Today, paranormal expert and haunting Rock singer Brocarde releases her latest single, “Blank Pages,” and the accompanying music video comes with a fascinating backstory that may send chills down your spine. Brocarde reveals that she encountered what felt like a “guardian angel” while filming the music video at the famously atmospheric Landoll’s Mohican Castle in Ohio.
Brocarde, who has experienced numerous paranormal encounters throughout her career, was filming “Blank Pages,” the final music video from her album “Good Attendance at Sunday School,” when she heard a child laughing before witnessing a mysterious young figure moving through the historic cemetery.
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“I’ve experienced paranormal activity many times, so I’m not someone who is easily spooked by a strange noise, a shadow in the corner of my eye or the feeling that I’m being watched,” says Brocarde. “But what happened while I was filming my latest music video at Landoll’s Mohican Castle in Ohio genuinely stopped me in my tracks.”
Brocarde had chosen Landoll’s Mohican Castle as her base while attending Inkcarceration Festival, drawn to the property because of its rich paranormal history. During her stay, she became particularly fascinated by the Heyd Cemetery, an atmospheric burial ground tucked beneath the trees on the castle grounds.
The cemetery is associated with some of the earliest settlers in the area and is surrounded by stories of tragedy, conflict and restless spirits. Among the most well-known spirits associated with the property are Sarah Carnagey and her daughter, Samantha, who both died from typhoid fever in 1857. Their graves have become a focal point for visitors, with toys, coins, trinkets and other offerings left around them.
Brocarde chose the cemetery and nearby Heyd Cabin as locations for “Blank Pages,” a deeply personal song about endings, change and new beginnings.
“I decided that the cemetery would be the perfect location to film ‘Blank Pages’, the final music video from my album ‘Good Attendance at Sunday School’,” she says. “The song is one of my most stripped-back and personal, so I wanted the location to feel authentic and atmospheric rather than simply looking like a film set.”
Arriving before dawn, Brocarde began filming in the cemetery while the grounds were still quiet.
She found herself repeatedly drawn back towards Sarah and Samantha’s grave before moving inside Heyd Cabin to continue filming.
“I would walk away to film another shot, then somehow end up back there again,” she recalls. “There was no dramatic activity, but I could feel a presence around that particular area of the cemetery. It was one of those sensations that is difficult to explain unless you have experienced it yourself.”
Inside the cabin, Brocarde continued filming with a direct view of the grave through the window.
She says the atmosphere intensified as she became immersed in the music. Then the music stopped, leaving the cabin in complete silence.
“And I heard a child laughing,” says Brocarde. “It was a little girl’s giggle, and I immediately turned towards the window.”
What she saw next was the moment that transformed the filming experience.
“What I saw next is something I will never forget,” she says. “There was a small figure moving through the cemetery. It appeared to be a young girl wearing a long, flowing dress. Her back was towards me, so I couldn’t see her face, but I could clearly see her moving through the graveyard, almost skipping between the graves.”
Brocarde watched as the figure continued towards the trees.
“Then she disappeared,” she says. “There was no dramatic flash or theatrical moment; she simply seemed to vanish into a beam of light.”
As a paranormal expert who has experienced unexplained activity many times, Brocarde says the encounter felt immediately different from a frightening experience.
“Having experienced paranormal encounters before, I didn’t immediately assume that I was looking at something threatening. In fact, the feeling was quite the opposite,” she says. “The little girl didn’t feel frightening. She felt peaceful. There was something almost angelic about her.”
Rather than leaving Brocarde frightened, the encounter gave her a profound sense of calm.
“I had the overwhelming feeling that I was witnessing a spirit that wasn’t there to scare me,” she says. “It felt as though she had simply appeared for a moment, allowed me to see her, and then quietly disappeared.”
Brocarde says the child’s presence felt almost like that of a guardian angel.
“There was something almost angelic about the figure,” she recalls. “It felt like I had a guardian angel watching over me momentarily.”
The encounter is perhaps unsurprising given Brocarde’s increasingly deep connection with the paranormal world. Her work has taken her from some of America’s most famous haunted locations to major horror and entertainment brands, where she has combined her musical career with her fascination with the supernatural.
For Brocarde, music and the paranormal have always been closely intertwined. Her artistic identity allows her to move between the worlds of Gothic music, Horror and real-life paranormal investigation, often turning her own experiences into stories that become part of her creative work.
The encounter at Landoll’s Mohican Castle felt particularly significant because of the song she was filming. “Blank Pages” is the final song on “Good Attendance at Sunday School” and represents the closing of one chapter and the beginning of another.
“There was something almost too perfect about filming that song in a cemetery, surrounded by reminders of the past, and then experiencing what felt like a brief encounter with a child from the other side,” says Brocarde.
The encounter was followed by another striking moment as sunlight began to illuminate Sarah and Samantha’s grave.
“The light seemed to fall directly around it, creating an almost perfect halo,” says Brocarde. “It was incredibly striking, particularly after what I had just witnessed. I couldn’t help but stare at the grave and think about the little girl disappearing into the light only moments earlier.”
For Brocarde, the experience is significant because paranormal encounters can manifest in very different ways.
“I’ve experienced enough paranormal activity to know that encounters don’t always look like something from a horror movie,” she says. “Sometimes they are subtle, sometimes fleeting, and sometimes they can actually leave you feeling comforted rather than terrified.”
“That is exactly how this experience affected me. Whatever I had encountered in that cemetery, I didn’t feel as though it wanted to harm me. If anything, I felt strangely reassured by it.”
When filming finished, Brocarde returned to Sarah and Samantha’s grave and reflected on what had happened.
“I didn’t feel scared. I felt strangely privileged,” she says. “Whether she was connected to Sarah and Samantha, another spirit associated with the cemetery, or something else entirely, I felt that her appearance had been a positive experience.”
The experience has remained one of the most memorable paranormal encounters of Brocarde’s life.
“I can still picture her now: the flowing dress, her back towards me, quietly moving through the cemetery before disappearing into the light,” she says. “And of all the paranormal encounters I’ve experienced, this one stands out because it wasn’t terrifying.”
“It felt almost like a goodbye, or perhaps, given the meaning behind ‘Blank Pages’, something much more hopeful. It felt like being watched over as I turned the page.”
For Brocarde, this particular encounter was not about fear. It was about a fleeting moment in a cemetery, a mysterious child disappearing into the light, and the extraordinary feeling that she may have been watched over by a guardian angel.