❦ BELLAIRE HOUSE INVESTIGATION RULES ❦
Please Read Before You Book
I want people to come to the Bellaire House, investigate, enjoy themselves, respect the history, and leave with stories they will remember for years.
I am not looking for reasons to be mad at anybody.
But after more than twenty years of running this house, I have learned that if you do not put certain things in writing, somebody will eventually do the exact thing you never imagined you would need to make a rule about.
So here we are.
Some of these rules are serious. Some are funny. Unfortunately, every single one exists for a reason.
Please respect me, my volunteers, the Bellaire House, its history, and—if you believe they are there—the spirits connected to it.
The Bellaire House is a house of St. Michael.
We do not allow people to come here trying to summon, conjure, provoke, invite, release, bind, or intentionally bring something dark or dangerous into the property.
I’m not playing with people anymore.
I’m just not.
❦ CHECK-IN & CHECK-OUT ❦
Check-in is 5:00 PM.
Check-out is 10:00 AM the following morning.
Period.
Please do not arrive hours early expecting access to the house, and please be completely out by checkout so the house can be cleaned and prepared for the next group.
❦ DEPOSITS, PAYMENT & TAXES ❦
A $250 nonrefundable deposit is required to reserve an investigation date.
Please understand what nonrefundable means before you make that payment.
Do not put down a deposit and then contact me asking for it back.
With my approval, a deposit may be moved to another available date, but it cannot automatically be moved to a holiday, premium weekend, special-event date, or another heavily booked date.
Your remaining balance is:
CASH AT THE DOOR. PERIOD.
Do not call or text me asking to pay everybody’s balance early.
Teams change. People cancel. Then somebody has to start dividing money back up, somebody gets pissed off, and suddenly there is drama between team members that I did not create and do not want to referee.
Bring the remaining balance in cash when you arrive.
And yes:
Uncle Sam wants his money too.
Applicable taxes are charged.
No exceptions.
❦ OUR VOLUNTEERS ❦
I have an amazing staff of volunteers who help check teams into the Bellaire House.
Most of you know that I am currently working on my second master’s degree, and I am also working, so I simply cannot personally check in every team anymore.
That is why your remaining cash balance is handed directly to the volunteer checking you in when you arrive.
Please respect my volunteers.
They are giving their time to help keep the Bellaire House operating.
And just as a friendly warning...
If you are rude to them, I cannot guarantee that you will not leave with the itchy-butt spell, socks that fall down every time you jog for the rest of your life, or perhaps a tail like Goku.
Kamehameha.
Kame kame motherfucking ha.
Just respect the volunteers.
It is easier for everybody.
❦ ALL BOOKINGS GO THROUGH KRISTIN LEE ❦
Effective September 13, 2026, all Bellaire House bookings, scheduling, payments, media requests, special arrangements, and operations go directly through Kristin Lee.
If you make arrangements through somebody else without confirmation directly from me, you are doing so at your own risk.
If I did not confirm your booking, do not assume you have one.
You have now been publicly informed.
❦ MEDIA & FILMING ❦
Media, commercial filming, documentary filming, production work, professional YouTube projects, and similar media access are $1,500 per night.
A 50% nonrefundable deposit is required.
You must speak directly with me before a media date is considered booked.
Paying for an investigation does not automatically give anyone commercial filming rights, interview rights, rights to my personal stories, rights to my family’s experiences, or rights to use my name, likeness, research, or story however they choose.
Those are separate conversations.
❦ INTERVIEWS & PARANORMAL TEAMS ❦
I am no longer doing interviews for paranormal teams that act like jackasses, exploit me, exploit my family, twist our stories, use our trauma for content, or come into the Bellaire House looking for clicks and drama at our expense.
Those days are done.
If you want to interview me or work with me, be respectful.
Be honest about what you are doing.
Be transparent.
Talk to me directly.
I am happy to work with good people.
I am not interested in being used for somebody else’s clicks, clout, drama, or bullshit.
Respect me.
Respect my family.
Respect the Bellaire House.
Or simply do not ask.
❦ PERSONAL BOUNDARIES ❦
Please do not ask me about my dog being thrown against the wall.
That is not some fun little paranormal story for an interview.
It was traumatic.
That would be like me walking up to you and asking you to describe the worst day of your life because I wanted a dramatic clip.
