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Paranormal Experiments at the Queens Hotel: Testing the Bohlandor Haunting Evidence

Explore paranormal experiments at the Queens Hotel, comparing spirit box voices and unexplained sounds with Bohlandor evidence. Discover what happened inside!

I. T. Thompson

10/7/202618 min read

Location Confidentiality Notice
The location names used in this article have been changed. Certain photographs have also been cropped or edited to remove identifying features. This is intentional and protects the privacy of the property owners, locations and individuals connected with the original Bohlandor investigations.

The name Bohlandor is fictional. The location is not.

To protect the privacy of the property owners and those connected with the original investigation, identifying names and geographical details have been changed. The photographs shown here were taken during the investigation period and document the environment in which the events occurred.

The orchard, its distinctive willow tree and even the wildlife surrounding the property became familiar features during eighteen investigations conducted over sixteen months. At night, however, familiar surroundings could become remarkably different, and distinguishing the natural from the unexplained became an important part of every investigation.

The orchard surrounding Bohlandor. Environmental conditions and natural sources of movement and sound were considered throughout the investigation.

The willow tree at Bohlandor. A prominent feature of the property and a familiar reference point throughout the investigation.

Owls photographed in the Bohlandor willow. Wildlife around the property provided an important reminder that unexplained sounds first required an ordinary explanation.

From Bohlandor to the Queens Hotel

Eighteen investigations over sixteen months produced more questions than answers at Bohlandor. But documenting unusual activity at one location was never enough. If an experiment produced an unexplained result, could the same procedure be repeated somewhere else?

That question eventually took ProParanormal away from the quiet orchard, the familiar willow tree and the house at its centre, and into a very different environment.

The Queens Hotel.

Built in 1905, it wasn't chosen simply because of its reputation. It offered something far more useful: a second location in which selected experiments conducted at Bohlandor could be repeated, using comparable equipment and investigative methods.

The surroundings were different. The history was different. The environmental conditions were different.

The experiments remained the same.

If Bohlandor had produced genuine anomalous responses, what would happen when those same experiments were taken somewhere else?

The Queens Hotel — the second location selected for comparative paranormal experiments. Certain identifying details surrounding the location have been withheld to protect the privacy of those connected with the original investigations.

Could phenomena recorded at Bohlandor be reproduced under different conditions at another reportedly active location?

Watch: Inside the Queens Hotel — The Darkened Upper Floor

https://youtu.be/LQ4VU3QNTqk

Before the comparative experiments began, the hotel's upper floor presented an environment quite unlike Bohlandor Orchard. The following walkthrough documents its deteriorating condition, darkened corridors and neglected interior. It provides a visual introduction to the surroundings in which part of the investigation took place.

Watch: Inside Bohlandor — “You called me” “I am listening”

https://youtu.be/b07YXeVJdKE

On 26 June 2021, at approximately 9:13 PM, a communication experiment was conducted at Bohlandor Orchard using an SB7 spirit box, with the session recorded through a camcorder microphone. Although nothing particularly unusual was recognised during the live session, subsequent playback revealed a deep, guttural, rasping voice emerging through the sweeping radio frequencies. Several apparent responses were interpreted...

ProParanormal investigation equipment.

A selection of devices used from the investigation programme, photographed separately and during the Queens Hotel experiments.

The Experiments: Repeating the Unexplained

The purpose of the Queens Hotel investigations was not simply to seek further paranormal activity. It was to revisit selected experiments previously conducted at Bohlandor, this time within an entirely different environment.

Dank... Dark... And eerie...

Bohlandor had presented a series of unusual observations and recorded responses during eighteen separate investigations spanning sixteen months. But one location, regardless of its reputation or the volume of evidence collected, could not provide every answer.

The Queens Hotel offered an opportunity to investigate further.

Its ageing interior, deteriorating upper floor and very different environmental conditions presented new challenges. Yet the underlying questions remained unchanged.

Could similar responses be obtained elsewhere?

