Tri-County Paranormal Investigator Beth Ingram of Drexel Hill with Director and Founding Member Laurie Hull in front of Elaine’s Bed and Breakfast in Cape May.
Laurie Hull’s interest in the paranormal has inspired a lifelong study. It’s an interest she says began at the age of 13 and was fueled by her experiences growing up in a haunted house and her desire to understand the phenomena she experienced on a daily basis.
Hull, a resident of Springfield, founded Delaware County Paranormal Research with Faith Tarring to formalize a study of spirits, ghosts, and the paranormal. Since then, the group has expanded and become Tri-County Paranormal, now directed by Laurie and Bill Horton. Her reputation has grown and she is now a highly regarded clairvoyant paranormal investigator.
Tri-County Paranormal serves Delaware, Philadelphia, Montgomery,Chester, and Bucks counties as well as areas of South New Jersey and Northern Delaware and Maryland. Members conduct psychic investigations by request. If you think your house is haunted, you may be right. Those sudden cold spots, objects that keep falling or disappearing, the inexplicable voices and general feelings of unease may well be a sign that another presence is living in your home.
While the movie Ghost Busters, made the whole ghost-hunting business into entertainment, Hull and her team conduct their investigations with absolute sincerity and seriousness.
One of her team members is Beth Ingram of Drexel Hill, who has been a member of Tri-County Paranormal for the past four years. She says her role in the investigations is “somewhat dependent upon the type of investigation we are doing. If we are investigating a private residence or business, each investigator is responsible for different tasks (i.e. digital recording, video, taking pictures, etc.) All investigators still work as a whole; but, with the division of tasks, one’s attention will not be divided in too many directions. When we are conducting a public investigation, I might work as a lead investigator -- being responsible for an assigned group of people, guiding them as they investigate the location. Each lead investigator is there to answer questions, help people with equipment and provide direction during the investigation.”
This year alone the team has conducted Psychic Investigations at a private home in Phoenixville; at the Paoli Battlefield in March; at the Plank House in Marcus Hook and at Elaine’s Victorian Inn in Cape May.
When asked what her team found at the Paoli Battlefield site, Hull said they “found a number of spirits who were confused, angry, and/or afraid. Many of them seemed to be seeking some kind of medical help. One thought we were spies!! There are cold spots there and overwhelming feelings of dread and unease as well as shadowy figures darting around. At the Plank House we found the ghosts of a man, a woman and a child. We have established communication with them and have some very compelling photos. We have had lots of communication that indicates they are watching over the place and are interested in efforts to preserve the property.”
Ingram adds that while she does not always see the spirits, she can “feel when they are present. Occasionally, I am able to tell whether they are male or female, young or old, and will sometimes get a picture of physical attributes in my head.”
Ingram’s interest in the paranormal developed after the death of her grandmother. “She and I were always very close so her death hit me extremely hard. The night before her funeral I had a dream in which my grandmother was introducing me to all of these different relatives and friends of hers. It was almost like a party where the host would introduce you to everyone. When I woke up the following morning I started asking my father who such and such a person was. He looked at me with a puzzled look on his face and asked me how I had come to know the names of people who have long since passed. He told me that I shouldn't even know these people’s names since some of them had died before he was even born, or died before I was born.”
At Elaine’s Bed and Breakfast, 513 Lafayette Street, Cape May, guests can join the professional Tri-County team on select weekends. (Upcoming dates are July 19-21, Aug. 2-4 and Aug. 23-25, Sept. 13-15, Oct. 18-20 and Nov. 1-3).
When asked how the Tri-County team involves those guests and handles people who come along on the tour with big skepticism, Hull said, “We welcome skeptical people, we are very skeptical ourselves! We just ask that participants be open to the possibility that there are ghosts there. We provide some ghost hunting equipment for the guests to work with in our efforts to communicate with the ghosts at Elaine's.”
In the large three-story Cape May Victorian now know as Elaine’s Bed and Breakfast, Hull said “There are several ghosts there: a man we call James, Emily - a teenaged girl, a nurse, a maid and a cat named Streak.”
Those interested in participating in an upcoming Ghost Hunter Weekend at Elaine’s can call 609-884-4358 and speak with Joan, a former Springfield resident, who manages the front desk.
Hull says, “Ghosts and spirits are able to communicate with me by me seeing them and sometimes hearing them.” She says the aim of the psychic investigations is to “help the ghosts and spirits be satisfied with their situation. If a ghost is unhappy we try to determine why and if there is anything we can do to help remedy the situation. If a ghost is happy, then we try to understand their reasons for remaining where they are (on the Earth plane) and help make sure they are happy with their situation.”
She says the most powerful personal encounter she’s had with a ghost was “with deceased relatives who have appeared to me. If I was to pick a public one, I would have to say the most powerful experience I have had was when I was physically pushed by a ghost in Casemate 5 at Fort Mifflin.”
Being a Psychic Investigator for Tri-County Paranormal and her work as Medium/Clairvoyant keeps her very busy. She also leads the Grim Philly Ghost Tours through Olde City Philadelphia on the last Friday evening of each month and gives psychic readings on the first Monday night of the month at Parastudy in Chester Heights.
Hull is also an author and her books include Brandywine Valley Ghosts,Philly's Main Line Haunts, Supernatural Pennsylvania, Supernatural Mid-Atlantic. She is currently working on Haunted Honeymoons, which will she says “will hopefully be out by next year.”
