The Official Site of the Villisca Axe Murder House
The spirits are speaking
EVP, or electronic voice phenomena, is one of the most interesting areas of current ghost research. Investigators capture voices of unknown origin on recorders. But what are they? Where do they come from?
Electronic Voice Phenomenon is the recording of errant noises or voice messages to either analog or digital recorders with what appears to have no earthly explanation. Most believers of EVP maintain these are messages from beyond the grave.
They point to things such as "missing frequencies" or "frequency shifts" in a spectrum analysis of the recording as proof that no human alive could have spoken these words, or they offer the proof that the recording seems to answer a question asked of the "ghost" being sought.
These recordings are made when the recorder is alone, or under what is purported to be "controlled" circumstances. Often ghost hunters will record an EVP as their proof that an area is haunted.
EVP skeptics will tell you that the cross modulation of radio frequencies will produce this very effect. Analog electronics such as toasters, coffee makers or stereo amplifiers will pick up errant AM and FM transmissions and combine them in the same way an amplifier would in a mixing console. Although no such electronic devices exist in the Villisca Axe Murder House, many point to the electrical substation across the street from the house as the source of strange occurences. Others suggest that because we "want" to hear something, our minds will create it.
Regardless of the arguments surrounding EVP recordings, we've received many purported to have been captured in the former home of J.B. and Sarah Moore. As always, our goal is to simply present what others have provided and to give you, our visitor, the opportunity to draw your own conclusions. Below are several of the EVP's that have sent to us and in most cases, the names of the teams who captured them. EVP's are best heard using a good set of headphones.
The first team to capture EVP's in the home of JB and Sara Moore was the Millers Paranormal Research Group. These evp's are listed below along with the translation provided by the investigators.
~August 9, 2003~
These evp's were captured in the Children's upstairs bedroom.
NO - followed by a dragging sound
Hear em,here he comes, help me I'm dyin
~August 9, 2003~
These evp's were captured in the bedroom of Josiah and Sarah Moore.
~August 9, 2003~
These evp's were captured in the downstairs bedroom or sewing room.
~September 12,2003~
Children's Bedroom
Kathy's Reading
Kitchen
He's coming to take care of you.
Look where the hand is..don't get near it
Parent's Bedroom
The Parlor
The Blue Room
Do you want those hands up there? ...Get her.
May 7-8, 2005
The EVP's posted here on YouTube were captured by Dave Rodriguez who was at the time a member of PRISM. David and his team have visited the house on several occasions and has been most generous in sharing his information with us.