Kendall's Revisited

kendalls restaurant
Revisited
9/13/2025

General Information

Investigators: Christy, Kathy, and Ashley, with Brooke, Tammy, and Jill from API

Equipment used: DVR, 3 IR video cameras, 1 full-spectrum video camera, personal audio recorders, digital camera, geophone, Mel Meter, surface temperature thermometer, 2 KII EMF meters, Rem Pod, Spirit Box, and other person emf and recording equipment.

Initial Interview:

This location is currently a popular restaurant in Noble, OK and has had strange paranormal activity for numerous years. These experiences have been experienced by not just the owners of the restaurant but also its employees as well. These experiences include:

The door from the kitchen to the back area of the restaurant swings open on its own.
Sounds like someone bumps it open like the wait staff does as they’re clearing tables.
Wait staff report feeling “creeped out” at the silverware station & in the back hallway.
Objects move on their own in the kitchen.
Knocking & muffled voices have been heard.
The alarm system has been known to go off at various times for no reason.
The sensor on a set of doors that is blocked & never used seems to go off the most frequently.

There have been no documented deaths in this location.

Historical/Factual/Relevant Info:

Elizabeth Bullard Garee wrote a historical paper on Noble in about 1974. She was born in Noble on November 26, 1905, to C.E. & Eva Garee. Her parents arrived in Noble in 1896 and were major contributors to its development. Elizabeth lived in Noble most of her life. According to Elizabeth’s historical record, all the patents to property in the original townsite were issued to Samuel Leary, Robert Joyce, and Daniel Hay, with some blocks platted by T.J.J. Wiggins when the original townsite was planned by Rennie and Klinglesmith on Feb 25, 1891, or soon after. She also includes the following information about the town of Noble in her document.

“Robert M. Graham opened the first place in Noble where one could buy a meal. It was a 'lunch counter' near where the water tower currently stands. By 1897, Noble had a grocery store, a drug store, blacksmith shops, a hardware business, a lumber yard, a livery stable, and a barber shop. We find the names W.J. Reid, Tommy Wells, Fletcher, Arthur Flitner, and Bob Stogner as owners of these businesses. There was also one saloon. There was one unknown restaurant owner and another grocery and dry goods store owned by Dr. Murphy. There was a brickyard in the southern part of Noble operated by W.J. Scott, who made the brick for most of the better business buildings in Noble for many years.

The Noble State Bank was chartered on May 23, 1902, with R.F. Ellinger, J.W. Morris, George F. Graham, C.F. Wantland, J.A. Whitehead, R.W. Yeargin, and Thomas Standifer as organizers. J.C. Burkett soon became a stockholder, as did others, including T.J. Standifer. This bank, with assistance from other state banks, tested the Oklahoma State Guaranty Bank Act. They lost their first test on Jan 3, 1911, and, after all appeals proved fruitless, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the lower courts' judgments. Hence, the bank was changed to a national bank on Sept 6, 1921, and again to First State Bank on July 6, 1931.

C.M. Holliday (now deceased) of Norman was one of the directors of the First State Bank. A solvent local bank in our community has been another big asset for many small banks did not weather the depression. It is now a bank with 10 (more now) full time employees in addition to part time help. It is in a new building on the NW corner of 3rd and Chestnut just adjacent the first banks location on lots owned by the bank.

For a great many years a livery stable was operated by J. F. Johnson just across the street on Chestnut between 2nd and 3rd.”

The only Theodore of Noble that could be found was a Theodore Bugher whose father was an ‘89er. An article in newspaper mentions the death of his father in late 1944. This is inconsistent with the story of a Theodore Johnson who was a barber and passed in 1906 which could not be verified.

The common nature of the first name, Margaret, and no mention of a last name means that the woman the three psychics had sensed at the investigation could not be independently verified through newspaper archives or ancestry records.

Also interesting to note, R. F. Ellinger was not only a banker in the community, but also a justice of the peace.

