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Bizarre News Paranormal investigators them, Waltz said. He called Waltz names and headstones were overturned and cars were look into Mich. murders tells Gowen-Krueger she needs to go to therapy, parked around the property late at night, they said. "It had been trashed so many times by a they said. Associated Press Holcomb was not talkative in the barn bunch of punks," Tommy Iles, a friend of Sunday night. The night before, he had a lot to Swallows, said outside of court. "These kids say, often with foul language, they said. The two don't have any respect." But Hamilton County JACKSON, Mich. — Standing in the pitch- asked questions, invited others in the barn to Sessions Court Judge Bob Moon said a history black barn on the old Crouch family farm off speak, and every once in a while the radio of mischief at the cemetery didn't give Horton Road, Randy Waltz posed a question to the darkness. would pick up a response. Waltz said the spirits Swallows the right to hold the teens at gunpoint. "They were curious ghostbusters, but they were speaking in between the radio frequencies. "Are you happy you got away with it?" They did not get very far in their first hour of weren't criminals," Moon said of the teenagers. asked Waltz, a forensic paranormal investigator. investigation, but Waltz said it was still early. "Should the young people have been there? No. He and his partner, Denise Gowen- Krueger, waited as a modified AM/FM radio, The two planned to stay out until 2 a.m. Did they commit a crime? No." Moon ordered "This is what we do," Waltz said after known as a "hack box," scanned frequencies. the first investigation session ended. "And we the case, in which Swallows is charged with aggravated assault and false imprisonment, sent Scattered throughout the barn, four digital voice don't always get results." to the Hamilton County grand jury. recorders sat ready to pick up voices, heard and Now that Waltz and Gowen-Krueger unheard -- their red recording lights sharp in the believe they have solved the infamous murders, Teacher fired for napping in class night. they are trying to figure out why. Last summer, "Yup," a voice over the radio said. the two visited the barn on a rainy day. Waltz SANDUSKY, Ohio - An Ohio school board Waltz and Gowen-Krueger have been investigating the 1883 Crouch murders for two said he started talking with Holcomb, telling voted to fire a high school teacher accused of years. They have spent hours inside the barn and him he had enough evidence to convict him and napping during class and discussing adult magazines with a freshman class. The Perkins hang him. at cemeteries communicating with the spirits of "I know who killed them," he said he Schools Board of Education voted Wednesday those involved. They think they have solved the told Holcomb. "The only thing I want you to tell to fire Perkins High School teacher Carol case. me is why you did this, because I don't see a Smith, 71, after a hear- ing officer found her About midnight Nov. 22, 1883, Jacob Crouch; his daughter Eunice White; her motive behind this." conduct "totally unprofessional, inappropriate, While Waltz talked to Holcomb, unsafe, outrageous, flagrant and persistent and husband, Henry White; and Moses Polley, a Gowen-Krueger noticed rain falling down the threatened the safety, security and welfare of the Pennsylvania cattle buyer, were shot in their side of the Spring Arbor Township barn in a students," the Sandusky (Ohio) Register beds. No one was convicted of the murders, and strange pattern. It was the shape of a noose with reported. Smith, who was suspended without 127 years later, the mystery lingers. a body hung by the neck. pay in April after she was accused of discussing Waltz and Gowen-Krueger said the voice they heard Sunday night was Daniel "Pretty good evidence," Waltz said. "Playboy" and "Playgirl" magazines in a freshman history class, was found by the Holcomb's, Jacob's son-in-law. Holcomb stood trial for the murders and was acquitted in BIZARRE NEWS investigation to have frequently arrived late and slept during classes. November 1884. Holcomb, they think, with the The investigation found Smith's help of his brother, Henry Holcomb, and their Teen Denies Turkey Theft discussion of the magazines during a discussion farmboy, James Foy, shot the four. about yellow journalism was not grounds for "He's admitted to us, 'Yeah I did it, but NEW YORK - A New York 19-year-old accused I'm dead, so I don't care,"' Waltz said of past of shoving a turkey breast into his pants at a dismissal. However, officials said sleeping during class and arriving late left the students conversations with Daniel Holcomb. grocery store told a newspaper he took a unsupervised and created safety concerns. The Waltz and Gowen-Krueger detail the sandwich but denied stealing the breast. Deon evidence against the three in a book due out in Williams turned down a plea deal with a six- Register said Smith declined to comment. January, "The Veil Beyond the Grave." month jail sentence for the robbery charge, Gunshot victim went home for lunch "There are skeptics, and I don't blame claiming he was falsely accused of shoving the them," Waltz said. 12-pound Boars Head turkey breast into his NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Connecticut police said On Sunday night, Waltz and Gowen- pants and attempting to smuggle it out of the Krueger wanted to get the spirits talking again. Fine Fare supermarket, the New York Post a man who heard gunshots while exiting a deli went home and ate his sand- wich before Gowen-Krueger played several minutes of report- ed Thursday. "I didn't do it," Williams seeking treatment for shots to the groin and prerecorded sounds the spirits would have told the Post. thigh. Investigators said Miguel Soto III, 25, found familiar -- farm animals, trains, a "OK, I stole a cold-cut sandwich heard three gunshots when he left the deli windmill turning, people snoring, rain and because I was hungry, but I put everything (else) thunder. back." Prosecutors allege Williams left the store Tuesday afternoon in New Haven and continued home to enjoy his lunch, WVIT-TV, Hartford, "It's going to bring the spirits out to you with the turkey in his pants and was chased Conn., reported Thursday. Police said Soto because everything becomes more familiar to down by the butcher, who demanded he hand asked his father to take him to Yale-New Haven them," Waltz said of the sounds. "We're going to over the breast. Hospital after he had finished his sandwich. see if we can stir up Pandora's box a little bit." Williams allegedly placed the turkey on In past trips to the farm, Waltz and the ground and punched the butcher in the jaw. Soto was treated for non-life- threatening Gowen-Krueger said they have talked with gunshot wounds to his groin and left thigh. Investigators said they are seeking two Eunice White and Daniel Holcomb. Other Teacher Holds "Ghostbusters" at Gunpoint times, the two believe they have heard from men in connection with the incident. [] Jacob Crouch and Polley but cannot be sure. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A Tennessee judge They said they have spoken with Daniel's wife, has ruled a school- teacher was not justified in Susan Holcomb, during days at the holding a group of "ghost- buster" teenagers at Crouch/Reynolds Cemetery, Waltz said. She gunpoint at a local cemetery. Friends and was buried there after being found dead in her neighbors of Stacy Swallows say he only bed Jan. 2, 1884. wanted to protect a private graveyard near his Susan has been informative, Waltz said. home north of Chattanooga when he Eunice White is often frantic and disturbed. She roadblocked nine teenagers late one night in believes she is still alive and nine months early September and pointed an assault rifle at pregnant, Waltz said. She is concerned because their cars, the Chattanooga Times Free Press she cannot find her husband or her father. reported Thursday. Used needles and condoms Daniel Holcomb does not like the two of had been found among grave markers,