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Local paranormal investigator delivers a third volume
For Chris Bores, investigating Toledo’s paranormal history is about listening to the stories ghosts may have left behind.
Bores, author of the Haunted Toledo book series, wrote Haunted Toledo 3, featuring investigations throughout the area, including the former Channel 13 building, the Toledo School for the Arts and sites connected to some of Toledo’s most enduring ghost stories.
Bores spent years investigating reportedly haunted locations, including the Collingwood Arts Center and the Oliver House. He has also appeared on local news programs, national radio shows and truTV’s Hardcore Pawn.
About his third book covering Toledo’s paranormal, Bires says, “This book upped my whole game.”
A new way to communicate
The centerpiece of the new book is a device system Bores calls BMC, or Bores Meter Configuration. While traditional paranormal meters provide “yes” or “no” responses, Bores added a question mark and an X.
“I learned a couple things about the afterlife and there need to be more prompts than just ‘yes’ and ‘no’,” he said. Bores said the question mark can indicate confusion, particularly when communicating with spirits he believes died suddenly. The X allows a spirit to
indicate it cannot, or will not, answer a question.
At the Pythian Castle, Bores said he used the system to communicate with a woman he believes was murdered. “[She] broke my heart,” he said. When he asked who killed her, Bores said she repeatedly indicated she could not answer. “She kept hitting X,” he said. “She said she couldn’t tell me because it would have karmic repercussions for her, coming back on her surviving lineage.”
Bores believes the visual nature of the system makes the communications especially compelling. “When you ask questions and they hit the buttons, it’s very visual and it’s hard to poke holes through,” he explains.
A darker side of Toledo?
Some of Bores’ most striking claims involve a downtown church and tunnel structures beneath the building. The book also explores what Bores describes as information involving a prominent Toledo figure from the early 20th century. “News articles confirm the story, I thought, this is all coming together,’.”
Ghosts, morse code and history
Another investigation involved a spirit Bores believes communicated through Morse code. He noticed repeated patterns while reviewing recordings. “I didn’t realize it until I was watching the playback because I recorded everything,” he said.
Bores has also uncovered a forgotten chapter of Toledo broadcasting history involving an early radio operation that provided music programming to downtown businesses before being acquired by WSPD. “It’s a lost piece of history that no one has talked about,” he said.
The investigations can be emotional. “I’ve laughed with spirits and wanted to cry with spirits,” Bores says, adding, “You get emotional because you get caught up in their story.”
Bores has evidence regarding the existence of ghosts. “My BMC communications,” he said. “When they go off right after you ask a question, it’s very visual. You cannot disprove that.”
Haunted Toledo 3 is available from booksellers.
Follow Chris on Facebook @ChrisBores.
