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INVESTIGATION REPORT

HISTORIC FORT WAYNE    DETROIT, MI

WEATHER= 75F, MOON PHASE= WANING CRESCENT    # OF INVESTIGATORS= 7

THIS FORT-A RARE AND SACRED GEM IN DETROIT'S HISTORY-WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1843 & 1849 TO GUARD AGAINST THREATS BY BRITISH CANADA. DETROIT WAS THE CAPITOL OF MICHIGAN UNTIL 1868. THE FORT SITS ON ALMOST 90 ACRES ALONG THE DETROIT RIVER AT THE FOOT OF LIVERNOIS AVE. THE FORT WAS NEVER USED IN BATTLE. HOWEVER, IT DID PLAY IMPORTANT ROLES AS A TRAINING & RECRUITMENT CENTER IN THE CIVIL WAR, WWI, WWII, & THE VIETNAM WAR. IT IS CONSTRUCTED IN A SPANISH STYLE STAR SHAPE. ABOUT 1500 SOLDIERS DIED AT THE SITE, MOSTLY FROM SICKNESS. THREE WERE HANGED HERE FOR MURDER & RAPE. THERE ARE  INDIAN MOUNDS ON THE GROUNDS. MANY BUILDINGS HOUSE ARTIFACTS FROM DETROIT'S HISTORY. THE FIRST EVER SILENT FILM SHOWN IN DETROIT WAS AT THE THEATRE ON FORT PROPERTY. FORT WAYNE COVERS ALMOST 90 ACRES. THERE ARE MANY BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY INCLUDING A ROW OF HOMES CALLED "OFFICERS ROW" WHERE OFFICERS HAD THEIR QUARTERS. THERE IS ALSO "NCO ROW" WHERE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS STAYED. THE FORT ALSO HAD A HOSPITAL, THEATER, AND VARIOUS OTHER BUILDINGS-MOST OF WHICH STILL STAND TODAY. SOME ARE USED AS STORAGE FOR ARTIFACTS FROM THE CITY OF DETROIT, SUCH AS STATUARY. ONE BUILDING EVEN HOLDS THE FIRST WOODEN HYDROPLANE BOAT TO RACE ON THE DETROIT RIVER. THIS FORT HAS MANY HIDDEN TREASURES WITHIN IT!

WE PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THE ORGANIZED GHOST HUNTS HOSTED BY METRO PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS. THEY WERE WONDERFUL HOSTS & GUIDES. WE WERE TAKEN ON A TOUR OF THE GROUNDS, THEN TUNED LOOSE TO INVESTIGATE ON OUR OWN. WE ENJOYED THE ENTIRE EVENING. HERE ARE OUR FINDINGS.

SUE CAPTURED THESE APPARITIONS OF SOLDIERS ON THE FORT GROUNDS.	EVP: SUE CAPTURED FOOTSTEPS IN THE POST GUARD HOUSE WHEN NO ONE WAS WALKING. LISTEN HERE	EVPS: SUE CAUGHT BANGING NOISES IN THE POST GUARD HOUSE. LISTEN HERE & HERE	ENTRANCE TO THE FORT. TAKEN BY CINDY
SUE CAPTURED A VOICE IN THE POST GUARD HOUSE. WE CANNOT DECIPHER WHAT IT SAYS. LISTEN HERE	EVP: SUE CAUGHT BANGING NOISES IN ONE OF THE CASEMATES. LISTEN HERE	EVP: CURTIS CAPTURED A MALE VOICE SAYING "NO" AFTER CALLING OUT RODNEY'S NAME IN THE BARRACKS BLDG. LISTEN HERE	EVP: SUE CAPTURED SOMEONE SAYING "NO...NO" IN ONE OF THE CASEMATES. LISTEN HERE
EVP: SUE CAPTURED A VOICE SAYING "WHERE" IN ONE OF THE CASEMATES. LISTEN HERE	JEFF & PATTI INVESTIGATING THE CASEMATE.	EVP: CURTIS CAUGHT A MALE VOICE IN THE BARRACKS SAYING "WAIT". LISTEN HERE	EVP: CURTIS CAPTURED A MALE VOICE SAYING "DON'T" THEN "HI CURTIS" IN THE BARRACKS. LISTEN HERE
EVP: CURTIS CAPTURED A MALE VOICE SAYING "CAN'T FIND HIM" WHILE SEARCHING THE BARRACKS FOR RODNEY. LISTEN HERE EVP: CURTIS CAPTURED ANOTHER MALE VOICE RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST ONE SAYING" HE WENT THIS WAY" LISTEN HERE		EVP: SUE CAUGHT A MALE VOICE IN ONE OF THE CASEMATES. LISTEN HERE	EVP: CURTIS CAPTURED A VOICE SAYING "HELP ME" IN THE BARRACKS. LISTEN HERE
EVP: CURTIS CAPTURED A VOICE IN THE CASEMATE SAYING "BAD DAY" AFTER A POPPING SOUND. LISTEN HERE	EVP: CURTIS CAUGHT A VOICE SAYING "GO AWAY" IN THE CASEMATE. LISTEN HERE	EVP: CURTIS CAPTURED A VOICE IN THE CASEMATE SAYING "DON'T RUN PLEASE STAY". LISTEN HERE	EVP: CURTIS CAPTURED A VOICE SAYING " I CAME FROM OVER THERE" IN THE CASEMATE. LISTEN HERE
EVP: CURTIS CAPTURED A VOICE SAYING "SHOT" IN THE CASEMATE. LISTEN HERE	EVP: CURTIS CAUGHT A VOICE SAYING "WE WENT THIS WAY" IN THE CASEMATE. LISTEN HERE	EVP: CURTIS CAPTURED A VOICE SAYING "CURTIS" IN THE CASEMATE. LISTEN HERE

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