ANTHONY EVERETT HAS THE SPOOKY DETAILS.
♪ >> THE OLIVER ESTATE HAS STOOD IN MIDDLEBOROUGH SINCE BEFORE THE START OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
>> THE HOUSE CAME ABOUT AS A WEDDING GIFT.
IT WAS BUILT FOR PETER OLIVER AND HIS BRIDE TO BE, SALLY HUTCHINSON.
>> SINCE, IT HASN’T SERVED AS A HOME TO A HANDFUL OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE COME AND GONE.
SOME BELIEVE THAT THERE SPIRITS REMAIN.
>> MY FIRST EXPERIENCE HAPPENED AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS.
>> CHRISTIE IS ONE OF THOSE BELIEVERS AND THE ESTATE’S CARETAKERS.
>> THESE ELECTRIC CANDLES, I PURCHASED THESE BECAUSE IT IS SO DARK.
I PUT THEM IN THE WINDOWS, LOCKED UP THE HOUSE, LOOKED UP, AND ONE OF THE CANDLES WAS ON.
SO SHE WALKED BACK INTO THE HOUSE AND TURNED THE CANDLE OFF.
>> I WAS AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRCASE, THERE WAS A MAN STANDING IN THE DOORWAY, HE WAS TALLER THAN ME, I COULD SEE HIS FORM, AS SOLID AS ANYTHING, AND HE SAID, YOU CAME BACK.
LIKE IT WAS A TEST.
I SAID, I DID.
BUT NOW I HAVE TO GO.
>> GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS.
BUT NOT ALL OF HER PARANORMAL EXPERIENCES HERE HAD BEEN AS OBVIOUS SO SHE USES TOOLS THAT SHE SAYS ALLOW HER TO DETECT AND INTERPRET SPIRITUAL ACTIVITY.
>> WE’VE MEASURED DIFFERENT FORMS OF ENERGY.
PICKING UP AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD.
THE POD WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IS AUDIBLE FOR US TO REALIZE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND OR THEY ARE ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT WE ARE SAYING.
>> HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS LINE OF WORK AND END UP HERE FROM TENNESSEE?
>> WELL, I TAUGHT MYSELF -- >> THEY ARE HAPPY YOU ARE HERE.
HER DAY JOB IN MANUFACTURING MOVED TO BOSTON IN 2009.
SHE HEARD ABOUT THE OLIVER ESTATE FROM A FRIEND WHO KNEW SHE HAD AN INTEREST IN THE PARANORMAL FIELD.
>> I DON’T NECESSARILY LABEL MYSELF AS A PSYCHIC.
I’M JUST A PERSON THAT IS WILLING TO LISTEN.
I’M ALSO THE KEEPER OF THEIR STORIES.
I WILL CONTINUE TO PASS THEM ON SO FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL LEARN ABOUT HOW FAR WE HAVE, IN OUR HISTORY.
>> ONE WAY SHE PASSES ON THOSE STORIES IS BY GIVING TOURS OF THE ESTATE.
>> THERE ARE 15 THAT WE HAVE DOCUMENTED THAT ONE WITHIN THIS HOUSE SO DEPENDING ON THE TIME, THE DAY, AND ENERGY IS DEPENDING ON THE ONES THAT WILL STEP UP AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH
YOU.
WHEN WE TAKE PEOPLE ON TORS, IT IS MORE ABOUT LET’S UNDERSTAND WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE.
>> THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NONBELIEVERS, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID OF THIS, FEAR IT MIGHT BE MALEVOLENT.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE I DON’T BELIEVE AND I’M OK WITH THAT.
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID, THERE ARE THINGS TO BE AFRAID OF WHEN IT COMES TO THE PARANORMAL.
DO SOME HOMEWORK BEFORE YOU VISIT PLACES.
COME TO A PLACE LIKE THIS WHERE YOU HAVE THE TEAMS THAT HAVE DONE THE LEGWORK AND DEEMED IT A GREAT WORK -- A GREAT PLACE TO INVESTIGATE THAT IS SAFE TO BRING PEOPLE.
>> SHE HAS JUST GOTTEN STARTED, GETTING TO THE HEART OF THIS HOME’S HISTORY WITH SOME HELP.
>> THEY HAVE A LOT TO SAY HERE.
THEY JUST NEED PEOPLE TO LISTEN.
♪ >> IF YOUR PROCLIVITY FOR PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IS OF THE METROPOLITAN VARIETY, YOU CAN HOP ON BOARD A TROLLEY IN BOSTON FOR THE GHOSTS AND GRAVESTONES
TOUR.
>> IT IS A HYBRID, HISTORICAL TOUR, WE ARE TELLING REAL THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, WE ARE TELLING SOME GHOST STORIES, BUT WE ARE DOING IT WITH FLAIR.
>> STEPHEN JOHNSON IS THE ENTERTAINMENT MANAGER.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF TOURS BUT NOT A LOT LIKE THIS.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE] THE MIDNIGHT WRITER, THE MAN, THE MYTH, PAUL REVERE.
>> IT IS NEVER THE SAME TOUR TWICE.
>> IT WOULD SURPRISE YOU TO LEARN THAT I HAVE HEADED OUT ON THE STREETS LATE AT NIGHT TO MANUFACTURE ADDITIONAL INVENTORY.
THAT MEANS I KILL PEOPLE.
>> THEY HAVE EVEN HAD SOME UNANNOUNCED GUESTS OVER THE YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATING.
>> WE LOOK INSIDE AND SOMEBODY SAYS, THERE IS SOMEBODY IN NOBODY IS ALLOWED AT NIGHT, THEY ARE LOCKED UP.
I SEE THERE IS A WOMAN WITH A BLACK DRESS AND WHITE HAIR.
SHE IS CRYING OVER ONE OF THE HEADSTONES.
SHE WALKS BY AND I CAN’T FIND HER.
WE LOOK ALL AROUND.
WE LEFT PRETTY QUICKLY BUT FOR THAT WEEK, EVERY GUY THAT KEPT COMING UP, THEY CAP SEEING HER.
SHE COULD JUST BE A PERSON.
BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK WHY SOMEONE IS GOING INTO ONE OF OUR GRAVEYARDS CRYING OVER HEADSTONES THAT ARE 400 YEARS OLD.
>> WHILE THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR STORIES MAYBE CENTURIES OLD, BEFORE GUYS BELIEVE THEY ARE WORTH REMEMBERING.
>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE OUR HISTORY AND UNDERSTAND WHERE WE COME FROM.
♪ >> IT WOULDN’T BE HALLOWEEN EVE WITHOUT SOME GHOST STORIES THE GHOSTS AND GRAVESTONES TOURS RUNS THROUGH THE WINTER, A FUN WAY TO LEARN THE CITY’S HISTORY
IN THE OFF-SEASON, JUST WEAR LAYERS AND BRING A BLANKET.
AND BACK TO THE OLIVER ESTATE, SOME VERY PROMINENT POLITICIANS HAVE WALKED THOSE HALLS INCLUDING JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS, THOMAS HUTCHINSON, AND JAMES BOWDOIN.
COMING UP, A SELF PROCLAIMED WITCH AND HER PR