A Collection of Historic Records

Kendall’s Restaurant
Noble, OK

Compiled By Kathryn Wickham
Historian and Researcher for OKPRI

A Noble History

The following are portions from the report: “Noble 2025: A Community Development Plan for Noble, OK” Chapter 2: Noble’s Past, Present and Future:

http://www.cityofnoble.org/caffeine/uploads/files/Comprehensive%20Plan/2%20NoblesPPP.pdf

Santa Fe Railroad Company originally designated an area two miles south of Noble to be a town called “Walker.” However, a man with a vision changed history when he picked Noble’s actual location (Speer 1988). Albert Rennie was this man with a vision. He had traveled through the Noble area quite often over the years and thought the area would be perfect for a town site. He convinced the Railroad company to relocate its proposed townsite, and he drew the first plat of Noble. Rennie decided to name the town “Noble,” after the Secretary of the Interior, John Noble, who greatly contributed to the land run (Speer 1988). Thus, Rennie and other businessmen acquired the 160 acres that were the original townsite of Noble, Oklahoma

Rennie and the other founders envisioned Noble as the County Seat of Cleveland County. They also dreamed of Noble being a national trade center. The first of the founders’ dreams was never realized because the founders kept lot prices too high. As a result, most new businesses moved to Norman, which became the County Seat. The second was realized when Noble became a major shipping point for cattle from East and West of the Canadian River. However, when the major access point was demolished in the 1904 flood, this dream ended (Speer 1988).

The population of Noble in 1889 was fewer than 100. As access through Oklahoma improved, the population grew congruently. The first bridge across the Canadian River in Cleveland County was at Noble. The bridge was a suspension bridge, 264 feet long, with 400-foot approaches. It was dedicated in 1890 as a toll bridge, but it only lasted five years. A second bridge was built a quarter mile south. The bridge was swept away in the Flood of 1904, and after farmers began damming the river, the water level dropped too low for ferries to continue crossing (Speer 1988).

The town grew steadily after it opened. A general store, two cotton gins, and a grain elevator all opened soon after the town opened.

Fire protection in the early years of Noble was inadequate. A fire in 1905 destroyed half of the business buildings on one side of Main Street, and in 1906, a fire destroyed businesses on the opposite side of the street. Thus, the town instated a volunteer fire department (Speer 1988).

After Oklahoma became a State, the area and Noble began to grow and change. The residents began demanding more services from the Town. Sidewalks and the telephone system were among the first improvements in Noble. In 1912, water mains were installed in town; next, electricity, paved streets, and natural gas became available for Noble residents (Speer 1988).

The following is an excerpt from “History of Noble, Oklahoma.”

A memoir by Elizabeth (Garee) Bullard, circa 1974

http://kbea831.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/1974-elizabeth-bullard-account3.pdf

A Note from OKPRI: Elizabeth Bullard was the daughter of C.E. & Eva Garee, who arrived in Noble in 1896 and were major contributors to its development. Elizabeth was born in 1905 and lived in Noble most of her life. She earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Oklahoma and taught in Noble for many years.

Cleveland County Assessor Information reveals the following:

Built in 1909 (assessor), 3367 sq. ft.

Lot 32 in block 41 of the Original Townsite

A Note from OKPRI: After review of the County Assessor’s Information, it is unclear whether there was a building on the land when Thomas Standifer owned the property before selling it in 1905. According to the Memoire written by Elizabeth Bullard, it appears the Hobaugh family had built the current building after1905, but it is not clear whether they were rebuilding a previous building that may have been damaged by the Main Street fires of 1905 and 1906. One would assume Elizabeth would have mentioned the re-build after the fires when discussing the hauling of rocks from the H.L. Bell farm. We have assumed that no building was on the property at the time of the fires. The original structure was built as listed by the County Assessor in 1909 and remains today.

Thomas Standifer was an ‘89er and the first owner of the land that Kendall’s rests upon. He has been described as an aggressive farmer. He had friends and had an extended family with the Stufflebean name. The Federal Census of 1900 for Noble, OK, verifies Thomas Standifer’s occupation as a landlord in his older years. The property at 100 S. Main was likely an investment.

