INTERNATIONAL

PARANORMAL INQUISITOR
VOLUME 1 ISSUE 2 APRIL 2019

YOUR SOURCE OF INTERNATIONAL PARANORMAL INFORMATION

Arith Harger
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IPI
Featured Content
Beyond Life Investigations pg 14

The SPOOKY SISTERS UK pg 18

BLACK SHUCK pg 26

El Vampiro de Moca pg 32

Megalodon - ANTHONY BRAZIER pg 36

SHAWNAHOOC pg 38

Investigating Bigfoot in Ohio pg 40

Silvia Yor pg 44

Trandumskogen – The Dark forest pg 48

REVENANT ACRES pg 52

Tubzz pg 56

Instrumental TransCommunication Timeline pg 58

Kents Equipment Review pg 64

KONGS KORNER pg 72

Pariah Paranormal pg 74
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IPI
Featured Content
pg 76 Huldra

pg 82 Brave Souls Paranormal

pg 84 I.P.I. Ex: The Investigation

pg 94 Suzi Spirit Sensitive

pg 98 ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENON

pg 100 Haunted Antiques Paranormal Research Centre

pg 106 Detroit Paranormal

pg 108 ARCHIVE ECHO

pg 110 THE BRAIN SUCKER

pg 112 The Eyes of Charles Breuer

pg 114 Dohbar Chu

pg 116 Dan Disorsder Paraurbex-UK

pg 128 EQP Paranormal “En Quete Paranormale”

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Contributors:
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Park area with the Ohio Night
Stalker's team of investiga-
tors, and has led teams while
on expedition in Kentucky.
She also leads workshops
with 4-H, youth groups, and
scouting troops.

Creature Weekend is Amy’s

favorite Bigfoot conference,
and she helps with it when it
is held at Salt Fork State Park
every October. She also stays
busy with Fathom Fron-
tiers' Bigfoot Night Hikes at
Salt Fork and Mohican State
Parks, as well as their Salt
Fork Bigfoot Adventure Week-
ends. Her friendship with
BFRO Investigator Bigfoot in Ohio and beyond. Fathom Frontiers led to her
In 2015, Amy was invited becoming a sponsor to two
Joins I.P.I. Staff: to join the Bigfoot Field Re- films on Bigfoot: "Minerva
searchers Organization Monster" and "The Back 80".
Known Speaker on Bigfoot in (BFRO) as an investigator. In 2017, Amy was invited
Ohio and Beyond Most of the witness reports to The Olympic Project in
We are pleased to announce that she has investigated in Washington State where she
that Amy Bue has decided to Ohio have been in Mahoning, joined such notable research-
join the ranks of our grow- Portage, Trumbull, and Co- ers as Derek Randles, Shelly
ing staff at the International lumbiana Counties. She also Covington-Montana, Cliff Ba-
Paranormal Inquisitor. Amy spends a lot of time in the rackman, and Ron Morehead
will be sharing her adven- Alleghenies of Pennsylvania, in looking for DNA evidence
tures with us in this issue but she travels wherever the of Bigfoot on the Olympic
and future editions. Below action is. Peninsula. She went back to
is her Bio. Welcome aboard
Washington last summer to
Amy! Amy spends as much time as remote camp and investigate
Amy Bue is a mom, teacher, she can in the woods. She's overlooking Mount Adams.
editor, aspiring novelist, been on several private out- She returned to Washington
and a cancer survivor with ings with friends from differ- at the end of the summer
an enormous bucket list. ent Bigfoot organizations, but to attend the International
As far as Bigfooting goes, she solo camps frequently. Bigfoot Conference where
she had her own sighting She's traveled to New York she received the award for
of something strange near State, Pennsylvania, Oregon, 2018 Dedicated Researcher
Meander Reservoir in Ma- Washington, and throughout of the Year for her work with
honing County in 2012. This West Virginia following up primatologists and other
started her on her journey of leads. She's explored South- scientists. Amy assisted with
learning about the history of ern Ohio's Shawnee State
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the Southern Ohio BFRO expe- Spring and Fall Creek-

dition held last April and did foots of 2019. She re-
an expedition in Kentucky in cently spoke and gath-
October. She also created and ered reports at the 34th
co-hosted Creekfoot, a private Annual Allegheny Sport,
gathering of area research- Travel, and Outdoor
ers, in September, and spoke Show in Monroeville, PA,
about sightings closer to the Sportsman’s show in
home at Bigfoot Day in Beaver Girard, and the Ohio Di-
Creek State Park, as well as at vision of Wildlife’s Expo
Salt Fork State Park’s Creature in Huron.
Weekend in October. She leads
her own private expeditions Amy is also available
at undisclosed locations. for talks that can be
tailored to the needs of
Amy has shared her experi- your organization as far
ences on several podcasts as timing, content, and
such as Monster X Radio and fees.
Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio, in
Australia’s Yowie Times, and
in a Crypto Blast online in-
terview. She’s been featured
in other media such as the
KDKA Live morning show in
Pittsburgh, WKBN’s morning
show, ESPN Radio, and The
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. She
has reported for California's
Bigfoot Times newsletter, and
is currently writing a book
about her adventures. She
was a speaker at the 2017
Hill-Con convention in New
Castle, Pennsylvania, as well
as the Twinsburg Paranormal
Conference, the Inaugural
Pennsylvania Bigfoot Project
Conference, and Oregon’s
Beachfoot last year, and is
looking forward to seeing
where her bucket list takes
her in the future with her own
ventures: Amy’s Bucket List
Expeditions (A.B.L.E.), Project
Zoobook, and the upcoming
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Note from the editor

many previous owners. You never know
what your going to find at a thrift store. Plus,
who doesn’t like finding a good bargain.
I read the sign, that today was the Grand
Opening! I sat there thinking and wondering
if I decided I should go visit this location and
take a peek inside. As, I was going back and
forth trying to decide if I should, a thought
popped in my head. That thought was a sim-
ple thought, “12-587 Radio”. Such an odd and
random thought. I sat there thinking about
it and said to myself “why not”.
To those that know me, you know that I
collect vintage radios, and hack them to
I wanted to share a personal experience as turn them into spirit boxes. As, many of you
my note for this issue. Hopefully, many will know that I am referring to ITC (Instrumental
take something away from it. I certainly took TransCommunication). These radios are get-
away many points from this. ting harder to find and more costly. So, when I
There I was sitting at the red light, wondering go to these thrift stores, I always look for vin-
when the light was going to change. Really in tage radios for this purpose. The radio that
a hurry to go nowhere. I had not really had a has eluded me and many others is the Radio
plan where I was going. I simply was just out Shack 12-587 (original model with pins). Plus,
driving around, seeing what I could get into. if you do find one, you are going to pay an
I do this quite often, seeing where it leads me arm and a leg. Well, this radio has eluded for
to. This has led me to discovering waterfalls, a year and a half.
parks, small towns, and many interesting I decided to turn around and go in the oppo-
towns across the country. I usually get in the site direction, even though the sky was turn-
car and just pick a direction and keep going ing black and looking like it was going to pour
until I am compelled to stop or find some- down rain at any minute. I just knew I had to
thing interesting. While waiting I began to head to this store. I was beginning to be filled
look around at the sights before me. with some excitement, as I thought I was go-
That’s when I spied the telephone pole. ing to get this radio. It took me about 10 min-
Covered with several signs for garage sales, utes of driving and fighting through traffic to
houses for sale, weight loss flyers, and other get to the location.
various signs. The sign that just popped out I finally arrived at the parking lot of this
at me, was for a grand opening for a thrift store, and that’s when the rain began to
store. How do I love thrift stores! To me, there pour down. I made a mad dash to the store
is nothing quite like going to a thrift store. in hopes of staying dry. Once, I was inside, I
Even when I travel overseas, I try and locate took a quick view around. I began walking up
a thrift store. I enjoy going through items of and down the aisles, trying to find any sort of
yesterday and items of today, discarded by electronics. Aisle, by aisle I was disappointed.
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The next day came, and I jumped into my car

and drove to the flea market. I had arrived as the
doors were opening. I walked around for about
15 minutes. How disappointed was I! This flea
market had nothing but commercial items, and
“no good junk”. As, I was leaving I thought of
another flea market that I knew would have the
“good junk”.

I jumped in the car and began my hour and five-

minute drive to this flea market. I just knew this
was the place where I was going to get my “12-
587 radio”. I drove up North, along the way I was
day dreaming about the places and investiga-
tions, where I would use my radio. I just couldn’t
wait to get my hands on this radio! In fact, I was
already celebrating that I had acquired this radio
in my mind.
“Nothing but clothes”, I murmured to myself. I
seriously was beginning to be disappointed! So, I finally arrived, at my destination! I jumped
after about 45 minutes, I officially concluded out of the car with great enthusiasm. The sheer
there was nothing I was interested in. size of this flea market was huge. The flea mar-
The rain had stopped, so I walked to my car ket had at least eight buildings! I wondered how
feeling disappointed. Once, in the car I thought long would it be, before I located my radio? So,
“12-587” again. I had decided to go find other I dove in and began my search. I search booth
thrift shop in the area. I might as well, since I am to booth, going
already out. So, I googled thrift shops, and re- through anything
ceived a pretty good size list. So, off I went to find that appeared to
this elusive radio. be the “good junk”.
Several hours had
For approximately the next four hours, I hit passed, and noth-
thrift store after thrift store. By this point I was ing! I was slowly
beginning to feel frustrated and disappointed. losing my enthusi-
I had not purchased any items and not located asm and beginning
my desired radio. Finally, I decided to call it quits. to think I might not
Feeling defeated, I just went home empty hand- possibly locate my
ed. radio.
While I was at home, the thought “12-587”, By this point, I was
popped into my head once again. I was feeling beginning to get
pretty frustrated and was trying to get the radio desperate. I finally
out of my mind. Then, I saw a commercial on decided to go out-
TV for a flea market. I thought, surely this was side and search the
a sign! So, I decided tomorrow I will head to this vendor’s tables out-
flea market. side. Once, outside
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I saw a magnificent site! I spotted a car port
full of nothing but the “good junk”. I knew
this was the spot where I would find my ra-
dio. I walked over and the gentleman greeted
me and said, “anything you find will be five
bucks”. I was so ecstatic, at the prospect that
I was going to get my radio for one-hundred
and fifty dollars! So, dig and dig through his
unorganized mess! I approximately spent
one hour, before I finally gave up at not find-
ing what I was looking for.

