Yes. Pere Cheney. Though it's often referred to as the "most haunted" location in Michigan, it's also plagued as being the most over-talked about locations as well.

I'll be the first to admit: before I visited Pere Cheney last week, I didn't think there was anything to the legend. I thought it was all hype (as we've found in previous investigations, these "famous" hauntings often don't live up to the talk online).

But I was wrong.

Pere Cheney is an incredibly active cemetery, and we caught tons of class A, highly impressive EVP's during our investigation. WATCH our video below to see what I mean:

So could Pere Cheney actually be haunted? We had such intriguing experiences there that it's difficult for us to say otherwise.
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Though you've probably heard this (a lot) from the hundreds of other sites that discuss Pere Cheney, we highly recommend you visit and see for yourself the palpable energy the remains there to this day.

The Maybury State Park in Northville, Michigan boasts several scenic trails and popular outdoor recreation activities. But what many visitors don't realize is that before it was a state park, it was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients.

That's right.

To this day, several historical markers and even some scattered remains of the former sanatorium remain throughout the park's many trails. In addition to the physical remnants, locals will tell you that the spirits of patients also remain. Their lost souls are said to still roam the trails at night, manifesting in the form of dark shadows, glowing eyes, and eerie voices and noises.

We investigated the park last week, and walked away with impressive evidence:

For decades, the "Stockbridge Hermit" has plagued the stretch of road adjacent to the Unadilla State Wildlife Area.

The legend is simple, a familiar "hitchhiker" type of roadside tale: supposedly, an old and deranged looking woman will suddenly appear on the side of the road, screaming at you as she chases you car. Other forms of the legend state that she appears in different sections of the woods, within the Unadilla State Wildlife Area. More extreme versions of the legend state that if you see her, you will die.

Locals, perhaps fittingly, refer to this apparition as the "Screaming Bitch" of Stockbridge... or just as the "Stockbridge Hermit."

Hatchet Man Road sure sounds like a road you don't want to travel down. Especially at night.

Though this isn't the road's "official" name (the signs say 28th Avenue), locals have dubbed it the ominous "Hatchet Man Road" due to its supposed hauntings and legends that are told and passed down throughout all of Michigan.

Supposedly, a paranoid man in the '80s built an underground bunker, and at the peak of his decent into madness... you guessed it... killed his entire family with a hatchet. Thus spawning the overwhelming reports of paranormal activity along the road his bunker once resided on, currently along a patch of 28th Avenue in the small town of Gobles.

This story has been passed down and told by locals since presumably the '80s, and has since spread throughout Michigan. It is said never to travel down the road at night, for you'll see glowing eyes and orbs, eerie shadow figures, and hear loud growls and creepy voices.

One of the main reports involves cars mysteriously malfunctioning only while driving down the supposedly haunted section of 28th Avenue.

We investigated the road last week, after one of our investigators, who grew up hearing about the legend, revealed that she experienced the reported car troubles a few years ago while driving through Hatchet Man Road.

Since we now had a credible source's testimony regarding its strange occurrences, we tried our best to document any paranormal activity of our own along Hatchet Man Road.

In the video below, you can hear our investigator's first-hand account of car issues along the road, and see our follow-up investigation of the incident:

Unfortunately, we didn't capture any paranormal activity whatsoever. The only "strange" occurrence was the faint sound of footsteps, but that was likely the rain or a small animal. We even debunked the claim of "eye" and "orbs" in the woods: one some trees, we found reflective eyes placed on the bark. If someone is driving down the road at night, especially if they're driving fast, it's very likely they'll mistake these fake, reflective eyes as real ones.

The Kalamazoo Country Youtube page even debunked the claims further, stating it's geographically impossible for an underground bunker as described in the legend to even exist along the road.

So why do reports of paranormal activity still persist along the road? And why do they exist in the first place?

Perhaps there is some truth to the legends after all. We didn't experience any, but who knows? If you're brave enough to venture down Gobles' "Hatchet Man Road" at night, let us know in the comments if you have any spooky experiences!

We learned about a history and supposedly haunted cemetery in the small town of Potterville, Michigan, after speaking with the well-respected Unsolved Paranormal Society about their intriguing experiences there.

During their investigations there, they seemed to gather the most evidence around a particular gravesite in the older section of the cemetery.

So, when we visited the cemetery last week, that's where we decided to focus our investigation. It was a bitterly cold night, so we didn't stay long. We planned to only do a quick spirit box session at the grave, and leave after a few minutes.

