Researching can get pretty involved. History of the land/area. Native, frontier, battle site, massacre site? Layout off the land. Nearby water sources, rivers, underground aquafers. Land it's self. Granite, limestone, sandy, solid rock, decomposing rock. When was the first house built, who built it, who were these people, who has lived there since, and the list goes on. I saw a documentary where the only person who would come to a certain house was a native Shaman. I don't think he cleansed the house but did a sage smudge to calm the house. This is an experiment I haven't tried yet. Put a voice recorder in a tub of water, on a pedestal of course, bath tub, laundry tub, with the water just under the recorder maybe 1/2-1 inch. Leave the recorder running and ask questions. Wait in between questions for a response, walk away and let it run. After a couple hours or so replay the recording. The water is supposed to act like an amplifier or collector. My youngest brother was still living with my mother and I came for a visit. He told me the house they rented was haunted by not so nice spirits. The owners, before my mom rented got a priest to come and he put a cross in blood above every doorway to the back. The spirits were basically trapped in a small bedroom. At night and sometimes during the day you could hear voices coming from the room but not clear enough to make out the words. They live there for a couple more years until my brother graduated school and mom got a smaller place. I thought my bro was pulling my leg but I saw the crosses in blood over every door and heard the voices as well.
