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Moore House - Carleton Place, Ontario 

1/11/2017

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PicturePhoto Credit: Linda Seccaspina
Photo CreditOriginally built in 1850 by JP Moore, on land given to him by his father, Moore House is a beautifully constructed, two story log-style home that JP Moore had hoped would become the generational home for his family to have a long, and prosperous future. Unfortunately it was not to be. In 1900, at the age of 20, JP's daughter, Ida, passed away in the house after contracting tuberculosis.

Ida Moore was a promising musician, being quite adept on the piano. She had plans to go onto music school and possibly become a teacher. When she passed away she was burried in the Moore family plot on the outskirts of town. Although Ida's body has been at rest for 117 years, her spirit never moved on, and she is said to still haunt the Moore House to this day.

After the Moore family eventually vacated the house, it became the town's general store. It was during this time that the stories surrounding the alleged haunting began to circulate around town. Employees of the store did not like being left alone in the building because of the strange occurrences that would happen. Objects would move on their own, doors and windows would randomly open and shut without explanation, the radio would turn on and off, and people would often hear footsteps pacing up and down the second floor of the building. Ida's spirit seemed to be more of a jokester than a malevolent spirt, and it is said that she has a tendency to mess with young men specifically who are inside the building alone.

The building was eventually donated to Carleton Place Township in 2006, and it was moved to its current location in 2007. It now serves as a CP municipal building. Though it has seen its share of owners, and uses over the last 167 years, Ida's spirit has remained the one concrete constant, seemingly stuck in perpetual limbo in her family home.

OPRI is pleased to announce that we will be doing a formal investigation of Moore House in the coming weeks. We would like to thank the Carleton Place Chamber of Commerce, and Jackie Kavanagh for working with us to make this happen. We will post the results of the investigation once it has been completed, and we have had a chance to go through the evidence.

No photograph of the ghost of Ida Moore has ever been captured, we hope to be the first.

- Happy Haunting, OPRI

10 Comments
John Morin
1/13/2017 15:07:25

Back a few years ago Jerry Flynn now Deputy Mayor conducted an interview with the late Rossi Doyle who grew up in the Moore House.
She did tell me she had experienced Ida Moore. I did this video but I cannot confirm that it was captured. I believe the video is at our library.

As a footnote I remember someone in Carleton Place took a photo in 2006 as the was on the main street and the photo revieled a girl image in the upper portion in the window. I do not know who this person is.

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Ottawa Paranormal Research & Investigations
1/14/2017 09:55:24

Thanks for the tip. We will look into the video while we go over our evidence to compare. We enjoyed investigating the Moore House.

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Peter Brennan
1/13/2017 18:38:28

My wife grew up in that house as she is one of Rossi Moores granddaughters. She has told me stories as well about the house and Ida. I'm sure Rossi's daughters may have some stories as well.

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Ottawa Paranormal Research & Investogations
1/14/2017 09:53:14

Thank you for the information. We really enjoyed taking part in the rich history of Carleton Place.

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Linda Seccaspina
1/14/2017 15:31:58

Hi guys can you credit my photo above for the Moore House.. That orb is not a camera mishap.. That I do believe is the orb of Ida Moore.. :)

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Ottawa Paranormal Research & Investigations link
1/14/2017 15:54:47

Hey Linda,
Thanks for reaching out to us. The image had no accreditation when we received it, but we are happy to credit it to you.Could you please send us an email, [email protected]. We would love to hear about your experience with the Moore House.

Cheers,

OPRI

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Erin Doyle
1/14/2017 18:21:05

Rossi was my grandmother. I can tell you stories of Ida the prankster as can my aunts and cousins that we witnessed.

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Ottawa Paranormal Research & Investigations
1/14/2017 19:50:33

That would be fantastic. Could you email us at [email protected].

Cheers,

OPRI

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Juliana
1/19/2017 16:15:34

I was raised in this house for 16 years, j p moore was my great great grandfather, Ida very much shared that house with house your favourite thing was to move stuff around

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Ottawa Paranormal Research & Investigations
1/21/2017 00:15:25

Thanks for the comment Juliana. Would you be interested in sharing some of your stories with us? [email protected]

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