Would the equipment behave in the same manner?

And perhaps most importantly, could the results be explained by the experimental procedures themselves rather than by the locations in which they were conducted?

The photographs accompanying this account document the rooms, corridors and equipment associated with the investigation programme. Although not every experiment was captured on camera, the observations and comparisons remain an important part of the Bohlandor investigation record.

Experiment One: The SB11 Spirit Box — Beyond Radio Interference

One of the objectives of the Queens Hotel investigation was to repeat aspects of the SB11 spirit-box communication experiments previously conducted at Bohlandor Orchard.

Spirit boxes operate by scanning radio frequencies, producing a continuous sequence of changing audio fragments, interference and occasional recognisable speech. One of the greatest challenges for an investigator is distinguishing an apparent response from ordinary radio transmissions.

At Bohlandor, particular attention had been given to vocal sounds that appeared to remain consistent while the SB11 continued scanning through successive frequencies.

The Queens Hotel provided an opportunity to examine this behaviour in a different environment.

The experiment focused on identifying audible responses that appeared to persist across more than three frequency changes without an obvious alteration in vocal tone or pitch.

The reasoning was straightforward: if a recognisable voice continued uninterrupted while the receiver moved through several frequencies, could it reasonably be attributed to a conventional radio broadcast?

This was an important question, but not one that could be answered through listening alone.

A voice appearing to persist across multiple frequency changes does not automatically exclude radio interference. Receiver behaviour, overlapping transmissions, audio processing, sweep speed and the way human hearing interprets fragmented speech must also be considered.

The purpose of the comparison was therefore to investigate whether the apparent vocal continuity observed at Bohlandor could be reproduced at the Queens Hotel, and whether ordinary radio reception offered an adequate explanation.

What happened at Bohlandor? June 26, 2021 - 'The Demon Makes It's Presence Known' - The SB7 Session.
The investigation took place at approximately 9:13 PM, following an unusual temperature drop around the upstairs hallway.
I, along with a fellow investigator, conducted a controlled communication session using an SB7 spirit box, with the audio captured by a camcorder's dynamic microphone.
During the session, we heard predominantly the usual sweeping static and radio interference. However, when the recording was reviewed later, something unexpected emerged.
A deep, guttural, rasping voice appeared on the recording that neither of us had consciously heard during the actual session.
The apparent responses included:
- “You called me.”
- “I am listening.”
- “It's a secret.”
- “Demon.”
- “Come with me.”
- “I'll kill you. The demon.”
- “Qualja.”
There was also an apparent disembodied voice whispering “Yes” associated with a question about whether the child spirit Kevin could hear the train.
These are the phrases previously described in the investigation material; they are reported interpretations of the audio, not independently verified transcripts.
Why the recording was unusual...
Well... three aspects made this session particularly interesting.
First, the rasping voice was not clearly audible to us during the live experiment, despite appearing on the recording.
Second, we described apparent exchanges involving different male and female voices, rather than isolated random words.
Third, I investigated whether the unusually deep vocal characteristics could involve frequencies near or below 18 Hz.
One important technical qualification: an intelligible voice cannot be established as entirely below 18 Hz simply because it sounds unusually deep. Its audible speech components would occupy higher frequencies, and confirming any infrasonic component would require appropriate equipment and frequency analysis.
What was repeated at Queens Hotel?
As part of the comparative investigation, the SB11 spirit box was operated on the deteriorating upper floor of the Queens Hotel, repeating aspects of the communication experiments previously conducted at Bohlandor Orchard.
The objective was to examine unusual vocal responses that appeared to continue across multiple radio frequencies without an obvious change in tone or pitch, raising questions about whether conventional radio transmissions could account for the sounds.

