July 16, 2025 • 16 mins
In this brief episode, Nicolle shares Chapter 4: Epic-Con at the Old Cavalier Hotel, from her 2019 book, “Please, don’t call me psychic: stories from my paranormal life.” Listen to hear about the dead entrepreneur who’s still a bit touchy.
Read the first chapter of Daughter of the Mystic Moon: https://www.nicollemorock.com/daughter-of-the-mystic-moon
Back Nicolle’s first-ever Kickstarter Project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nicollemorock/daughter-of-the-mystic-moon-a-medieval-fantasy-novel
Subscribe to Nicolle’s newsletter, find her books, or book a healing session at https://www.nicollemorock.com/
The talented Mr. Jeremy Moss http://jeremymosscomposer.com/ provides theme music (Listen through the end of the podcast to hear the whole theme song.)
Connect with Nicolle at www.peeppodcast.com and https://www.facebook.com/P.E.E.P.Podcast
Get merchandise at https://www.teepublic.com/user/peep-podcast
Read the first chapter of Daughter of the Mystic Moon: https://www.nicollemorock.com/daughter-of-the-mystic-moon
Back Nicolle’s first-ever Kickstarter Project: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nicollemorock/daughter-of-the-mystic-moon-a-medieval-fantasy-novel
Subscribe to Nicolle’s newsletter, find her books, or book a healing session at https://www.nicollemorock.com/
The talented Mr. Jeremy Moss http://jeremymosscomposer.com/ provides theme music (Listen through the end of the podcast to hear the whole theme song.)
Connect with Nicolle at www.peeppodcast.com and https://www.facebook.com/P.E.E.P.Podcast
Get merchandise at https://www.teepublic.com/user/peep-podcast
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
After over a decade of investigating the paranormal, I wrote
a book about the lessons I learned while doing it.
In this episode, I'm sharing chapter four Epicon at the
Old Cavalier Hotel. Stick around to hear about the dead
entrepreneur who's still a bit touchy. Welcome to the Peak Podcast.
(00:49):
I'm your host, Nicole Morock, and I'm grateful you're here.
The two big ideas behind the Peak podcast are to
show that the paranormal is more normal than most people think,
and to connect the site is to the SI including
esp psychokinesis and intuition. In this episode, I'm sharing a
chapter from my book Please Don't Call Me Psychic. Stories
(01:10):
from my Paranormal Life. But first, a quick update on
my current book, Daughter of the Mystic Moon. The kickstarter
is live through June twenty second, twenty twenty five. I
am so grateful that I hit my minimum funding goal
of three hundred dollars in just under two and a
half hours. That means that everyone who pledges will receive
(01:31):
their physical rewards i e. Their books by the end
of August and their digital rewards sooner. We also hit
my first stretch goal of seven hundred and fifty dollars,
so everyone who pledges will also receive a bonus chapter
digitally that takes place after the story in the book
is over and before the sequel, which is already forming
(01:54):
in my mind. We have a new stretch goal of
one thousand dollars, which is then reach as of this
episode's publication. If we hit that goal, all backers will
receive digital copies of three letters from Daughters of the
Mystic Moon characters. Just a reminder, if you want a
(02:14):
hardcover with the dust jacket, the Kickstarter is the only
way to receive that version of the book. It will
not be available through normal retail outlets. You can read
the first chapter of Daughter of the Mystic Moon for
free on my website and back the Kickstarter through next week.
Those links are in the show notes. After the Kickstarter
(02:38):
is done, I plan to use August to fulfill all
tears before releasing the book widely in September. Now onto
this week's tale, one of my personal favorite weekends with
my friends in the National Society for Paranormal Investigation and
Research INSPIRE. Just a quick note, my friend Tommy in
(02:59):
this story is female. Chapter four INSPIRE story Epicon at
the Old Cavalier Hotel. Geographical location Virginia Beach, Virginia. Location
type public used to be the playground for the rich
and famous. Claims of activity Adolf COR's ghost, a little
(03:22):
girl haunts the pool area, strange oppressive energy in some areas,
and odd activity in the fifth and sixth floor rooms.
