Exploring ghostly hauntings at the Port Huron Museum's Kammer Cabin

On October 25, from 7 pm to midnight, Detroit Rock City Paranormal Investigation explored the Carnegie Museum in Port Huron for any ghostly activity. The museum was chosen because of its vast collection of artifacts and history dating back decades. The Kammer Cabin on the property, built in the 1850s, is also renowned for ghostly activity.
Mike Delavan, Lead Investigator with Detroit Rock City Paranormal Investigation.
“The Kammer cabin located on the museum's property is wildly active, especially when playing German music, which is the nationality of the original owners of the cabin,” says Michael Delavan, the paranormal investigator who led the event.

That night produced enough paranormal activity to enchant the 40 people who watched Mike and his group of six investigators talk to the spirits. On the museum's main floor was a restless spirit who lit up the spirit boxes, one of which played a haunting, random tune, as its light blinked. The spirit was directed by David Shelly, who talked to his grandfather last week at one of the sites he was investigating.

At the Kammer cabin, a ghost named Liam, a nine-year-old boy, played with one of the flashlights and listened to Mike. The spirit also answered the questions of Kristie Wolf, who held dousing rods to communicate with him.

Participants also talked about the spirits and were allowed to use their equipment to detect paranormal activity. Overall, all the comments about the investigation were positive and filled with spine-tingling excitement.

Mike Delavan in Kammer Cabin with participants.

About Detroit Rock City Paranormal

Detroit Rock City Paranormal has been exploring the supernatural for over 50 years across the country, including Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and New York. It is 100% volunteer and continues to search for proof and answers related to the paranormal. The group also helps people with ghostly problems.

“We assist both homeowners and businesses in the Metro Detroit area who believe they have a haunting with investigation to validate their claim and assist with extraction of the haunting,” Delavan says.
Kristie Wolf with dousing rods in Kammer Cabin.
Other investigations of Detroit Rock include the Fort Gratiot Lighthouse, Hinsdale House in Hinsdale New York, Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield Ohio, and Eloise Asylum in Westland Michigan. They have also gone down to plantations in Louisiana and have checked out Alcatraz. “There’s really nowhere we won't travel to for an investigation,” Mike states.

One of the scariest investigations was of Elosie Asylum in Westland, Michigan. Elosie started as a poorhouse in 1832, then became a psychiatric hospital that was part of a 75-building complex. Thousands are buried on the property where for decades the poor, mentally ill, and destitute endured horrific abuse, Delavan says.
 
“Eloise was probably the one place that makes you feel uneasy, to a point you don't want to walk the floors alone. We've had multiple experiences there,” Delavan says.

There are some challenges with doing a paranormal investigation. One is establishing a framework of how to proceed and come up with a desired outcome with whatever group Detroit Rock is working with. Getting the word out about the event is also a challenge. Detroit Rock helps with advertising and hosting until the end of the investigation. 

With Halloween just around the corner, are the spirits becoming more active?
 
“Hauntings occur all throughout the year and all around the clock. It's definitely not confined to nighttime or during the Halloween season. Many believe the veil between the living and the dead is thin during this time, so activity may seem to increase.” Delavan says.