What happened during the repeat experiment?
The objective was to examine unusual vocal responses that appeared to continue across multiple radio frequencies without an obvious change in tone or pitch, raising questions about whether conventional radio transmissions could account for the sounds.
During the session, a distinctly female voice was heard through the SB11, claiming her name was Violet. Remarkably, the voice appeared to continue across several frequency changes, maintaining its vocal characteristics despite the receiver's ongoing sweep.
But the most puzzling discovery came afterwards.
When the camcorder footage was transferred to the laptop for review, approximately seven minutes of the investigation had inexplicably vanished.
The missing section included the spirit-box communication session.
There was no apparent interruption in the resulting video, no visible pause in recording, and no separate file containing the continuation. The footage appeared to progress normally, except that an entire seven-minute period was absent.
The recording file itself remained intact and playable.
What had happened to those seven minutes?
A technical fault during recording, file transfer or processing could not be ruled out. However, without identifying the cause, the disappearance remained an unresolved anomaly in the investigation's video record.
The loss was particularly frustrating because it removed the opportunity to analyse the female voice, examine the frequency changes and compare the apparent response directly with the earlier Bohlandor recordings.
The incident became an important reminder of the limitations of paranormal field investigations: an observation may be compelling to those present, but without a recoverable recording, its characteristics cannot be independently verified.
What did the comparison establish?
The spirit-box experiments conducted at Bohlandor Orchard and the Queens Hotel shared a common objective: to examine unusual vocal sounds emerging during rapidly changing radio frequencies and determine whether they could reasonably be attributed to conventional broadcasts.
At Bohlandor, the SB7 spirit box was used during a communication session on 26 June 2021. Subsequent review of the camcorder audio revealed an unusually deep, rasping voice that had not been clearly recognised during the live experiment. Its apparent vocal characteristics and responses became an important part of the investigation.
At the Queens Hotel, a similar line of enquiry was pursued using the SB11 spirit box on the deteriorating upper floor. During this session, a female voice WAS heard audibly, and appeared to continue across several frequency changes without an obvious alteration in tone or pitch.
The similarity was the apparent persistence of recognisable vocal characteristics amid rapidly changing radio reception.
However, there were important differences.
The Bohlandor session produced recorded audio that could be replayed, examined and interpreted after the investigation. At the Queens Hotel, approximately seven minutes of footage, including the female voice, were absent from the video following its transfer to a laptop. Although the resulting file remained playable and appeared continuous, the missing section prevented subsequent audio analysis.
The environments also differed considerably. Bohlandor was a residential property surrounded by an orchard, while the Queens Hotel experiment took place on the deterlict upper floor of a much larger building. Their physical surroundings, potential sources of interference and acoustic characteristics were not identical.
Nor were the devices identical. The SB7 and SB11 are different spirit-box models, and differences in their sweep settings, reception characteristics and audio output could influence the sounds heard during a session.
I had to consider ordinary explanations
Radio interference remains one of the principal considerations when evaluating spirit-box communication.
Recognisable speech can emerge from broadcast fragments, overlapping signals, receiver behaviour and the listener's interpretation of incomplete sounds. A voice apparently continuing across several frequency changes is unusual enough to investigate, but does not, by itself, eliminate conventional radio reception.
At Bohlandor, the recorded voice could be reviewed repeatedly, although its precise source remained unverified.
At the Queens Hotel, the missing footage introduced an additional technical uncertainty. A recording or transfer fault, an interruption in the source material, or an issue during video processing could potentially explain the absent seven minutes. Without examining the original recording and its file structure, no particular explanation could be confirmed.
What Could Be Established?
Both investigations produced observations that warranted further examination, but neither established that the voices originated from a paranormal source.
Bohlandor provided an audio record for subsequent analysis, while the Queens Hotel session demonstrated the limitations of relying on a recording that could no longer be fully recovered.
The experiments also could not be treated as scientifically identical without confirming the same sweep settings, recording methods, environmental controls and equipment configurations.
Nevertheless, repeating the investigation at a second location served a useful purpose. It encouraged closer examination of the equipment, the conditions under which apparent responses occurred, and the distinction between what an investigator hears during a session and what can later be demonstrated from the recording.
Two different locations. Two different spirit boxes. Two unusual vocal observations. But only one session with surviving audio available for review.
The comparison did not provide a definitive answer. It identified the questions that needed to be asked before any answer could reasonably be accepted.
One useful technical point to retain is that the SB11 can scan AM and FM simultaneously, while the SB7 operates a single frequency sweep. The manufacturer confirms these differences, which means the two sessions were comparative investigations, not exact repetitions under identical equipment conditions.