His obituary from a genealogy website states he was born in Virginia in 1832; married Elizabeth Peavler in 1849, at Cumberland Ford, Knox County, Kentucky; moved from there to Linn County, Mo. where he joined Company K, of the Missouri Cavalry in 1861. He served two years and received an honorable disability discharge. He and his wife moved to Noble during the land run and were respected members of the community.

Thomas Floyd and Mary Elizabeth Standifer in Missouri in late 1860’s or 1870’s.

Thomas Floyd Standifer and his family in August 1914

Thomas Standifer Obituary, Noble Sun, June 16, 1917

Thos. STANDIFER Death Of Old Settler, Renowned Cleveland County Man, Passed Away At His Home Near Noble Last Monday, Thos. STANDIFER, one of the very best known men in Cleveland county, a thoroughgoing man in all respects, and one highly respected and esteemed by all, an old Virginia gentleman, died at his home near Noble last Monday, June 11, 1917, aged more than 85 years.

The Noble Sun publishes the following obituary of him: Thos. STANDIFER was born in Lee County, Va, March 27, 1832. was married to Elizabeth PEAVLER, September 2, 1849, at Cumberland Ford, Knox County, Kentucky. They moved from there to Linn County, Mo., in 1851, where he joined Company K, of the Missouri Cavalry in 1861, where he served two years and received an honorable disability discharge.

There were born to them eleven girls and one boy, of whom eight girls are still living: Ruth LAMBERT, Browning, Mo.; Elizabeth KENNEDY CANADA, Noble, Okla.; Katherine LACOUNT, Mustang, Okla.; Mollie LAMBERT, Brookfield, Mo.; Docia STUFFLEBEAN, Noble, Okla.; Matilda HEAD, Linneus, Mo.; Clara BARNES, Anadarko, Okla.; and Zilpha CARTWRIGHT, Wheatland, Okla. They moved to Cleveland County, Okla., in 1889, where he united with the M.E. Church at Noble, Okla., September 1, 1903.

Having been in poor health for almost four years, he departed this life at the home of T. J. STUFFLEBEAN, at 9:30 o'clock a.m., June 11, 1917, at the age of 85 years, 2 months, and 15 days. He leaves a wife, eight daughters, and a host of friends to mourn the loss.

Funeral services were held at the home of T. J. STUFFLEBEAN on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. A. B. CARSON, officiating, after which the remains were interred in the Noble cemetery.

A Note from OKPRI: Charles Hobough and his wife, Sarah, were the second owners and may have built the very outer walls that surround Kendall’s Restaurant today. The Federal Census of 1910 for Noble, OK, verifies Charles M. Hobaugh as the owner and a grain dealer from the Grain Elevator in Noble. Note that the last two columns in the following image reveal the occupation and industry of the person for whom the data were collected.

The building that is Kendall’s Restaurant today, was purchased from the Hobough’s by the Stufflebean’s likely after it was built in 1909.

John Henry Stufflebean married Mary Hollon (Hollond) in Missouri in 1886. They had nine children (7 boys and 2 girls) together. Two of their children died in childhood of unknown causes at this time. They were Owen Wayne, their fourth child, and Lila Hazel, their sixth child. Owen was born in 1892 and died in 1902. Birth and death dates are not yet known for Lila. John’s wife, Mary, passed away in Missouri in 1905.

North Salem Cemetery in North Salem, Linn Co., Missouri Reads: “A precious one from us has gone. A voice we loved is stilled. A place is vacant from our home. That never can be filled.”

John Henry met and married his second wife, Addie Lucinda (Belcher) Wilson, in Missouri on May 15, 1905.

The Stufflebeans had a general store in Missouri before closing it in 1907 and moving to Noble to farm. A few years later, likely after construction finished in 1909, they purchased the building on 100 S. Main to open a General Merchandise store.

