak modulation or
higher noise, hard to understand |
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probably an EVP, but
very hard to make out, if at all |
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Conclusion:Considering the above evidence, we find the
Pardee Home Museum in Oakland, CA, to
be haunted.
We recommend going there if you are
in the Oakland, CA, area. And say hello to
it's ghosts...
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