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I want to assure my readers that I am still around. I haven’t been able to update the site because I have been unable to visit any new places. Hopefully that will change with Halloween right around the corner.
As always, I am here to answer any questions you have and I always reply to comments [...]

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T. Owens recently traveled to Purdy and stopped by the Hurst House to take a few pictures. She took one that I found particularly interesting.
Please note that she took these pictures from the outside and did not enter the home. You are welcome to take pictures of the front from the outside but do not [...]

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A friend of mine (Rickey Smith) brought an interesting newspaper clipping to my attention today. It was printed in 1871. He says the area they are referring to is the Masseyville – Cave Springs area in Chester County. The clipping says:
1871. [...]

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Alright, I know. Purdy is getting to be my second home. In my defense, I made friends there and we all hang out on the weekends so I’m there anyway.
In the past few weeks, I have not had any interesting photographs. That changed over the weekend.
Across the street from Hurst Mansion is the slave quarters. [...]

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I would again like to stress that this is private property and trespassers will be prosecuted. The owner caught four youngsters attempting to enter the house and after leaving for the night someone broke a window and entered the house.
I would like to inform anyone thinking about trespassing that the owner of the property is [...]

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Here are some photographs taken over the weekend at the old Purdy Cemetery.
These photos all contain a lot of orbs, many of which are different colors.

These pictures all have the same strange blue light in them.

This is a photo of the tombstone of Major Benjamin Wright and his wife, Martha. It is an impressive 15 [...]

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Here are some new photos from the new Purdy Cemetery.
This row of small tombstones marks the graves of infants. There are several bright orbs around them.

There are several orbs amongst the trees and broken tombstones.

Here is a bright orb near a tree. There are a few other small ones.

This picture has several orbs.

Here are two [...]

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I have some new photos from both the old and new Purdy Cemetery that I will be adding soon.

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Here are a few of the pictures I took in and around the house at night.
This is a photo of the backyard.

This is a photograph of the slave quarters across the street.

This was taken from the door to Hurst’s bedroom. Notice the orbs on the door facing and between the windows.

This is, of course, the [...]

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Here are some pictures of Hurst House in the daytime. I DID NOT trespass to take these photographs. The owner showed us the house. DO NOT trespass on this property.
I will also be adding pictures I took of the house after dark.
This photo is of the back wall in Fielding Hurst’s bedroom. The small door [...]

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