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The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

The Grave Talks Best of 2025šŸ¦‡| History That Haunts: Inside West Hill Manor, Part Two

The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural

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4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

šŸ—“ļø 5 January 2026

ā±ļø 25 minutes

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Summary

West Hill Manor in Burlington, New Jersey, is a historic treasure—one built between 1797 and 1799 in rare Federal style. But this stately home is more than a museum of early American architecture—it’s a place where history refuses to stay silent.

Psychic medium and paranormal investigator Beth O’Brien joins us on The Grave Talks to share what she’s experienced while volunteering at West Hill. A passionate advocate for its preservation, Beth has seen and felt things most visitors never do—things that suggest the spirits of West Hill are still very much present.

Within its walls, the cries of Susanna Emlen may still linger. She underwent one of the earliest known breast cancer surgeries in the United States—performed without anesthesia—and survived. Many believe she never truly left the room where it happened.

Then there’s Eliza Gurney, the manor’s second owner, whose deep friendship with President Abraham Lincoln left such an impression that one of her letters was allegedly found in his coat the night of his assassination.

But beyond the historical intrigue, modern paranormal reports make it clear—West Hill is more than a relic. Disembodied voices, phantom footsteps, unexplained touches, and even the sound of gunfire echo through the halls, suggesting something unseen remains active within.

Beth O’Brien takes us deep inside the spiritual heartbeat of the house—and why it continues to mystify everyone who steps inside. This is Part Two of our conversation.

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0:00.0

Today on The Grave Talks, part two of history that haunts inside West Hill Manor, a conversation

0:07.6

with Beth O'Brien.

0:10.1

And when you said that furniture moving, is that something that you've seen in the house?

0:15.5

I haven't physically seen, but I heard.

0:18.5

Yeah.

0:19.3

Heard to where a paranormal team, one of the very first ones that were there, was only like six people, and we were all down in the kitchen.

0:26.7

And you heard this like that, you know, the noise of a chair moving across the hardwood floor.

0:31.8

So we heard that and we all go running upstairs.

0:34.0

And see, the one thing, how you knew the furniture was moved.

0:37.1

So this team is one team

0:38.5

that they go in and they videotape every room they go around videotape and where things are and this and

0:44.6

that and the table that move was on the third floor to where i believe where the servants would have slept

0:52.0

so the table was on this in the in the film and the video was on the side of the

0:56.1

room. So when we heard that noise and when running upstairs it was in the middle of the room

1:00.7

and there was fresh scrape marks on the hardwood floor. So that was kind of cool and there was proof

1:06.6

there because everybody was accounted for downstairs. So how did that table move? And it was like a little like ground coffee table or side table. You know, not real light, but there's no way. There's nobody was up there. And you would have noticed if it was in the middle of the room. Because of your, because of the film. Like that's how we proved it. Yeah, that's how we proved it.

1:28.9

That's so interesting.

1:31.6

And what a distinct sound, too, because you're all downstairs.

1:34.7

Yeah, and yeah, you're like, which is exciting.

1:35.5

It's not scary.

1:36.2

It's exciting.

1:38.0

It gets to be exciting.

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