Hi, my name is Becky and I live in St. Louis, Mo.
I went with a group of friends last week on a tour of the
Lemp Mansion in St. Louis. It is one of America's top 10
real haunted houses.
First, a little history of the Lemp
family; four members of a beer brewing dynasty in the
1800's and early 1900's committed suicide, 3 of them in the
house. You can check out the rest of the history by going
to www.lempmansion.com. The story is pretty long, so I will
not bore you with details.
The tours are given every Monday night, and any other time
by appointment. It is also a bed and breakfast, for the
brave.
We started our tour out by signing a release that if
anything happens to us, the owners are not responsible. A
little freaky, but I signed it anyway. Then the psychics
give about an hour long talk about the history of the
house, and what to expect or not expect. Then, we started
on the tour. The group was rather large, being October and
everyone wanting to go somewhere and get the pants scared
off of them.
We started off by going into a room that used
to be an office for the company. Two of the family members
have shot themselves to death in this room. The air was
very thick, and I could not breathe, but I wasn't going to
go anywhere without this group of people. We continued on
throughout the house, which is pretty decent sized. Two
floors of rooms, and then the attic where most of the
activity is. Nothing really happened that we noticed on
either of the first two floors. We get to the attic, and
that is a different story.
There were two large rooms that
everyone was instructed to go into and stand along the
walls. Then we were instructed to set our flashlights down
in front of us on the floor. The psychics then invited the
spirits in to check us out. We were also told to watch for
subtle changes in the atmosphere and to just look around.
My finace was to my left, and my friend Michelle was to my
right. Something flew up to my face on the left, and I
thought I was going to get hit, but I didn't. The vibe I
got was that it was a curious spirit that really wanted me
to know it was there. I freaked, looked at the floor, and
looked to my left to see what was there. Now, my fiance is
standing there fidgeting, and I could not see him, all I
saw was complete black. I got a little scared, but for some
reason did not run out of the house screaming. I told the
group something was near me. Another person on the other
side of Michelle got pushed by a spirit, and was freaking
out. Nothing happened to my fiance, nor to my friend.
We picked up our flashlights and by this time were allowed
to freely wander the house. I felt like my fiance and I
were being followed; not a nice feeling.
We decided to go back down to the main floor into the main
room. I picked up some dowsing rods, and went off to a free
space in the room. I started out by holding them in my
hands and asking which way was yes, and which way was no.
I got a response; the rods moved to my left for yes, and to
my right for no. So now I am standing there still wondering
why I haven't run away screaming. I just stood there and
felt an incredible male energy right in front of me.
My
next step was to figure out who I am talking to. By this
time, my fiance came over to see what I was doing, and he
stood to my right and watched in almost complete horror as
the rods moved each direction on their own as I asked the
spirit more questions. I asked the spirit if my deceased
father came with me tonight, and the rods moved to yes. I
asked if I was talking to Charles, on the people who
committed suicide. No. Ok, am I talking to Billy Lemp? Yes.
A quick story about Billy Lemp: He committed suicide in the
first room we went to. About 1922, I believe. He lost the
empire and prohibition closed the brewery down about that
time, and he shot himself. But, the psychic told the group
that Billy will make sure that you know he is with you, and
there will be no mistaking it. He also likes young people,
and I am 28. I look a lot younger, though.....lol
Ok, back to the questions. I was asking if he was happy we
were there, and the rods about flew out of my hand to the
no side. I started getting nervous, and I was telling my
fiance that he should try this. He shook his head no, and
then I felt the spirit get aggravated with me for talking
to my fiance. I don't know how I knew it, but I was taking
attention away from the spirit by talking to my fiance. I
immmediately returned my attention to the spirit. I asked
if I was being respectful; yes. I kept asking questions,
some of them I do not remember because it started to hit me
that I was talking to a dead man, and this conversing of
yes and no questions was going on for quite a while. My
friends were all standing along the doorway, waiting to
leave. I decided about 10 minutes later to thank the spirit
for talking to me, and say goodnight. I then set the rods
down on the table and my friends and I left.
We got out to the parking lot and all talked about the
house. I was starting to freak out at what happened to me,
and I really wanted a cigarette............lol
We stood outside and talked for a while, and nothing
happened to anyone else in our group except for me.
What an experience!!
I think we are going to go back again, it is almost
addicting. I hope you have found my story interesting, and
sorry it was so long.
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