Experiment Two: Audacity Software — Recording the Empty Upper Floor

A separate experiment involved using Audacity audio-recording software to document sounds within the deteriorating upper floor of the Queens Hotel.

The intention was to capture and subsequently examine environmental audio from an area that had fallen into disuse.

The recording session produced two particularly interesting sounds: what appeared to be a door closing, followed by footsteps.

These sounds warranted attention because their apparent sources could not be established from the audio alone.

However, identifying an unfamiliar sound is not the same as identifying its cause. Doors can move through air pressure, structural movement or mechanical failure, while footsteps can be confused with building movement, distant activity or other sounds transmitted through the structure.

A much older JVC camcorder was also used during the investigation, but the original footage could not be transferred to the laptop for further examination.

Consequently, the video cannot presently be offered as visual supporting evidence alongside the audio observations.

The recordings and observations remain part of the investigation account, but without independently reviewable footage, the cause of the sounds cannot be established conclusively.

What happened at Bohlandor? April 17, 2021 - 'Animals in the Crawlspace' - The Audacity Experiment.
One of the more unusual audio experiments conducted at Bohlandor involved placing a laptop inside an enclosed closet within the property's crawlspace, using Audacity recording software to capture sounds throughout the investigation.
The objective was to establish an independent audio record of the environment while communication sessions were conducted using the Necrophonic application and SB11 spirit box.
The closet provided a relatively isolated recording position, away from the investigators' immediate surroundings. However, the enclosed space was not acoustically soundproof, and ordinary sounds transmitted through the building still had to be considered.
Unlike some of the video footage from the investigation, the Audacity audio file recorded continuously from beginning to end, without apparent interruption, corruption or missing sections.
It was during the subsequent analysis that the recording became particularly interesting.
The Necrophonic Session for example.
Reviewing the audio revealed numerous apparent vocal responses, some of which were interpreted as direct statements, while others appeared to involve several different voices.
Among the phrases documented were:
"Both stand up."
"David."
"Don't ask."
"Help."
"Come home."
"Stop… This… Thing."
"It's worse than that!" — Female voice.
"Who is that behind you?" — Male voice.
"Let me out." — Male voice.
Other apparent responses included references to a child, requests for help and questions directed towards those present.
The laptop microphone also captured several distinct mechanical or contact sounds. These included tapping against the laptop casing, two separate tapping sequences and what sounded like the laptop being physically moved.
These sounds were particularly noteworthy because they appeared within the same recording as the vocal responses.
However, identifying their origin required caution. Contact noises can result from vibration, movement of equipment or sounds transmitted through surrounding structures. Similarly, the Necrophonic application generates processed audio, meaning apparent words cannot automatically be attributed to an external speaker.
The subsequent SB11 spirit-box recording introduced a different and unexpected sound... Random dogs barking.
During playback, the barking appeared repeatedly among indistinct vocal sounds. Several passages were interpreted as containing a child's voice, interspersed with further barking and occasional male vocal sounds.
The recorded sequence included apparent childlike vocalisations, two closely spaced barks, additional childlike sounds and further isolated barking.
No dogs were known to be present on the property during the investigation, and the barking had not been consciously heard by the investigator while the session was taking place.
What made the observation particularly interesting was its apparent origin.
The barking seemed to emerge through the SB11 spirit box rather than being picked up as an ordinary sound from outside the house.
That distinction was important, although the recording alone could not conclusively establish the source. Radio transmissions, receiver interference and audio artefacts remained possible explanations.
Nevertheless, the repeated appearance of barking among the apparent vocal responses was unusual enough to warrant documentation.
The Audacity experiment provided a continuous audio record of the session, allowing the investigator to revisit individual sounds, compare their timing and document interpretations that had not been apparent during the original investigation.
Unlike the later Queens Hotel recording, where approximately seven minutes of video were missing, the Bohlandor Audacity file remained available for review.
The recording did not establish that the voices or barking were paranormal. It did, however, preserve the sounds for further examination and demonstrated the importance of maintaining an independent recording alongside communication equipment.
The most unsettling element was not simply the apparent voices coming from the crawlspace. It was the repeated sound of various dogs barking where no dogs had been observed, a sound the investigator only became aware of when the recording was played back.
One important distinction for accuracy: Audacity recorded the audio; it did not generate the voices or barking. The Necrophonic application and SB11 produced their own audio output, which was captured alongside environmental sounds by the laptop microphone.
What was repeated at Queens Hotel?
Following the Bohlandor Orchard experiments, a similar audio-recording procedure was conducted on the deteriorating upper floor of the Queens Hotel. A laptop running Audacity was left recording unattended, with the investigator withdrawing to the carpeted floor below.