Stufflebean’s circa 1920. Left to right: John Henry, Kenneth, Jim, Glenn, Ernest, Kay & unknown boy

Stufflebean’s circa 1920. Left to right: John Henry, Kenneth, Jim, Glenn, Ernest, Kay & unknown boy

Back, left to right: Jim, Earl, Sylvan, Kay, Kenneth; front, left to right: John Henry, Glenn & Ernest 1916

John Henry and Addie Stufflebean portrait circa 1930’s

John Henry Stufflebean (1863-1939) headstone at Noble Cemetery

John Henry Stufflebean obituary (likely pub. in The Noble Sun) sourced from a genealogy website:

John Henry Stufflebean was born 5 Nov. 1863 at North Salem, Mo. He was the fifth child of John Stufflebean and Matilda Peavler. His grandfather, Michael Stufflebean, was one of the first white men to settle in Linn County. Michael’s father, John, fought in the Revolutionary War and afterwards settled in Kentucky. John Henry married Mary Holland (Hollon), daughter of James, in about 1886, and they had nine children: Ernest Lavern, Iva Myrtle, James Herman, Owen Wayne, Earl Marcus, Lila Hazel, Henry Sylvan, Nolan Kay, and John Kenneth. Owen and Lila died in childhood. Mary died in 1905 and John Henry married Addie Lucinda (Belcher) Wilson. The marriage license shows they were both from Hybrid, Mo., and were married on 15 May 1905. They had five children: Bernice May, Gladys, Harry Glenn, Eula Lee, and Mary Frances. The family ran a country store in Shelby County, Mo., until 1907 when they moved to Oklahoma to farm. A few years later, they opened another store in Noble, Ok. The family remained in that area for years. John Henry died 3 Nov. 1939 in Noble.

A Note from OKPRI: The family kept the business running for decades to follow. Ownership may have changed hands in the later years; however, the name remained until Stufflebeans closed its doors and took on a new role. In 1963, Main Street was once again on fire. This time, the business next door to Stufflebean Grocery was ablaze and destroyed. Luckily, the Grocery and a real estate office in the back only suffered from smoke and water damage.

Investigation Report

Set up:

Since we had been to this location many times before, we knew the restaurant's layout. Our team arrived at the location and had dinner, our usual routine before an investigation at this location. The owners always graciously accommodate our team when we do an investigation there. Our team also conducted brief interviews with staff who had recently experienced paranormal activity at the restaurant. After the interviews and dinner, when the restaurant closed, we began setting up equipment in various areas of the location, including turning on our audio recorders.

Investigation Sweeps – 10:30 p.m.

Tammy from API was setting up motion-activated toys in the hallway, also referred to as the old “alleyway.” Tammy, also a psychic, stated she felt there were 2 ghost children present, so she started giving them an example of how the toys worked. After setting one of the cars down, the car activated on its own. Kathy went over to see if it was Tammy who had set it off, or if it had truly activated on its own. A video of this moment was captured; however, due to the

camera's position, you can’t see the car, but you can hear its movement and see the reactions of the investigators present.

Since we had the toy car activated, several members decided to conduct a sit-down in the hallway to see if we could get any more activity recorded. One of the investigators asked, “Can you come touch one of the cars, just really quick?” Then a child’s voice answers very quickly, saying, “Yeah.”

Some of our team (3 members) decided to go into the side room, often known as the “playroom,” to do a sit-down. This was decided because Christy felt we were crowding out the 2 ghost children. While in this room, Christy and Tammy were rolling a large glowing blow-up ball back and forth across the floor to each other. We also had a flashlight set up that the spirits could turn off and on for us. There were a few light-up cat-balls on the floor near us, as well as one of the toy motion-activated cars. You can see the toy car

blinking in the background. Not too long after Christy and Tammy were rolling the ball back and forth to each other, the toy motion-activated cars moved on its own. Then the flashlight came on bright, then dimmed on its own. We had a video running, but due to poor lighting and focus, it didn’t capture the car moving very well, but it did capture the sound of its movement. Our video also recorded the flashlight coming on, brightening, and dimming.