Lesson learned. Do not insult the product of a deceased entrepreneur,
even if you're only repeating what someone else said. Back
(03:43):
in March of twenty ten, a small group of Inspire
members drove up to Virginia Beach for a weekend conference
of paranormal investigators, with speakers who were experts in the field,
such as Bishop Long, John Zappis, and Rosemary Ellen Guiy
May she rest in peace. The weekend promised to be
fun and educational. The icing on the cake was the
(04:05):
fact that we were staying at the Old Cavalier Hotel,
a historic building reported to be haunted by many ghosts,
including Adolf Cors, founder of Corps Brewing and possibly a
participant in this story. It's worth noting that the Double
Queen room in which Tommy Carroll and I stayed was
on the fifth floor, just below the room Adolf Cors
(04:28):
was said to have occupied when he died by either
jumping to his death or being pushed out a window.
Wikipedia will tell you he committed suicide, but a New
York newspaper article clipping we read said that the window
was closed when they found him, leaving us to wonder,
how do you close a window behind you while purposefully
(04:49):
jumping to your death from the sixth floor of a
popular luxury hotel. Our first night, there was a costume
party and a chance to meet angry other conference goers
and to paranormal investigators. I met a few nice Virginia
Beach residents I still keep in touch with to this day.
Their contribution to the weekend helped make it memorable. On Saturday,
(05:14):
we spent much of the day listening to experts discuss
everything from shadow people Rosemary to demonic possession, Bishop Long
two haunted items. John zathis just prior to premiering his
show on the subject. I got a great deal of
new ideas out of the experience. In the evening, we
(05:35):
went out to dinner at a nearby Irish pub, and
we might have had a beer or two. Upon returning,
we were entering the main doorway to the hotel. When
George decided that eight off corps might have been killed
or committed suicide because his beer sucked. I reacted to
his remark in surprise, and being that the others and
(05:56):
I were a few steps ahead of George. One of
our compatriots asked what he said. I repeated it word
for word as we were stepping inside the lobby, and
immediately felt a twinge of guilt, even though the words
weren't mine. That night, many of the attendees went to
the Faery Plantation to do a late night investigation, but
(06:18):
Inspire was in the habit of visiting that location regularly,
so we decided to stay and check out the reported
hotspots in our infamous hotel, among other interesting personal experiences.
That night, I managed to get the faint sound of
a little girl singing in the pool area. The pool
was emptied since it was not yet tourist season and
(06:40):
the hotel was normally closed to visitors that time of year.
I admit that the acoustics were odd, but when I
listened back to the audio that night, I had chills
hearing that voice. I let Tommy and Caroll listen to
it too, without telling them what I heard. They also
heard the voice of a female child singing the following
(07:01):
our notes that I wrote the day after returning to
Raleigh in my investigations notebook. I knew I needed to
write this down immediately so I didn't lose any details
with time. I went to sleep at two ten Sunday morning.
I do not remember dreaming at all. At some point,
when it was still dark, I heard the sound of
(07:22):
what seemed to be the alarm clock on the night
stand between me and Tommy click on. A loud voice
said something like wake up, miss morocc and there was
another click, as if it turned off. The whole thing
worked me from a dead sleep, and I looked over
at Tommy and she didn't stir. I laid there for
(07:42):
a minute, trying to convince myself it was a dream.
Then I realized I had to use the restroom. I
got up, struggled with the pocket doors that didn't want
to close and made tons of noise, and use the toilet.
When I looked in the mirror while washing my hands,
I got very creeped out. I still couldn't shake what
had startled me awake. I struggled with the doors again,
(08:05):
when I left the bedroom and apologized to Tommy, the
usually light sleeper, only to realize that she was still asleep.