She adds, “I have learned that we are never alone. There are spirits and ghosts all around us, all the time. They are like a shadow world that exists right within ours. They have their own thoughts, feelings, and agendas.”
Hull, a resident of Springfield, founded Delaware County Paranormal Research with Faith Tarring to formalize a study of spirits, ghosts, and the paranormal. Since then, the group has expanded and become Tri-County Paranormal, now directed by Laurie and Bill Horton. Her reputation has grown and she is now a highly regarded clairvoyant paranormal investigator.
Tri-County Paranormal serves Delaware, Philadelphia, Montgomery,Chester, and Bucks counties as well as areas of South New Jersey and Northern Delaware and Maryland. Members conduct psychic investigations by request. If you think your house is haunted, you may be right. Those sudden cold spots, objects that keep falling or disappearing, the inexplicable voices and general feelings of unease may well be a sign that another presence is living in your home.
While the movie Ghost Busters, made the whole ghost-hunting business into entertainment, Hull and her team conduct their investigations with absolute sincerity and seriousness.
One of her team members is Beth Ingram of Drexel Hill, who has been a member of Tri-County Paranormal for the past four years. She says her role in the investigations is “somewhat dependent upon the type of investigation we are doing. If we are investigating a private residence or business, each investigator is responsible for different tasks (i.e. digital recording, video, taking pictures, etc.) All investigators still work as a whole; but, with the division of tasks, one’s attention will not be divided in too many directions. When we are conducting a public investigation, I might work as a lead investigator -- being responsible for an assigned group of people, guiding them as they investigate the location. Each lead investigator is there to answer questions, help people with equipment and provide direction during the investigation.”
This year alone the team has conducted Psychic Investigations at a private home in Phoenixville; at the Paoli Battlefield in March; at the Plank House in Marcus Hook and at Elaine’s Victorian Inn in Cape May.
When asked what her team found at the Paoli Battlefield site, Hull said they “found a number of spirits who were confused, angry, and/or afraid. Many of them seemed to be seeking some kind of medical help. One thought we were spies!! There are cold spots there and overwhelming feelings of dread and unease as well as shadowy figures darting around. At the Plank House we found the ghosts of a man, a woman and a child. We have established communication with them and have some very compelling photos. We have had lots of communication that indicates they are watching over the place and are interested in efforts to preserve the property.”
Ingram adds that while she does not always see the spirits, she can “feel when they are present. Occasionally, I am able to tell whether they are male or female, young or old, and will sometimes get a picture of physical attributes in my head.”
Ingram’s interest in the paranormal developed after the death of her grandmother. “She and I were always very close so her death hit me extremely hard. The night before her funeral I had a dream in which my grandmother was introducing me to all of these different relatives and friends of hers. It was almost like a party where the host would introduce you to everyone. When I woke up the following morning I started asking my father who such and such a person was. He looked at me with a puzzled look on his face and asked me how I had come to know the names of people who have long since passed. He told me that I shouldn't even know these people’s names since some of them had died before he was even born, or died before I was born.”
At Elaine’s Bed and Breakfast, 513 Lafayette Street, Cape May, guests can join the professional Tri-County team on select weekends. (Upcoming dates are July 19-21, Aug. 2-4 and Aug. 23-25, Sept. 13-15, Oct. 18-20 and Nov. 1-3).
When asked how the Tri-County team involves those guests and handles people who come along on the tour with big skepticism, Hull said, “We welcome skeptical people, we are very skeptical ourselves! We just ask that participants be open to the possibility that there are ghosts there. We provide some ghost hunting equipment for the guests to work with in our efforts to communicate with the ghosts at Elaine's.”
In the large three-story Cape May Victorian now know as Elaine’s Bed and Breakfast, Hull said “There are several ghosts there: a man we call James, Emily - a teenaged girl, a nurse, a maid and a cat named Streak.”
Those interested in participating in an upcoming Ghost Hunter Weekend at Elaine’s can call 609-884-4358 and speak with Joan, a former Springfield resident, who manages the front desk.
Hull says, “Ghosts and spirits are able to communicate with me by me seeing them and sometimes hearing them.” She says the aim of the psychic investigations is to “help the ghosts and spirits be satisfied with their situation. If a ghost is unhappy we try to determine why and if there is anything we can do to help remedy the situation. If a ghost is happy, then we try to understand their reasons for remaining where they are (on the Earth plane) and help make sure they are happy with their situation.”
She says the most powerful personal encounter she’s had with a ghost was “with deceased relatives who have appeared to me. If I was to pick a public one, I would have to say the most powerful experience I have had was when I was physically pushed by a ghost in Casemate 5 at Fort Mifflin.”
Being a Psychic Investigator for Tri-County Paranormal and her work as Medium/Clairvoyant keeps her very busy. She also leads the Grim Philly Ghost Tours through Olde City Philadelphia on the last Friday evening of each month and gives psychic readings on the first Monday night of the month at Parastudy in Chester Heights.
Hull is also an author and her books include Brandywine Valley Ghosts,Philly's Main Line Haunts, Supernatural Pennsylvania, Supernatural Mid-Atlantic. She is currently working on Haunted Honeymoons, which will she says “will hopefully be out by next year.”
She adds, “I have learned that we are never alone. There are spirits and ghosts all around us, all the time. They are like a shadow world that exists right within ours. They have their own thoughts, feelings, and agendas.”
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