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History: The Hamilton Primary School, located in the small village of Otterville, in south-central Jersey County, Illinois, was originally constructed in 1835. It had two classrooms on the first floor—one for the primary grades, the other for the upper grades. Known as the ‘Old Stone School”, it was demolished in 1873 and the current limestone building was built using the original stones from the razed building for the foundation. The school closed for good in 1971. Originally, the upstairs consisted of two cloakrooms and one big classroom with a stage at the east end of the room. The stage was elevated the same height as the bottom of the windows and had two steps on the south side of the stage. The stage had a red velvet curtain and when completely closed covered the east end of the room. The stage was removed and the room divided into two rooms with a connecting door in the early 1950s Claims: As the school has just recently been opened to paranormal investigators, claims of paranormal activity are vague. Several visitors have claimed that there is a presence in the basement and unidentified voices can be heard throughout the building. The most active area is claimed to be the basement. Our Findings: We investigated the Hamilton Primary School March 19, 2022. Weather conditions were fair with temps ranging from the mid-50s at the beginning of the investigation, falling to the mid-40s throughout the evening. Winds were light and there was no precipitation. |
The school is small, consisting of only four classrooms, several coat closets and a full basement which housed the cafeteria. After placing 6 static night vision cameras – two on the first floor, two on the second floor, one capturing the stairway and one in the basement – we began holding EVP sessions throughout the building. Almost immediately, we captured an unidentified voice in the basement.
Throughout the evening we caught several more unidentified voices, heard footsteps and the sound of a door slamming. While most of the EVPs were captured in the basement, we also captured some on the second floor.
Several light anomalies were also captured throughout the building.
Is the Hamilton Primary School Haunted? We captured enough unexplained activity to make us want to take another look.
Throughout the evening we caught several more unidentified voices, heard footsteps and the sound of a door slamming. While most of the EVPs were captured in the basement, we also captured some on the second floor.
Several light anomalies were also captured throughout the building.
Is the Hamilton Primary School Haunted? We captured enough unexplained activity to make us want to take another look.