It took me a few minutes to calm my mind
and go back to sleep. I don't remember dreaming. The
next thing I do remember was a horribly loud crash
coming from inside the room. My first reaction to the
(08:26):
crash in the dark was what the was that. My
next words were, guys, I'm turning the light on, which
I did the one on the night stand between Tommy
and Carol's bed and mine. At first I thought the
crash came from the far left corner of the room,
near the closet. Nothing was out of place there. The
(08:47):
large armois with the TV was intact and upright. Scanting
farther to the right, I noticed something on the floor
at the foot of my bed. It took a second
to process what I was seeing. Then we realized it
was the cornice that had been hanging above the window
directly across from my bed. The little bench that was
(09:09):
up against the foot of my bed had been jarred
out of place by the impact, but not broken. Even
stranger than it falling was the way in which it
fell Tommy's luggage was on the floor directly beneath where
it had been hanging and completely untouched. The cornice had
fallen at an unexplainable angle, as if it had been
(09:30):
ripped off the wall and aimed at my bed. Unfortunately,
we moved it before we thought to take a picture
of it, so the picture I have is where we
placed it, out of the walkway and against a large bureau.
My initial reaction to the whole thing was surprise and adrenaline.
I got a little lightheaded from the rush and had
(09:51):
to lie down again. I never felt scared, and when
I looked at the clock it was about six a m.
Carol got up and decided to s shower and head
downstairs to let someone know that the cornice came down
of its own accord. Then Tommy and I took turns
in the shower and prepared to head home to Brolly.
Carol looked at me later in the morning and said,
(10:12):
what had already been on my mind and prevented any
more solid sleep that morning, NICKI, it looked like it
was aimed at you. The thought was a bit chilling,
but not frightening. I was and am protected God and
my angels and spirit guides are watching over me, and
(10:35):
I am not afraid. I even told whatever was in
the room, if you're trying to scare us away, you'll
have to do better than that. We're paranormal investigators. I
still don't know what woke me that first time. Was
it a dream, a ghost, or my spirit guides trying
to warn me of something I may never know. Tommy
(10:57):
is astounded that she slept through my bathroom visit. Carol
slept like a log. Anyway, I am beyond grateful for
my spiritual protectors, and I tell them every day. We
were all ready to leave when George decided he needed
to make a visit to the men's room one last time.
The restrooms in the area on the level below the lobby,
(11:18):
the closest one to the parking lot, had felt very
creepy when I had walked through the building the night before.
We loaded the car and were sitting in it waiting
for him when I looked in the passenger side mirror
and noted the strange look on George's face as he
approached the vehicle. He got in the driver's seat and
I asked what his answer was a little startling to
(11:42):
all of us. Something pushed me in the bathroom, he said, really,
I asked, trying not to laugh. Yes, he explained that
no one else was in there with him, and he
felt a push from behind while he was relieving himself,
and he got out of there pretty quickly. After that,
(12:03):
we discussed all of our experiences of the weekend on
the way home and came to the possible conclusion that
mister Corres didn't appreciate the comment that he had heard
me repeating as I walked into the lobby the evening before. No,
the words weren't mine, but they came out of my mouth.
Then maybe, just maybe, he realized that George had actually
(12:24):
said it first and made sure to get a jab
in before we left the property. Dear mister Corres, I'm
sorry if we insulted you, but I really do prefer
micro bruise. Thank you for listening. If you are interested
in sharing your own paranormal experiences, or if you have
an idea for an episode topic, please reach out through
(12:45):
the contact format peakpodcast dot com s peep podcast dot com.
Remember that stance for people experiencing everyday paranormal while you're there.
