Marjim Manor (French phrase & response)

"Veenker"

"Can You Call Edna"

"David"

"2 Cemetery EVP's"

"Messed Up"

"Yes" (1)

"Yes" (2)

"Going to the Light...Soon"

"Jim Houghton"

(low voice - unintelligible)

"We Wrecked Ya"

"Moan"

Bennington sequence ("I'm In The House")

"Don't Mind Us"

"Go-wa-so"

"I'm Here With You"

"Interesting"

"Jack"

"Moka"

"Talk For Me"

"That Should've Been Me"

"Wall"

"Yeah"

(Shriek)

(Whistle 1)

(Whistle 2)

"Seer" (or "See Her")

"She Left Them, They Left Me Here"

"Hi Beth"

"Hello"

"Hi"

"Yeah. Knock It Off"

"You forgot to say..." (child's voice)

"You're Entirely Welcome"

Type: Class

There are several different classifications of EVP's. The standards we use at S.P.I.R.I.T.  were originally adopted by the AAEVP standards.

Class A - Loud to medium range, (both spoken voice and whispers).  Quite legible, and often spoken in response or in context to what is happening or being asked during the recording.

Class B - medium to soft range, usually whispered, not always in response or context with what is happening or asked during a recording. Sometimes difficult to decide exactly what is being said.

Class C - usually soft, garbled, not easily heard or understood. These are often debatable as to the exact words captured, and sometimes are only discovered by seeing variations in the graphical renditions of the recording via the software program being used to examine the sound file.

For your own EVP work,

please see our software recommendations

in the FAQ under EVP Work

The hardest part about recognizing and classifying EVPs is understanding how they were received, in what context they were received, and if they are imprints of residual activity (an embedded 'memory', if you will) or if they are conscious interaction - responses to questions, comments on the environment or conversation or if they are vague, unrecognizable or difficult to interpret.

When we say "if you have to work too hard to hear it, dismiss it, because everyone else will" we are acknowledging the current cultural concepts regarding this type of communication. 

While what you capture may truly be an EVP, unless other people recognize it, you must accept that the EVP may be personal to you, but not accepted by the general public.

As a ghost hunter, capturing an EVP is one of the most satisfying of experiences. As a paranormal researcher, care must be taken to document the historical information, personal information and the class of EVP for others to hear, judge and refer back to. For your work as a paranormal researcher to be accepted, you must present the best information possible. We include here many of our EVPs of all classes as examples of the information you may encounter. The 'ghost hunters' in us love all of these. The 'paranormal researchers' in us must of course realize that not all of our evidence is plausible to a majority of people.

Enjoy!