The Webb Library : during the day it is bright and cheerful, just like  any another library, a warm and
friendly place to read and study…. After hours the lights are turned off, the doors locked , and the staff goes
home, but there is evidence not all have left the premises  for the night.

Formally  the Wade home and garden stood on this quiet street corner. The old cellar and coal storage was  
used as the foundation in the Webb  Library building.

The Webb building circa 1930’s was originally erected as business offices.  On The first floor were two busy
physicians, their waiting rooms, exam rooms , offices and possibly a small laboratory. Later Hospice had offices
there.  The second floor held offices and at one time a garment company.  Over the years tenants have come
and gone , weddings , meetings , bridge tournaments and recitals have filled the rooms with music  and
celebration.   Today the rooms are filled with collectors editions and classics. No longer the center of social
gatherings,  there is only the hushed laughter from the children’s  section and quiet whispers of those who
come to read.

Port City Paranormal , accompanied by Sandy Bell,
Webb Library Director, came to investigate who
or what  still roams  the halls  each night.






  Who makes the noises and throws the art books?  Is there a  spirit who has remained to protect the
building,  to wait for the doctor, or just a  lost soul  unable to find their reward?   Are strangers  welcome to
the library at night, or just endured ? Library patrons are always welcome, but investigators, that seems  to
be another matter.

Strange happenings have been  reported at the Webb over the the years.  The staff has had many personal
experiences- lights turning on by themselves, footsteps, and  bangs and  bumps in the night.   Stories include
ghostly apparitions of an old fisherman and  the physical destruction of books, audio and video equipment.  
The mystery   of the Webb Library deepens as our teams explored the building and  its history.  Sounds of
whispers and footsteps, that feeling of being watched ,is often described but no one has felt threatened.  After
finding several books lying on the floor one morning . Sandy, mustered her courage  one day and shouted:  “I
don’t care what you do, just don’t damage the books!”

Then there was that smell that permeated the entire building with a death like stench. An odor so foul the
library was closed to allow workers to locate  the source . The cause of the horrible emanation was never
found, it came as mysteriously as it went.  During our investigation, we asked if a spirit had caused the stink,
maybe as a sign of disapproval.  Then we asked, “What do you disapprove of ?

“The Answer was quite clear : “YOU!”

Three  paranormal  research teams have come together to share their teams’ experiences and evidence as a
joint measure to explain the activity.  We have no doubt that the Webb is haunted,  the question is why and
by whom?





The Evidence:

Haunted North Carolina (HNC) was one of the first teams to investigate the Webb. They captured no
photographic evidence, but their team reported  several personal experiences and captured possible electronic
voice phenomena (EVP).   Comparisons of  HNC investigation with subsequent vigils, show that  the spirits
have become bolder, and the activity has apparently increased .  Paranormal Study & Investigations (PSI-NC)
from Morehead City investigated late September 2009 and Port City Paranormal’s November 2009 evidence
both support that theory.

Random Electromagnetic field(EMF) ) spikes were noted around the northern end of the building as well as the
basement area. A free floating energy field was noted by two teams, one apparently following a staff member
for approximately 15 minutes. . Many of their high EMF readings were also associated with possible responses
to questions and suggested the possibility of an “intelligently directed energy”.  Several cold spots were
detected and  poltergeist-like activity  (hair being stroked)were experienced by team members.

November 2009. The Port City Paranormal team found many of the same areas were active during our first
investigation of the Webb.  We  placed multiple audio and video recorders throughout the building in the hope
of gaining more evidence.  One of our video recorders went down during the time of high activity. One recorder
documented a light turning on in an empty room. That particular light had to be screwed into the socket to
burn due to the lack of a switch.    



Things that go bump in the night!


Some spirit communications were simple and clear while most were hard to discern. When asked” what was
the color of the room when you were here? “ The response was “Yellow” ( The “C “room  is currently sky blue .
it has been yellow years before)

The most interesting and disturbing moment  was when a loud crash reverberated through the building. What
the Heck was that? Did someone slam a heavy door? Doug and Steve ran towards the noise only to find a
bicycle, previously propped against a wall had moved and was now wedged tightly against the cellar door. It
was wedged against the nob as if to block our entrance down into the basement.  By the violent sound of the
crash,  we assume it had been thrown with force!

Later as we discussed returning to study the cellar more carefully, electronic ringing filled the foyer area
where we stood. After some searching, we located the sound coming from  the lost and found basket under the
main desk.  At first we laughed when we saw the old calculator but  why did it go off just then? “ That’s been
in there for months and months.!” Sandy stated.”  What we didn’t realize at the time was, we had been
distracted by that event, we completely forgot to return to the basement . Was this intentional? Maybe.

One more mystery!

All buildings get cold at night, but at the Webb library the laws of physics are ignored.  We all know heat rises
to the upper floors in a building, warm layers rest on top of colder air,  except at the Webb. Moving up the
staircase, near the landing,  we found a vertical line of  different temperature zones. There were no drafts, the
heat was not working, we could find no explanation for the phenomena.. How can it possibly be warm in one
place and cold an inch further up the stairs? A team member described it, “ like walking through a door way.”















The Webb Library has its own rules.
We think the first rule is to never give up the secrets .  Our teams agree that there are active spirits   there,
at least one man and one woman.  The spirits that reside there deserve respect. There is also          something
a lot older here,  something strong enough we smell it’s foul presents. An entity  strong enough to move
objects, interfere with mechanical  devices ,touch us and speak to us from beyond.









       Port City Paranormal would like to thank the Webb Library, Sandy Bell, Haunted North Carolina,  and
the Paranormal Study & Investigations teams for their cooperation with research.

We look forward to continued research on the library and gaining insight into the nature
                of the  supernatural activities within the walls of this historic building.
This library holds  more mysteries  than those
found in the bound pages and  books on the
shelves....
THE WEBB LIBRARY
Our second investigation: Feburary 27,2010.
We were prepared to investigate the strong spirit force that tossed the bicycle and haunted the
stair case. Upon entering, the building was eerily silent.   The general atmosphere remained
quite all night... Where do they go?  We found no evidence and no answers that night....
Port City Paranormal will investigate The Webb again,this April 2011 !