After three years investigating the paranormal, we still remain skeptical, and go into every investigation with minimal bias and preconceived notions.

In other words: we didn't expect to encounter and document the level of activity that we did.

Voices were coming through the spirit box simultaneous with the EMF (electromagnetic field) detector spiking. It was an overwhelming and emotional experience, as the spirits indicated they were stuck at the cemetery. When asked if they were lonely, all our devices went off.

WATCH our incredible, profound experience below:

With us being back on the road investigating the most haunted places in Michigan, we thought we'd share our exclusive "ghost hunting" playlist.

The playlist features an array of genres and artists—ranging from AC/DC and The Rolling Stones classics, to tracks from the under appreciated The High Strung and The Gaslight Anthem—making for an ultimate *paranormal* road trip:

At the beginning of the month, I moved into Holmes Hall on Michigan State University's campus. This was the designated residential space the university was providing students.

Entry is only permitted for students only, and security is strict and heavily enforced not just at the building's entry, but within floors of the massive 6 floor hall.

In other words, for myself and the few others living here, this is where we've been quarantined the entire month of May.

Coincidentally, the day I moved in, this article was published, detailing five "ghosts" that supposedly haunt Holmes Hall.

Being that I've been running both this blog, and the paranormal webseries "Afterlife Road" for three years now, and I had all my "ghost hunting" equipment in my room with me, this was a perfect opportunity to conduct our largest investigation to date. 

For the past month, we've been conducting paranormal investigations and experiments within the building, even speaking with other students who shared experiences of their own.

Perhaps the most shocking experience a student relayed to us was hearing scratching and clawing coming from an empty and locked room.

Shadow figures are reported on the sixth floor; and a "creepy" feeling is reported in the basement. Those were the two places we focused our investigation, but we quickly added the fourth floor to our list after having a few weird things happen there, including a spirit box voice and unexplained technological malfunctions, both with the building's elevators and our own equipment.

Though most of the reports in the building are visual (ie. the sixth floor shadow), all of our experiences and potential evidence collected was audible.

Most startling for us was when we captured our most ​impressive EVP to date.

Hear that unsettling EVP, and watch the rest of our quarantined ghost hunt HERE:

In Michigan's most recent executive order (as of today, 5/27/20), people are now permitted to leave their homes in order "to attend a social gathering of no more than 10 people."
As has been the case, people may also leave their homes in order "to engage in outdoor recreational activity, consistent with remaining at least six feet from people from outside the individual’s household."

So what does this mean for "paranormal investigators" in Michigan?

As for us, we will be returning with brand new investigation videos starting this Monday. But, as with everything, there will be added regulations and precautions in place.

In order to safely resume investigating in Michigan (and safety is, as always, the #1 priority), we will be implementing the following policies.
 
We strongly recommend you implement these guidelines as well as you resume investigating:

It should be a given, but it's worth noting: outdoor locations are far safer to investigate right now than an enclosed space. The more secluded the better.

With the weather getting nicer, this shouldn't impact many of our investigations. We always use the summertime to investigate the cemeteries, haunted roads, and other outdoor locations we've been itching to get to during the colder winter months.

While at these outdoor locations, be mindful of touching points.

In other words: don't touch anything. If at a cemetery, don't touch any of the graves. Don't touch the gates. Don't touch the signs. Wash your hands before and after investigating.

While travel is allowed, excessive and unnecessary travel is discouraged. For example, the farther you travel, the more gas stations you'll have to stop at.

It's up to you to define what is and is not "excessive" travel, but we recommend staying semi-local for the time being (and not flocking to northern Michigan because it recently "opened up").

We've always had a rule in place of no more than 5 investigators at a time. It just makes investigating so much easier with few people, and logistically, only one car traveling to a location makes things more convenient.

In the days of social distancing, this policy is more important than ever. Note the recent executive order limits gatherings to 10 people. That is the maximum people you should allow on an investigation. We recommend no more than 4 or 5, because the fewer the better.

Plus, you'll likely capture better and potentially more evidence with less people and variables.

This should be common sense, but keep 6 feet from all investigators you don't live with.

If you MUST investigate in an enclosed space, a mask is REQUIRED.

Most importantly, please strongly consider and heavily weigh the risks of each and every investigation before heading out. Make sure you and all investigators are healthy and feel comfortable embarking on the investigation.

Safety is most important.