Mystic Investigations

                                                                                Front Parlor where Katherine is shown

Jan got some good shots below she was drawn to the Parlor Area

Orb with Vortex

Orb coming up from rug in Parlor Area

Later 1928:  William J. Fohey and Katherine move to Ann Arbor , Michigan.

 They still continue to own the home, renting it out from up in Ann Arbor .Apr. 11, 1939: 

William J. Fohey dies in Ann Arbor , Michigan , age 62.

There are four surviving children: George J., Joseph C., Mary C., and Margaret May 6, 1939:

Katherine Fohey inherits title to the home continues to rent it out from up in Ann Arbor .Apr. 25, 1945: 

Katherine Fohey sells home to William & Gertrude Chulip.Dec. 31, 1946:  the home is sold

 to Lynn's parentsand Lynn's Uncle.

The house has been in the Lynn's family since then.May 12, 1947:  John J. Bach, son of

 Susanna Bach and brother of Katherine (Bach) Fohey, dies in La Porte , age 70. 

His obituary states that Katherine Fohey is still living in Ann Arbor .

To recap:  Susanna Bach was the mother of Katherine Bach.  Katherine married William J. Fohey.

 William purchased the home from Susanna Bach. 

When William and Katherine eventually moved into the home around 1915, they brought Susanna Bach with them.

Susanna may have lived upstairs.  She died in the house and was shown in the downstairs front parlor.

Sun porch area small orb on rug

Now, the confusing part of the house history is Francis Fohey

Lynn thought he was the young man who had tuberculosis and slept out on the upstairs un porch. 

But in Lynn's trip to the library  and to the Courthouse and to the Health Department as well,

searching for a birth date to determine Francis’s true origin (son of W. J. Fohey or not?)

and/or death date (died in this house as I told Lynn I felt he died there because when entering the

porch area my body temperture felt so very warm.),

Lynn found the same results she found (and now remember finding) back when she  first did all this house research:

namely nothing at all on Francis.  So he remains as much of a big question mark as is

the handsome young man whose picture frame was found inside the kitchen walls.

Picture of unknown young man

Lynn's Uncle , Francis or Frank as everyone called him, lived here from late December 1946 until his death on June 30, 1978

 He was married briefly to a German girl he met while serving in the army overseas during World War II. 

 The marriage only lasted a year and a half, no children, and the divorce was amicable.

He never remarried.  After her parents moved out of the home and began to have their own apartments in town,

and then eventually their own house, Lynn's grandparents moved to the upstairs of the home ,

and her uncle had the entire downstairs all to himself.

Lynn's grandparents continued to live upstairs until the times of their deaths, and then the upstairs saw several rentals.

Lynn and her were two of the upstairs tenants as well, for a few years, then moving downstairs after Lynn's uncle died.

Shortly after he died, they began to hear heavy footfalls passing from one room to another.

They were never afraid and realized it was probably just Lynn's uncle, coming back to keep an eye on things.

After lynn's girlfriend moved out and Lynn started living there alone, the heavy footfalls continued from time to time

and made her feel comforted and protected.

Her cats showed interest but never fear, as if they recognized the spirit (they had known her uncle when he was alive). 

Several friends of hers, while there and in separate incidents, also heard the footfalls

, so she knew she was not imagining things.

 In later years the frequency of the footfalls became lesser until finally she no longer heard anything at all.

She figured her uncle had finally gone on to find the Light and missed his presence here,

yet have been told by me on a the visit to the house)

that he still comes and goes at will. 

This is indeed a comforting thought for Lynn.

Her cats now, though long since changed from the original group that was around when her uncle was alive,

will still, at times, gaze intently at some mysterious spot on the wall, usually in the room in which her uncle died. 

And she  still, by habit, will turn her head to look, and find nothing there for her eyes to see.

She has always loved this old house and have done her best to do right by it and

 to always pay homage to all those who have gone before. 

Orb moving on my shoulder in the Bedroomroom where Lynn's uncle Died

I was very drawn to this room

J W Fohey signature on basement floor

Orb on wood wall in basement

Here is Angies feelings about her First Ghost Hunt. My feelings on the hunt were....WOW!!!

I never thought I would experience the cold spots like I did, nor hearing EVPs on Susan's recorder.

It sent shivers down my spine, but in a good way! 

I can now see how people don't need special equipment to "detect" if there really is a spirit around. 

 You just have to relax and use what you feel to help understand what is happening.

Thank you so much Pat for the wonderful learning experience!