Sloss Furnace

Birmingham, AL
Please note: All information and photographs included on this page are a courtesy of Sloss Furnace and the City of Birmingham, AL
History of Sloss Furnace

Sloss Furnace is a 50 acre blast furnace no longer in working order. Donated to the city of Birmingham in 1971 by the Jim Walter
corporation Sloss Furnace is now a historic landmark. Famous for it's pig iron and quality Steele products many if not all the
workers who worked in this blast furnace also lived in the mill village which was once located near the abandon mill. All that stands
of the old mill village is a small shack style house also known for it's paranormal activity. Sloss Furnace has been featured on many
television shows to include "Scariest Places on Earth" and "Ghost Adventures" and many other documentaries and books.
Investigation of Sloss Furnace

Our investigation at Sloss Furnace turned up quite a bit of paranormal activity from voices of both men and small children in the
boiler room location. To the sound of a telephones and working machine sounds. Upon entering the boiler room almost right away,
As I went up a small cat walk to one of the wheel locations I felt something pull on my arm in a downward direction. Shocked I asked
if anyone else had every experienced that in that location when I was informed that the boiler room is one of the more active areas
of Sloss. EVP's from this location can be heard on the EVP page of this site. One of our Junior Investigators experienced a push
while walking on the outside grounds. Just outside the tunnel. Jr. Investigator CoCo seemed to be walking casually when he
suddenly stumbled and lunged forward. I was walking right next to him when it happened and was almost certain he didn't trip on
anything. He asked who pushed him as he did feel a push in the back. Some what shaken but ok he moved on. While I stayed on my
guard since whatever it was that pushed him wasn't felt or known to me. An experience I can't explain.
Other phenomenon reported within the tunnel itself range from voices being heard to footsteps that seem to walk toward you or
behind you. You can see the video footage captured by our team on the video page.  Our group along side Our Host Druid City
Paranormal had a wonderful experience at Sloss and will be back soon. We'd like to Thank DCP and Sloss Furnace for the
opportunity to come in and investigate.
Audio Evidence

Several EVP's from Sloss were gathered on this investigation. Majority were caught in the Blower room. Sloss also provided our
team with some personal experiences. The sounds of Machinery and even men talking can be heard in the tunnel and even on the
surrounding grounds.
  • Director Faith Serafin of APRT and Co
    Director of DCP Liz Chandler ask
    questions inside the blower room at Sloss
    Furnace and get several reponses
Photo and Video Evidence

These photo's where captured by part-time investigator and historian John Mark Poe. The photo on the left shows an odd floating
material. It has mass to it and is dense so I ruled out the possibility of it being dust. However in the second photo on the right it
material is gone. These photos where taken only milli-seconds apart. Currently we have this evidence labeled as inconclusive.
that you can view the differences in light and see that
the strange green glow is prominent enough to block
out the light behind it. While this could be ruled as
photo since there is no green light for the camera to
detect.
UPDATE: The Alabama Paranormal Research
Team and Druid City Paranormal were on site at
Sloss several months before Ghost Adventures
filmed an episode from Sloss Furnace. Zaks group
did find similar evidence in the same area at Sloss.
A light in the same area this photograph was taken.
They also picked up simliar voices of children. This
helps validate our evidence from our investigation at
Sloss Furnace. Click the link below to see the Ghost
Adventures footage of the evidence captured at
Sloss Furnace
This is a day time photo of the area were
the strange light was captured by the
Alabama Paranormal Research Team and
Ghost Adventures.
Non Paranormal Photo's and Information

Sloss Furnace is a great location with history and a vareity of paranormal activity that ranges from full body apparitions, lights,
mists, voices, and even physical sensations like being touched.
See our updated information on
this location for our up coming
DVD based on Sloss Furnaces.

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