Your mother dying.
Your father.
Your brother.
Your sister.
Your grandmother.
That would not be cool.
There are stories I am willing to tell.
There are stories I am not.
Respect the difference.
❦ DON’T BE A KENNY ❦
Be decent. Be direct. Be loyal. Say what you mean, say it to the person’s face,
and don’t create harm for entertainment. If you disagree, do it with respect.
If someone is struggling, don’t use their weakest moment as your opportunity to take a shot.
Character is what you do when the other person is not in the room.
❦ NO OUIJA BOARDS, RITUALS OR CONJURING ❦
This one is very simple.
No Ouija boards.
No demonic boxes.
No dybbuk boxes.
No portal boxes or similar objects.
No conjuring demons.
No summoning.
No rituals of any kind.
No sacrifices.
No ceremonial practices intended to invite, provoke, bind, summon, release, or attach anything to the Bellaire House.
No abusive screaming, threats, or deliberate provocation toward people or spirits.
This is a house of St. Michael.
Do not come here trying to prove how fearless you are by doing something stupid.
❦ NO ASHES ❦
Do not bring human ashes into the Bellaire House.
Do not bring pet ashes into the Bellaire House.
Do not bring cremated remains of any kind into the Bellaire House.
No grandmother.
No grandfather.
No uncle.
No friend.
No dog.
No cat.
Nobody.
I cannot believe this has to be written down.
But apparently it does.
❦ NO WEAPONS. NONE. ❦
Do not bring weapons into the Bellaire House.
None.
No firearms.
No weapons being carried or brought inside “just in case.”
No tasers.
No brass knuckles.
No knives being carried as weapons.
No concealed weapons.
No “I always carry this.”
No “I forgot it was in my bag.”
Leave it out of my house.
If you try to bring a weapon into the Bellaire House and it is discovered, you may be required to leave immediately.
And if the situation requires law enforcement, I will call the Bellaire Police Department.
I am not interested in arguing about it.
Do not make me call Bellaire PD.
You have been warned.
No weapons means no weapons. Period.
❦ MINORS ❦
No minors are permitted unless I have specifically approved them in advance.
Do not show up with a child and assume it will be fine.
Ask first.
❦ DRUGS, ALCOHOL & SMOKING ❦
No illegal drugs.
No alcohol.
Ohio has legalized marijuana, but that does not mean you can smoke it inside my house.
Marijuana stays outside.
Cigarettes stay outside.
There is an ashtray on the front porch near the séance room marked:
BUTTS
B-U-T-T-S.
That is where cigarette butts go.
Please make sure everything is fully extinguished and that there is water in the container before you leave.
❦ BEDROOMS & BASIC HUMAN DECENCY ❦
If you are going to have sex in the beds, I am not going to pretend adults do not do adult things.
But have some common courtesy. Don't.
❦ Bathroom Rules ❦
Do not flush tampons.
Do not flush pads.
Do not flush wipes.
Do not flush paper towels.
Do not flush anything that does not belong in a toilet.
And apparently this also needs to be said:
DO NOT SHIT ON THE FLOOR.
Thank you for attending this portion of basic human civilization.
❦ CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF ❦
If you cook, clean the kitchen.
Do the dishes.
Wipe down the counters.
Put things back where you found them.
Take your trash to the designated trash container out back.
Please leave the house in better condition than you found it.
That should not be difficult.
❦ IF SOMETHING BREAKS ❦
If you accidentally break something, call or text me.
Immediately.
Shit happens.
Accidents happen.
I am not going to be angry because somebody says:
“Hey man, I’m really sorry. I broke this.”
I can work with honesty.
What I cannot work with is somebody breaking something, hiding it, saying nothing, and letting me discover it afterward.
That is when we are going to have a problem.
So if you and break something, tell me.
We will deal with it.
❦ HOUSE PROBLEMS ❦
If you notice something leaking, sparking, overflowing, flooding, malfunctioning, smoking, broken, unsafe, or otherwise wrong with the house, call or text me immediately.
I would much rather know about a small problem at 2:00 AM than discover a huge problem later because nobody bothered to tell me.
Do not tamper with electrical systems, plumbing, utilities, security equipment, locks, cameras, smoke detectors, structural areas, appliances, or anything else you do not understand.
