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INVESTIGATION REPORT

ALLEGAN JAILHOUSE MUSEUM     ALLEGAN, MI

WEATHER= 67F     MOON PHASE= WAXING GIBBOUS     # OF INVESTIGATORS= 7

THIS BUILDING WAS USED AS THE ALLEGAN JAIL FROM 1906 UNTIL 1963. IT WAS BUILT TO HOUSE THE SHERIFF AND HIS FAMILY, AS WELL AS THE PRISONERS. THE SHERIFF'S WIFE COOKED ALL OF THE MEALS FOR INMATES HELD THERE. THERE ARE 17 JAIL CELLS STILL IN THE BUILDING, AND ONE SOLITARY CONFINEMENT CELL. THE MUSEUM NOW HOUSES OVER 10,000 ARTIFACTS REFLECTING ALLEGAN COUNTY'S HISTORY, GOING AS FAR BACK AS THE CIVIL WAR. THERE ARE ALSO SOME PREHISTORIC MASTODON TEETH AND MANY NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIFACTS. SOME OF THE CELLS STILL HAVE THE SCRIBBLINGS ON THEIR WALLS FROM PEOPLE INCARCERATED THERE AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER.

EVP: SUE CAPTURED MYSTERIOUS FOOTSTEPS ON THE 2ND FLOOR. LISTEN HERE	EVP: SUE CAUGHT A WOMAN'S VOICE ON THE 2ND FLOOR SAYING "HELLO". LISTEN HERE	EVP: SUE CAPTURED VOICES AND FOOTSTEPS WHILE WALKING TOWARDS THE BASEMENT. LISTEN HERE	EVP: SUE CAUGHT A VOICE THAT SAYS "I CAN'T SEND IT" IN THE BASEMENT NEAR THE DISPLAY OF POST OFFICE ARTIFACTS. LISTEN HERE
SOME OF THE SCRIBBLINGS MADE BY ACTUAL INMATES OF THE JAIL.		SOME OF THE OLD JAIL CELLS	MASTODON TEETH FOUND IN ALLEGAN COUNTY, DISPLAYED IN THE JAILHOUSE MUSEUM.
EVP: SUE CAPTURED WHAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE SPEAKING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN THE COURTROOM. LISTEN HERE	EVP: SUE CAPTURED A VOICE IN THE BASEMENT NEAR THE LAUNDRY DISPLAY SAYING "ANSWER". LISTEN HERE	EVP: PATTI CAUGHT A VOICE SAYING "HANUKKAH" IN THE GIFT SHOP. LISTEN HERE	EVP: PATTI CAPTURED A VOICE SAYING "HELP". LISTEN HERE
THE COURTROOM HAS ARTIFACTS FROM THE ALLEGAN COURTHOUSE THAT NO LONGER EXISTS.	THE LAUNDRY DISPLAY	THE POST OFFICE DISPLAY	THE DOOR TO THE SOLITARY CELL.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE FOLKS AT THE ALLEGAN JAILHOUSE MUSEUM FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY IN ALLOWING US TO INVESTIGATE THIS IMPORTANT HISTORICAL LANDMARK.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MUSEUM, VISIT THEIR WEBSITE HERE