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The road to
Mudlavia with the
smokestack on
the left.
Mudlavia
Entering Mudlavia
In the ground floor
hallway.
One of the
downstairs rooms.
An example of
the destruction
here.
The Other Building
The well used
fireplace.
The staircase.
The hallway to the
room under the
stairs.
Greg with a "friend".
Craig and Vicki at the
top of the staircase.
One of the
upstairs hallways.
Possible orb in window.
One of the
upstairs rooms.
Taken the same
night with a
different camera.
Possible orb in
doorway.
Another room
upstairs.
The other hallway.
The lower level in the other building.
The Furnace.
The boiler room
Between the buildings.
The room next to the fireplace.
This Photo was taken by
Patrick.  He immediately
asked Donna Kaye to
take a picture of the
same area.
This photo was taken
by Donna Kaye
within 30 seconds of
Patrick asking her to
take it.
Patrick took this
photo immediately
after
Donna Kaye's
flash was finished
from the previous
picture.
Outside the buildings.
Electrical Boxes
Walking back down the path to leave.
Entrance to the "sub level"
The Mudlavia Hotel and Spa is located between Attica and
Kramer Indiana.  You need good directions to this site.  
Fortunately, we now have them.
The only visible sign of the buildings from the road
approaching it are the remains of the smokestack.  The
buildings themselves are extremely grown over with assorted
vines and other greenery.  All windows are broken and no
doors remain in the structure.  There is a downed tree across
the road leading to the buildings but the walk back is not bad.

July 8, 2006 2 days prior to Full Moon
Clear night with no breeze.
We arrived at Mudlavia at 9:35 pm.  After taking several
outside pictures we entered the building.  Graffiti is
everywhere.  You enter and proceed down a hallway lined with
doorways into a larger "common room" complete with a
fireplace.  The fireplace was filled with fairly fresh ashes as well
as assorted beer bottles and cans.  Split firewood was stacked
haphazardly in the same room.  This location is obviously used
by someone for parties.  There are 3 rooms directly off this
one.  The room behind the fireplace has the roof partially
caved in, opposite of this room you will find another room that
is filled with an abundance of dirt and overgrowth of the
surrounding woods.  The third room can be reached via a
short hallway directly behind and below the stairs.  The
stairs(located in the "common room") still have the remnants of
carpeting as well as years of accumulation of dust and debris.  
Upstairs are 2 hallways with doorways lining both sides.  At the
end of both hallways are exit doorways(no door on either).  
One is nothing but a sheer drop off, the other has a metal
landing and stairs leading to the ground below.(  Be very
careful as one of the steps is missing)  To reach the boiler
room area on the lower level you must exit this building and
enter another building(covered in vines).  
We divided into 2 groups and set off to investigate the area.  
The first group headed to the lower lever and the boiler room,
the second group concentrated on the "main" building with the
plan to switch places in order to let everyone see all areas of
this site.
At 9:50 pm one of our investigators on the lower level suffered
a back spasm. It passed but, was repeated with more pain and
the feeling of heat at 10:30 pm.   By 10:00 pm  the group in the
boiler room had already lost energy in 3 sets of batteries that
were being used in the digital camera. Hundreds of
photograph were taken as well as video and DVR  recordings
and digital sound recordings.  EMF meters and digital
thermometers were also used. The  EMF meter registered a
spike from 2 to 5 in the basement at 10:35 pm in a cold spot.  
Temperature ranged from 60 - 65 degrees.  One cold spot
measured 56.6 degrees while the warmest temperature taken
was 72 degrees.   
The 2nd group were taking photographs of the downstairs
area of the main building when a loud thump was heard
upstairs.  No One was up there.  Upon proceeding to the
upstairs more photographs were taken of all of the rooms and
hallways.  There is a lot of vandalism present here.  Entire
walls have been broken out between rooms with debris
everywhere.  There is a railing on the staircase itself but, once
on the second floor there is nothing around the area of the
stairs except open space.  The metal landing outside one of
the exit doors is sturdy and several investigators went out on
this platform to take pictures of the outside and the next
building.  One investigator went down the stairs with the video
camera to tape footage there. Several team members
complained of it being extremely hot on this level while others
were fastening their jackets tighter around themselves.   
Returning to the "common room" we proceeded to examine the
room under the stairs in more detail.    We passed through a
cold spot in the hallway leading to the room( aprox. 5 degree
drop in temperature) but, upon entering the room one member
became extremely hot and began sweating.  A separate
member became cold enough as to be shaking with it and
began crying uncontrollably, complaining of an extreme feeling
of dread in the room.  After leaving the building the feeling left
and our member returned to normal.
After switching places, without discussing what had happened
in either place, the 1st team experienced cold in the "common
room" and while taking readings and photographs there heard
a succession of 3 loud thumps from upstairs.  Footsteps were
heard behind a team member but, no one walking nearby.  In
the first room on the left upstairs the flashlight and camcorder
went out, completely drained of energy.  Temperature upstairs
registered at 56.6 degrees yet, all members were complaining
of the heat there.
Throughout the investigation, sounds were heard from outside
in the woods nearby.  3 team members returned to the
beginning of the drive.  During approximately  20 minutes of
waiting each member in turn checked behind themselves into
the woods because of a feeling of being watched.  the sound
of something large moving through the trees followed by a
large branch snapping nearby caused them to return to the
main building.  On the walk back, one team member kept
seeing(out of the corner of the eye) something move on the
right but appear to duck when looked at.  As they approached
the first building 2 team members saw a dark shape cross the
road in front of them.  Estimated size of the shape is between 4
and 5 feet tall and bulky.
Our group left the area at 11:30 pm

We definitely want to re investigate this site both in the daytime
along with another night investigation.
This was Mudlavia in all her glory.  
The grounds were beautifully landscaped
and the building was a wonder of the time.
Three  unexplained fires in 50 years
destroyed this "Grand Dame" of
architecture.
July 14, 2007
Arrived at Mudlavia just before 10:00 p.m. Clear night, no noticeable clouds.  There were
4 people wandering outside the building when we arrived.  They left within 30 minutes of
our arrival.  Present at the investigation were Curtis, Kenny, John and  Junior Investigator
Garrick.  The team drove up to the entrance of the building.
Throughout the investigation the sound of thumping from within the building was heard by
all.  While upstairs the sound seemed to be coming from downstairs and vice versa.  
Approximately 250 photos were taken along with DVR and digital voice recordings.
The team  left the site at 1:30 a.m.