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INVESTIGATION #014
Miller-Kite House
Elkton, Va.
Date Of Investigation: May 31, 2008
Time: 8:00 pm - 12:30 am
Investigators on Scene: Marty Seibel, Lisa Rose, Shea Willis, Jennifer Hensley, Kelli Jones,
Bob Woodruff, Candy Woodruff, Jesse Johnson, Todd Wolfe, Vita Byrant
Weather: (5/31/2008) Scattered Clouds-Overcast, 82.4 degrees,
48% humidity, Winds West/Southwest 6.9 MPH, Moon-- waning crescent with 14%
of the Moon's visible disk illuminated
Background History
The beautiful Miller-Kite House located on Rockingham Street in Elkton, Virginia was built in 1827 and is most noted
for being headquarters for confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson from April19th to the 30th of 1862. The
house was then owned by Captain Ashner Argenbright and Elkton was then called Conrad's Store. It is said the
General Jackson planned his famous Shenandoah Valley Campaign here.
The campaign is considered a military masterpiece. From May 8th to June 9th 1862, Jackson and his confederate troops
marched nearly 400 miles and defeated four seperate Union armies. Union armies led by Brigadier General James
Shields, Major General John C. Fremont and Major General Nathan P. Banks.
Our team investigates the Miller-Kite House
Todd Wolfe
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Kelli Jones
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Bob Woodruff
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Video ITC
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Investigation Data
We divided our group into two seperate groups. Group A consisted of Marty Seibel, Kelli Jones, Todd Wolfe and Bob
Woodruff. Group B consisted of Shea Willis, Jennifer Hensely, Vita Byrant and Jesse Johnson. Lisa Rose and
Candy Woodruff ran base headquaters. Group A began upstairs while Group B covered downstairs. Audio
was well cordinated between the two groups.
Audio Results:
Team A -- 25 minutes upstairs with no results. 17 minutes downstairs with 2 possible class C evps,
impossible to determine
language (final determination--no results)
Team B -- 18 minutes downstairs with one class C evp (still under review) 15 minutes upstairs with no results.
Photograph Results:
Group A -- 112 digital photographs (0 photographs of interest), 24 photographs taken with
35 mm camera (0 of interest)
Group B --123 photographs digital camera (3 photographs of interest)
Video Results:
2 hours video using Sony DCR-HC38 Video Recorders with no results.
2 hours of ITC work using Sony Handycam DCR-HC40 w/ NightShot Camcorder and
Sony Portable DVP-FX810 DVD Player/Monitor with no results.
Personal Experiences
While upstairs in the back room where we had set up base camp, Lisa and Candy both heard what appeared to sound
like a music box at the same time. No one in either group carried had anything on them to produce any kind of music
sounds at all. We could not trace the sound source. Also in this same room, Candy heard what sounded like footsteps
within the room from behind. She turned around to find nothing or no one behind her. Later in the investigation, from
the Stonewall room while trying to do evp, Kelli Jones got very ill and had to leave the investigation for a short period
of time. No emf readings or spikes were recorded anywhere upstairs as our thought process thought high emf readings
could cause nausea. Both Jennifer and Shea felt a protective female presence throughout the house at various times.
Final Conclusion : Inconclusive
This was a truly fantastic place to investigate, two floors with many rooms in such a historic and beautiful home.
Unfortunately we were unable to capture any concrete, solid data to support the place being haunted. A few possible
class C evps were not enough, no particularly unusual photographs, video revealed nothing at all. While several people
in the group had minor personal experiences with some who had feelings or vibes of a female presence in the home, this
alone is not enough to support claims of the house being haunted. We do believe the possibilty exsist that the home could
be paranormally active but we need solid scientific data to support our feelings. We would certainly love to investigate
the wonderful house again in the future. For now though, we would have to label the Miller-Kite House as inconclusive.
Copyright © Marty Seibel
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