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Paranormal
investigators share tales of haunted spots - 20081103
by Diana Balazs
The Arizona Republic
SCOTTSDALE - The authors of a
book on Arizona's spookiest places are looking for things
that might go bump in the night in Scottsdale and the rest
of the Valley.
Tucson-based paranormal investigators Katie
Mullaly and J. Patrick Ohlde spoke about their work Oct. 22
at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library.They wrote the book
Scare-Izona, A Travel Guide to Arizona's Spookiest Spots and
run Wailing Bansidhe Investigations (www.wailingbansidhe.com).
The book provides information on 16 of the
state's most haunted sites. In the Valley, they include Casey
Moore's Oyster House and Monti's La Casa Vieja restaurants,
both in Tempe.
The pair is planning a book about
haunted happenings in the Phoenix area, Mullaly said.
"Any ghost stories that anybody wants
us to know about, we're absolutely looking for them,"
she said.
Mullaly said paranormal activity does not
increase during October but there is a greater interest in
the subject because of Halloween.
"It's year-round. It's nonstop. There's
really no season for it," she said.
The two use three main tools when investigating
an activity:
• Digital cameras to capture objects
such as apparitions or orbs (balls of light) that are not
visible to the naked eye.
• Electromagnetic field detectors to
locate pockets of energy.
• Voice recorders, which can capture
sounds inaudible to the human ear.
One place Mullaly and Ohlde would love to
investigate is the reportedly haunted Hermosa Inn in Paradise
Valley.
"I hope to. I would very much like to.
I haven't been terribly successful in getting ahold of anyone
to talk about it," Mullaly said.
The Stetson-wearing ghost of cowboy artist
Lon Megargee is said to playfully haunt the resort. Megargee
built his art studio and home known as Casa Hermosa on the
site in the 1930s."It has even been said that Megargee,
who died in northern Arizona in 1960, still pays visits to
Casa Hermosa from time to time," according to the resort's
Web site.
Mullaly said she learned at last week's lecture
that there might even be some spirited activity taking place
at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library.
"I hope to follow up and maybe do an
investigation," she said.
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