The video below shows a black shadow captured in second floor 'bird cage' room. Our investigators had not idea!
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History - Westwood School is a relatively new name given to the former Liberty Township School #1. Indications are the school was built in 1914 as a replacement for an older school. Purchased in 2001 by an individual who had plans to use it as a commercial investment, it served as a paint ball club and a commercial haunted house (where it got the name Westwood School of Scare) before finally being remodeled into apartments. With the exception of the gym, the building no longer has the original floorplan. Once the conversion into apartments began, any resemblance to a school was lost.
Claims - Although there is no indication why the building might be haunted, claims are that visitors to the building encounter a young boy in the boys locker room in the basement as well as a female spirit who travels through the girls locker room (also in the basement) to the gymnasium. A woman in black and a woman in white are reportedly seen in the basement. Our Findings – We investigated the Westwood School in March 2021. Weather conditions were fair with temps in the mid-50s falling to just above freezing with light winds. The location was very difficult to investigate because of the way it had been remodeled and the general condition of the building. There was a lot of trash and debris inside the building from the previous residents that had not been cleaned out. The electricity was sketchy with only one room in the basement having functioning outlets. We finally settled on using four static night vision cameras covering the front entry hall, basement, and two of the second floor apartments. We conducted EVP sessions in several apartments and the basement. Unfortunately, the gym was off limits as the owner uses it as storage. We heard voices, made contact with someone who clearly didn’t want us there and captured a black shadow on video. Is Westwood School haunted? We didn’t have much hope for this location when we first arrived, and we won’t be going back until (or unless) it is cleaned up. However, we did capture some great evidence of things we can’t explain. |