I was finally defeated and thought I was not

going to get my radio. I gave the gentleman
my business card just in case he would ac-
quire what I was looking for. I decided to call
it a day. So, I made my way through the build-
ings heading back to my car. I spotted a booth
with music instruments. I must have missed
this booth, I thought. I thought maybe there’s
something here that I can use, like some mu- much he wanted for it. “Fifteen bucks”, he
sic pedals or amplifiers. said to me. I decided I would take it.
While he was ringing me up, he started to
As I walked over, I was suddenly filled with tell me about the speaker. Rick then said,
a warm and excited feeling. I noticed this “everything in this booth, was my son’s”.
feeling but didn’t This caught my attention. I said, “was your
know why. I looked son’s?”. Rick then proceeded to tell me that
all around the store, his son had just recently passed. I began to
and just seen your study the elderly gentleman and felt his sad-
normal music type ness. I felt that this gentleman just wanted to
of stuff. Of course, no unload his sadness, so I decided to chat with
music pedals! What him and listen. He began telling me stories
a disappointing day about his son, and how proud he was of him,
this was, I thought to and his music abilities. He was smiling and
myself. I spotted this just bragging about how good he was, and all
little mini amplifier. I the places he played at, and bands he toured
thought this might be with. This man was bragging about his son,
of some use. I figured just like a proud father would do.
I would purchase this
item, more out of not “Are you a musician”, Rick asked me out of
going home empty nowhere. I usually hate this question, as
handed. I called over some people tend to look at you crazy, espe-
to the elderly gentle- cially the older generation. Plus, the fact this
man (we will just call gentleman just told me about his son passing
him Rick), asked how away. I decided just to tell him anyway, and
told him I am a paranormal investigator, and
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what I was looking for and what I intended to About a week had passed and I heard noth-
do with the amplifier. He really seemed fasci- ing from Rick. So, I figured this was the end
nated, so I began to go deeper into the subject of this and I had accomplished what I was
and relay to him stories about investigations supposed to. As, this adventure was slowly
I had done. I even shared with him clips of fading from my mind, I get a text from Rick.
evidence I had on my phone. He then began He asked, “Can you stop by?”. Honestly, I was
to relay locations to me that he felt were going to work in a little bit, and really was not
haunted and that I should check out. During wanting to. I however, decided to, as I liked
this time, he asked me for a business card, as Rick and was wanting to help him.
he wanted to contact some people for me to I arrived at Rick’s house, which was not re-
get me in some locations. ally to far out of my way. Rick was excited, as
he began to tell me, that his son visited him
I had not realized that an hour had passed again. I was happy and excited for Rick! I was
by, that Rick and I talked. I decided that it was expecting for him to tell me about some great
time to leave, when Rick blurted out to me, experience the two shared. Rick took me into
“I think my son is at my house, visiting me”. his son’s room. I looked around the room
I began to feel a little nervous, as I did not and it seemed that he had left his room, like
know where this conversation would lead his son was still there. Rick never explained
to. It could turn out good, or it would be bad. anything about his son’s death or when it
Regardless, I decided to go with it. “My wife occurred. So, I was not sure how long he had
thinks I’m crazy and just an old fool”, Rick been gone.
said to me. At this time, I told him he was not
crazy. I then went on to explain his son was Rick took me over to his closet and opened
checking on him and trying to let him know the door. He pointed to a box on the top shelf.
he was okay. “Next time he shows up, talk He asked me to grab it for him, as he said it
to him. Tell him what your feeling, and that was heavy and rather high up. I grabbed the
you love him”, I said to him. The conversation box for him, and he asked me to go into the
continued for about fifteen more minutes, kitchen. He then tells me that when his son
before I decided to part ways. Before leaving, visited, he just pointed to the box. That was it.
he gave me my fifteen dollars back, and said Not the life altering moment, I thought.
“my son would want you to have this”. I began to think, that the box was going to
have some mementos that Rick would love
I went home and reviewed the events of the and cherish. After he relayed to me about his
weekend. I had concluded, that this little mini visitation, he said “you have to go to work, so
adventure was about me meeting Rick and take the box with you”. I did not want to take
consoling him of his grief. I felt good about the box! This would be filled with memories
this and felt happy about the outcome. The for Rick, from his son. I tried to refuse polite-
next day, Rick sent me a short text. He told ly, but he insisted for me to take it. “My son
me his some came to him last night and he wants you to have it”. How could I say no?
did as, I instructed him to do. He thanked me I threw the box in the back seat of my car and
profusely and relayed that he felt a weight headed off to work. I went through my day,
had been lifted off him. This to me is why I do and totally forgot about Rick and the box. The
this type of work! Not for fame or fortune, but day’s events were very boring and unevent-
it’s to help others. My little chat had helped to ful. When I arrived home, I forgot all about
provide some closure. Rick’s box and left it in the car. The next day
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when I was going to work was when I re-
membered the box. When I pulled in at work,
I decided to take a peak. The box was not too
heavy to me, even though Rick said it was. It
did not seem to have too many items in it. I
prepared myself to open the box, as I felt this
was going to contain items associated with
Rick’s son’s memories.

I opened the box slightly, and I pulled out

a mini amplifier just like the one I had pur-
chased. I then pulled out a noise cancelling
pedal. I was a bit excited as I thought these
would come handy. Finally, I reached in and
felt the last item. I was not sure what it was…
When I pulled out the last item, I was
shocked! I could not believe what I was
holding in my hand! Was really happening?
Yes, you guessed it! I had pulled out a Radio
Shack 12-587!! I really could not believe this. I
sat there in disbelief. I had gotten my 12-587
radio!

As, I analyze this mini adventure, I can pull

many points from this experience. One,
from being spontaneous and just to go with
a feeling and see where it leads you to. Two,
talking to a stranger and offering your as-
sistance without the expectation of anything
in return. Finally, setting an intention and
visualizing that intention. I really could go
on making points about this mini adventure
or a life lesson. Others might come up with
different points. So, I leave it to you to decide
what you take away from my mini adven-
ture…

Antonio W. Gumm
Editor

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Beyond Life Investigations

As darkness falls, it becomes who are willing to search for Ovilus 4, a Sb-7 spirit box, a
more of challenge to remain these answers. REM pod, dowsing rods, and
calm when something goes Beyond Life Investiga- motion detectors. Each cam-
bump in the night. It’s 2:00 tions is a research team based era and motion detector is
a.m. and you are awoken by a out of rural Nebraska. The placed in particular regions
sound of something outside members include Jordan, Sa- of a home or building, and
your door. Your pulse quick- mantha, Katie, Trent and Curt, monitored from a laptop at all
ens, your eyes widen, but each with their own reasons times. A journal is kept updat-
you are frozen in place. Do that keep them up late into ed through the investigation
you get out of bed and try to the night talking to mostly which notes times and camer-
search for what awoke you, empty rooms. Some want to as to review when a research-
or do you hide under the cov- catch something spectacu- ers hears or sees something
ers and hope that whatever lar on camera and make it of interest. This journal helps
made the sound disappears? big, others want to know pinpoint exact times to ref-
You decide to check, open- that maybe there is life after erence to see if that experi-
ing the bedroom door ever death, while some just want ence was something we could
so slightly, so you can peer some late night entertain- logically explain, or possibly
around in the dark hallway. ment. something else.
After a moments glance, you Throughout the years, Now, the author of this
find nothing. You are left with and much money spent, the article is Samantha, and I will
questions, was there anything team has collected numerous be bluntly honest and say that
ever there, or was it just a pieces of equipment to assist I do not believe in ghosts, but
figment of your imagination? and document each investi- I want to. I am the person who
Well, Beyond Life Investiga- gation. There are many night wants to know that maybe
tions is a team of five people, vision cameras, Go Pros, an there is a life after death, or
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maybe we just decompose in ing why this man is hurting as. Jordan is in camera view
the ground. I do have a short her. In her moments of death in the child’s room upstairs.
story for you, which made she is filled with fear, anger It is beginning to become ob-
me reconsider my stance on and pain that she may have vious the amount of exhaus-
“there are no such things as carried on into death. Fur- tion across his face as he
ghosts.” ther investigation of this lit- talks to a seemingly vacant
It’s the summer of 2017, and tle girl, named Sallie, showed room. In the room with him,
we find ourselves down in no documentations of her is a circle of toys, a night vi-
Atchison, Kansas, at a home existing. sion camera, and in the cent-
called the “Sallie house.” Upon entering the er the REM pod is upright. A
Atchison is a wonderful rus- house, we are met with REM pod is device that has
tic town, full of much history, an ominous feeling, and an antenna that covers 360
with it being the birth place a strong odor of dust. The degrees and detects changes
of Amelia Earhart. The town home is vacant, but still in the energy surrounding
also embraces its point of retains old furniture, power it. Basically, it lights up and
interest known as the Sallie and running water. We then buzzes when touched. Jordan
house. The story is, back in set up our night vision cam- is sitting against a wall, ap-
the early 1900s a physician eras, motion detectors and proximately three feet from
practiced medicine out of his begin investigating. The the REM pod, just asking
home when a mother rushed house is mainly quiet; with basic questions, such as, “Is
her young daughter in for the scariest thing being the anyone here with me?” When
surgery. The physician be- giant spiders running ram- in plain view the REM pod
lieves the little girl’s appen- pant through the house. lights up green and begins to
dix is rupturing and begins Approximately, 1:00 a.m. buzz, and then proceeds to
slicing her open before the comes, and the team has had fall over. The whole team is
sedatives have time to take a fairly quiet night. The boys stunned in silence, mouths
effect. “Sallie” dies on the ta- are upstairs investigating, wide open, and eyes glit-
ble, in a tremendous amount while the girls are down- tered with shock. We had
of pain, and not understand- stairs monitoring the camer- taken that REM pod on so
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many trips before and noth-

ing had happened. Now we
had on video, and in front of
Jordan’s own eyes watched
this machine light up, and
then proceed to fall over. The
rest of the team gains their
senses, and rushes up to
Jordan, who is in disbelief of
what just happened right in
front of him. We then, as the
scientists we are, try to find
plausible explanations for
this. Trent was in the hallway
outside of the room walking
around, so we tried walk-
ing by it, and even jumping
around it to see if our move-
ments to could cause the
machine to topple over, but
the machine stood still. the walls. I am in the corner, us. During this time, I see out
At this time, inside the farthest from the door, but of the corner of my eye what
room the air seemed thick, closest to the closet. My chest appears to be the closet door
heavy and dark. All of us is tight, and my body seems slightly move. I stop breath-
crammed into the room posi- to be on edge, sensing that ing, but do not say a thing,
tioned in a circle around the something is not quite right. because for all I know this
REM pod, but still up against We sit in the room and try to could just be my imagination.
get anything to interact with But then, the darkness in the
corner of my eye shutters
again. Due to the sitting ar-
rangement I am the only one
who can really see this cor-
ner, so none of my compan-
ions notice. I say with a shaky
voice, “Guys, something just
moved in the corner.” Then
I proceed to bolt from my
position and obtain a new one
as far away from the dread-
ful darkness. Unfortunately,
due to the camera angle, that
dark shape was not captured
on tape. This saddens me, be-
cause I am not the person to
get all worked up over some-
thing going bump in the dark,
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fast asleep; exhausted from the night

