Case #2
First Christian Church of Edinburgh
October 1st, 2005


Conclusion of investigation of First Christian Church of Edinburgh on 10-01-2005 as written by Shanon Ping

First Christian ChurchThis is the home church of three of our team members. There have been eyewitness accounts of a ghostly figure of a man, probably 1940's time period, being seen in the balcony area of the sanctuary and also in the hallway leading to the fellowship hall. The church was built in 1888 and has no known history of any tragedies but it has been the sight of several funerals.

We split into 2 groups with Robert and myself starting in the basement and working our way up to the bell tower. Kenny and Greg stayed on the main floor in the area of the fellowship hall. We set up a night vision camera in the sanctuary recording the balcony area. We also set up video in the fellowship hall recording the hallway and a 3rd camera was set up in the hallway behind the fellowship hall. We took many pictures throughout the church. DVR was also used during the investigation.

As we first entered the church we felt a rush of euphoria and some lightheadedness but we attribute that to this being our first investigation of a building. After getting settled in we no longer felt any of this. The basement has some unfinished areas that did have many cobwebs and a creepy feel to it. As Robert and myself made our way up to the bell tower I noticed lots of dust particularly in the tower itself. We did not sense anything out of the ordinary. Kenny and Greg also did not have any thing unusual happen to them on the main floor. Since the church has lots of windows and stained glass we were getting some reflections. Outside lights were also filtering into the church and creating some movement inside. We spent a total time of about 2.5 hrs for the investigation. Findings: Our night vision camera went out of focus soon after it was set up and captured nothing. The other video also revealed nothing. We had many pictures of dust but no orb activity. However one unexplained noise was captured on one DVR that was set up in the rear hallway behind the fellowship hall. About 10 minutes into recording a sound like something moving across the floor was heard and then silence for the rest of the tape. There were no voices from any of us in the fellowship hall so we don't believe it to be caused by our own actions. We also had video set up in the same location but it revealed nothing to help explain the noise. The team believes that while we did not collect much evidence of paranormal activity we can neither confirm nor deny activity at the church.


Taken coming down the stairwell at Edinburgh Christian Church. We are not sure why only part of the pic shows blurry.

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