Investigation Sweeps – 10:30 p.m. – 12:30 a.m.

After we finished our sit-down in the playroom dining area, our team decided to move to the larger back dining room to investigate. We began placing different pieces of equipment around the room. In addition to the various pieces of equipment already installed, a motion detector was placed on the same table where our team had previously experienced an activation during a previous investigation. This motion sensor was facing the wall, like the previous investigation. Our team split into 2 groups, with one investigating the front of the restaurant and the other in the back of the large dining room.

While setting up the equipment in the back dining room, Christy heard a male’s voice say, “She killed me.” Take aback to his, Christy announced to the team what she had just heard, and, with spiked interest, the team settled down for a sit-down to see if Christy could tune back into this male spirit to learn his story. A “Yes/No” pod was set up on a table in front of where Christy was sitting. As the team began asking questions, the “Yes/No” pod activated during the QA session. This session was

recorded on video and can be viewed as a short collage. It was also during this time that Christy’s audio recorder picked up the voice of a male saying, “Help us.” Christy believed the male’s voice was Sam's. During this time, our audio recorders also captured a male voice saying, “No, no.”

Kathy and Tammy heard what they described as a whistle coming from the hallway area (also known as the old alleyway). It was not heard by any other team members and, unfortunately, was also not captured on any of our audio recorders or video cameras. We did record their experience on video, though.

During this sit-down in the back dining room, activity began in the hallway area (old alleyway). Our team had taken a quick break to use the restroom and get some coffee. The team investigating the front area decided to join the secondary team in the main dining area at the back, since there had been activity there previously. All team members were in the back dining room, except for Kathy and Ally, who were the last 2 investigators to enter. Ally went into the dining room first, and then Kathy followed.

Around 2 seconds after Kathy entered, the motion sensor on the back table activated on its own. There was no way that Kathy or Ally could have set off the motion sensor, since it was several feet away and sitting on a table facing the wall. This was interesting too, because it was the same location where a motion detector had activated during a previous investigation. This activation was captured on our stationary cams.

Wrap-Up

At approximately 4:10 a.m., our team decided to wrap up since the activity seemed to have died down. All members were helping break down the camera equipment, and upon walking to the front lobby to retrieve the cameras and tripods, several members heard the front radio playing in the entrance. This radio had not been on during the investigation and was turned off once the restaurant was closed. Christy texted the owner

to ask whether the radio was on. The owner, Kim, came from her back office to the lobby, and she looked for the remote to turn it off, but couldn’t find it. Later, we would find that the other owner, Dee, had hidden the remote because he didn’t want the radio station to be changed, as he reports frequently happens.

As we were in the final stages of getting all our equipment into the car, Christy had her audio recorder in the front lobby. Her audio recorder captured a male’s voice that sounded like, “Why won’t you freaking go away.” Christy believed this spirit used the radio’s frequency levels to record this EVP, which may explain why the radio was turned on to begin with.

Psychic investigator comments

Psychic Investigator’s Comments

Below is a summary of the different ghosts encountered at Kendall's Restaurant and my impressions of them.

The Ghosts of Kendall’s

The Trio:

R.F. Ellinger, Walter Ball, Frank Miller

On our last investigation with A.P.I., we conducted a sit-down in the back hallway (also known as the old alleyway). It was during this sit-down that Tammy and I began putting together psychic impressions to identify the three male ghosts. During previous investigations, we had no idea who these three men were or how they were connected to Kendall’s. Both Tammy and I had picked up on a banker man, possibly R.F. Ellinger, and felt he was connected to a local bank there in Noble, but from a time that felt like the turn of the 20th century.