activity, but apparently, whatever had
been accompanying with us, still felt
curious. Being a nonbeliever, it was
hard to disagree with the concept that
something “paranormal” was going
on there. From the beginning, almost
nothing was normal, from the REM
pod, to the results from the spirit box,
to personal experiences, that night left
a mark on each of us.
I could ramble off many more stories
from my time with Beyond Life Inves-
tigations. From the strange man in
the attic with us, to flying clocks com-
ing off of walls, to instant personality
changes, but I will cut this story short.
Beyond Life Investigations is not out
there to provoke anything or anyone,
but whatever was actually in we just want answers, and we will
the corner may never be deci- spend countless hours searching for those answers. If
phered. there is anything beyond life, we will find it.
The team falls asleep
around 3:45 a.m. After a long
drive, it is normally a chal-
lenge to stay up for the entire
night. We awake at approxi-
mately 8:30 a.m. that next
morning, and begin packing
up. First thing in the morn-
ing, Jordan has a habit of
quickly reviewing the tapes
for anything that may have
happened while we are sleep-
ing, and this night something
did happen. Around 4:30 in
the morning, while everyone
slept, the REM pod up in the
child’s room begins lighting up
and buzzing again. It lights up
multiple times before falling
over again. Now, there is no
way any of the team members
had anything to do with this
pod falling over. We were all
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Lancaster Castle

The SPOOKY SISTERS UK

Hello! We are Pamela and The house we grew up in was as if residual conversation
Jeanette Whalley, two sisters an ordinary three-bedroom could be heard when no one
from the UK. We are paranor- home, a happy place-but was in the house next door.
mal investigators, explor- there was always some kind It was as if it was a family
ers and researchers. Over of a presence there. A feeling going about their business
the course of time and due we could not really explain. with no knowledge of our
to the nature of what we do, Various things occurred, presence. While this did not
we were given our nickname such as objects being moved frighten us as such, it could
which stuck! That is how The and strange sightings one sometimes be unsettling to
Spooky Sisters UK was born! of which, in later life, after us as youngsters - we never
It’s difficult to pinpoint much research in the field did tell our parents about
exactly when us sisters (we we believe could well have this!
have an older sister Julie who been an elemental. We also Although up to this point
also experienced things), experienced strong feelings nothing seemed malevolent
began to experience things at of being watched when alone or sinister, the most fright-
home. Which can only now, in the house. ening thing that did happen
since we have developed in Our parents had a large occurred to us at night while
the field in during our adult antique mirror over the in bed. Us two Spooky Sisters
years, we recognise as possi- fireplace in the lounge, from shared a bedroom and we
bly paranormal. which sometimes it seemed both fairly regularly experi-
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enced a black shape hover- companies. ished with it yet! A few of our
ing directly above us, which The first location we went to experiences at Newsham
appeared to us at separate was Newsham Park seaman’s park have been interesting to
times. We could only lay there orphanage, in Liverpool UK, say the least! These include
feeling pretty freaked out, which in the last years of its being physically touched,
watching this cloaked figure, operation became an asy- pushed, seeing shadow fig-
then it seemed to cast a net lum. Construction began on ures, one being a tall figure
which would come down to- Newsham Park seaman’s of a man who appeared un-
ward us and disappear. Nei- orphanage on 11th September natural in proportion. On the
ther of us was aware at the 1871, at a cost of £25,000. It “punishment” corridor, we
time it was happening to the was built for the support and opted to sit inside one of the
other for quite some time. We education of the orphans of tiny cupboards to conduct a
later discovered that it had British seamen. It was closed vigil, during which there were
happened to Pamela’s best as an orphanage on 27th July scratching noises on the door
friend while sleeping over, 1949. It reopened as News- and a clear voice whispering
who knew nothing about our ham Park Hospital in 1954, “no” that came from within
experience. Again, we never developing its own psychiat- the cupboard in direct answer
told our parents… ric department and received to a question. No one else was
We never did get to the bot- an influx of patients with around in the corridor at the
tom of what was apparently severe mental problems. The time. Two of the most prolific
haunting our house. Despite building was finally vacated paranormal experiences we
all this it was not happening in 1997 and has lain empty have ever encountered at
constantly, we learned to live and decaying ever since. Newsham have been hard to
with it, and had a very happy Reported sightings of ghosts explain and have stayed with
childhood. Never did we im- include that of a small
agine the paranormal world child said to have per-
would become such a big part ished after being forgot-
of our lives in later years. ten and left in one of
The next chapter in our the “punishment cup-
journey into the world of boards” located on the
exploring the realms of the top floor in the eaves of
afterlife began in earnest in the attic, and shadow
2012, round about the time figures on the wards.
that the” ghost hunting” People have also report-
craze really took off among ed uneasy feelings and
the public. During this craze dragging noises in the
many event companies ap- basement rooms.
peared, and locations become After our first investi-
more accessible to explore gation here, we were
and investigate for a price. We hooked!! The activity we
decided to attend one of these experienced there was
overnight investigations incredible, so much so
thanks to our good friend that we have now in-
Amanda, who herself was a vestigated there twelve
host working for one of these times and haven’t fin-

