The Tombstones of the Castner Family
Case file: CEM-MAN-2011-07-30 – I met up with members of the NJGHS to investigate the Mansfield or Washington Cemetery, NJ. I was eager to see if my team would have any experiences surrounding the tombstones of John, Maria and Maria Matilda Castner who were murdered on May 2, 1843 in their home. Their story became known as the Changewater Murders.
Jasmine, Jimmy, Dave and I found our way to where the family rests and set up several pieces of equipment. A night vision camcorder was placed facing the tombstones with the nearby store lights shinning from behind. We also left a digital recorder to see if we captured any voices or unusual sounds while we investigated the rest of the cemetery.
The Castner Family Tombstones
Starting the evening at the location of the Castner family, we started to ask questions about their lives and the day they were murdered.
A small piece of grass was moving between the two right stones. There wasn’t a breeze around and it was just a single piece of grass which moved. As soon as Jasmine observed the movement had stopped, two of our recorders captured the following EVPs. (Note: the audio has been enhanced.)
Mansfield Cemetery – Grass Stopped Moving 1 EVP
This little girl’s voice was also captured by a second recorder. (Note: the audio has been enhanced.)
Mansfield Cemetery – the Grass Stopped Moving 2 EVP
Shortly after this experience, one of the digital recorders picked up a woman humming.
Mansfield Cemetery Woman Humming EVP
About 20 minutes into our first EVP session of the evening, both digital recorders captured a man saying something. (Note: the audio has been enhanced.)
Mansfield Cemetery Man Near Castner Tombstone EVP
Other Locations in Mansfield
After conducting an EVP session with the Castner family, my team proceeded to the back of the front of the cemetery. We conducted an EVP session before we crossed the road and we captured the following. (Note: the audio has been enhanced.)
Mansfield Cemetery Before the Road Man’s Voice EVP
We crossed into the second side of the cemetery and were looking for road within the cemetery to locate a known paranormal hotspot. At this time we captured the following EVP. (Note: the audio has been enhanced.)
Mansfield Cemetery 2nd Side looking for Internal Road EVP
The group continued to the middle of the back of the cemetery several members of our team had the sensation of running to cobwebs. After investigating the location, there was no spiderweb which could have caused this. Right after this, the following EVP was captured. (Note: the audio has been enhanced.)
Mansfield Cemetery Girl and Man near Tree EVP
The last EVP which was captured during our investigation was of a lady saying, “Come Child.” (Note: the audio has been enhanced.)
Mansfield Cemetery EVP of Lady saying Come Child
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