The Hoover House Investigation: When the House Starts Talking Back
“At a certain point, it stopped feeling like we were investigating the house — and started feeling like the house was investigating us. When something responds that directly, that specifically, you owe it to yourself and to the client to take it seriously.”
— Jason Hawes
I've walked into hundreds of locations over the years, and I go into every single one of them looking for the most rational explanation possible. The Hoover House was no different — at least, that was the plan. What happened inside those walls during this investigation made even me stop mid-sentence and reassess everything we thought we knew about what was going on there.
We pulled up to the Hoover House without a lot of preconceived notions. That's intentional. I don't want my team hyped up on ghost stories before we've even set foot through the door, because that's how you start seeing things that aren't there. My job — our job — is to walk in skeptical and let the evidence lead us wherever it leads. If that means we debunk the whole thing by sunrise, so be it. The homeowners deserve the truth more than they deserve a good story.
The early part of the investigation was about getting our bearings. We walked the property, took baseline readings, and got a feel for the environment. Old houses like this one come with all kinds of built-in explanations for strange activity — settling foundations, drafty corridors, aging electrical systems, pipes that knock and groan like they've got something to say. I always want to rule those things out first. It's not glamorous work, but it's the work that actually matters. Any investigator who skips this step isn't investigating — they're performing.
Then things started getting strange. And I don't use that word lightly. At a certain point during the investigation, we experienced activity that didn't have an easy answer waiting around the corner. The word I keep coming back to is communication — it genuinely felt like something inside that house was responding to us. Not in a vague, blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of way. This was deliberate. This was specific. When something responds in a way that correlates directly with what you've just asked or said, you have to take that seriously. You also have to be rigorous about ruling out every possible environmental or equipment-based cause before you even begin to consider a paranormal explanation. We did that. We went through every alternative we could think of. Some of what we documented still doesn't have a clean, satisfying conventional answer.
What I can tell you is that the team stayed focused, stayed professional, and stayed honest throughout the entire investigation. Nobody was calling everything a demon. Nobody was manufacturing drama for the camera. We documented what we experienced in real time, we asked hard questions, and we followed the evidence. That's the only way to do this work with any integrity. Whether you're a believer, a skeptic, or somewhere in between, I think what we captured at the Hoover House is going to make you think. Watch it, form your own opinion, and let me know what you think is happening in that house — because I'd genuinely like to hear it.
The Hoover House sits in an uncomfortable place for me — and I mean that as honestly as I can. There are things we documented there that I haven't been able to fully explain, and I'm not going to pretend otherwise just to wrap it up neatly. Watch the full investigation, weigh the evidence for yourself, and remember: the most important thing is always the truth, wherever that leads.