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dark) and looked straight

away in the area the object
sounded like it had fallen.
There was absolutely no
sign of anything on the floor,
but Pamela reported that
something had hit her on the
collar bone with some force
whilst she had both hands on
a heavy camera about to take
a photograph of one of the
Newsham Park rooms leading off the cor-
Orphanage and Asylum ridor. On further inspection
we found a tile on the floor of
us to this day. tion it had us hooked! said room which had not been
On the first ever investigation One of the major experiences there earlier. Added to this
we did here, Jeanette opted to Pamela had a few years down Pamela had a bruise forming
climb into the morgue fridge the line occurred down in the and a small cut where she had
and lay on a slab (this was basement corridor. Whilst been hit. We could not explain
very out of character for her exploring with just our sister this phenomenon and were
at the time, as we were still Julie and niece Lucy, a very really excited by this.
fairly new to investigating!) out of character squeal came To explain all the activity, we
The door was closed by the from Pamela. Which was fol- have witnessed at Newsham
host Gemma (who later be- lowed by the sound of some- Park over the years would
came a good friend and fellow thing very heavy hitting the take many chapters, suffice to
investigator) as the group floor directly in front of her. say it remains one of our fa-
continued to call out to spirit Jeanette, Julie and Lucy, just a vourite places to investigate.
outside the fridge. Suddenly few steps ahead, span round In 2015 we became part of a
we heard “oh my god! “from with their torches (bearing in small team called GhostFol-
inside the fridge… apparently mind all this was in the pitch lowers, which was founded
the slab Jeanette was lying
on had begun to shake quite
violently! She put up with this
a couple more times before
saying “I need to come out
now” as Gemma opened the
door, the slab slid out very
fast with Jeanette on it and
back in again, in front of our
eyes. We could not believe
what we were seeing, and
neither could Jeanette as she
scrambled out of there and
stood shaking…. now you can
see that as our first investiga-
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by our friends Amanda and
Gemma. This set us on the
path to investigate more
locations and also host public
events, we carried on doing
this for a couple of years and
enjoyed our time as hosts for
the public. These days we no
longer do public events pre-
ferring small team investiga-
tions as it allows us to pursue
our passion more intensely
and scientifically on a much
more intimate scale, as we
have the trust of people who
we know will never fake
activity. We also do freelance
from time to time as The
Spooky Sisters, assisting a
couple of good friends of ours
who run small events compa-
nies .
One of the most amazing Poveglia
places we have been lucky
enough to visit, explore and
head doctor who eventually Walking up to the imposing
investigate has been Pov-
became insane himself and main building of the hospital
eglia Island, off the coast of
either jumped or was pushed was an immense feeling - we
Venice, Italy. We first took a
from the famous bell tower had seen so many pictures
trip there in March 2016 with
landmark. The island has of it and on TV. We set off
the GhostFollowers team,
been abandoned since 1968 exploring, there are so many
the history of this Island is
and many souls are said to buildings on the island we
a very sad one. It has been
haunt it. had hours of exploration and
the scene of a civil war in
Stepping on to Poveglia lots of photography. This
1379, then from 1776 was
Island there was a feeling of place was amazing but also
used as a quarantine station
trepidation but also excite- very dangerous in parts -
for plague sufferers, whose
ment as we had waited so there were stairs collapsing,
bodies were burned on the
long to come here. The ini- floors giving way, ceilings
island now known as the
tial atmosphere was one of coming in, and lots of sud-
burning grounds, which is
calm and peace, which given den hidden holes, we really
connected to the main part
the history and tales that go had to watch our footing!
of the island by a bridge. In
with Poveglia was a welcome Aside from that we did have
later years it was used as a
surprise. It was a beautiful an amazing time. Most of
psychiatric hospital where it
sunny day although there the island had many stories
was said some of the patients
are no sounds of birdsong on to tell. One particular room
were experimented on by the
Poveglia… felt very foreboding. Jean-
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ette stopped suddenly on the tigating at the time we felt we happened to them there - as
threshold sensing an uneasy should reach out with a spirit futile as that may sound, we
atmosphere. Pamela who board session. However, he felt it was the least we could
was standing directly behind did not seem to want to com- do. Exploring this part of the
her felt similar at the same municate in this way. He only island was interesting, none-
time. We gathered the rest communicated directly with theless. We spent the rest of
of the team to go and inves- Bev to let her know his life the day exploring and vowed
tigate. As we all walked in there had been a happy one. to return.
the initial feeling had gone, Mostly this first visit was The following year in early
so given what we 2017 we were lucky
had felt earlier we enough to get another
decided to do some visit, this time staying
calling out setting until after dark. We had
up K2s and a Mel another explore of the
meter. Both these island finding buildings
pieces of equip- we had not seen previ-
ment appeared ously. We were amazed
to be responding at how much nature
intelligently to our had really taken over in
questions with the just a year, everywhere
K2 spiking to red was so overgrown and
and the Mel giv- the buildings crumbling
ing extremely high further . After a rest we
readings - bear- waited for darkness to
ing in mind there fall-and that’s when the
is absolutely no Poveglia energy really shifted. A
source of electric- true sense of forebod-
ity anywhere on the island to about exploring the island. ing fell over the place as we
interfere with any electrical We made our way to the prepared for a paranormal
equipment. Mobile phones burning grounds. There investigation. We split into
were switched off or on flight was a feeling of dread as we two groups - one went to ex-
mode. The session was filmed crossed the bridge, Jeanette plore, whilst four of us head-
by us and we captured a defi- had palpitations when reach- ed to the chapel area. We had
nite bright ball of light which ing the other end with Pame- a calling out session whilst
seemed to jump from Gemma la experiencing similar, we doing this clear shuffling
to Charlie at exactly the same guess this may be the sort of was heard in the next room
time there was a big spike feelings of terror that people and footsteps seemed to be
from the K2. had when being carted over approaching the doorway
We decided to end the session there to die. We treated the is- to where we were standing.
and explore the staff accom- land with the utmost respect, We were waiting to see what
modation where one of the especially when walking the would happen next, when
GhostFollowers team Bev, burning grounds. This was from the opposite door at the
who is a gifted medium, felt the final resting place of tens front of the building the other
the presence of a young boy. of thousands of people after group came to look for us
Although we were not inves- all. We apologised for what and the moment was gone.
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We ruled out acoustics from here in front of us? these tunnels during which
them –i.e. their footsteps as Suddenly we realised the unfortunately people lost
they had come through heavy boatman was due at any mo- their lives. We have visited
undergrowth, and the foot- ment to pick us up and take twice so far and had very
steps were across clear con- us back to the mainland. We strange experiences there
crete at our side. On reviewing knew he wouldn’t wait too such as clear whistling when
an EVP session, we caught a long if we didn’t appear, as it was only us two sisters left
clear whisper saying “Ohh it seems none of the locals alone in the entire tunnel
plague”. This was the only EVP want to set foot on the is- complex. Residual conversa-
capture we got on the island land! Sadly, it meant we had tions going on and sounds of
but intriguing, nonetheless. to leave just as things were machinery captured on video
We all moved onto the bell getting really interesting! We that we did not hear with
tower where we again pro- thanked the doctor and any our own ears whilst filming.
ceeded to call out with some other communicative spirits Jeanette captured a very in-
of the group choosing to do a for interacting with us, and teresting photograph through
spirit board. We spoke some left this beautiful haunting a small broken window pane
Italian phrases and began island behind with our memo- of a constantly locked off old
to get intelligent responses, ries of undoubtedly one of computer room where no
such as bangs or taps when the best things these Spooky public are allowed, of what
we asked for them. The at- Sisters have ever done in our appears to be a figure sat in
mosphere became very dark, lives… maybe we will return one of the office chairs… make
it seemed the doctor was try- someday… of it what you will. Drakelow
ing to communicate through Another favourite venue of tunnels is a truly fascinating
the spirit board. The oppres- ours is Drakelow tunnels in place, one to which we need to
sive feeling, we all felt in the Kidderminster UK. A former return…
room was palpable and a Rover factory and WW2 gov- One of our most intriguing
bitter chill went through the ernment bunker with a maze investigations to date has
room on what was a warm of three miles of tunnels. been at 30 East drive in Pon-
and still evening - was the There were many accidents tefract, West Yorkshire, UK
doctor going to manifest right during the construction of - also known widely as The
Black Monk/poltergeist
house. The stories
about this place dif-
fer depending on who
you talk to or what you
read. The main story
is that it was built on
the site of a battlefield
near a hill where ex-
ecutions took place,
and that a monk was
accused of murder-
ing children, putting
bodies down a well,
which now lies covered
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under the floor in the lounge out of our sleeping bags and made her head spin!
of number 30. Whether he rushed out of the lounge to Then it all started happen-
was wrongly accused and see what could have caused ing at once, the Rem-pod we
remains angry about it, who it. After a thorough search had left on the landing started
truly knows? But that would upstairs finding nothing out reacting, we heard more
explain the stories about the ordinary. We bedded down footsteps and the unmistak-
"The black monk able sound of a toilet seat
of Pontefract" being forcibly slammed down
who seem- .Of course we were all wide
ingly haunts the awake by now, and again
house as a nega- went running up the stairs
tive presence. - to find the toilet seat to be
Whenever we firmly up and no one to be
have set foot in seen. It was intense indeed.
this house, three We have had quiet nights and
times to date other unexplained activity at
- it has never the house and is somewhere
been the same we need to return to.....
feeling twice. As The Spooky Sisters, we
This 70s style always investigate together
three-bedroom and work well as a pair as we
semi can have a trust each other implicitly -
welcome atmos- 30 East Drive which is very important in
phere, but can this line of work. We have an
turn in an in an instance, again, as Jeanette had to drive ability to sense each other’s
becoming oppressive and at home again and needed some feelings and instincts about
times almost threatening. sleep. It was around 4AM certain situations, and al-
One night on an overnight when we were all quiet and ways listen to each other if
investigation, we had been finally drifting off, that things one doesn’t feel right about
hosting all night and had a took a dramatic and sinister something. On investigations
few subtle noises but noth- turn. Unbeknown to Jean- we both insist respect for
ing big to speak of. When all ette, Pamela who was sleep- spirit is paramount. We will
the guests had left and there ing across the room by the not goad or mock, and if there
was only the two of us and kitchen door, had just seen a is strong activity running
one guest, Liam, who had black figure standing over her away or screaming is not on
opted to stay. We had set up that appeared to be observing the agenda! Stepping back
a night vision video pointing her. Being extremely tired she from negativity, however,
up the stairs, and we heard said, "Oh I’m far too tired for sometimes is as in this field
the unmistakable noise of the this now" and went under in we are aware darker forces
video recorder being physi- her bag. The very next second may be at work.
cally switched off, and imme- Jeanette who was sleeping We do not profess to be ex-
diately after the clear sound over the well by the fireplace perts as many people in this
of footsteps running up the was being woken up by hav- field know it is a constant
stairs! Of course, being fear- ing her sleeping bag violently learning process looking for
less investigators, we dived tugged by a force so hard it answers as to what lies be-
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so much more open and A large portion of being a
sensitive to spirit energies paranormal investigator
around us over the course involves spending many
of time. Our favourite piece hours in cold, dusty dark
of equipment we regularly locations and experiencing
do use however is our trusty nothing at all, and hours of
EVP which has given us so reviewing evidence. This is
much feedback that we can’t all par for the course and
explain. can also be very boring
Since starting our pursuit in the times spent "wait-
in the field, we have been ing and watching". But of
fortunate enough to visit the course, it does make the
most amazing locations in times where activity is ob-
the UK, as well as overseas, served all the more exciting
such as Venice and Ireland and only makes us hungry
(Hellfire club was a high- for more.
yond our passing. We very
light of that trip). We have We could list so many more
much believe in trying to
further ambitions to investi- locations we have inves-
find logical explanations
gate other locations abroad tigated as we continue to
for certain things that may
especially in the USA. explore our passion for the
occur, such as looking at
The reports we have listed paranormal and push our
acoustics of buildings, old
are some of our most in- boundaries further, but
buildings which creak and
tense forms of activity we we would fill a book! Ooh a
shift, sounds of dripping
have experienced over the Spooky Sisters book… one
water, dust particles, out-
course of our work. But day who knows - watch this
side noise pollution and
bear in mind these are all space!
wildlife such as rats, bats
condensed into one report.
and pigeons. We will debunk
wherever we can, which
ultimately makes things we
cannot find a logical ex-
planation for all the more
exciting. At the beginning of
our investigating we wanted
to own and use so much
equipment ,especially the
technical equipment we saw
so much of – but as time has
gone on we have realised we
do not need to rely on these
things half as much as we
believed although of course
they all have their place.
Personally, now we rely
more on our own senses as
we believe we have become

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LIZA PPHOENIX

BLACK SHUCK
GHOSTS OF ENGLAND
Early one evening, in the be seen of the apparition. He appeared. It tore around the
Autumn of 1938, Ernest recounted the experience to Church and as it passed by
Whiteland was making his his friends in his local pub. two worshippers, it took their
way home to Ditchingham in It was there that he was told lives. A third victim survived
East Anglia. Along the way that he had seen, Black Shuck, but it was said that he was
he noticed a large black ob- as it had been seen numerous shrivelled up, ‘Like a piece
ject approaching him. As it times in the neighbourhood. of leather scorched in a hot
came closer, he saw that it What was peculiar to the fire’. As soon as it appeared,
was a huge black dog with neighbourhood is that one- it vanished, only to reappear
shaggy fur. It stood at about mile south is Bungay, the later that day some 13 miles
30 inches tall. As the dog ap- place where Black Shuck away in Holy Trinity Church,
proached, Ernest moved into made his first recorded ap- Blythburgh. There, it is said
the middle of the road to let it pearance some 361 years it killed two men and a young
pass. When it came level with before. On the morning of Au- boy, although no official re-
him, it vanished. Bewildered, gust 4th in 1577, parishioners cords exist. The records of the
Ernest wondered if he had were gathered in the Church Church wardens do say that
made a mistake and began to of Saint Mary. While a storm two men were killed when
look down the road and over raged outside, they knelt to the clock tower was struck
the hedges but nothing could pray when a large black dog by lightning and collapsed
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through the roof. It is there front right leg, however, is end, yet the stories of Black
at Holy Trinity Church that drawn upwards and curved Shuck persist. In Catherine
Black Shuck is said to have to the body but again its large Crowe’s Night-Side of Nature
left scorched claw marks on claws can be seen. Beneath or Ghosts and Ghost Seers,
the north door as it passed the body and on the front left 1850, Crowe notes that there
through it on its way out! On leg the fur can be seen to be are many curious stories of
inspection, however, it ap- long and shaggy, a long black birds being seen in rooms
pears distinctly as though tail points low to the ground when death is imminent but
the marks are those from a and on its large head, large most curious is that of the
candle. With this, the only ears and one may argue with black dog. She recounts the
tangible evidence of Black large glowing eyes. A further story of a young lady named
Shuck, it seems that the account attributed to Flem- only as P-. She was sitting to
stories appear to be nothing ing says, work, the windows and doors
more than a legend, yet Abra- ‘This Black Dog, or the devil were shut, when she sudden-
ham Fleming, while enrolled in such a likeness (God he ly noticed a large black dog.
at Peterhouse in Cambridge, knows all who works all,) When she went to put it out,
took time from his studies running all along down the it vanished. She returned to
to make an account of this body of the Church with great her seat and it reappeared
creature in his, A Strange and swiftness, and incredible again. She left to call her
Terrible Wonder in 1577. The haste, among the people, in mother who agreed to wait
title page reads, a visible form and shape, outside the room. If P- was to
‘A strange and terrible won- passed between two persons, see the dog again her mother
der wrought very late in the as they were kneeling upon would come in and catch
parish church of Bongay; a their knees, and occupied in sight of the creature. P- went
town of no great distance prayer as it seemed, wrung in to work and again saw the
from the city of Norwich, the necks of them both in one dog, she called her mother
namely the fourth of Au- instant clean backwards, in but the dog vanished. Soon
gust, in the year of our Lord so much that even at a mo- afterwards her mother fell ill.
1577. In a great tempest of ment where they kneeled, Before she died, she called to
violent rain, lightening and they strangely died.’ her daughter and said, “Re-
thunder, the like whereof One might notice there are member the black dog!”
has been seldom seen. With similarities in the accounts In Cornwall a contemporary
the appearance of a horrible between Bungay and Blyth- report of the time recounts
shaped thing, sensibly per- burgh in that three people a newly wed woman return-
ceived of the people then and were said to be attacked in ing to her husband to request
there assembled. Drawn into each location by a large, su- that he remove a black dog
a plain method according to a pernatural dog, concerning that had got into their nurs-
written copy.’ the often noted discrepancy ery and was laying on their
The last sentence refers to between when the appear- child’s bed. He went up and
the image drawn of Black ances were said to have found that their child had
Shuck in the title page. What happened, both early in the died. John Fraser in his Ghost
is seen is the silhouette of a morning and very late it Hunting, A survivor’s Guide
large black dog in mid stride could be said that the story published in 2010 gives us an
facing to the left. It has three has been copied, even exag- interesting detail. He notes
large paws firmly on the gerated and therefore should that this creature is seen
ground with huge claws. The be passed over as a mere leg- ‘infrequently’ as a symbol of
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impending doom. This crea- build, with