The objective was to capture environmental sounds without anyone physically present near the recording equipment, allowing comparisons with the unexplained noises documented at Bohlandor.
What happened during the repeat experiment?
As mentioned, the upper floor of the Queens Hotel had deteriorated considerably. Years of neglect were evident throughout its corridors and rooms, where damaged surfaces, abandoned furnishings and the remnants of the building's former life remained.
During one investigation, the investigator decided to conduct a separate audio experiment using Audacity recording software on a laptop positioned on the upper floor.
The intention was straightforward: leave the recording equipment running unattended and determine whether any unusual environmental sounds could be captured without an investigator physically present.
Once the recording had begun, he withdrew to the carpeted first floor below. He was the only person present in that area of the building.
The upper floor was left isolated and empty.
It was during this unattended recording that two particularly distinct sounds were captured.
The first resembled a door closing, followed by the mechanical sound of a latch engaging.
The second was equally remarkable.
Footsteps.
Not the muffled movement one might expect from someone walking across a carpeted floor, but a series of loud, distinct footfalls apparently occurring close to the laptop's microphone.
The upper corridor had originally been tiled, a surface capable of producing the hard, pronounced footfall sounds heard on the recording.
But it was the apparent sound of the door that raised the greatest question.
The door associated with that part of the building was no longer attached to its hinges. It had been removed from its frame and was resting against the wall inside the room.
There was no functioning door in that position capable of closing and engaging its latch in the manner suggested by the recording.
Yet the audio appeared to reproduce precisely those sounds.
A door closing.
A latch catching.
Footsteps moving across a hard floor.
The sequence prompted an intriguing possibility.
Could the recording have captured something resembling an event from the building's past? The ordinary actions of a former occupant, preserved in some unknown manner and apparently replayed within an environment that had long since changed?
Within paranormal terminology, such a phenomenon is sometimes described as a residual haunting, the apparent repetition of an earlier event without evidence of conscious interaction.
It was an interpretation worth considering, but not a conclusion the recording alone could establish.
Audio can be deceptive. Sounds travel through ageing structures, and their apparent direction, distance and origin can be difficult to determine from a single microphone. Without independent visual confirmation or additional synchronised recordings, the precise source of the noises remained unresolved.
Nevertheless, the experiment produced an unusual sequence of sounds whose apparent characteristics corresponded with the building's former physical arrangement.
And that made the recording particularly interesting.
The door was no longer hanging in its frame. But on the recording, something sounded remarkably like it had just been closed.
What did the comparison establish?
The Queens Hotel investigation produced two distinct sets of observations, each raising different questions about the sounds recorded or heard within the building.
Firstly, the SB11 Spirit Box Session. During a communication experiment on the deteriorating upper floor, a female voice appeared to continue across several radio frequency changes without an obvious alteration in tone or pitch.
However, when the camcorder footage was transferred to a laptop, approximately seven minutes covering the session were missing. The resulting video remained playable and appeared continuous, with no obvious pause or separate continuation file.
Consequently, the apparent female voice could not be independently reviewed or subjected to further audio analysis. The cause of the missing footage remained undetermined, with technical recording or transfer problems among the possible explanations.
Secondly, the Unattended Audacity Recording. A separate experiment involved leaving a laptop running Audacity on the unoccupied upper floor while the investigator withdrew to the carpeted first floor below.
During subsequent playback, two particularly distinct sounds were identified: footsteps resembling movement across the hard-tiled corridor and the apparent closing of a door, complete with the sound of its latch engaging.
The door associated with that area was no longer hanging in its frame. It had been removed and was resting against a wall inside the room.
This raised the possibility that the recording resembled sounds associated with the building's former use, although the suggestion of a residual haunting remained speculative.
What Could Be Established?
The two experiments provided different levels of evidence.
The SB11 session produced a live observation, but the loss of the corresponding video prevented verification of the apparent voice.
The Audacity experiment, by contrast, produced recorded sounds that could be examined afterwards, although their precise sources could not be confirmed.
Neither experiment established paranormal activity conclusively. Radio interference, recording faults, transmitted sounds, structural movement and other environmental explanations required consideration.
Nevertheless, the experiments contributed to the broader Bohlandor investigation by demonstrating both the value of independent audio recording and the importance of distinguishing unusual observations from verifiable evidence.
At Bohlandor, the questions began with voices and unexplained barking. At the Queens Hotel, they continued with a missing recording, footsteps across an empty corridor, and the apparent sound of a door that could no longer close.