During my initial investigation at Kendall’s, I had arrived at the restaurant, got out of my vehicle, and saw a quick flash of an old bank. A man then approached me, said, “Hello,” and asked me if I knew “where his bank was.” He then quickly disappeared. He looked like he was from the early 1900’s and was wearing a small pin-striped suit with a derby hat. He was Caucasian, with a thick mustache that curved upward on the sides. I saw him looking at his pocket watch, a small gold chain connecting it to a pocket in his suit. After recalling the old turn-of-the-century bank I had seen, I assumed this man was most likely a banker who had probably worked there in the past. This spirit felt very anxious, and I got the sense that time mattered to him, as I felt his sense of urgency. I also felt like this man might have lost his life over financial issues, also connected to this sense of urgency and time.

NOTE: The image of him here was created with ChatGPT and is a close representation of "The Banker Man." After ChatGPT created his image based on my description, I had to gasp at how close this image is to the banker man I saw!

As Tammy and I continued to put bits and pieces together based on what we had seen and felt psychically, we both agreed we had picked up on the names, “William, Frank, and the last name, Ball.” Even after this investigation, our team returned to Kendall’s, had dinner, and offered a public ghost-hunting event until midnight. After this event, our group decided to have another sit-down in the old alleyway (hallways). It was during this time that we came back into contact with two out of the three male spirits we believed could have been R.F. Ellinger and William Ball. Prior to this investigation/sit-down interval, Tammy conducted external research to determine whether she could find any documented history of events, robberies, or deaths in or around Noble from the twentieth century. Tammy had done this research since she had previously gotten a strong impression of a man who had been hit in the head, along with a strong sense of running.

During this investigation in the old alleyway (current hallway), Kathy used her laptop and pulled up the article that Tammy had sent to all of us. We read the article during this sit-down session to see if we could get any confirmation from the 2 men present in spirit that they were, in fact, them. Tammy and I felt like these 2 men might have been linked to a bank robbery in Noble, which would also connect to what Christy was picking up on with the banker man and his sense of urgency and time, as well as the violence Tammy had felt connected to one of the men. With this article open, our team began asking questions to seek confirmation. The article Tammy had found was from the Norman Transcript and was called, “The Great Noble Bank Robbery of 1925.”

The Great Noble Bank Robbery of 1925

Andy Rieger | Local Columnist - Jun 9, 2024

Link to this online article

The late local historian John Womack recounted the story in his book, “Cleveland County, Oklahoma, Historical Highlights.”

The robbers entered Noble’s First National Bank shortly before noon on Feb. 11, 1925. They were driving a Model-T Ford runabout with no license tag. They were wearing goggles, something not that uncommon for Model-T drivers.

After asking the bank’s bookkeeper William Shannon to change some $5 bills, they pulled out guns and threatened to shoot Shannon and a customer, Thomas Curren. They forced Shannon to open the safe and ran out with about $1,500 in bills and coins.

Womack reports the duo headed north on Noble’s main street, then turned east on what is now Etowah Road. The bank’s president, R.F. Ellinger, although unarmed, gave chase in his own Model-T after telling his wife to call the police.

Ellinger stopped at a home near the Highland School and alerted sheriff’s deputies as to the men’s position. He stopped there because he saw the home had a telephone line. Meanwhile, a posse was quickly formed and headed east to the Highland Hills and Twelve Corners communities.

The bandits’ car broke down, and they set off on foot in the Cleveland County countryside. Among those in the posse were the sheriff, police chief, the county attorney, county judge, a U.S. Army Sergeant from OU’s ROTC unit, and a Noble barber who found a bag of coins in the chase.

The posse and the robbers exchanged gunfire a mile west and a mile south of the Needmore store in the far southeastern corner of the county. One of the suspects, Walter Ball, was shot and mortally wounded. The other, Frank Miller, known as the “Big Sweede,” was apprehended by Norman officer Bud Mayes and the ROTC sergeant Mark L. Hanna.

The dying Ball was placed on the rear deck of a Ford pickup, and Miller was handcuffed and taken to the county jail by Sheriff Frank Boggs. The suspects admitted to having consumed a jar of home brew during the chase.

