ISIS Investigations: The ISIS team set out on May 28, 2006 to conduct an investigation at a private residence in Chester, Vermont after receiving numerous complaints from the current occupants of the home. Upon receiving in-depth communication from one of the occupants living at the location, our team decided further investigation was warranted and preceded to the location with a team of eight individuals: five females and three male investigators were present. The team was privileged enough to have a client that kept a journal about all of the unusual happenings that occurred since they had moved their family into the quiet town of Chester and such information was conveyed to the team upon initial contact with the client.After receiving our website information from a family member, the owners of the home decided to contact us for further investigation when the activity that was occurring at the location reached a level of extreme upset to all of the members in the household. The family had moved into the home in Chester about a year ago, having moved from Florida. They purchased a run down house and began completely renovating the location. Once the renovations were complete enough for the family to move in, the 35 year-old female and her 40 year-old spouse moved in with their two young daughters, ages 5 and 3.According to the client, the house is rich with history and it is listed in the National Historic Registry. The house has also been rumored to have had a part in the Underground Railroad and one of the former owners of the home was the first Baptist minister in the State of Vermont. According to the client and her own research, the minister was viewed as progressive and asked to step down from his position because he married a white woman to a black man.

During the process of renovation, the clients discovered "hundreds" of Civil War documents, love letters, photographs and the like, placed between the horsehair plaster ceiling and the roof trusses. Approximately 500-700 documents were discovered in the roof rafters (when the family tore off the plaster during renovation). They were stuffed up in the ceiling and when the plaster was removed, they all came tumbling down. There was a mix of documents: lots of poetry, civil war letters, love letters, a marriage license, legal documents, church sermons, nature writing, photos, etc...There were hundreds of names on the documents. They were found in decent condition. The house consisted of an attached apartment and a cape, had been empty for two years prior to the family purchasing it, after the death of the former owner. The former owner died of cancer and it was believed that her children dabbled in occult activities.According to the client, the activity her and her family were experiencing was the first time they had ever experienced anything like it. They are an educated couple, both possessing college degrees, and consider themselves to be extremely logical. As unexplained activity continued, the family grew confused and frightened. According to the client, none of the workers that renovated the home experienced anything unusual.Per the client, the family moved into the home after a period of ten months of renovation. The foundation of the home, and the interior was ready to live in-although there still remained some aesthetic improvements that were to be made while the family lived in the home. The client reports that her family was thrilled about moving into their new home.

After two days of moving everything into the location, the family spent their first night in the home on March 1, 2006.At the time that the family moved in, the only room that was not ready for occupancy was the daughter's bedroom: the carpet had yet to be installed. That evening, at bedtime, the family shared a room, the parent's room, and the daughters slept on an inflatable bed, and the animals, two dogs, slept on the floor in the same room as well. In the middle of the night, the client reports that she was woken up by the sound of wind chimes ringing inside the house and the sound of two little girls giggling and playing. The client reported hearing the children running around and "having fun." The client also states that she does not own any wind chimes and cannot explain where the sound came from. Thinking that her two daughters were running around and playing, the client got up to check on her daughters. She found the two girls fast asleep, along with the family pets and the unexplained sounds could still be heard. The client continued to listen and after a minute or two, the sounds disappeared. In the morning, the client attributed the strange experience to lucid dreaming and thought nothing more of it.Later on the following morning, the family went out to breakfast and her husband comments about his excitement over moving into the new house.

The client reports that she asked him how he slept the first night in the house and he had no complaints, responding "fine." He does, however, report that something "odd" happened to him and further states that he feels awkward saying anything about it. He then reports that he also experienced a similar phenomenon-waking in the evening and hearing little girls laughing and playing. Like his wife, he believed his children were awake and playing and checks on them. He finds the children asleep and then goes downstairs to see if the television was left on. The television was off. Still hearing the sounds he returns upstairs and when he reaches the bedroom, the sounds cease. Both clients are skeptical and not really sure what to think about their similar experiences. Two days later, the clients discover that the former tenant was known to have over 400 wind chimes, both inside and outside the house. View the full article for the rest of the investigation report.

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Ok... This was terribly written...

The Narrator would one minute be in the 3rd person then by the end of it the narrator was in the 1st person. Referring to everyone as 'client' 'tennant', 'adult female' 'mum' 'father' and 'adult male'. then switching to 'I' -So I don't know who was telling this story....

Was the 'client', 'adult female' and the 'mum' all the same person?

Anyway, it sounds pretty spooky, but it was interesting or strange, (Slight sarcasm) that the people who lived there didn't experience all the things the investigators did.
The investigators had aches and pains, and felt cold spots and hot spots, and toys were starting all on their own- None of this happened to the owners of the house?

Strange that the Dog's didn't sense 'something' there when all the doors were banging and 'ghost girls' giggling, but nope the Dog's just slept right through it.....

