Supplemental Investigation Report
Mississippi Belle
Submitted by Judy
The team met at the Mississippi Belle’s Banquet room at approximately 2230 where the agenda and team break out was discussed. It was agreed that no member should voice their findings and were instructed to carry a notebook and pen that was provided. We would then gather the information and compare our findings once the investigation was completed.
My Team was Jessica, Rich and myself
We started our investigation in the 3rd Apartment facing north on the second floor of the Mississippi Belle. Jessica and I started in the loft of the apartment, which was located next to the Banquet Room. There was actually a access door to the Banquet room from this apartment which was opened later for the team. Jessica and I entered the Loft area and immediately, I felt something touch my arm (twice). I had Jessica turn the lights on to see if any spider webs were anywhere in the area. We could not locate any at that time. At this point I began to ask questions but did not get responses. After spending ½ hour in there, Jessica and I met up with Rich in the living room area of the apartment and Rich advised me that the closet located in the second bedroom gave him an uneasy feeling. I entered the closet and got the feeling that something was of a smothering nature and it felt like I needed to get out there. I took some pictures but it was noted that our cameras were not functioning properly and the battery low indicator kept coming on. I loaded my camera with new batteries prior to arriving at the site.
We then made our way to the hall area and Kathy was sitting there on the radiator giving an interview with Tim and Josh. She indicated that she would wake up at night to music playing. She then told us the story of a night that she went down into the restaurant to retrieve some cherries and that she heard some music playing. When she investigated to see if someone had left the stereo on she found the system off. As they finished the interview we made our way to apartment 1. The apartment was fairly small and I did not sense any presence in there, but felt it had a negative persona about the place. Kathy at that time indicated that a previous renter had been in abusive relationships. This led me to believe why I picked up that residual. Jessica, Rich and myself made our way back down to the restaurant and met up with JJ and Juli by table 11. I took a temperature reading and did a reading at that point, I did not detect any changes.
Juli and I switched off team members Rich and JJ. JJ, Jessica and I retreated to the Office/ Boiler area. As we entered the Boiler area I picked up a presence of a young male wearing a suit (age 21 to 26) with a hat that appeared to be Mafia style. His mustache was curled up on the sides and I got the impression that he may have been shot or stabbed. This was alarming to me because I was not expecting something like that. Then I found, laying up a against a box, was a picture of Mafia looking characters advertising the Movie “God Father” when I shined my light down on it. So I am not sure what to make of this incident.
After a while we all went into the office area and started to do readings. I did not detect anything abnormal at that time. We decided that since the Banquet room was never assigned to a team to investigate that we would go back there. When we entered the room I let JJ and Jessica take a small break and rest. I started to turn on the infrared thermometer and noticed that the temp in the room was fairly warm (88 degrees) . From being a fan of TAPS and other paranormal shows I decided at that point that I would try and communicate with any entity in the room to see if I could get them to lower the temperature. I asked if anyone was in the room with us and if they were would they drop the temperature to 70 degrees. The temperature gage started dropping fairly quickly, and the more I asked the more it responded. JJ indicated after watching and verifying the temperature drop, the hairs on her arm were standing up. I felt coldness in the room also.
Once we completed our investigation in the Banquet area we descended down into the basement area to see if we could pick up anything. I got the impression as we were leaving the area that something was pushing me up the stairs and did not want us down there. I had picked up that feeling last time we were there. JJ, Jessica and I went into the Bar area and began to talk with Bill and Hope. Hope indicated that the activity was beginning to pick up and more strange things were happening around the Restaurant. I asked where the cooler area was and they advised me where it was. JJ, Jessica and I started to enter the area with JJ going down the steps first. When she got to the bottom steps and entered the room, Jessica and I were coming off the step when a loud banging sound like someone kicking a metal door was heard. There in front of us was a door that had a piece of wood going across it as if keeping the door from opening. WE froze in our tracks and I can honestly say for being a Lead investigator has some salvation’s about completing the investigation in that area. I calmed my self down and we proceeded to complete investigating with pictures and reading.
After we left the area we all met up in the dining area as every team had experienced a loud bang at the same time. We met Juli and Tim and the others and called Hope and Bill over to report the sound. It was found that in the office area that a shelf was bent with such force that caused all the items to fall onto the desk and floor. I found that their was no way that the sound we heard was the same sound that the other Team members heard, because we were on the other side of the building. And, after hearing that sound Bill, Hope and I went outside towards the side of the building and located two metal doors that were locked from the inside. We had Bill jump on it to see if we could reproduce the sound but it was noted that we could not reproduce it. With the investigation coming to the end we all met back up in the Banquet area for team pictures and to retrieve our equipment