Who you gonna call? Ghost hunters!

My passion for the paranormal began when I was in middle school and has only progressed since then. The Cumberland Library and Monastery located in Cumberland, RI- my hometown- proved to be a great sight for investigations. Meeting Katie was the greatest opportunity for me to share my interest in spirits and she has become my partner in crime for as long as I can remember! Our differing but at the same time similar personalities mesh perfectly to make for excellent ghost hunting explorations.

One summer a couple of years ago, the Cumberland Monastery grew into a place we visited often after discovering the haunted history behind it. Katie and I had always heard that it was haunted but we decided to take it a step further. After taking several walks in the long paths of the woods at the monastery, we went inside the library one day to read books about what makes this place haunted as well as to look up other haunted places in Rhode Island.

Oh how we thoroughly enjoyed plopping ourselves on the floor of the library with a whole shelf of books in front of us that were dedicated to haunted sights in our state. We certainly thought that others around us believed us to be complete “weirdos” for getting a thrill out of reading these books. We discovered a couple of other haunted sights in our town and quickly wrote them down for the future. Katie and I also read that there used to be gatherings of monks at the library until there was a fire that erupted that forced them to relocate. Additionally, there is a famous sight called “Nine Men’s Misery in which colonists died in the 1600’s while fighting Indians. After doing research we took our ritual walk along the outside path.

We must have gone to the monastery a couple of times a week that summer and even though we only had a couple of experiences; it is still an interesting place to investigate. Also, as a warning, you may think I am crazy for what I am about to say. One day Katie and I were walking our dogs and there was a spot in the middle of the path where we both stepped into and instantly looked at each other and froze. At the same exact moment, we had both felt a cold spot, which paranormal investigators sometimes experiences and it can mean that there is a possibility of a spirit present. Of course we had to remember that we were outside and there could easily be temperature changes but the fact that we both felt it at the same exact time is a bit suspicious. Being the optimist that I am, I did not think much of it but it still goes on our list of experiences!