ture, however, is said to have black shaggy
been seen across the country fur and it is said
but not always with a direct that it can give
link to death. In the early a bone chilling
part of the 19th century Lady howl and some-
Walsingham and Lady Rend- times accom-
lesham curious about the panied by the
legend of Black Shuck sat up smell of sul-
one night in the Churchyard at phur, but these
Leiston Church in the hope of last two de-
seeing this mysterious crea- scriptions could
ture. Sure enough their vigil be the work of
was rewarded when they saw an excitable im-
it swiftly moving between agination. The
the gravestones, jump over most impor-
the wall and disappear down tant distinction
the lane. They remained are the eyes.
unharmed. In the Summer of Black Shuck
1993 Alec Fox from Newcastle is reputed to
came for a short holiday to have huge eyes
North Anston, near Sheffield. amongst its
Reaching one of the rocky out- list of unusual
crops nearby he decided to go characteristics.
for a climb. He found himself At an unspeci-
between two columns of rock fied time, near
when he suddenly felt uneasy. Bradwell in the between West Wrattling and
He continued to climb until Peak District, two brothers, Balsham. There a witness
he reached the top. When he both miners, were walking described it as walking on its
looked up and saw some ten home from the pub when hind legs with rough coated
feet away a huge black dog. It Black Shuck padded its way fur and shining eyes. These
stood motionless, stared and up to them. One brother two features, an-ill omen and
growled at him. He climbed described it as having glow- walking on hindlegs, as I will
back down, called for his ing eyes yet the other brother recount, have a personal ef-
friend and they both returned looked and could see nothing fect on myself.
in search of what Mr Fox in front of him. The one who In 2012 I found myself in Bol-
claimed to have seen, but they saw the dog was badly shook ling Hall, to look for ghosts.
could not find any trace of this up and refused to go to work I arrived early but after a
creature. In his recount Mr in the morning. Later that long day I took a seat by the
Fox described the encounter day his brother was killed in doorway of the great Hall.
as not an ‘earthly’ event. the mines. In Cambridgesh- Gill was some distance away
Further descriptions are of it ire, Black Shuck is sometimes from me preparing a plan for
often inhabiting silent lanes, called the Shug Monkey. It the evening when one of the
ancient tracks, coastal paths; has, supposedly, been seen custodians of Bolling Hall ap-
consistently it is of a huge in a lane called Slough Hill peared in the doorway behind
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shoulders. At this myself surrounded by choco-
point his voice lates, cakes, snacks and fizzy
began to tremble drinks and all kinds of tasty
as he continued treats that kids like. As I
with his descrip- spoke to Liz, I mentioned my
tion. He called to curiosity in Black Shuck as
his colleague who her kids played outside. She
turned and saw replied that I should speak
the same thing, to her husband, because
a large black he has seen it! Here, I had
dog standing on the opportunity to speak to
its hind legs in somebody who could give me
the doorway. It details about this creature. I
looked about the decided to make this a part
room for a few of a natural conversation
moments before so as not to encourage any
it dropped to all of the peculiarities or fanci-
four paws. It ful imaginations that might
turned and ran up go along with Black Shuck. I
the stairs. Both wanted to know one thing,
men were ter- just how real is this creature
rified to go and and I considered how I could
MATTIAS THATCH follow it, but they deduce that from the an-
could hear it run- swers I would receive. I took
ning about in the a seat and waited for Liz’s
rooms above. A husband to arrive. The first
me. Gill turned and smiled few days later they time I met him we were in
as she knew the gentleman were again clearing up in the the grounds of a now demol-
from her previous visit. She great hall when they noticed ished hospital. He told me
asked him about that, ‘thing’ a woman in the same door- about his ghostly encounter
he saw. He recounted that way. She asked them if they there, he spoke slowly in a
some time previously he had seen anything peculiar well-considered manner. His
and his colleague (who now as she had lost something. words were matter of fact,
joined him in the doorway) Bewildered, they explained humble and with no sense
were cleaning up in the room what they had seen and she of heroism at having expe-
which I now sat. He heard said, ‘That was it’. She went rienced or seen a ghost. I
a commotion by the door- upstairs and came down found him credible and like-
way, the same one they were again. She said thank you able. When he arrived at
stood in now. He turned to and left. The creature, nor the party he sat nearby and
see it was a large black dog the woman, were seen again. I asked if he had seen Black
standing on its hindlegs The following year I Shuck. He slowly nodded
looking about the room. Gill found myself in Pontefract, I so I asked him about it. He
asked him how big it was and had been invited by a friend said he came home from
he indicated with his hand to to her youngest child’s birth- work one day and went to his
a little under the height of his day. I arrived and found bedroom to get some rest. He
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opened the door and there it was, sitting on his bed.

He closed the door and hurriedly came back down-
stairs, and there again he saw the same huge black
dog with shaggy fur sitting in the garden. It stared
ahead for a few moments and then simply van-
ished. As he told me his story, it fitted his character,
he was always slow to respond, never in a panic but
always in a calm manner. I wondered if he could tell
me about its eyes, Black Shuck is supposed to have
huge eyes and yet that one characteristic fails to
be mentioned in many sightings of it. So, I calmly
asked, ‘What was its eyes like?’ He got up from his
chair and leant over the table. He picked up a plate
and put it down, he looked at a saucer under a cup
and then he picked up a sandwich plate. Here, in
England we often like to enjoy sandwiches or cakes
on a plate about quarter size of a dinner plate but
somewhat larger than a saucer for tea cups. He
picked it up and said, ‘about that size’. I suddenly
found myself with somebody who I found hon-
est and credible, unassuming and may have seen,
Black Shuck. At this point Liz entered the room and
added, ‘A short time after that he had a near fatal
accident.’ Just maybe then, that Black Shuck does
exist and does act as an ill omen in some way. What
is said about Black Shuck is difficult to prove as it is
to dismiss. In 2014 at Leiston abbey, archaeologists
excavated the remains of a huge dog, the height
was about 72cm from the floor to the shoulder and
nearly 7 foot in length which parallels the story
from Ernest Whiteland. The bones, however, date
from 1650-1690 at the earliest. One wonders, if such
a creature existed on this earth could there not be a
supernatural equivalent? We may never have evi-
dence of such an-other worldly creature but there
are numerous accounts that hold the same com-
mon themes of a large black, shaggy dog, appearing
and disappearing at will and frequently acting as
an ill omen. The most curious aspect of Black Shuck
is that as one sifts between folklore and fact, Black
Shuck remains.

