Whispers Estate Essay

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If the imposition of a ghost walking through your body doesn 't send chills up your spine, you have come to the right place. The Whispers Estate offers passionately curious people and ghost hunters personal paranormal encounters that are reserved for those kindred spirits that find intense hauntings a truly amazing experience. Built in 1899 as a family home for Dr. John and his wife, Jessie Gibbons. The doctor used the house as his office, working and operating his practice on the first floor, offering inquiring minds a unique and colorful history of life and death, making the Whispers Estate the perfect target where the walking dead are concerned. Once opened to the public for overnight visits, paranormal investigators have been lining up at the doors of the 3,700 square foot Victorian, angel guarded, paranormal hot spot to get their fill of one of the most haunted bed & breakfast venues in the entire state of Indiana. After rennovations began on the structure, the estate quickly became known for having walls that whisper, with thousands of skeptics visiting the popular estate each year, leaving as believers …show more content…
Owner,Van Renier welcomes believers and skeptics to come and visit his beautiful and historic Victorian home. The haunted estate has since gained the attention of paranormal investigators from all over the world. Media attention brought on by the overwhelming and undeniable paranormal evidence has been the source and inspiration for several of the books wriiten concerning the many ghosts, apparitions and entities living at the Whispers Estate. In the book, "Haunted Travels of Indiana", written by, Mark Marimen, ghost hunters will read rare details dedicated to the Whispers Estate, delving into preternatural phenomena and

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