Subscribe to my newsletter to keep up with a podcast
in home I created and Energetic Endeavors. I usually only
email it once a month, although you might get two
(13:06):
editions in July. With the Kickstarter, you'll receive briefs on
recent episodes, information on any upcoming appearances, plus some occasional
fun extras. If you enjoy the podcast, please give it
some rating love on your favorite podcast app, share it
with friends and subscribes. You don't miss an episode. Ratings, reviews,
and shares. Help platforms like Apple Podcasts and Spotify. No,
(13:29):
it's worthy of surfacing to new listeners, and as we
build our audience, we have more chances to hear their
paranormal stories. A huge thank you to everyone who has
given the show some love. You're helping it grow. No
matter how you support the show, listening, telling others about it,
or any other way, I absolutely appreciate your being here.
(13:50):
Thanks again for listening. Stay safe and be well.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
I don't even anything said. The would be everything that
everything everything, the body to be as to the autist
(14:41):
adds the scability come.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
Over again to the same I would be said. There
there they.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Sec also seven there.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
You said it.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Super and that's the connect super Act after everyone they
say they assisting its si
After over a decade of investigating the paranormal, I wrote
a book about the lessons I learned while doing it.
In this episode, I'm sharing chapter four Epicon at the
Old Cavalier Hotel. Stick around to hear about the dead
entrepreneur who's still a bit touchy. Welcome to the Peak Podcast.
(00:49):
I'm your host, Nicole Morock, and I'm grateful you're here.
The two big ideas behind the Peak podcast are to
show that the paranormal is more normal than most people think,
and to connect the site is to the SI including
esp psychokinesis and intuition. In this episode, I'm sharing a
chapter from my book Please Don't Call Me Psychic. Stories
(01:10):
from my Paranormal Life. But first, a quick update on
my current book, Daughter of the Mystic Moon. The kickstarter
is live through June twenty second, twenty twenty five. I
am so grateful that I hit my minimum funding goal
of three hundred dollars in just under two and a
half hours. That means that everyone who pledges will receive
(01:31):
their physical rewards i e. Their books by the end
of August and their digital rewards sooner. We also hit
my first stretch goal of seven hundred and fifty dollars,
so everyone who pledges will also receive a bonus chapter
digitally that takes place after the story in the book
is over and before the sequel, which is already forming
(01:54):
in my mind. We have a new stretch goal of
one thousand dollars, which is then reach as of this
episode's publication. If we hit that goal, all backers will
receive digital copies of three letters from Daughters of the
Mystic Moon characters. Just a reminder, if you want a
(02:14):
hardcover with the dust jacket, the Kickstarter is the only
way to receive that version of the book. It will
not be available through normal retail outlets. You can read
the first chapter of Daughter of the Mystic Moon for
free on my website and back the Kickstarter through next week.
Those links are in the show notes. After the Kickstarter
(02:38):
is done, I plan to use August to fulfill all
tears before releasing the book widely in September. Now onto
this week's tale, one of my personal favorite weekends with
my friends in the National Society for Paranormal Investigation and
Research INSPIRE. Just a quick note, my friend Tommy in
(02:59):
this story is female. Chapter four INSPIRE story Epicon at
the Old Cavalier Hotel. Geographical location Virginia Beach, Virginia. Location
type public used to be the playground for the rich
and famous. Claims of activity Adolf COR's ghost, a little
(03:22):
girl haunts the pool area, strange oppressive energy in some areas,
and odd activity in the fifth and sixth floor rooms.
Lesson learned. Do not insult the product of a deceased entrepreneur,
even if you're only repeating what someone else said. Back
(03:43):
in March of twenty ten, a small group of Inspire
members drove up to Virginia Beach for a weekend conference
of paranormal investigators, with speakers who were experts in the field,
such as Bishop Long, John Zappis, and Rosemary Ellen Guiy
May she rest in peace. The weekend promised to be
fun and educational. The icing on the cake was the
(04:05):
fact that we were staying at the Old Cavalier Hotel,
a historic building reported to be haunted by many ghosts,
including Adolf Cors, founder of Corps Brewing and possibly a
participant in this story. It's worth noting that the Double
Queen room in which Tommy Carroll and I stayed was
on the fifth floor, just below the room Adolf Cors
(04:28):
was said to have occupied when he died by either
jumping to his death or being pushed out a window.
