{"id":4633,"date":"2011-01-01T01:10:43","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T06:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=4697"},"modified":"2010-12-22T18:26:18","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T23:26:18","slug":"paranormal-path-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2011\/01\/01\/paranormal-path-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Paranormal Path"},"content":{"rendered":"

A visit to the Whaley House<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This month I decided to take a trip to the Whaley House in San Diego, CA.\u00a0 This location is known as the most haunted house in the United States.<\/p>\n

This was not only the home of the Whaley family but it was also once a courthouse, the first commercial\u00a0 theatre in San Diego, a granary, a ballroom, a classroom, a billiard hall, as well as Thomas Whaley\u2019s own general store.\u00a0 There were also several hangings on the property before the house was built.\u00a0 This led to the first reports of a haunting by the Whaley family themselves.\u00a0 They believed a man called \u201cYankee Jim\u2019 James Robinson still remained in the home after being hung in 1852.\u00a0 The Whaley\u2019s youngest daughter occupied the home until 1954; she reported hearing heavy footsteps that she felt belonged to Yankee Jim as well as the windows opening on their own.<\/p>\n

A few members of the Whaley family including Anna and Thomas Whaley are also believed to still remain in the home long after their passing.\u00a0 Many guests have reported seeing them in the parlor as well as the spirit of a woman that is seen in the courtroom, and even the spirit of a dog that roams the hallway<\/p>\n

This home has since been turned into a museum and guests are allowed to visit and take a self guided tour.\u00a0 I could not resist this opportunity since I am fascinated with all things paranormal.<\/p>\n

My visit to the Whaley house also held many examples of things that can interfere with paranormal research and photography.\u00a0 Upon first arrival there was a definite \u201cfeeling\u201d throughout the home.\u00a0 We have all walked into an old house that just has a certain smell and feel throughout. \u00a0We were greeted by a pleasant older woman in period dress that urged us to take many pictures and stay \u201copen\u201d such as going with the sudden urge to snap a photo or linger in an area.<\/p>\n

The first floor contains the courtroom, the general store, the parlor and the dining area.\u00a0 You can walk about freely in these locations.\u00a0 The wood floor creaks heavily under foot and voices of other quests are carried far so it was difficult to pick up any activity reported such as footsteps or whispers.<\/p>\n

Heading upstairs will take you to the theatre, master bedroom, the children\u2019s room and guest chambers.\u00a0 The theatre is very quaint and you are allowed to sit and soak up the history, the bedrooms unfortunately are kept within glass barriers.\u00a0 This is understandable in order to maintain the original furniture, linens, and photos but the reflection of the glass does make photography difficult. I have included two photos that were taken using a flash.\u00a0 You can see the reflection of the flash on the glass can play tricks with light and may even appear \u201cghostly\u201d.\u00a0 I have also observed photos that were believed to contain phantom faces but really it is just a reflection in the glass barrier.<\/p>\n

Just when I was getting slightly discouraged at the amount of contamination, which is anything that interferes with the ability to hear potential E.V.P\u2019s or witness paranormal activity, I heard a little girl say \u201cmommy lets go, this room creeps me out!\u201d\u00a0 I looked to see that she was standing at Thomas Whaley\u2019s master bedroom.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0I quickly went over, turned my flash off, and starting snapping pictures.\u00a0 To my surprise and delight I began having camera trouble.\u00a0 There is the belief that whenever a spirit is near they use whatever energy is around to manifest.\u00a0 This may result in equipment failures.\u00a0 My camera could not focus, my screen would freeze, there would be great delays in between my taking the picture and it actually showing up on my screen and my battery became very low.\u00a0 I was very excited by this and remained in the house a little longer to hear another child express her distaste for that particular part of the house. Overall I was very pleased with my experience there.<\/p>\n

If you are ever in Southern California I do recommend a trip to this beautiful museum.\u00a0 This place is very rich in history aside from its paranormal reputation.<\/p>\n

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A visit to the Whaley House This month I decided to take a trip to the Whaley House in San Diego, CA.\u00a0 This location is known as the most haunted house in the United States. This was not only the home of the Whaley family but it was also once a courthouse, the first commercial\u00a0 theatre in San Diego, a granary, a ballroom, a classroom, a billiard hall, as well as Thomas Whaley\u2019s own general store.\u00a0 There were also several hangings on the property before the house was built.\u00a0 This led to the first reports of a haunting by the Whaley family themselves.\u00a0 They believed a man called \u201cYankee Jim\u2019 James Robinson still remained in the home after being hung in 1852.\u00a0 The Whaley\u2019s youngest daughter occupied the home until 1954; she reported hearing heavy footsteps that she felt belonged to Yankee Jim as well as the windows opening on their own. A few members of the Whaley family including Anna and Thomas Whaley are also believed to still remain in the home long after their passing.\u00a0 Many guests have reported seeing them in the parlor as well as the spirit of a woman that is seen in the courtroom, and even the spirit of a dog that roams the hallway This home has since been turned into a museum and guests are allowed to visit and take a self guided tour.\u00a0 I could not resist this opportunity since I am fascinated with all things paranormal. My visit to the Whaley house also held many examples of things that can interfere with paranormal research and photography.\u00a0 Upon first arrival there was a definite \u201cfeeling\u201d throughout the home.\u00a0 We have all walked into an old house that just has a certain smell and feel throughout. \u00a0We were greeted by a pleasant older woman in period dress that urged us to take many pictures and stay \u201copen\u201d such as going with the sudden urge to snap a photo or linger in an area. The first floor contains the courtroom, the general store, the parlor and the dining area.\u00a0 You can walk about freely in these locations.\u00a0 The wood floor creaks heavily under foot and voices of other quests are carried far so it was difficult to pick up any activity reported such as footsteps or whispers. Heading upstairs will take you to the theatre, master bedroom, the children\u2019s room and guest chambers.\u00a0 The theatre is very quaint and you are allowed to sit and soak up the history, the bedrooms unfortunately are kept within glass barriers.\u00a0 This is understandable in order to maintain the original furniture, linens, and photos but the reflection of the glass does make photography difficult. I have included two photos that were taken using a flash.\u00a0 You can see the reflection of the flash on the glass can play tricks with light and may even appear \u201cghostly\u201d.\u00a0 I have also observed photos that were believed to contain phantom faces but really it is just a reflection in the glass barrier. Just when I was getting slightly discouraged at the amount of contamination, which is anything that interferes with the ability to hear potential E.V.P\u2019s or witness paranormal activity, I heard a little girl say \u201cmommy lets go, this room creeps me out!\u201d\u00a0 I looked to see that she was standing at Thomas Whaley\u2019s master bedroom.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0I quickly went over, turned my flash off, and starting snapping pictures.\u00a0 To my surprise and delight I began having camera trouble.\u00a0 There is the belief that whenever a spirit is near they use whatever energy is around to manifest.\u00a0 This may result in equipment failures.\u00a0 My camera could not focus, my screen would freeze, there would be great delays in between my taking the picture and it actually showing up on my screen and my battery became very low.\u00a0 I was very excited by this and remained in the house a little longer to hear another child express her distaste for that particular part of the house. Overall I was very pleased with my experience there. If you are ever in Southern California I do recommend a trip to this beautiful museum.\u00a0 This place is very rich in history aside from its paranormal reputation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}