Miller pleaded guilty before Judge W.L. Eagleton and was sentenced to 25 years in the state penitentiary at McAlester. His comment to the judge: “Whatever I have coming, I want to get it and have it over with.” He was escorted to the state pen less than four weeks after the crime. Swift justice, indeed.

After reading this article, more things made sense to Christy and Tammy about who these spirits were and why they often frequented Kendall’s restaurant. Could it be that these spirits were stuck reliving their past?

Sam

I first encountered Sam in the big back dining room. I had just finished putting some equipment down and was getting ready to get seated for a sit-down when I heard a male to my right say, “She killed me.” I heard desperation in his voice and knew I needed to sit quietly and have a conversation with Sam.
As I began a conversation with him, he told me he had been passing by Kendall’s when he noticed we were there, so he decided to stop in.

As I began conversing with Sam, he began to tell me his story. He had been married, and they had two daughters, Bonnie and Kate. He made it known that his wife had some mental health problems, and he was worried about his wife finding him now while they were both in spirit. He described his wife’s condition and said things had gotten worse for her because she was seeing and hearing things that were not actually there. He showed me images of his wife twisting and pulling her own hair. From Sam’s description of his wife and from a mental health diagnosis, we felt his wife could have been struggling with Schizophrenia, most likely unmedicated. He also confirmed our suspicions by answering yes-or-no questions through a piece of equipment we were using called the “yes-no pod.”

During the sit-down, Sam began to tell me his story. He told me he “lived in the hills,” but didn’t specify where exactly. I got the feeling they were connected to California. He then showed me a pea green 1973 Chevelle and said his wife was having a really bad day, like a mental health breakdown. He knew she

needed help, so he wanted to take her to the hospital. His wife, however, did not want to go and refused to get in the car. Sam knew she needed to go despite her refusal. They argued about going, and Sam forced her into the car. The arguing continued even after only a short time in the car.

Suddenly, Sam showed me a rocky cliffside, and, standing along the edge, I saw a view way down below where, at the bottom, lay more rocks and rough terrain. I then saw the inside of the car and saw Sam’s wife quickly pull out a long kitchen knife. In a rage, she quickly leaned over and began repeatedly stabbing him in the chest. I saw shock, confusion, and pain come over Sam’s face. He lost control of the car, and I watched it go over the cliff and explode below.

The vision of their death faded, and I then asked Sam if he had ever been to Kendall’s before. He said no, but was passing by when he saw a few bright lights that looked like help, so he came inside. The “bright lights” he was referring to were the white lights that those of us who were psychically gifted were putting off. We tried to reassure Sam that his wife couldn’t hurt him anymore, but he wasn’t entirely convinced, and his founded fear of her finding him kept him wandering, searching for a way to end his death nightmare. When we asked him how we could help, he said he “wanted to be safe.” We knew that crossing him over would give him a sense of peace and safety, so we planned to help him cross over at the end of our sit-down.

We continued the sit-down, and I heard the 1960s song “Let It Be,” so we played it for Sam. A team member asked if he believed in Mother Mary and/or God. He told me he believed in a higher power, but wasn’t sure who or what it was. He told me he also wanted to be with his family, but he was unsure how it all worked. Sam acknowledged knowing he was dead, and while wanting to be reunited with his family, he didn’t want to be reunited with his wife. He had struggled so much in life with her, so he didn’t want to struggle with her in the afterlife. He was also worried about what he would find if he crossed over, like what fate would have in store for him, as he said, “I’m no angel myself, and I don’t know if I lived a good enough life to be able to go to Heaven.” We did ask Sam to light up our meter if he wanted our help, and a few seconds later, he did. During the same sit-down, my audio recorder captured Sam saying, “Help us.” I felt that Sam was speaking not only for himself, but also for other spirits who were at Kendall’s.

In the end, we were able to cross Sam over. Upon our next visit to Kendall’s (the public event we hosted a few weeks afterwards), we felt Sam’s spirit there, but his energy felt different, felt more peaceful and assured. We believe he came back to help other spirits at Kendall’s Restaurant.

