Hey there! You’ve stumbled across the page that makes sense out of all the little ghostie icons that litter the pages of Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital and its sequel, Fractured Souls: More Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital. Here’s where you’ll find the links that those little ghosts reference; in other words, when the book talks about a video or a sound file, here’s where you can experience that evidence for yourself. Enjoy!
Fractured Spirits: Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital
Life at the Peoria State Hospital — Donkey baseball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQyoaEHy80Q
Rumors and Truths — Stone carvings in ravine: https://www.facebook.com/FracturedSpirits/photos/a.369935376427222/369936453093781/?type=3&theater , https://www.facebook.com/FracturedSpirits/photos/a.369935376427222/369936239760469/?type=3&theater
Ghost Hunting — Christopher holding my hand: https://www.facebook.com/FracturedSpirits/videos/396968987057194/
Ghost Hunters — CIGH: https://www.facebook.com/FracturedSpirits/videos/396952473725512/
Ghost Hunters — Pollak Investigation: https://www.facebook.com/FracturedSpirits/videos/396985930388833/
The Bowen Building — EVP and basement sounds: https://www.facebook.com/FracturedSpirits/videos/396946413726118/
The Pollak Hospital — https://www.facebook.com/FracturedSpirits/videos/397008800386546/
Other Buildings — https://www.facebook.com/FracturedSpirits/videos/396956100391816/
The Influence of the Peoria State Hospital — WCBU: https://www.facebook.com/FracturedSpirits/videos/397040080383418/
The Influence of the Peoria State Hospital — Ghost photo captured by Power Peoria: https://www.facebook.com/FracturedSpirits/photos/a.369936873093739/369952353092191/?type=3&theater
The Influence of the Peoria State Hospital — Jannette Marie, “For The Incurable Insane”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x4AEv6we4Q
The Influence of the Peoria State Hospital — Reality’s End Productions, “The Asylum Chronicles I: Bookbinder”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4XxweMlZ1s
The Influence of the Peoria State Hospital — Reality’s End Productions, “The Asylum Chronicles II: The Mysterious Rhoda Derry” (trailers only): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e9qB7bNVrI , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0AJuEuIn6c
Fractured Souls: More Hauntings at the Peoria State Hospital
Bowen Building — Ghost Duck’s EVP in the basement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mG9vO2wb4I&t=220s
Bowen Building — Jeff and Addison’s experience with a brick from the building: https://youtu.be/vuBZmLyJCfs
Bowen Building — James Barrow’s recording in the attic: https://www.facebook.com/james.barrow.562/videos/pcb.2233323086917884/2678452135515969/?type=3&theater&ifg=1
Pollak Hospital (Men’s Ward) — Ghost Research Society captures The Thingie: http://www.ghostresearch.org/Investigations/pollak.html
Pollak Hospital (Men’s Ward) — Ghost Duck’s reaction to the Men’s Ward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVWBXoBaNp4
Pollak Hospital (Men’s Ward) — So you think videos of orbs are nothing special. How about a video that lasts longer than some Hollywood movies? Orb caught in Men’s Ward, appears for three hours (video edited for time): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz9DDX8Mu0s
Pollak Hospital (Men’s Ward) — Evidence: Paranormal’s visit to the Pollak Hospital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVRYtkaJrQM&t=237s
Pollak Hospital (Women’s Ward) — James Barrow’s visit to the Pollak: https://www.facebook.com/james.barrow.562/videos/2537689229592261/
Pollak Hospital (Women’s Ward) — Nick and Pat have a run-in with the Dirty Girl, then we catch an even more spectacular piece of evidence on video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYFOAzdcaus&t=589s
Pollak Hospital (Women’s Ward) — GRS’s capture of a woman sobbing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ppREuVMPY&feature=youtu.be
Pollak Hospital (Hallway) — Dark figure caught on camera by Shadow Hunters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYFOAzdcaus&t=589s
Pollak Hospital (Hallway) — James Barrow captures several interesting EVPs: https://www.facebook.com/james.barrow.562/videos/2537689229592261/ (Note: the encounter where James starts out saying, “Hello hello!”, with the EVPs “Has to be something here” and “Hey kid, I’m right here! It’s Rhoda,” takes place at 15:00.)
Pollak Hospital (Doll Room) — Shadow Hunters captures a rocking chair moving by itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYFOAzdcaus&t=589s
Pollak Hospital (Basement) — Ghosthunter Marcia gets some irritated EVPs from our electrician in the basement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn2mzPqL9-0
Pollak Hospital (Basement) — Ghosthunter Marcia, in the basement with PKC guests including Chris Fleming, captures an gentle dig at Chris: (For this and other wonderful EVPs, please visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXJIJNRMVgY . This clip also has some great evidence the group collected in the cemeteries on the asylum grounds.)
Pollak Hospital (The Boy in the Basement) — My first encounter with Chris: https://www.facebook.com/FracturedSpirits/videos/396968987057194/
Pollak Hospital (The Boy in the Basement) — Another voice chiming in?: https://youtu.be/oDj8rblkXhs
Pollak Hospital (The Boy in the Basement) — A visit with Chris, helped along by psychic medium Diane Lockhart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIeFOq6_DZI
Rhoda Revisited — James Barrow’s EVPs and RVPs attributed to Rhoda Derry: https://www.facebook.com/james.barrow.562/videos/2712450912116091/
Grace Abbot Children’s Center — It might surprise you to discover that James Barrow, an investigator with Spirits in the Night, got some really good EVPs on a visit to the local library. Here are some EVPs and RVPS caught at Alpha Park Library: https://www.facebook.com/james.barrow.562/videos/2492531074108077/
Mysterious Deaths and Murders — TAPS visited the Bowen Building for an episode of Ghost Hunters. While on the hilltop, they also explored Cemetery Two. They captured an astounding shadow figure on video. Was this Bookbinder — or was it someone else entirely? TAPS footage of shadow figure in Cemetery Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guAgmde4mrE
Tour of the Hilltop — Come along with me as we explore the haunted hotspots on a walking or driving tour of the Peoria State Hospital grounds. https://www.facebook.com/FracturedSpirits/videos/278190369733283/
Sylvia Shults, author 