Ghostly Voices at East Bridgewater Town Hall

An investigator of paranormal activity plans to do a “spirited” investigation of Town Hall.

Resident Colleen Beltramini, the director of the New England Society of Paranormal Investigators in Hyannis, is seeking permission from selectmen to access Town Hall at some point this month to conduct electronic voice phenomena work.

Beltramini said that recording EVP is done by the use of a small voice recorder that can “hear noises not heard by the human ear.”

According to Beltramini the sounds captured could range from music to voices.

This isn’t the first time a paranormal study has been performed on the 154-year-old building that served as a residence to the Hobart Family, all of whom are deceased.

Anne Kerrigan, production assistant at the town’s cable studio, and resident Michael Markowicz study paranormal activity. They claim their studies of Town Hall have yielded some interesting results, saying they have documented voice clips of men, women and children.

Kerrigan is the producer of the local show, “East Bridgewater’s Most Haunted,” which has featured the Town Hall.

Some town employees have reported strange activities inside the historical structure.

Karen Grabau, administrative assistant to the selectmen, said she was in the office alone one night making copies and she felt sure that someone was behind her, yet no one else was there.

Other people have reported strange activity coming from the elevator that runs between the first and second floors of the building.

The elevator is an access way to the police station that is located in the basement of Town Hall. Access is only possible through the use of a key that has been given to certain personnel.

However, the elevator has been heard at odd hours going to the basement level seemingly on its own.

When Kerrigan and Markowicz conducted their study of the building and elevator, they said the recording played back the statements, “Yes, I push buttons.”

They said they also captured a voice that said, “no more questions.”

Markowicz said they couldn’t tell whether the voice was male or female.

Ghostly Voices at East Bridgewater Town Hall
Ghostly Voices at East Bridgewater Town Hall