Do you hear ghosts? Mark Higgins and his team, Spirit Search Paranormal Investigators, do—at a Gordonsville hotel. The Exchange Hotel in Gordonsville is the last Civil War-era receiving hospital standing in Virginia. More than 70,000 soldiers passed through the space; of those who died, more than 700 were buried on-site. Investigators say, this week’s cover story, that hundreds of ghostly voices speak out there. Read the story here, and listen to audio files to hear some spooky sounds first-hand.
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