Inside Bohlandor - The staircase leading up to the SB7 spirit box session.

Inside the Queens Hotel - The staircase leading up to the SB11 spirit box session.

“I waited for a passing CN freight train to clear the area, allowing the noise and vibrations to subside before beginning the experiments.”

Two Locations. The Same Questions. No Definitive Answers.

Eighteen investigations over sixteen months at Bohlandor Orchard produced an extensive collection of observations, recordings and experiences. Some were readily explained. Others demanded closer examination.

The Queens Hotel offered an opportunity to take selected experiments beyond the familiar surroundings of the orchard and repeat them within a very different environment.

The results were intriguing.

At Bohlandor, spirit-box sessions produced apparent vocal responses, including a deep, rasping voice that was only recognised during subsequent playback. An independent Audacity recording captured further apparent voices, unexplained tapping and the repeated sound of dogs barking.

At the Queens Hotel, a female voice appeared to persist across several changing radio frequencies. Yet approximately seven minutes of the corresponding video were missing when the footage was transferred for examination.

A separate unattended audio experiment produced the distinct sounds of footsteps and what resembled a door closing, followed by its latch engaging.

The difficulty?

The upper floor was unoccupied, and the door associated with that area was no longer attached to its hinges.

Were these simply unusual acoustic events, misunderstood radio transmissions or technical anomalies? Or was there something about the environments themselves that remained beyond our understanding?

The evidence could not provide a definitive answer.

And that distinction matters.

Paranormal investigation is not simply about collecting unusual recordings or presenting unexplained experiences as proof of supernatural activity. It is about questioning what we observe, examining the conditions in which it occurs, and recognising when the available evidence cannot support a conclusion.

The experiments at Bohlandor and the Queens Hotel did not establish the existence of ghosts. They demonstrated why investigation, documentation and critical examination remain essential.

Some questions were answered.

Others remain open.

And perhaps the most important question was never whether something paranormal had occurred, but whether we had done enough to eliminate everything that wasn't.

The locations and certain identifying details featured in this account have been changed to protect the privacy of those involved. The observations described originate from the ProParanormal investigation programme and the true events of The Bohlandor Haunting investigations.

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