The 'adult female' said whilst her husband was out of the room, she said she noticed a dark figure at the end of the bed, then the dark figure dove under the bed when the husband returned. The husband got back into bed and they both just lay there till morning..... If you really saw something dive under your bed, as if you would just bloody lay there in it and not say anything to the husband....

Some bits just don't add up in this story..... Maybe cause it was badly written

Thank you for your feedback. I will review the article for clarity issues. I tried to keep the client anonymous, while avoiding repetition.



Yes. This was all the same individual.




This suggests that psychic sleep had occurred, affecting the children and/or animals, depending upon the event.



No one really knows what they will do when something like this occurs. The family was (and is) frightened. Having never had paranormal experiences before moving into the location, logical responses cannot be expected. When the female client saw the shadow, it was right after both her and her husband experienced the continous banging throughout the house. They would not have felt safe anywhere and terror can make people do things that seem illogical.


All feedback is greatly appreciated.

The part of the report that states that Documents and Photo's were found stuffed in the rafters is by today's standards very strange. But when my Grandfathers late 1800's built house was remodeled we found similar things including Very early News papers and bundles of currency and coins. This was thier insulation and Bank Box wrapped into one. Not surprising at all.

This aritcle is about my home town. I not only tend to believe everything about this house having activity I also think that most of this town has activity. There is not only alot of history in this particular house but most houses in this town are very old and have alot of history. Most homes in this area are the original homes of the town with as little modernization as possible. Not only the homes but also the bridges, business buildings, churches and the train station are almost in original conditions. The whole town has been known for its underground railroad and civil war history and it would not be surprizing if this particular home is not an exception, however I don't believe that is the begining or end of the history. A few facts that can be added to the article.... it did not mention that this particular house is located directly next door to the original one room school house of the town(did anyone explore what might have happened there considering there are children's voices?) nor does it mention that it is a short walking distance from the center of the town which located all original businesses(and still has businesses today)and an original church with a very large grave yard on the grounds that is so old you can not read most of the head stones anymore. It is also approximately 50 feet from a swinging bridge that crosses over a brook....almost directly on the other side of that bridge is yet another grave yard so it would not surprise me if activity could be found outside of the houses as well(was that explored?), it is surrounded by years of a town's living activity and history. I am wondering why the investigators did not explore the option of the original owners,the boy who died there or the last owner of the house(who happened to die in the house as well) being buried in the near by grave yards. I personally grew up on the other side of the swinging bridge in a very historical home directly across the street from one of the grave yards. That home,rich with history also has activity but although my family knew there was a presense we chose to ignore it. Fact is, it was easy to ignore because we got used to it however it did have a reputation of being cursed(but that is another story) and we were no exception to the curse so we moved into a newer home in the town and never experianced anything again .....there are many areas in that town that you can feel a presense. A strange fact is there are three large,very old grave yards in this town....abnormal only because this town is so small having a population of only around 2000. I don't know much about destrubing the dead but there is not much to do in this town and I spent a better part of my youth hanging out in these grave yards....I am sure kids may still do the same today and I wonder if it may be a factor. Another interesting fact of this particular article being true....one of my family memebers actually lived in this house as a tenant....I have been in this house myself... while I never experianced anything unusual while visiting and my family member never experianced anything unusual....it was in fact rented to my family member by a lady that died of cancer and did in fact have over 400 wind chimes in and outside of the home. Also the "other location" that they investigated....that house has just always known to be haunted with something that doesn't want you around...You can stand outside and look at it and it will give you a chill for no reason....I have never known anyone to actually live in it but it always has looked vacantly lived in. It isn't odd that a renovation and a family from out of town has discovered this story....They are not crazy, I have been in more then a dozen of the old homes in this town and it is similar feelings in all of them. I truely believe these things have been happening for years and ignored by those who grew up being "used to it" I just don't believe that this home is the only one in this town that is "haunted" I think invetigators could spend months in this town and find alot more then they bargined for.

Wasn't this made into "A Haunting" episode? I can clearly picture the story and I have never "read" this story, only seen it.

EDIT: I researched it and yes it was an episode for "A Haunting" it was called "Echoes of the Past".

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Hi, I am writing in regards to the Chester home. When I was growing up my Grandmother Goodnow owned this house. That was in the late 1940's to late 60's. To my knowledge there was never any ghosts or such things happening. My Aunt lives in Springfield, Vt. and she never heard of such things either. It just seems weird after all these years that ghosts are running around. I also knew the previous owner, as I went to church and school with her. Good luck to the new owners, I really hope the ghosts are friendly.

[ Thanks for the imput from some of you. I also went to that school house, which later became a firehouse. And the swinging bridge was kind of scarey to walk over, but did it without looking down. My Grandmother later bought the house next door, which a Stevens owned. All I can say is that maybe the previous owner Sally is not at peace, or something stirred things up when renovating . I know if I had seen ghosts I would of been screaming. Chester does have a lot of history, especially the old stone houses ,