Wikipedia will tell you he committed suicide, but a New
York newspaper article clipping we read said that the window
was closed when they found him, leaving us to wonder,
how do you close a window behind you while purposefully
(04:49):
jumping to your death from the sixth floor of a
popular luxury hotel. Our first night, there was a costume
party and a chance to meet angry other conference goers
and to paranormal investigators. I met a few nice Virginia
Beach residents I still keep in touch with to this day.
Their contribution to the weekend helped make it memorable. On Saturday,
(05:14):
we spent much of the day listening to experts discuss
everything from shadow people Rosemary to demonic possession, Bishop Long
two haunted items. John zathis just prior to premiering his
show on the subject. I got a great deal of
new ideas out of the experience. In the evening, we
(05:35):
went out to dinner at a nearby Irish pub, and
we might have had a beer or two. Upon returning,
we were entering the main doorway to the hotel. When
George decided that eight off corps might have been killed
or committed suicide because his beer sucked. I reacted to
his remark in surprise, and being that the others and
(05:56):
I were a few steps ahead of George. One of
our compatriots asked what he said. I repeated it word
for word as we were stepping inside the lobby, and
immediately felt a twinge of guilt, even though the words
weren't mine. That night, many of the attendees went to
the Faery Plantation to do a late night investigation, but
(06:18):
Inspire was in the habit of visiting that location regularly,
so we decided to stay and check out the reported
hotspots in our infamous hotel, among other interesting personal experiences.
That night, I managed to get the faint sound of
a little girl singing in the pool area. The pool
was emptied since it was not yet tourist season and
(06:40):
the hotel was normally closed to visitors that time of year.
I admit that the acoustics were odd, but when I
listened back to the audio that night, I had chills
hearing that voice. I let Tommy and Caroll listen to
it too, without telling them what I heard. They also
heard the voice of a female child singing the following
(07:01):
our notes that I wrote the day after returning to
Raleigh in my investigations notebook. I knew I needed to
write this down immediately so I didn't lose any details
with time. I went to sleep at two ten Sunday morning.
I do not remember dreaming at all. At some point,
when it was still dark, I heard the sound of
(07:22):
what seemed to be the alarm clock on the night
stand between me and Tommy click on. A loud voice
said something like wake up, miss morocc and there was
another click, as if it turned off. The whole thing
worked me from a dead sleep, and I looked over
at Tommy and she didn't stir. I laid there for
(07:42):
a minute, trying to convince myself it was a dream.
Then I realized I had to use the restroom. I
got up, struggled with the pocket doors that didn't want
to close and made tons of noise, and use the toilet.
When I looked in the mirror while washing my hands,
I got very creeped out. I still couldn't shake what
had startled me awake. I struggled with the doors again,
(08:05):
when I left the bedroom and apologized to Tommy, the
usually light sleeper, only to realize that she was still asleep.
It took me a few minutes to calm my mind
and go back to sleep. I don't remember dreaming. The
next thing I do remember was a horribly loud crash
coming from inside the room. My first reaction to the
(08:26):
crash in the dark was what the was that. My
next words were, guys, I'm turning the light on, which
I did the one on the night stand between Tommy
and Carol's bed and mine. At first I thought the
crash came from the far left corner of the room,
near the closet. Nothing was out of place there. The
(08:47):
large armois with the TV was intact and upright. Scanting
farther to the right, I noticed something on the floor
at the foot of my bed. It took a second
to process what I was seeing. Then we realized it
was the cornice that had been hanging above the window
directly across from my bed. The little bench that was
(09:09):
up against the foot of my bed had been jarred
out of place by the impact, but not broken. Even
stranger than it falling was the way in which it
fell Tommy's luggage was on the floor directly beneath where
it had been hanging and completely untouched. The cornice had
fallen at an unexplainable angle, as if it had been
(09:30):
ripped off the wall and aimed at my bed. Unfortunately,
we moved it before we thought to take a picture
of it, so the picture I have is where we
placed it, out of the walkway and against a large bureau.
