June 20, 2025
St. Petersburg, FL
This is one of the rare church investigations that we’ve had. The investigation was written up and published in two editions of The Gabber. The links for further reading are here:
https://thegabber.com/part-1-the-unitarian-universalist-churchs-ghosts-in-st-pete
https://thegabber.com/part-two-the-unitarian-universalist-churchs-ghosts-in-st-pete
On-site notes from case and video from our sessions:
Carissa and Marina:
While we were in the sanctuary we started on the balcony. Marina did a dowsing rod and we got a yes answer to “is there a male”. He was between 40 and 50 (late 40s). Marina was seeing flashes of light but we think that we debunked it. There is a little room to the side there is a mirror on the side and we thought that there might be reflections from outside. We heard lots of tapping and a couple of thumps. It might have been the church settling. It could have been the wood expanding. While we were up there I saw a dark shadow hovering above the piano on the stage. It was a quick instant. I also saw as Marina moved her leg, I saw another shadow. I had her move her leg again. While we were recording notes, Marina heard a tapping from the kitchen area.
Not movement produced by us….
Kristi and Nancy:
When we first got here Nancy sensed something black outside – a black being of some sort. It had a spiked tail and a furry head. But it could not come in. Like it looked in and couldn[‘t come in.
Balcony: On the steps leading up to the balcony, we went up on the right hand side. There was a playful energy on the right hand side THere was a really joyful energy, like a latent energy from when kids used to run up and down the stairs. When we got to the balcony, Nancy sat down on the pews, and Nancy said that she was feeling in one of the pews, an older woman with the first name with the letter M welcomed her. (Maude or Mabel) It was like she owned the area. She was sitting in her spot. Kristy got tingly calves up there. Near the organ.
Note: the balcony is not used very much except for the recording area.
Stage: Marina and Carissa
When we were in the room right off to the side of the stage, my right ear started to ring. When we got on the stage, Carissa was facing me and her left ear was under pressure. Whatever it was was to the same side of both of us. That is where we got a female. I heard a female whisper, and we had a “yes” to “is there a female here on the dowsing rods?”
Looking up at the balcony, the picture on the left there is a picture of a man to the left of that, I saw a flash of light.
Carissa: I thought I saw the lanturn swinging but when we got closer it wasn’t.
Carissa had a feeling that when we checked on the recorder, it would have been moved.
Kristi and Nancy: Nancy noted that one of the meters was blinking, but there was electronic equipment behind the puppet.
As we came down from the balcony, middle of the pews Nancy started to feel chest pains. As if someone had a heart attack. In the single seat for handicapped area. Male, pressure. Kristi started to also feel a heaviness in the chest area.
Fenway: As we were walking down we didn’t get anything in the kitchen, but as we were walking down the hallway, Marina mentioned feeling dizzy and off balance in the hallway. That first little room area. It had been a spot where Marina and Nancy felt something with the walk through. We knew that there was someone else there – but whoever it was kept moving. Dowsing rod we got a female by the first meeting room. Carissa heard a “mmmmmmmmm”. While we were sitting there, we both turned at the same time, Marina because she heard something and me because I saw something. The dowsing rod turned in the same direction. This led us to the door by the courtyard. I kept feeling that whatever it was was trying to lead us to the courtyard. We asked if there was a message, and right after that I heard a far away low whistle in the right ear.
Memory garden is the courtyard and it’s a few years ago. It has stones with peoples names on them. In the office, we didn’t feel anything, but heard a cat meowing. As we were walking back I heard a low hum/reverb. A car did drive by and the car did not sound like that noise.
Nancy and Kristi: Nothing in the kitchen so we moved on down the little hallway to the left with the meeting room. When we were going down the hallway, there was a low humming. Nancy felt a surge of energy more portable than a person in the hallway. Kristi tried for an EVP.
Memory Garden (to check). The library area, Nancy felt that something grabbed her at the back of her neck. I didn’t feel anything initially as I took pictures but I felt a little lower belly discomfort.
Marina and Carissa got a male energy, but they didn’t show up until we mentioned walking through walls. Dowsing rods crossed.
Hallway, library, stage, balcony, Memory Garden.
Prior minister was Hindu, long before Ben.
Research from Newspapers.com and archives:
