Bell Mansion in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The wing and mansion was commissioned by Robert C Bell to build in 1893 and was finished in 1895. Indiana limestone was used in its construction amongst other materials and timber panelling. Robert married Clare and moved here in 1871. He was an attorney and senator. She formed the first classes as the Fort Wayne Art School. Their only child Bessie died at 11 months. He got pneumonia and died in the home. She owned it until 1904 when she sold to William K Noble. Clare died 2 years after moving out. In 1926 they sold to start a funeral home. Industry grew with 25 thousand homes around the country. In the 1930's funeral home owners became members of the professional class. 1935 high demand so another addition was built on Bell Mansion. In 2018 it was closed and here many bodies were embalmed.
Nick asks if Nick and his partner who are owners of the mansion if they saw much paranormal activity. Groups have stayed overnight to witness the hauntings: disembodied voices, phantom footsteps and doors moving by themselves. Nick will try to interact with the 40 spirits haunting the mansion. Owner Nick says the energy from the three floors is strong and this floor was used all for entertainment. Ball room, pool room. Many claims of activity. Bell and Noble have been seen in the billiards room and poker room. Gail is in the room and a boy named Indy. He came here from Indiana sanatorium after he followed them home. Talks of Isabella who interacted with a man and was hit by a drunk driver. When he spent the night there he felt her walking around.
Nick's partner says she wants to preserve the building and should be in one piece still for those who have passed. She was a sceptic and she opened her mind and she believed after EVPs. Listening and those voices are heard and talking with them. Footsteps and doors closing. Spirits know it's a safe place and disembodied voices are heard when alone in the house. Lights coming on and off. So much emotion after losing loved ones is still here. Energy has been in this building for 93 years. Plus the number of bodies embalmed here as Nick said. Want to keep history alive.
Nick tries to speak with Isabella. "Two people..." Asks Bell if he likes what the owners are doing to the home and sure a faint "yes" came up. Lots of voices come through. Nick wants to know if there's an intelligent spirit of Isabella, Bell, or the spirit of one of the members of the John Dillinger gang brought here. There's many layers here and he wants to see who's communicating with him on the other side, whether intelligent or residual.
Tessa tells Nick she sees a woman in a house dress in the room where she painted. She sees a woman painting on a balcony. She's drawn to this room, that's where Mrs Bell carried out her artwork. She feels energy and distressed and crying by the window. She also sees a man and the difference he's more residual and she's more intelligent and she's tied here and is sad. She doesn't feel Bell is there and he's more residual. She sees a child spirit about a year old, a girl. That was the Bell's baby daughter. Their spirit and residual energy of the people in the funeral home would reside more where they lived. A knock is heard. Luciano was crying and Tessa says he heard Nick. Nick says when he heard the baby noises, the energy changed. The child passed and she's panicked and distressed about it. She sees her pacing and throwing her art supplies around.
There's another knock on the door and Nick has goosebumps. Tessa thinks the baby's causing her panic. Nick forgot Mrs Bell had a child and she died and she's being triggered by Luciano. Tessa says she can't distinguish if it's her child or not. I didn't hear any crying sound but a sort of a moan. Tessa saw her rushing around, looking for help for her baby. Makes her sad as a mother. Tessa tells her that her baby is okay and when she decides and she can go back and be with her. She can let go of this location and she wants her to move on.
Set up an experiment in Mrs Bell's room with devices to alarm by her unseen presence. Nick also tells her to move on. Why would she still be here if her baby isn't and neither is her husband. I heard "move on" faintly after Nick tells her to let go. A device goes off. The whole floor has cameras. "Yes" after he asks if anyone's here with him. "Movement or woman" comes through. "Light..." Fog was set to see if any manifestation can be seen. "I am..." "I saw..." "Lady..." Nick wants to be spoken to..."I'm trying..." "89..."
Nick hears footsteps behind Justin. "Mother..." "help..." He follows the energy and spirit communication to the basement where he makes contact with the Bell's. Was one of their coffins? "Yeah..." Nick gets inside the coffin. "Help..." "Coffin..." "Died" comes through a lot but they don't want to talk about how they communicate or where they are. "Tunnel..." Ask what his name is "Groff" comes through, so does "help." 1852 or 35 something like that. "Dead" comes through again after he asks if they know they're a ghost. He ask how they can communicate after dying and leaving their body. Asks if they know where they are. "Dead..." "Hi Nick..."
Nick talks of waves of energy defining what is intelligent and residual continuing from what occurred in the past and is just looping. The intelligent says his full name with hundreds of bodies brought in and the energies do linger.
"In the realm of the paranormal, a phenomena known as a residual haunting often mystifies and captives and psychic links playing events in the past. The fates of Clare and Bessie marked a pivotal moment in his investigation, that the spirits are a permanent fixture in this place. Visual haunting co- existing with her were intelligent spirits. He has gotten more knowledge of a place and the connections between the spirits transcending death itself.