❦ PROPERTY & RESPECT ❦
Do not intentionally damage anything.
Do not steal anything.
Do not remove anything.
Do not deface anything.
Do not burn anything.
Do not dismantle anything.
Do not deliberately move important objects without permission.
Do not enter areas marked private, closed, staff only, or off-limits.
Do not trespass onto neighboring property.
Respect the neighbors.
Respect the house.
Respect the history.
❦ VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT & PERSONAL PROPERTY ❦
You are responsible for your own cameras, paranormal equipment, phones, computers, personal belongings, and vehicles.
The gates may be opened so guests can park in designated areas of the yard.
Please use the parking area you are given.
We provide that option because we want your vehicle parked in the safest designated place available.
Secure your belongings.
If you bring expensive equipment, understand that you are responsible for it.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Bellaire House and its owners and operators are not responsible for loss, theft, or damage to personal property or vehicles.
❦ PARANORMAL ACTIVITY ❦
The Bellaire House does not guarantee paranormal activity.
The house does not perform on command.
Never has.
Probably never will.
Some teams get incredible activity.
Some teams get almost nothing.
That is part of investigating.
Paranormal experiences, claims, stories, and investigations associated with the Bellaire House are presented for entertainment purposes only.
❦ WANT KRISTIN TO INVESTIGATE WITH YOU? ❦
If you want me to come down, run a séance for about two hours, and investigate with your team for a little while, I will.
But understand one thing first.
I am like a pumpkin.
I leave before midnight.
Because if I do not leave before midnight, I apparently turn into a pumpkin, my kitty cat Gus Gus gets really pissed off, and all the little mice he likes to eat probably get pissed off too.
So yes.
I leave before midnight.
My fee to come down, spend time with your team, run the séance, and investigate with you is an additional:
$500 CASH
And I am going to be straightforward about why.
That is not me being egotistical.
That is me being honest.
After my heart attack, I give no fucks about pretending otherwise.
My time has value.
If you want me there, I will be sweet, kind, pleasant, and professional like I normally am.
We will investigate.
We will talk.
We will have fun.
And then I am going home before midnight.
Five hundred dollars.
Cash.
That is the deal.
❦ THE CATS ❦
If you want to bring cat food and feed the outside cats, that is perfectly fine.
They will probably appreciate you.
But understand that I am not running down to the Bellaire House every single day to feed the cats anymore.
I’m an old woman now.
If you feed them, use actual cat food, clean up whatever you open or spill, and please do not bring the cats inside the house.
❦ ONE LAST THING ❦
I really do want you to have a good time.
I want you to investigate.
I want you to laugh with your team.
I want you to experience the Bellaire House respectfully and hopefully leave with a story you will still be telling twenty years from now.
Most people who come through this house are wonderful.
These rules are not here because I hate people.
They are here because one person doing something ridiculous usually creates a rule everybody else has to live with.
So please be respectful.
Be respectful to me.
Be respectful to my volunteers.
Be respectful to my family.
Be respectful to the property.
Be respectful to the history.
And if you believe the spirits are there, be respectful to them too.
If something breaks, tell me.
If something goes wrong, tell me.
If you need help, call me.
If you make a mistake, own it.
I can work with honesty.
I can work with accidents.
I can work with somebody who simply says:
“Kristin, I fucked up. I’m sorry.”
What I am done dealing with is lying, hiding damage, exploitation, disgusting messes, disrespect, and people acting like the Bellaire House belongs to them because they rented it for one night.
It doesn’t.
Come in.
Investigate.
Respect the place.
Enjoy yourself.
And please use some common sense.
It really is that simple.
— Kristin Lee
❦ BOOKING ACKNOWLEDGMENT ❦
By booking or entering the Bellaire House, guests acknowledge that they are entering an older private property and agree to follow all posted and communicated rules.
Guests accept responsibility for their own behavior, safety, vehicles, equipment, and belongings and may be held financially responsible for damage they cause.
Guests may be required to leave for dangerous, destructive, threatening, illegal, intoxicated, weapon-related, or seriously disrespectful behavior. Removal from the property does not automatically create a right to a refund.
This website notice is intended to communicate the house rules clearly. For an enforceable liability waiver, damage agreement, media release, or rental contract, those documents should be reviewed by an Ohio attorney.