Since reorganizing in January, ETPRS has conducted three investigations. The first was in March and April at a house in Rogersville, where a family is plagued by poltergeist activity. The most compelling evidence from that investigation are the many EVPs investigators collected at the scene. While in many cases of EVP phenomena, it’s hard to distinguish what the voices say, several clear EVPs were recorded at the Rogersville home, including an unusually clear one that seems to feature the voice of a child speaking.

 

The second investigation the group conducted was at Prospect Cemetery and Methodist Church in Prospect, Tenn., near McMinnville. The Prospect Baptist Church was founded in 1850, and the cemetery has graves of Civil War soldiers as well as Amish. During an early evening investigation, several orbs were photographed by investigators in the cemetery.

 

The historic Bijou Theatre in Knoxville is the third and most intense investigation performed by the ETPRS. Members formed teams and, along with Bijou employees, inspected the nearly 300-year-old building in July. At various times in its history, the Bijou has been a tavern, hotel, Civil War hospital, house of “ill repute,” adult movie cinema and performing arts theater. Its rich history has  now includes a history of the paranormal, with reports of people being touched by unseen hands, noises coming from unoccupied sections of the building and shadowy figures roaming the halls. ETPRS members armed with thermometers, electro-magnet field meters, digital audio and video recorders and cameras spent a stormy night inside the theater. They plan to post their findings in the coming weeks to the group’s website.