(WTOV9.com WELLSBURG, W.Va.) — The sprawling Aspen Manor mansion was built in 1895 by the Vandergrift family as a boys’ getaway that hosted gambling and cockfights. Later, the Catholic community took over and turned it into an assisted living home where nuns and priests once lived. Most recently, it’s been converted to a bed and breakfast. But now, the historic Brooke County mansion is at the center of a police and paranormal investigation after skeletal remains were found hidden in a wall.

The discovery was made Friday night when the Brooke County Paranormal Society visited the mansion to conduct what they call a paranormal investigation, something they do frequently at different locations.

While there, some members of the group said they sensed someone was buried in a basement wall and said they followed the voice to the area.

“A couple of the psychics that were part of that group got physically sick when they went down there and they couldn’t figure out why,” said Gene Valentine, who owns the building.

The paranormal group came to the 76,000-square-foot mansion in search of spirits, but had no idea what they would find skeletal remains.

“It wasn’t what we actually went in looking for,” said Kathy Larntz, a member of the group.

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