On the night of Saturday, January 24, 2009, OSPRI once again returned to The Elms Resort and Spa in Excelsior Springs, MO.

We had 35 guests extremely interested in learning more about paranormal investigation.  We met in the amphitheater and showed slides of the Elms and the stories surrounding some of the alleged paranormal activity.

Connie, Mike, Sarah and I answered several questions such as questions on equipment, what are orbs and what would be a basic ‘kit’ to start their endeavor into the field.  We spent about an hour with them and then proceeded to take 8-9 guests with each one of us to start our tour.

We went into various rooms supposedly with an entity seen or heard during the many years The Elms has been in existence and took photos, EVP readings and various types of temperature readings.

During the time we were taking guests around, the fire alarm rang and guests left their hotel rooms to join everyone in the lobby while the fire department came and checked out what was going on.  It turned out to be a problem with the elevator and the all clear was given.

We returned to our various floors and rooms and continued to answer questions and laughed that we may have disturbed the spirits which turned on the fire alarm, of course this wasn’t true, but it sure was a different type of evening.  The fire alarm just added more to the night.

We all gathered back around midnight to the theater and guests handed over their photo chips to see, if anything, they may have found.  We reviewed many of them and explained various orbs, mists and other anomalies.  The guests were great and said they would send photos to us within a few days – IF they think they got any unusual photos.

We had a great time, as always, The Elms and marketing manager Keith Winge were great.  Keith was there to take photos for Facebook and he even enjoyed some of the activities before he left for the evening.  Manager Eric Busick has never let us down and worked with us to help guests understand a little more of paranormal investigations.

We will be back at the Elms soon, so watch for an announcement and keep checking Facebook. - (Do a search on Historic Elms and send a friend request!)