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Experience the Paranormal

By Olivia Ferrington

Wayne State University

Com 2100, March 27, 2017

Michigan ghost hunter and self-proclaimed paranormal expert Kathleen Tedsen lives

her life in the grey, she said.

Tedsen, who recently published the book Haunted Travels of Michigan III, said the

light is a world that we know and the dark is unknown.

And then theres the grey area where the spirits are, she said.

Tedsen spoke about her paranormal experiences at the Haunted Travels of Michigan:

Accounts of Hauntings and the Unexplained on March 16 at the Albert Lorenzo Cultural

Center in Macomb.

The stories taken from around Michigan combine folklore, witchcraft, murder and a

touch of pseudoscience to prove spirits still roam the Great Lakes state.

Since 2007, Tedsen has researched Michigans paranormal history, travelled around

the state to investigate spiritual hotspots, and written three books about the best places to

vacation if looking for a celestial interaction.

Tedsen uses equipment such as the electronic voice phenomenon device to record

ghosts speaking at frequencies not typically heard by the living. She said she recorded the

voice of a dead father still lingering and grieving over his murdered child at the Village

Winery in Romeo.

The faint voice could be heard saying, I loved her, too.

Not everyone attending was as certain about the devises Tedsen uses though.
 The EVP stuff is hoaky and Im more into the witches and cult stuff, said Kyle

Davis.

Len Harbrucker said he doesnt believe in this stuff but his wife does.

There could be wind blowing and it could sound like a voice, or there could be an

angle on the floor that makes an object move, he said.

Then theres the story of an accused Delray witch who cursed her accusers with an

evil eye that led to their demise or untimely death, Tedsen said. A Delray police officer

arrested Rose Veres and tortured her for four days until she falsely confessed to murdering

tenants in the boarding house she ran, Tedsen said.

Both Veres and her son were convicted and sentenced to life in prison. During the

trial, Veres placed a curse on every person who testified against them. Those people began to

die, some committed suicide, Tesden said.

Ultimately, authorities learned that the interrogating officer was in an American

terrorist cult that was behind all of the deaths. Ironically, those who testified against her were

in the cult. The remaining accusers admitted to the court they had lied with hope that the

curse would be lifted. Veres and her son were freed, and the officer spent the rest of his life in

prison. The effect of this is known as karma, three fold, said Tedsen.

Carmel Liburti commented that her grandmother used to believe in the witch ordeals

and immigrated to Michigan during the time of the evil eye suspicions and witch accusations.

Phyllis Schad and her husband said they believe some of these things could happen.

If you believe someone has an evil eye, its a self- fulfilled prophecy and youll harm

yourself because youre convinced youre going to die, she said.

For more stories, visit Haunted Travels of Michigan webpage or read one of Tedsens

books.

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Sources

(Audience members)

Kyle Davis

Len Harbrucker

Carmel Liburti

Phyllis Schad

(Speaker)

Kathleen R. Tedsen

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