The Kehoe House - Savannah, GA - Savannah's Haunted Bed & Breakfasts Part 2

In a previous blog about the hauntings of Savannah, I mentioned the three haunted bed & breakfasts that my wife and I stayed at during our two visits. The Marshall House, The Kehoe House & The 17 Hundred 90 Inn & Restaurant are all three fine places to stay and each has its' own collection of legends.  In fact, these three bed and breakfasts are known to be the most haunted places to reside while staying in Savannah, and each proved to have its' own unique character and supernatural surprises in store for us during our stay.

In this blog I will be reviewing the paranormal encounters that we experienced during our stay at
The Kehoe House (click this link for the history of The Kehoe House hauntings).

The Kehoe House

This four star Queen Anne Victorian mansion on Columbia Square has had quite a storied past.  Originally built in 1892 by William Kehoe (a self-made man who amassed huge fortune in the iron industry), the Kehoe House was originally a private residence, then became a funeral parlor for much of the 20th century & finally was turned into a bed & breakfast.  However, this is not just any b&b.  This is the only 4 star b&b in Savannah and probably the only haunted 4 star b&b in the country.  It may be a little on the pricey side, but keep in mind that they provide a fabulous breakfast and wine & hors d'oeuvres every afternoon from 5:00 to 7:00.  But don't be fooled by is elegant trappings; this place is truly haunted.

On our first visit to Savannah, my wife and I took a walking ghost tour from The Savannah Walks, Inc. which took us by many of the paranormal hot spots in the historic center.  When we reached Columbia Square the tour guide informed us about the many hauntings of The Kehoe House, including the tale of the twin Kehoe boys who died while playing in one of the chimneys in the house.  Once he had completed his speech about the Kehoe House, he directed our attention to The Davenport House across the street.  While the rest of the group moved across the square to get a better look at The Davenport House, I paused to examine the exterior of The Kehoe House more closely.  As I was looking up at balcony on the second floor located just above the main entrance of the house, I began to see two rather large balls of light, probably 18" in diameter, rising above and sinking below the balustrade.

Kehoe House Main Entrance - Balcony on second floor where orbs appeared above entry

I was really confused at first by what I was seeing.  They had no defining features, they appeared not to be connected to anything, and they were lit from within.  I began to believe that maybe this was some sort of practical joke that some kids staying at  house were trying to play on people taking the ghost tour.  So, after watching this for about a minute and a half, I decided to re-join the group.  However, as I was walking I had second thoughts and decided to turn around and look back at the balcony to see if the lights were still randomly moving up and down from behind the railing.  When I turned around and looked back at the balcony it was completely dark, with no sign of the glowing balls of light that had been previously very active. After the tour, I mentioned what I had seen to the tour guide, and he not only informed me that The Kehoe House discourages children from staying at the b&b, but he also indicated that the balcony was rarely used since it was off a bathroom and one would have to climb through a raised bathroom window to access it. It is highly unlikely that someone would do this since The Johnny Mercer Room also has another larger balcony with a floor level entry on the other side of the house.

After this extremely strange experience during our first trip to Savannah, I decided two things: we would return to Savannah soon and stay on the second floor of The Kehoe House and I would never take another ghost tour without a camera in my hand.  We ended up choosing the Tomochichi Room when we returned to Savnnah the following year.  This particular room was named after the Creek Indian leader who gave James Oglethorpe (the founder of Savannah) his land to build the city on.  Once we had settled in and unpacked, we turned on our digital recorders and started taking photos.  The photo below shows two orbs brightly lit in front of the drapes on the right side of the image. What is particularly interesting about this photo is that these orbs cast a reflection in the mirror; an occurrence that I have never seen before in a photo that I have taken.

The Kehoe House - Tomochichi Room

A few seconds later the two orbs were gone.

The Kehoe House - Tomochichi Room

In the next two photos you can see two bright orbs appear on the opposite side of the room near the bathroom door and then, in seconds, vanish without a trace.

The Kehoe House - Tomochichi Room

The Kehoe House - Tomochichi Room

Later that evening, on our way back from dinner, we took some photos out in front of the house and captured the orbs seen in the image below.

The Kehoe House - Exterior At Night

This is a strange photo to me because, of the three prominent orbs that are visible in the photo, two are blue and one is bright yellow.  Also, the blue "orb" in the upper right hand corner of the photo seems to be cut off on two sides; a strange phenomenon for objects that typical appear as perfectly round balls of light.

In the next photo the orbs had disappeared.

The Kehoe House - Exterior At Night

Here are just some additional photos of orbs that we took in front of the Kehoe House.

The Kehoe House - Exterior At Night

The Kehoe House - Exterior At Night

The Kehoe House - Exterior At Night

The Kehoe House - Exterior At Night

The Kehoe House - Exterior At Night

The Kehoe House - Exterior At Night

After a few minutes, we decided to go back to the room to do an evp session.  During this particular evp session, we captured the following auditory anomalies.  In the first recording you can hear me say "the chandelier is moving", then my wife says "it is" and finally you hear another female voice (not my wife's) say "I'm not happy".

This audio clip starts out with me reading a plaque on the wall of the bedroom which is followed by a voice of a man that says "I heard he's cranky" which in turn is followed by a woman's voice that says "guilty".



The following recording sounds like a father admonishing a boy for touching something that he was told he shouldn't.



Finally, this clip sounds like something straight out of a pornographic movie.



Good times!  You never know what you are going to get when you hit the record button in a haunted house. Who knows what went on in this house over the past 120 years!

Well that's all for now at The Kehoe House.  Next stop on our tour of Savannah's most haunted bed & breakfasts, The 17 Hundred 90 Restaurant & Inn.

See my other posts at Savannah's Haunted Bed & Breakfasts Part 1 - The Marshall House & Savannah's Haunted Bed & Breakfasts Part 3 - The 17 Hundred 90 Restaurant & Inn.