Union Chapel Cemetery

Inkster, Michigan

It was early December, 2007 when we showed up at the Union Chapel Cemetery in Inkster, Michigan for our first visit.  The time was about 8:00 PM when we pulled up in my PT Cruiser.  The cemetery was next to an abandoned store.  We thought that we were at the wrong place until Dee got out and checked the sign above the cemetery gates.  She came back and said yes we are in the right place but no one is here yet.   Then two cars pulled up with all the people we were to meet that night.  The older of the ladies unlocked the cemetery gates and let us in.  I found out later she is the caretaker of Union Chapel Cemetery.  The group started out with the EMF (Electro Magnetic Field) sweeps of the cemetery. The sweeps came up negative.  Then we moved on to taking photos to prove that there were signs of spirits lurking around.  In the winter it is very hard to prove that, for when it snows it looks just like orbs in the photos.   Also, human breath can be mistaken for ectoplasm mist.   This is why we try and limit the cemetery investigations to the late spring/ all summer long and early fall.  I started getting quizzed by everyone as to what I “felt” when I stood by this head stone and this one and so on.  I came up to the backside of one head stone and the ladies asked what I felt?  I said I feel the spirit of a WWII soldier.  They looked puzzled as they looked at me.  They escorted me around to the front and said we were talking about this soldier.  The soldier in question was a gulf war vet.  I looked at the one next to his and it was of the soldiers grandfather…a WWII vet.  I said sorry I must have been tuned in to this spirit!  That happens a lot to me.  I didn’t feel the spirit of the gulf war vet.  That meant either he was over on the other side or just plain not around.  Then most of us split up again and started looking for more signs of active spirits in the cemetery. 

In about 30 minutes we were all standing next to a grave by the main gate.  The caretaker was standing in front of one particular headstone.  It was a nephew of hers.  She told a story about how he was killed under mysterious circumstances.  His death was written off as unexplained.  There, that cold December night she layed it all out.  All of the details I will not repeat for she asked us not to.  Then we got out our divining rods to see if we could talk to his spirit if he was around.  Not more than 2 minutes passed as the rods started to respond to our questions.  The 3rd question was “are you the spirit of her nephew?”  The answer was yessss!  The nephew’s aunt and cousins asked many questions that night.  Like “do you remember aunt_____?” The rods then responded dramatically by pointing straight at his aunt!  She started crying as were many others in the group.  The one psychic in our group, Leslie, was also talking to him.  She told her that “he says he loves you”. Then the diving rods crossed tightly together meaning yes!  Many questions were answered as tears were shed that night at Union Chapel Cemetery.

Steve