~Kester
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El Vampiro de Moca
The Chupacabra which trans- reports alleging that certain marks on their bodies, indi-
lates into "goat-sucker", was organs were also missing cating a sharp object of some
once a creature only known from some of the victim's sort had been inserted into
to the inhabitants of the bodies, without any visible them. It seems that all autop-
tiny island of Puerto Rico. It way for those organs to have sies showed that the slaugh-
has since grown to a global been removed. The sightings ter animals were missing all
phenomenon with sightings continue to increase at an their blood. Even with this
all over the world. The Chu- alarming rate as time goes on fact, police blamed the deaths
pacabra has been attacking by, fueling paranoia and fear. on rapid dogs. The people and
and removing farm animals The first sighting of the Chu- the newspapers decided to
of their blood. As of yet, the pacabra was around February call and sensationalize the at-
Chupacabra, has not attacked 25, 1975, when a Puerto Rican tacks and name it “el Vampiro
humans, although no one can newspaper first reported the de Moca”, translated "Moca
say for certain that this will strange animal deaths in the Vampire."
not happen in the future. The small town of Moca, Puerto By March of that same year,
origin of its name comes from Rico. Mocha which is located the death count had risen to
its earliest attacks, where in the north-western region over some thirty animals. The
goats were found with their of the island. In Moca's neigh- people began to formulate
blood drained and with two borhood Rocha, fifteen cows, their own theories and began
peculiar puncture marks on three goats, two geese, and a spreading it around, that it
their necks. There have been pig were found with puncture was the unknown creature
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was a supernatural bird of ther, which hops like a kanga- this time Puerto Rico did har-
some sort. The theory was roo. This “Alien Theory” came bor several military animal
based on one woman's report about due to many people research laboratories. So, is
of a strange bird pecking at seeing either the creature or the theory of the Government
her rooftop and issuing a ter- moving lights in the sky has turning Puerto Rico into an-
rifying scream. By the 1990’s led them to this speculation other Plum Island, a plausible
the el Vampiro de Moca began that the Chupacabra’s might explanation?
to be called El Chupacabras, be from outer space. Many don’t believe in the
which is likely due to the rap- Another is that it is a half- Chupacabra, and simply state
id spread from Puerto Rico to man, half-beast vampire who it’s just a vampire bat. Their
Mexico, Chile, Brazil and the roams the countryside terror- argument is a valid one as
United States. Reports during izing farm animals. Still oth- the world's three species
this time was spread to Texas, ers say that the Chupacabra is of blood-sucking bats live
Florida, Michigan, Main and a panther-like creature with predominantly in the warm
Oregon. red eyes and a long snake-like climates of Latin America.
So, is the Chupacabra an uni- tongue. The Desmodus Rotundus
dentified species, or perhaps Now, another theory that “Common Vampire Bat”, is one
a dinosaur that never died seems to go with any con- of the most common found
out? No one really knows, spiracy or mystery is, that in the Latin America’s. The
but there are a lot of theories the Government is respon- Chupacabra did originate in
from likely to totally a farce. sible for the creation of the the beginning in Latin Ameri-
One of the speculative theo- creature. At different times in can countries, in the same
ries has placed the Chupac- the 20th century, the U.S. had locations the vampire bats
abra as a resident of another about 25 military or naval are found (Puerto Rico, Costa
galaxy (see the truth behind installations in Puerto Rico, Rica and El Salvador). The
the Chupacabra), and that the some very small ones, as well only problem with this theory
Chupacabra is the pet pan- as large installations. During is, that vampire bats attack
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in groups of large numbers and only one bite dence that New Jersey is one of the top states
mark has been located on the animals. that Puerto Ricans migrate too?
Now in my research for this article, I did The Chupacabra seem to exhibit intelligent
notice a lot of similarities between The Chu- behavior, and they seem to possess some
pacabra and The New Jersey Devil. Their type of skill of at becoming undetectable.
physical descriptions of their physical ap- Some people claim that the structures in their
pearance as well as the type of the wounds. back are some type of wings that gives them
Both of their puncture wounds are often the power of flight. Could this be a reason
described like the classic vampire bite." They have that they have been able to elude captiv-
both have "very large, slanted, glowing red ity and avoid close contact with people?
eyes. Face is flat, perhaps simian-like, body The Chupacabra is like any normal animal in
some say is covered with spotted skin like a the sense that it exhibits normal mating and
frog's” The descriptions just don’t stop there, group behavior. The species dwells under-
they both have "spikes on its head and back" neath the soil in cave-like structures whose
with "chicken legs" that have a 3-toed foot origins and makeup are currently unknown.
about six inches long. The tracks even seem As established already, its food source is the
to match, “such tracks have been found and blood of animals. The Chupacabra does not
photographed in dirt near dead animals. This drink the blood of humans. However, these
creature has been seen to hop, or fly, from the last few years have witnessed an explosion
ground to a tree or from trees to the ground." in the number Chupacabra’s sightings and
This brings me to the thought that maybe the attacks, due to some unknown factor, which
creatures are one in the same. Is it a coinci- leaves you to wonder when are humans next?
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Megalodon
Deafening silence, terrifying approximately 2.6 million dwarfed by the Megalodon.
dark abyss, an unexplored years ago (emphasis on be- Again, you would think there
frontier, I am not talking lieved). While assumed that would be a lot more evidence
about outer space. I am talk- this massive beast is long of this massive man-eating
ing about the world we live gone there have been nu- monstrosity existing in the
in, Earth. The earth is cov- merous sightings over many world today. It is still possi-
ered by approximately 70 years. With only a small per- ble with the lack of evidence
percent water, and we have cent of the ocean being ex- that the Megalodon could still
only explored approximately plored it is not too far fetchedexist, with the ocean being 90
10 percent of it. You read that that the Meg is still out there.percent undiscovered scien-
correctly the human race has It is hard to believe how ever tist are still finding creatures
only explored 10 percent of that there is not concrete that have been thought to be
the ocean long extinct. Scien-
which is the tist are also discov-
majority of ering new creatures
where we call that have been
home. around for millions
Although the of years that are
theme of this just now surfacing.
edition of An example of this
International would be the Giant
Paranormal Squid and the Co-
Inquisi- lossal Squid. These
tor is about two creatures were
“Crypted” be- only discovered in
ings such as the last century. The
Werewolves, Colossal Squid is
Big Foot, and now believed to be
the Loch Ness Monster. I am evidence that the Meg is out the basis of the mythological
going to talk about a creature there since the Megalodon Kraken. So it is possible the
that at one point and time did could reach approximately 60 Megalodon is still lurking in
exist but is believed to be long feet in length and weigh near- the depths of the dark abyss
gone. I am talking about the ly 59 metric tons. To put this that is the ocean.
largest alpha creature to ever in perspective let us compare There have been many sto-
exist in the sea, the Carcharo- the Megalodon to one of the ries of the sightings of the
cles Megalodon or the Mega- most feared living sharks the Megalodon and spread across
lodon, aka “Meg.” Great White Shark. The Great the globe. In the early 1900
The Megalodon existed mil- White Shark is about 20 feet in fisherman in Australia told
lions of years ago and is length and weighs only 4200 a story of a giant shark that
believed to have gone extinct lbs. The Great White Shark is was able to take a fishing boat
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apart in bite. The fisherman and is readily available on directly from a movie script,
of this area believed the story the internet. In the video you the group of friends are never
so much that no one would see a group of friends enjoy- found and only the camera
fish in area that was a deeper ing a nice fishing trip during is recovered. It is believed
part of the ocean due to the the day, the video cuts to two that the events that occurred
fear of this giant shark ravag- hours later at night. While were similar to a shark at-
ing their boats. still showing the group still tack. However, for the boat to
Another story is of an expe- fishing, it quickly turns into be taken down this quickly it
rienced veteran captain of a scene from a horror movie. would have to be a shark the
boat claimed that he had his There is a loud hammering size of the Megalodon
55-foot-long boat anchored sound as the boat and crew These sightings can seem to
and a shark as long as the bounce as something rams it. be far fetched and possibly
boat swam by. The captain of The group look at each other scripted, but there is still
this vessel was very certain in disbelief and confusion. the possibility that they are
that the creature he encoun- Seconds later the frightening true. There may not be any
tered was a shark and was sound happens again, this evidence to support these
positive it was not a whale of time the video turns side- claims, there is also no evi-
any sort. When the crew of the ways as the camera falls to dence to dispute these claims.
ship was questioned about the ground. Even with camera In the end it comes down to
the sighting, the all refused to falling it is clear that the boat what you believe and want to
comment on weather or not has already began to capsize believe. I personally believe
they witnessed a large shark and sink. The group of friends that the Meg still exist and is
pass by the boat. struggle to stay up right and living in the deep deep terri-
In 2013 a group of friends attempt to stay on the boat, fying ocean. The ocean is en-
charted a boat for fishing water is rushing in from tirely to large and unexplored
off the African coast. One of every side. There are sounds for there not the be a man
the members of this group of more thundering hits to eating beast that will haunt
recorded their adventures. the boat, and then the screen sailors nightmares until the
This video has been played goes black. While the events end of time.
on shark shows on television sound like they are taken Megalodon is out there!!!!!!!
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SHAWNAHOOC
Our next story we turn to the to attack it with arrows, but One story is with a business-
lovely city of Loveland. Love- they were unsuccessful. man driving along a road
land is situated in three coun- Fortunately, the creature did late at night. In this story,
ties Hamilton, Clermont, and not attack them, just simply the driver was heading out of
Warren counties and is in the looked at them, then dove into the Branch Hill neighborhood
southwestern part of the U.S. the river. The Shawnee said when he saw three figures
state of Ohio. This city was it was a supernatural being standing erect on their hind
once a busy railroad town, called a ‘Shawnahooc’ which legs along the side of the road.
but now it is just a major stop means ‘demon of the river’. In the other two versions of
along the Little Miami Scenic This city of 12,732 people the story, the creatures were
Trail. began to circulate stories of spotted under or over a poorly
Now before beginning this an unknown creature around lit bridge, which bridge is
legend, it is important to 1955. The reports described unknown as there are several
bring up the Native Ameri- creatures that stood erect on bridges in Loveland going
cans folklore, that used to their hind legs, each 3 to 4 over the Little Miami river.
reside in the area. The Shaw- feet (0.91 to 1.22 m) in height, Now this next part is what
nee had told tales of a crea- with leathery skin and frog causes the confusion. The
ture that had been spotted in faces. The people of Loveland thought that they are cryptids
this area, on the river banks. circulated three different from the general description
They said they often sighted encounters that slightly vary, as naked and hairless, also
this creature while out hunt- with these creatures they call having web hands and feet.
ing. In one tale, they decided the “Frogman of Loveland”. The story continues telling
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that he watched the figures he slammed on his brakes he stated, it wasn’t walk-
hold a conversation for what to keep from running it over. ing upright and didn’t climb
seemed like hours, until one Once he stopped, he stated he over the guardrail as Officer
of them held a wand over had the animal in sight with Shockey claimed. legend. The
its head and fired a spray of his headlights. He said the creature crawled under the
sparks, which caused him to animal was resembled a frog guardrail. Officer Matthews
flee the scene. The introduc- by the way it just sat there. said he “had no clue what it
tion of this wand could lead Then the animal stood up on was.” Staring at it in disbelief,
many to believe it was an al- two feet and stared directly at he decided to act quickly. “I
ien lifeform versus a cryptid. him. Finally, it turned away know no one would believe
This story circulated for many from him and jumped over a me, so I shot it,” he said.
years and was discounted by guard rail down into the Little In August of 2016, Sam Jacobs
many as just a local urban Miami River. He described as was said to have spotted
legend. That’s when the ur- being 3 to 4 feet tall, 50 to 75 the infamous creature. Sam
ban legend took a sharp turn pounds, with leathery skin was playing “Pokemon Go”
and brought this story to life and resembling a frog. When on Loveland Madeira Road.
and to everyone’s attention. he called other Officers to re- Jacobs said he crossed train
On March 3, 1972, at approxi- spond, and they investigated tracks to Lake Isabella when
mately 1:00 a.m., Loveland his claim, they found that the he saw something out of the
police officer Ray Shockey guardrail had been scratched ordinary.
was traveling on Riverside extensively right where it He saw what appeared to be
Drive headed into Loveland. was reported that he saw the a frog near the water, but
Officer Shockey said he was animal climb over the guard- not an ordinary frog. He then
driving slow due to icy roads, rail. stated the frog stood up and
that’s when he saw an animal Later that month, Officer Mat- walked on its two hind legs.
on the side of the road. The thews was driving on Kemper Sam described the frog at
animal ran across the road Road when he saw something being 4 feet tall, just as the
and the Officer Shockey said run across the road. However, legend claims. Sam knew no
one would believe him, so
he took some photos and
videos of it to support his
encounter.
The city of Loveland has de-
cided to embrace the Legend
of the Frogman. The city
has teams called the Frog-
men, 5K races called the
Frogman. Local merchants
have jumped in and started
marketing the Frogman leg-
end, from canoe outfitters
telling tales of the creature
in the water ways, to film-
makers releasing films.
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subject.
It took me quite a long time
after my sighting occurred
to report it to the BFRO, and
then it took me even more
time to be brave enough to
start camping and going out
into the forests to try to have
more experiences of my own.
At this point I have embraced
being outdoors and I often
remote camp, even by my-
self. The beauty and lure of
the trees outweigh any fears
about what might be lurking

