Sacramento, CA
Ione Hotel
Members Present: Dave, Mike, Ann, Jenni, Janelle, Chakia, and Sabrina. Also
present Charlotte, Allan, and Patricia filming for California Haunts. Documentary filming
by Kane and Jeremy.
Reason for Investigation: This is API’s fifth visit to the hotel. On prior visits a strong
fecal odor was overwhelming on one room. The team stepped out and back in, only to find
the room without any odor. On another visit and television reporter stayed the night in the
hotel. In the morning she watched a coffee pot fly off the counter directly at her head. She
ducked and it missed her. She did leave at that point. This history rich hotel now has a new
owner whom is very interested in the unexplained events at the hotel. Now API returns to
see if the activity has changed from past visits. We know the area is active and hope to
capture proof of the paranormal.
Investigation Summary: The team arrived at 4:30 pm and sat down to a delicious meal in
the hotel bar area before the investigation. Ann, not quite ready to investigate, sat eating.
On the first bite, she began shaking almost violently. Embarrassed about her trembling, she
laughed and said she was low on sugar. However, the team became concerned and Ann
confessed that she didn’t know why the sudden shaking. After stepping outside, the
seizure like shaking halted. When she returned, the shaking started again. Ann told
whomever it was to knock it off and let her finish eating. The shaking stopped.
API set up equipment at 5:30pm and began the investigation. The sun set early. The
temperature was perfect, with a slight breeze. There were no solar storms and the moon was
at half mast. Teams of two people began EMF, temperature, photography, and video
recording. Our sensitives for the night promptly picked up on a woman near the ladies
restrooms. They conducted an EVP session in the bathroom, but too much background
noise made the session ineffective. Ann was very interested in the stairwell and the top the
stairs. Several photographs showed dust and orbs in the top and left side of the stairs.
Another point of interest was the empty chair to the right of the stairs. When API inquired,
we found that the chair was for George, the resident spirit. The employees thought that if
they gave him a seat, he would not bother them so much when they were trying to work. We
asked what kind of trouble “George” caused. He likes to move things around, especially in
the kitchen and bar. An elderly man was leaving the hotel and Ann asked him if he believed
that a ghost named George was there. The man laughed and said he was best friends with
the real George and he wasn’t here.
At 6:30pm Ann interviewed a family that returns each year to the hotel. However, there are
a few rooms they choose not to stay in.
It was about 8:00pm and Dave decided to open the well. Yes, in the middle of the hotel is a
well. The hotel was built to include an old well that was in the original back alley. Other than
a few spiders, nothing was found down the well. It was very interesting, though.
Around 9:00pm Ann went back over areas the members reported elevated EMF readings;
the stairs, the upstairs hallways, the back porch, and the front porch. Dave and Patricia
have reported feeling a sharp jab in the middle of their back. While filming Patricia had to
stop and leave it became unbearable. One photograph shows a curved, blue orb, moving
into her back. Dave also has an orb at the same level of his pain. As Patricia left, the photo
and video cameras focus was totally lost.
EVP sessions were attempted, but background noise levels made it impossible to record. It
was decided to return on a Wed. the next week to record EVP’s. Photographs taken
during the attempted EVP session showed very bright orbs above the crew.
The investigation ended around midnight and Karaoke began downstairs.
The Next Wednesday: Dave, Ann, and Charlotte returned to obtain better quality
EVP. After walking in the hotel, Dave began to feel ill. He joined the ladies in the first
room to hold Charlotte’s boom mic. He felt so much worse, that he had to step out and sit
down. The next room was an uneventful session. Ann felt the strong presence of a woman.
While she and Charlotte stepped out of the room the EVP recorder turned on by itself.
A little startled, Ann turned it back off. She held it carefully so that her fingers were not
near the on switch. It turned on a second time, without being touched. The two ladies
rejoined Dave, who had gone downstairs. All were ready to call it a night.
Investigation Highlights: On the first night Ann had the unexplained violent shaking.
Various members felt a sharp jabbing in their backs, and photographs showed moving orbs
in the exact location of their pain. EMF was normal in the bar, well, kitchen, and inside the
rooms. It spiked in the hallways and front and back porch. There was a cold breeze that all
felt at some point when sitting near the landing of the stairs. All felt as if they were being
watched carefully.
The following Wednesday, Ann had the digital recorder turn on by itself twice when leaving
room number nine.
told their story to California Haunts. Do you
see anything to the grooms left?
Below: Dave and Charlotte set up for an
evening of investigating. And Dave and Jenni
look down the well inside the hotel.
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