My initial reaction to the whole thing was surprise and adrenaline.
I got a little lightheaded from the rush and had
(09:51):
to lie down again. I never felt scared, and when
I looked at the clock it was about six a m.
Carol got up and decided to s shower and head
downstairs to let someone know that the cornice came down
of its own accord. Then Tommy and I took turns
in the shower and prepared to head home to Brolly.
Carol looked at me later in the morning and said,
(10:12):
what had already been on my mind and prevented any
more solid sleep that morning, NICKI, it looked like it
was aimed at you. The thought was a bit chilling,
but not frightening. I was and am protected God and
my angels and spirit guides are watching over me, and
(10:35):
I am not afraid. I even told whatever was in
the room, if you're trying to scare us away, you'll
have to do better than that. We're paranormal investigators. I
still don't know what woke me that first time. Was
it a dream, a ghost, or my spirit guides trying
to warn me of something I may never know. Tommy
(10:57):
is astounded that she slept through my bathroom visit. Carol
slept like a log. Anyway, I am beyond grateful for
my spiritual protectors, and I tell them every day. We
were all ready to leave when George decided he needed
to make a visit to the men's room one last time.
The restrooms in the area on the level below the lobby,
(11:18):
the closest one to the parking lot, had felt very
creepy when I had walked through the building the night before.
We loaded the car and were sitting in it waiting
for him when I looked in the passenger side mirror
and noted the strange look on George's face as he
approached the vehicle. He got in the driver's seat and
I asked what his answer was a little startling to
(11:42):
all of us. Something pushed me in the bathroom, he said, really,
I asked, trying not to laugh. Yes, he explained that
no one else was in there with him, and he
felt a push from behind while he was relieving himself,
and he got out of there pretty quickly. After that,
(12:03):
we discussed all of our experiences of the weekend on
the way home and came to the possible conclusion that
mister Corres didn't appreciate the comment that he had heard
me repeating as I walked into the lobby the evening before. No,
the words weren't mine, but they came out of my mouth.
Then maybe, just maybe, he realized that George had actually
(12:24):
said it first and made sure to get a jab
in before we left the property. Dear mister Corres, I'm
sorry if we insulted you, but I really do prefer
micro bruise. Thank you for listening. If you are interested
in sharing your own paranormal experiences, or if you have
an idea for an episode topic, please reach out through
(12:45):
the contact format peakpodcast dot com s peep podcast dot com.
Remember that stance for people experiencing everyday paranormal while you're there.
Subscribe to my newsletter to keep up with a podcast
in home I created and Energetic Endeavors. I usually only
email it once a month, although you might get two
(13:06):
editions in July. With the Kickstarter, you'll receive briefs on
recent episodes, information on any upcoming appearances, plus some occasional
fun extras. If you enjoy the podcast, please give it
some rating love on your favorite podcast app, share it
with friends and subscribes. You don't miss an episode. Ratings, reviews,
and shares. Help platforms like Apple Podcasts and Spotify. No,
(13:29):
it's worthy of surfacing to new listeners, and as we
build our audience, we have more chances to hear their
paranormal stories. A huge thank you to everyone who has
given the show some love. You're helping it grow. No
matter how you support the show, listening, telling others about it,
or any other way, I absolutely appreciate your being here.
(13:50):
Thanks again for listening. Stay safe and be well.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
I don't even anything said. The would be everything that
everything everything, the body to be as to the autist
(14:41):
adds the scability come.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
Over again to the same I would be said. There
there they.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Sec also seven there.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
You said it.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Super and that's the connect super Act after everyone they
say they assisting its si
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