Can’t get enough of the History Channel but never miss an episode of Ghost Hunters or Paranormal State? Well here’s your chance to experience both! You can be up close and personal with the spirit world while also learning the history of a colorful family and Civil War mansion. According to local paranormal investigators, “this 11,000 square foot, antebellum mansion is officially haunted and we’ve got the EVPs to prove it”. The following is an excerpt from 2009 article written for “The Big Blue magazine”:

…….I drove onto the Major Graham property was just before dark on a Saturday night. I was meeting members of the Virginia Paranormal Society at the mansion to spend the night and hunt ghosts. These real life ghost hunters spend almost every weekend in dark, scary places. Once the team arrived they immediately began unloading equipment. Our base station was in a downstairs dining room. Night vision cameras were immediately set up in four areas of the house where the most paranormal activity had been reported. This was not the paranormal society’s first trip to the mansion. On previous visits they recorded a child’s voice saying “What’s your name?” near the Confederate room and a man’s voice saying “I don’t play that tune” in the parlor. Other equipment included digital recorders, flashlights (very important to me!), digital cameras, and an electromagnetic field detector. Yes, it was just like on TV! After the video monitor was set up in the dining room to capture all movement in front of the night vision cameras we only had one thing left to do……….wait until it got dark…….. really dark.

Major Grahams Haunted History Tours….The History, The Paranormal Research, and The Ghost Stories

The Major Grahams Haunted History Tour is based on local legends, documented historical data,   evidence from numerous paranormal investigators, and reported ghost stories. According to one member of the small Grahams Forge community, “that old place has been haunted ever since I can remember. We been-a seein’ lights and faces in the winders and hearin’ strange noises. My granddaddy showed me that ole hickory tree up on that hill yonder where them slaves were hanged for killin’ their master long time ago.”

In the Fall of 2007  local paranormal investigators began their ghost hunts at the Major Grahams Mansion. Since that time mulitple paranormal teams have recorded hundreds of EVPs or Electronic Voice Phenomena, videotaped apparitions, and recorded  hundreds of personal paranormal encounters at the Graham mansion.   As one paranormal investigator stated to a local newspaper reporter, “It is haunted without a doubt.  We have at least 6 dominant spirits that are communicating with us regularly; there are many more minor spirits, too.”

The Haunted History Tour takes guests inside the most haunted areas inside and outside of the mansion and ends with the ghost hunters in the basement. According to “Lynn”,  a clairvoyant,…. “there are a sea of black eyes screaming down there….beware of the basement.”  Is the mansion really is haunted? Many a visitor has reported experiences with the spirits….whether it be “someone” tugging at a  pant leg, stroking of the face, imaginary footsteps, or perhaps feelings of suffocation. It is a one-of-a-kind experience………… come and see for yourself……………if you dare!  If you are a more daring sort, then our Public Paranormal Investigations may be just the right fit.  Join investigators as they uncover the past with technology of the present.  Use the K2 Meter to monitor paranormal activity in the Clara’s Room.  Observe the laser dot matrix grid to see if the pattern is disrupted in the Shackle Room.  Or, use the Spirit Box to communicate with the unknown in the Slaves’ Quarters!  For more information, review the Public Paranormal Investigation Agreement on the Home Page or contact us at info@majorgrahammansion.com  or 276-284-0006.  The cost is $100 per person and the schedule is below:

Public Paranormal Investigations

May 19th
June 16th
July 14th
August 25th
September 22nd
November 10th
November 17th

Private paranormal investigators may contact us to schedule an investigation at info@majorgrahammansion.com or by calling 276-284-0006.  A minimum fee of $1000 prepaid is required along with the 2012 Paranormal Investigation Agreement and Application to reserve your date.  Small paranormal groups or singles may join public investigations and bring their own equipment.