NOTE: The images of Sam and his life were generated with ChatGPT and closely match the images Christy saw during their communication.

Additional Ghosts of Kendall’s
2 Children: Rebecca and Tommy

Upon our multiple visits/investigations at Kendall’s, we have encountered the spirits of 2 young children. We have also captured their voices on our audio recordings and have recorded video of the kids interacting with some of the motion-activated toys that we had.

Tommy - After conducting a sit-down to learn more about the children, Tammy and I tapped into their energy. I saw a little boy playing marbles on a wooden floor. He looked to be around 5 or 6 years old, with short brown hair (almost a bowl cut), and wore blue overalls with no shirt underneath. He felt like he had lived during the late 1800’s, early 1900’s, and had died from some sickness that had created a high fever for him. This illness could have been a variety of illnesses, but it felt like it might have been something like Scarlett Fever. In spirit, he enjoyed spending time with Rebecca, and they often played together. They enjoyed the different people that came into Kendall’s, especially the children. I do believe it was Tommy's voice that was recorded answering one of our investigators when they asked if they would come and touch the car

really quick, to which he replied, "Yeah."

NOTE: The image of him here was created with ChatGPT and is a close representation of "Tommy" that was seen psychically.

Rebecca - We felt like Rebecca was around 6 or 7 at the time of her death. We saw her with light brown hair, pulled up in pigtails. She was wearing a faded light blue dress with puffy sleeves. She appeared to be from the 1920’s. Tammy was caught off guard at first when she heard this little girl asking for a “Yahoo.” After doing some research, we learned that Yahoo drinks were created in 1928 in Garfield, New Jersey. This would fit the timeframe for Rebecca's life. Tammy told Rebecca that she would bring her a Yahoo the next time we visited. Rebecca was very energetic and liked to hide behind curtains. She said she was afraid of a couple of the male spirits there, but luckily, a female spirit named Margaret helped protect her and Tommy. It felt like Rebecca’s death was due to an illness that also involved a high fever. She even admitted that she and Tommy had set off the motion detector we had sitting on the hallway table.

NOTE: The image of Rebecca here was created with ChatGPT and is a close representation of "Becca" that was seen psychically.

Margaret

Later, while we were in the back, middle dining room area, which had a round table and side doors, I encountered a young, dark-haired woman who made me feel extremely nauseous, but I feel like this was because she initially showed me her death state. She was dressed in a long black dress that looked like it was from the early 1900s, with long sleeves to her wrists, a high collar up to her neck, and a long length that reached down to her feet. I felt this could have been the dress she was buried in. She also lifted her leg, and I saw her feet in small black boots that had tall lace-up shoestrings.

The scene changed, and I then saw her and a male together, her hands in his. Although I couldn’t hear what he was saying, I saw him tell

Margaret something. She then became upset, and I saw her, what looked like, begging him to stay, but he walked away. It felt to me like the man and Margaret had been in a serious relationship, possibly even engaged, but in this conversation, the man broke off the relationship.

I then saw another scene in which Margaret was carrying a large white petal basket. She was very mournful, upset, and angry all at once. From this point, I observed Margaret in different moods, but her main emotion was depression. She had planned her own suicide, and she showed me how she did it. She showed me these white Oleander flowers she ground up, put into her food, and then consumed. I then saw her becoming ill and throwing up with severe stomach pain. I then saw her spirit leave her body.

I offered to help her, but she didn’t seem to want any. She showed me how she had played tricks on one of the dark-haired waitresses at the restaurant because of jealousy issues. She also told me she enjoyed playing small pranks on the employees there, but meant them in a playful, not

malicious, way. Margaret let me know that while she regretted her death, she was happy in spirit and enjoyed being at Kendall’s, having no plans to leave.

Note: The images here of Margaret were created with ChatGPT and are a close representation of "Margaret" that I saw psychically.