Investigating
behind them. I am very care-
ful when I go out, but at this
point I don’t think that any-

Bigfoot in Ohio
thing could keep me away.
My home is in Northeastern
Ohio, right along the border
by: Amy Bue with Pennsylvania. I spend a
lot of time in my neighboring
state’s Allegheny National
Forest, but some of my most
compelling experiences have
taken place in Ohio itself. My
As a Bigfoot Investigator liv- My own initial sighting that main area that I take reports
ing in Northeastern Ohio, I got me interested in the sub- and interview witnesses
have had all kinds of inter- ject of Bigfoot and Cryptozo- from is Columbiana County.
esting experiences across ology was in Ohio’s Mahoning Home of the original Ohio
the Buckeye State. Although County in the spring of 2012. Howl recording, Columbiana
it’s surprising to many peo- I was in a vehicle passing County has a rich history of
ple, Ohio is currently 5th in over Meander Reservoir, and I Bigfoot sightings that con-
line for the most sightings saw what looked like a large, tinue to this day. I’ve inter-
reported through the BFRO’s hairy, bipedal creature hold- viewed a mother and daugh-
(Bigfoot Field Researchers ing onto a tree and staring ter who saw a Bigfoot come
Organization) public data out at the water. Because my out of the woods from their
base. We’re not sure if it’s sighting occurred from ap- left and cross the road in
the topography, geology, food proximately 100 yards away, front of their car. It was drip-
sources, or something totally I still can’t be absolutely sure ping wet from a misty rain
different that accounts for about what it was. But I do and they were surprised at
that fact; but whatever the know that what it looked like how thin it was. Another wit-
reason, Bigfoot encounters was a Bigfoot. And since that ness was riding bicycles with
are alive and well in Ohio. day, I’ve been hooked on the a friend along the Greenway
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Trail down in Lisbon, Ohio. very exciting life as a Bigfoot can’t explain.
They said that rocks were hit- Investigator. They are right Since 2012, I have had a few
ting their helmets, and when and they are wrong. Besides experiences that I will al-
they stopped to look, they doing my research, I am also ways wonder about. I was
saw a Bigfoot stooped down a teacher and I have my fam- with a group of researchers
in a creek bed. Reports where ily that I’m busy with. When down in Shawnee State Park
there are more than one wit- I do get to spend time in the in Southern Ohio. We were
ness have the obvious advan- woods either searching on sitting along a remote road
tage of having two or more my own or with a witness, at dusk when a rock came
people to cross examine and the truth is that it is very whizzing out of the forest
compare their observations seldom that I am intrigued by and flew past all of us. We
with. In both of these cases, any noises or happenings as never saw anything, but we
everything matched. Details far as Bigfoot is concerned. I all knew that there are no
such as the wet fur and the love seeing deer, and bears, recognized animals in the
size of the rocks thrown are and owls, and all of the other forest that throw rocks. An-
things that could easily differ, animals that are abundant in other time, I was at a nature
but the fact that all witnesses Ohio and across North Ameri- preserve in the middle of the
agreed on them made the re- ca. I am not easily convinced, night. We had driven miles
ports all the more intriguing. however, that strange sounds into a remote part of the
My favorite report I’ve in- are anything other than the forest. The group I was with
vestigated in Ohio was from wind or a fox screaming in got out of our truck and set
a witness who saw what he the night; but occasionally, up some chairs to make a
described as a 4-foot tall, ju- something happens that I base camp, when everything
venile, white Bigfoot standing
20 feet from him and swaying
back and forth before dart-
ing in and out of the trees.
He got repeated looks at the
creature, and what made this
witness so compelling is that
he is a wildlife exterminator.
He was in the woods that day
culling coyotes, and he didn’t
have anything else on his
mind. I went with him to the
area where his sighting hap-
pened and listened to him re-
tell exactly what he saw. This
man knows animals, and he
couldn’t explain what he saw
that day in any other way
than to say it was a Bigfoot. I
believe him.
People often tell me that
they are sure I must lead a
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got quiet. Suddenly we could The most compelling

hear something loud crash- thing that has hap-
ing through tree branches pened to me occurred
on a ledge up above us. You last year, in the spring
could hear it coming in hori- of 2018. I was helping
zontally from a good distance with an expedition
away, and not straight down. in Southern Ohio. It
We all ducked and covered was the last night,
our heads as a tree stump and we were all tired
hit the ground about 5 feet from getting very little
away from where we were sleep for four days
sitting. Even if I would try to straight. There was a
explain that away as being light rain, and I want-
from a person, that guess ed to leave. My team
would fall short. No man needed me to stay and
that I know could throw that take a few people out,
heavy stump so far and with so of course I agreed.
such force. As we drove out The night before, we
of that area later, we heard had hiked a long way
rocks clacking together and a through the forest; so
strange howl. this night we decided

to sit and listen at a loca-

tion looking down a power
line cut. Some people call
these cuts Bigfoot Highways
because so many sightings
have been reported close to
them. The theory is that the
creatures use these paths
because just like for humans,
the walking would be easier
than through a forest with
underbrush and fallen trees.
There were four of us sitting
there when one of the men
I was with shouted that he
could see something through
his thermal imaging camera.
He passed it to me, and both
of us took turns looking at
a very large figure that was
walking away from us. It
finally disappeared over an
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embankment that led down at some possible

a steep hill into a creek. We evidence discovered
didn’t realize just how large on the Olympic Pen-
this creature was until we insula. While I think
sent some fellow research- a scientific explana-
ers down to stand at the exact tion is possible, oth-
location where we first saw ers look at Bigfoots
it. It had been right next to as being more para-
the base of one of the tow- normal. Although
ers, and we were able to line some people in the
the person up for a good community clash
comparison. When I saw over such differing
how much smaller my friend ideas, I think there is
was than this creature that room for debate and
we had just seen, my knees differing viewpoints.
actually buckled in fear. We After all, none of us
looked for footprints the next are sure. Time will
day, but the tall grass matted tell what happens in
down along the towers kept the search for Bigfoot
anything from showing. I will in Ohio and beyond.
never forget that night, and I
dreamt of what I had seen for
several nights to come.
I am not a Bigfoot expert.
Nobody is. There are many
people with differing opin-
ions about what these crea-
tures could be. I look at them
as a possible undiscovered
North American primate.
Whether they are more hu-
man or more ape-like, I don’t
know. I cofounded a group
called Project Zoobook which
includes several primatolo-
gists, zoologists, biologists,
and anthropologists along-
side other Bigfoot research-
ers. We have conference calls
to discuss new discoveries
and ideas relating to Bigfoot.
We visit zoos and go into the
woods together. A few of us
are flying out to Washington
State again this year to look
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In this article I would like to take the readers to

the wonderful world of Abandoned in Bulgaria.
Silvia Yor, has decided to share some of her won-
derful photos. Most of the abandoned buildings
are located in the Village Pet Mogili, which is
located in South-Eastern region of Bulgaria. It is
part of Nova Zagora municipality.
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Trandumskogen – The Dark forest

