“The results didn’t shock me, because I knew from personal experiences that something is there,” Amalfitano said.In this tense and twisty latest from Norway’s maven of crime, time shifts between Inspector Sejer’s interrogation of the accused Ragna Reigel and the shocking events that led up to her arrest. We don’t go in thinking a house is haunted,” Stewart said.įor their part, Napolitano and Amalfitano were very happy with the RISEUP team and the results of their investigation. The investigators said it’s not uncommon for their findings to be met with skepticism, but they try to approach their work with an open mind. For example, one of the investigators saw a shadow move from a doorway into the hallway, but it could not be documented. Stewart said that some of the investigators had personal experiences while investigating the mansion. RISEUP also showed Napolitano and Amalfitano video evidence of a black mist recorded in the wine cellar. It was in response to the question: “Where do you come from?” The answer was not entirely clear, but some thought they heard “Scarborough.” Amalfitano said that most of the furniture in the mansion came from the Sprague’s summer home near Scarborough Beach. The last recording occurred in a guest bedroom, and is considered a Class B EVP. It was the voice of a young child repeating, “Mommy, mommy, mommy, mommy” in a singsong pattern. He used the analogy of a dog whistle that cannot be heard by the human ear, but if the whistle is recorded, “the recorder plays it back at a frequency that we can hear.”ĭuring the investigation, while in Kate Chase Sprague’s bedroom, the team asked aloud if anyone present was a member of the Sprague family.Īt another point in the investigation, while in the governor’s bedroom, another Class A EVP was recorded. A Class C EVP is inaudible, but has the characteristics of human speech. A Class B EVP is less clear and open for interpretation.

A Class A EVP is a clear recording with no dispute of what is being said. RISEUP investigator Tom Stewart said the EVPs are classified into three categories. The RISEUP team, however, presented Napolitano and Amalfitano with three electronic voice phenomena (EVP) and a video recording of an unexplained black mist. In 2006, the famous Rhode Island TAPS team (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) investigated the mansion but fell short of producing solid proof that the mansion is haunted. This is not the first time the Historical Society has invited ghost hunters to investigate the mansion. There have been numerous similar accounts since. Sprague Mansion’s first documented experience with the paranormal happened in 1921, when a woman residing in the home said she felt someone touch her when she was in the wine cellar. “That was the only time we got spooked,” Napolitano said. They knew no one else could be there, because they had just disarmed the alarm when they entered the house. More recently, as the two entered the house, they said they heard someone running up the stairs. When they went upstairs to investigate, they could not find a reason for the sound. Directly above them they heard a loud banging that was so strong it shook the chandelier overhead. Napolitano recalls that one evening, after spending a few hours cleaning the interior, she and Amalfitano sat down at the dining room table to take a break. Investigators from The Rhode Island Society for the Examination of Unusual Phenomena (RISEUP) recently spent a night at the mansion and were pleased by their findings, which were revealed to Historical Society Vice President Alex Amalfitano and board member Adele Napolitano last Wednesday evening.īoth Napolitano and Amalfitano say they have had mysterious experiences at the mansion recently. It has long been rumored that Sprague Mansion is haunted, but after decades of whispers on the building’s spooky history, the Cranston Historical Society has their proof.

Sprague the whisperer