This is a
quiet group out of Missouri,
founded by Esther and Gene
Carroll. They don’t get involved
in all of the drama, they aren’t
out for all of the fame and
exposure. They are tried and
true, down to earth paranormal
investigators and I instantly
fell in love with them!
Their website is really nice. I
enjoyed reading about their many
adventures, loved spending time
reading the ghost stories.
Their Facebook site is just as
great. I love that they are very
low key and that you learn so
much about them without them
even talking about themselves.
This is a really amazing and
wonderful group that you all
need to check out if you already
haven’t!
My questions that I sent out
were so nicely answered and I
really am looking forward to you
reading them! So here we go…………
1)What
originally got you and your
group into ghost hunting?
I got into ghost hunting in
2005 when the leader of a
paranormal group contacted
me about an antebellum home
(now vacant) I had featured
on my web site. A
step-relative (now deceased)
& family had lived in this
home for many years & the
paranormal group had been
called on to investigate
it. I was able to
participate in the
preliminary walk-through.
After going inside the old
home the group broke up into
smaller groups & one member
who had not met me or knew
anything about me was
telling afterwards about
speaking with a spirit in an
upstairs room. She stated
that the spirit said the
name “Esther”. I told her
that that was my
name. That’s when I told
her about my step-family
living in the house for many
years. Later another
member viewed a video he had
taken in one of the rooms
downstairs & a small ball of
mist was filmed in the
vacant room. It moved
across the room maybe eight
inches above the floor &
then dissipated into the
wall. This happened while I
was sitting outside not far
from that room. That was my
first experience in
paranormal investigation. I
think the fact that the
spirit (which I believe is a
step-relative) said my name
is what got me to really
take notice of the
paranormal. I wish now I
would’ve gone back into the
house & tried to make
contact with the spirit but
everyone was getting ready
to leave out for another
location & I sure wasn’t
staying there by myself!
2) Do you
have a favorite
investigation? If so where
and why is it your favorite?
I think my most favorite
investigation was at an
antebellum house that I
inherited & still own. This
is
not the one mentioned
above. My inherited house
was always rumored to be
haunted & numerous relatives
have had paranormal
experiences there & it is
where I may have captured a
ghost on film as in a
picture I took there appears
to be a transparent figure
of a man in the back yard.
The persons who currently
live in the house have also
told of numerous paranormal
experiences.
3) How
many members are in your
group? Do you have a maximum
# you allow to join?
Since we are a fairly new
group, being founded in
2011, there are only five
members in the Ozark Haint
Hunters. Then we have five
honorary members. We list
them as honorary as one has
their own group & the others
live too far away to
participate. We have no
limit as to how many members
our group will take so
anyone living in or near
Washington County, Missouri
who would be interested in
joining please give us a
shout.
4) What
time of year are you most
busy?
We like to do investigations
in warm weather. Three of
our active members are
senior citizens & we don’t
like to go out in the cold.
Plus I just think it is more
difficult to get paranormal
activity in the cold & much
harder to discern cold spots
with the laser thermometer.
5) If
you could give any advice to
someone just starting
investigating what would you
tell them?
My advice to newbies is to
ALWAYS be respectful to your
client & the spirits. Be
polite & never try to
provoke the spirits for any
reason.
Thanks so much for
answering my questions. I
really enjoyed getting to
know your group. Keep up the
great work!!
http://www.carrollscorner.net/OzarkHaintHunters.htm
Through their Facebook too:
http://www.facebook.com/ozarkhainthunters
Co-founder of
Paranormal Investigation and Research Society
from
Anthonie’s Mill, Washington Co. with her husband. Anyway they were
John and Susie (Rickner) Middleton, 1876-1938. I heard lots of
strange stories about Susie as I grew up, I suppose a lot of folks
just didn't understand her or judged her as a "witch" as I heard her
labeled at times. As I have grown older and able to sort things out,
and able to still talk to a lady that used to live out here and
remembered Susie, (she's ninety-four years old), Susie Middleton was
a mid-wife and did practice some witchcraft! I heard from several
old timers upon entering her old home there was a photo there that
seemed to "move about" as you gazed upon it. I heard she stopped
the severe bleeding of a Vessie resident one time after babbling
some type of "healing words". I heard she could look through a mason
jar of water from a creek that had to run in some precise direction,
forget what direction, and there would be a mirror behind that jar
with a 