About

Thomas Hale

1983 – ?
About the Journal

In 2023, Thomas Hale purchased an old house at the edge of a quiet town. He began keeping a journal to document the renovation — and the things inside the house he could not explain.

The Journal

Recovered leather journal of Thomas Hale open on a wooden desk with handwritten entries documenting unexplained events in the house

What started as renovation notes became something else. Thomas wrote about cold drafts that moved against the airflow. Tools that shifted between visits to the same room. Footsteps above the ceiling when the house was empty. Sounds in the walls that did not match the settling of old wood.

He was methodical. He measured temperatures, noted times, and catalogued every event with the precision of a man determined to find rational answers. For a while, he did. Old houses creak. Pipes knock. Floors settle unevenly.

But the journal did not stop. The entries continued through 2023, 2024, and beyond. The tone shifted. The handwriting changed. The observations grew stranger — and Thomas stopped looking for explanations.

Recovered journal — first entry dated June 21, 2023

The House

Old Victorian house at dusk with overgrown yard and one lit window — the house documented in The Dead Journal

The property has no formal record before 1891. County archives reference the address in passing — a transfer of deed, a fire inspection, a brief mention in a coroner’s report from 1923 — but no complete history has ever been assembled.

What is known: the house has had many owners. Few stayed long. None left a written record of their time inside — except Thomas Hale.

The property — exact location withheld

The Earliest Record

Aged property deed from 1891 with wax seal and handwritten signatures of Samuel and Eleanor Blackwood — earliest known record of the house from The Dead Journal

The oldest document recovered from the property is an indenture of deed dated June 14, 1891, transferring ownership to Samuel and Eleanor Blackwood. No record of the Blackwoods has been found in county birth or death registries. The deed bears a wax seal and an official county stamp that has not been matched to any known office.

What became of the Blackwoods — and why their name appears scratched into surfaces throughout the house — remains unexplained.

Indenture of Deed — June 14, 1891 — Samuel & Eleanor Blackwood

What This Archive Contains

Recovered polaroid photograph from inside the house showing a dark hallway with an unexplained shadow figure — found among Thomas Hale's belongings

The entries published here were recovered from the house and are presented in the order they were found. Each entry is dated by Thomas and documents a specific event, observation, or disturbance.

The archive includes journal entries, recovered photographs, and location notes spanning from June 2023 to the present day. Readers are encouraged to begin with Entry #001 and follow the timeline in sequence.

New entries are recovered and published regularly.

Recovered photograph — hallway, second floor — date unknown

A Note to Readers

We cannot verify the events described in this journal. We can only confirm that the documents are real, the handwriting is consistent, and the house still stands.

If you have information about the property or its former occupants, we encourage you to reach out.