WW2 Execution area…

T randumskogen is a for-
est located in Ullensaker,
Akershus county, Norway.
mass graves discovered, that
were committed by the Nazi’s
during the war.
that committed this heinous
and brutal crime. The execu-
tioner, ‘Oscar Hans, a German
This site contains a 300-me- In May of 1945, the first SS-Hauptsturmführer’, who
ter-long firing range for discoveries were made, and was forced to point out where
tanks. After the fall and the graves was located.
occupation of Norway 194 Souls just let that
during World War II, the number sink in… 173
Nazi soldiers practiced souls were Norwegians.
firing here for the re- Then we have 15 Rus-
mainder of World War sians, and finally 6 Brit-
2. The large 10-meter- ons. All executed here in
tall reinforced concrete Trandumskogen during
walls are riddled with this terrible war. The
huge holes that were men who were trans-
penetrated by the mas- ported here arrived
sive shells of the occu- early in the morning
pier’s tanks. However, before the staff came
they are still standing to work in the Trandum
today and are remind- camp, which is located
ers of the activity that nearby. When they ar-
once took place here in rived here, they did not
the past. Unbeknownst know what horror laid
to the residents at the ahead for them. The
time, the firing range prisoners were placed
had another sinister function. those discoveries would on the tombs and all shot.
These walls were designed to lead to a total of 194 souls They all were shot in the neck
act as a silencer for what the executed and buried here at at the same time on the com-
occupation forces true intent this location. Many of these mand “Feuer” and allowed
for this area really was. souls, had been sentenced to to bleed to death. These poor
At first site, this location is death by the German occupa- souls did not even receive a
a tranquil and very beauti- tion forces. However, many of proper burial. They were all
ful forest. However, it is the them were just arbitrary ex- just tossed into a giant hole
site of one of the most brutal ecutions. There was in total a in the ground like discarded
atrocities of World War II, discovery of 18 different mass trash and hastily buried in
committed by the Nazi’s in graves in this forest area. their mass grave.
Norway. This site holds the This discovery was due to the For the 194 men, that journey
distinction of one of the first capture of the perpetrator, to the forest area in Ullen-
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saker, this would be their could see first hand the evil skogen was unveiled. Crown
last moments in this world. they had rallied for and sup- Prince Olav stood for the cer-
Never to see the blue skies ported. This memory will emony. Per Palle Storm, artist
and enjoy the beauty of the forever be engraved in their and sculptor and professor at
world. Never to see their minds for their remaining the National Art Academy had
families and loved ones ever lives. carried out the artistic part
again. Never allowed to enjoy Once, the bodies were ex- of the work, of this memorial.
the things that brought them humed, the process of iden- The memorial is carved of
happiness, ever light Granite (Id-
again. They were defjordgranitt).
just erased from To the south
this world. side an inscrip-
The Nazi execu- tion is carved
tions were per- in Norwegian.
formed in secret, The same text
as many were. translated into
Overall, there were Russian is cut
10,000 souls who into the east side
died in war-related and in English
acts in Norway to the west side.
during World War The memorial is
II. The number is located south of
around 400 that the burial ground.
were executed, The memorial
by the dark and lists the names of
twisted evil Nazi those who were
regime. What this executed there.
means in terms The memorial
to this location, is that about tification would begin. Every has the status as a Norwegian
half of the executions that executed soul would regain national memorial.
took place in Norway, oc- their name and identity. They The text on the memorial
curred in Trandumskogen. would not be forgotten and reads.
After the war, Norwegian citi- never erased, like the Nazi IN THE COMBAT FOR FREEDOM
zens who assisted and sup- executioner had planned. DURING THE 1940-1945 WAR
ported the Nazi regime, were The medical identification 173 NORWEGIANS 15 SOVJET-
tried and sentenced for trea- of these souls was led by a SUBJECTS AND 6 BRITONS WERE
son. Those found guilty of professor in forensic medi- HERE IN THE WOODS OF
treason and leading members cine. This professor would be TRANDUM EXECUTED BY THE
of the Norwegian national Georg Waaler, who was as- ENEMY
socialist party Nasjonal Sam- sisted by dentist Ferdinand
ling, were forced to open the Strøm. My first meeting
mass graves. They exhumed Fast forwarding through the The first time I went to visit
all the bodies of the executed Post War rebuilding years of this area, was in 2014. I had
prisoners. This punishment Norway. On 10 October 1954, just begun my journey as a
was a lesson to them, so they the memorial in Trandum- paranormal investigator. I
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was oblivious to all the en- of the range, we could hear when it began to happen. All
ergy that I would encounter, someone or something walk- our equipment began to be
in such an area like this. Even ing around us, and it slowly drained, and a drainage that
though I’ve been spiritual and kept coming closer to us. For was rapid! The trail camera
open most of my life, and the one of the first times in my that is designed to last for
fact I had en- days, had
countered many to have the
spirits before, batteries
this would be replaced
something new twice! This
and unknown to occurred
me. in under 10
My recollec- minutes.
tions of this dark My team
autumn night are member
very clear. I recall and my-
how foreboding self could
the tank firing feel how
gates stood, and the ten-
how they repre- sion was
sented a beacon beginning
in to another to build up.
world. It was the We knew
dusk, and at the that some-
moment that thing was
night time was going to
fast approach- occur. As I
ing, that I began my entrance life I felt genuinely afraid of nervously whispered to my
into this location. I remember the dark, as my mind was team member, my senses
feeling that I was cold, so cold clueless of what was lurking picked up on something. I felt
that it went right to my core, in this tunnel. and could hear a man ap-
as we walked through the The first thing one must proaching behind me. As my
ominous gates for the very overcome as a paranormal mind was panicking at the
first time. investigator is the fear of the inevitable was when I felt
It was like a force field met us dark, which has never been it. I felt a strong blow right
in the middle of the tank fir- a problem for me. However, behind my knees! It felt as
ing range. The feeling I recall, that dark October night, I was something or someone was
felt like I was not allowed really struggling. I kept tell- trying to knee me down to the
inside. Despite feeling this ing myself I was imagining ground. I managed to quickly
kind of resistance, that was things, and that the steps recover my balance and stood
getting stronger as we passed were not real and coming straight up. As I stood up,
each wall, we kept going closer. Another team mem- something happened. I was
through. We finally made it to ber and I were the only ones overcome with a sudden feel-
the end of the tunnel. As we in the tunnel. As we stood in ing of empowerment. I felt
stood in the tunnel at the end the tunnel, gripped by fear is stronger and safer than I had
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felt before. walking alone through the
This moment became my concrete gates. I have no
strongest physical encounter fear of sitting in the dark,
that I had experienced. Right amongst the crosses and
here in the middle of a con- the fir threes in this area
crete tunnel, in the dark for- with its tragic history. I
est that held such a sad past. feel blessed as I can com-
This experience solidified my municate with them and
desire and thirst for the Spir- keep reminding them, that
itual world and the search for they are not forgotten, and
answers. How could I ever go their lives meant some-
back to normal? I had to keep thing! They were never
visititing places like this, to a waste! They stood up
see what kinds of experiences to tyranny and evil. They
I would have. fought for a better and
The investigation that night, safer world for us! Free-
we received an abundance of dom for the Norwegian
evidence. We received clear people, and for that they
Evp’s (Electronic Voice Phe- will always remain in our
nomenon), with names that hearts and forever loved.
matched the memorial lists!
Our flashlights flickered and
died. All our equipment was
rapidly drained. The both of
us could feel and hear how
the spirits had surrounded
us, as we were walking
through the pathway un-
derneath the fir threes. This
meeting that would begin
from sheer terror, had ended
in recognition and under-
standing.
As the years have passed
by, I have visited Trandum-
skogen many times. The one
thing that I notice is the en-
ergy shift. The energy keeps
getting lighter. It seems, as
the spirits here keep telling
us their stories one by one. It
feels like they have accepted
my presence there and we
are old acquaintances.
Today I have no problems
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REVENANT ACRES
FARM CLOSES
In March, it was announced withingly, one of the tidbits that There are also reports of pos-
great sadness and remorse, thathas been discovered about sessions taking place on the
the owner of Revenant acres the home is that the prop- premises.
Farm in Charlottesville, Indiana
erty was first bought by a My colleague Dave Spinks
had passed away. With that said,
family named Van Meter. I and I spent some time in
the family announced they will found this, at the least, curi- various locations in the re-
be closing the house off to theous since there's a famous gion prior to Halloween, and
public. So, a date of March 30th
case from 1903 dubbed the this was the first stop on our
was set as the last Public Inves-
"Van Meter Visitor." Now, tour. Needless to say, it didn't
tigation. Right before the lastthose incidents took place disappoint, and we had some
investigation took place, another
in a small town called Van incredible experiences.
announcement was made that Meter in Iowa and involved
would shock the paranormal a bizarre bat-like creature Find us on Facebook
community. The announcement and paranormal events that
made was “For all those asking terrorized the town. You may @Eerie Lights
we have received confirmation think I'm grasping for straws
from the family, that they willwith a connection, however
be leveling out the house and the
let me say this. I was sur-
land will be farmed. **Please Do
prised when I heard about
Not Trespass on the property out
the possible Van Meter con-
of respect**” nection and when I had the
chance, I did some research.
The following is an article As it turns out, the town of
by famed investigator and Van Meter, Iowa, was named
author David Weatherly. after Jacob Rhoads Van Meter,
In rural Northeast Indiana, a man originally from Indi-
there's a creepy old farm- ana. Again, perhaps it's mere
house known as Revenant coincidence, but it's strange
Acres. Sitting on 30 acres at the least. Maybe there's
with open fields around it, something to the theory that
the house is one of those that paranormal activity follows
gives you and odd, unsettling certain family names and
feeling as soon as you pull in lines. Revenant Acres itself
the drive. is reputed to display a wide
The house dates back to the range of paranormal events.
1800s and there's little known Disembodied voices, polter-
about its history or the many geist activity and strange
residents that have lived in lights have been reported by
it over the years. Interest- various investigating teams.
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We journey down into Corbin

Kentucky.

Tubzz Exploration takes us on a

view of an abandoned farm. The
farm was once owned by Alvin W.
“Shorty” Ott. He died in 2007, and
the house has sat unoccupied. So
let’s take a look at some of these
photos.
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Instrumental
Landell was reluctant to share
details of the box

TransCommunication
with anyone, as the Church
did not approve of any forms

Timeline
of spirit communication other
than such traditional Chris-
tian techniques as prayer. The
reports of the altar boy were
officially recorded, however.
The following timeline was provided by
World ITC, so go to their website @ http:// 1920s
www.worlditc.org/ Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the electric
light, the motion picture camera, and phono-
graph, was busily at work in his laboratory
1901
building a machine to achieve spirit commu-
US ethnologist Waldemar Bogoras traveled
nication with the dead. His assistant, Dr Miller
to Siberia to visit a shaman of the Tchouktchi
Hutchinson, wrote, “Edison and I are con-
tribe. In a darkened room, he observed a spir-
vinced that in the fields of psychic research
it conjuring ritual. The shaman beat a drum
will yet be discovered facts that will prove
more and more rapidly, putting himself in a
of greater significance to the thinking of the
trance state. Startled, Bogoras heard strange
human race than all the inventions we have
voices filling the room. The voices seemed to
ever made in the field of electricity.”
come from all corners and spoke English and
Edison himself wrote, “If our personality sur-
Russian. After the session, Bogoras wrote, “I
vives, then it is strictly logical or scientific to
set up my equipment so I could record with-
assume that it retains memory, intellect, oth-
out light. The shaman sat in the furthest cor-
er faculties, and knowledge that we acquire
ner of the room, approximately 20 feet away
on this Earth. Therefore … if we can evolve
from me. When the light was extinguished the
an instrument so delicate as to be affected by
spirits appeared after some ‘hesitation’ and,
our personality as it survives in the next life,
following the wishes of the shaman, spoke
such an instrument, when made available,
into the horn of the phonograph.”
ought to record something.”
The recording showed a clear difference be-
Unfortunately, Edison died before he could
tween the speech of the shaman, audible in
complete his invention. Yet, as he lay dying,
the background, and the spirit voices which
he remarked to his physician, "It is very beau-
seemed to have been located directly at the
tiful over there." Edison was a scientist, very
mouth of the horn. All along, the shaman's
factual, and as a scientist would never have
ceaseless drum beats can be heard as if to
reported "It is very beautiful over there," un-
prove that he remained in the same spot.
less he believed it to be true.
This was the first known experiment in
which voices of "conjured spirits" were re- 1925
corded on an electrical recording device. Brazilian researcher Oscar d’Argonell wrote
the book, Voices from Beyond by Telephone,
1910
which reported details of his long telephone
Catholic altar boy in Brazil often saw his
dialogs with spirit friends, including many
priest, Roberto Landell do Moura, commu-
interesting verifications and explanations of
nicating with a small box. The priest would
how the spirit collaborators made the calls.
speak to the box, and it would speak back. Fr
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1936 him with when he was a boy. He realized then
American photographer Attila von Szalay that he was truly speaking with his father.
began experimenting with a record cutter Though his joy at his father's apparent sur-
and had moderate success capturing spirit vival was mixed with fear. Did he have any
voices on phonograph records. In the 1940s right to speak with the dead? Eventually the
he had better success with a wire recorder. two men visited Pope Pius XII in Rome. Father
In the 1950s writer Raymond Bayless began Gemelli, deeply troubled, told the Pope of the
a collaboration with von Szalay, and the two experience. To his surprise the Pope patted
men documented von Szalay’s results in an his shoulder and said, “Dear Father Gemelli,
article for the American Society for Psychical you really need not worry about this. The
Research in 1959. Neither the Society nor the existence of this voice is strictly a scientific
authors received a single response from read- fact and has nothing whatsoever to do with
ers. spiritism. The recorder is totally objective. It
1949 receives and records only sound waves from
Marcello Bacci of Grosseto, Italy, began ex- wherever they come. This experiment may
perimenting in the paranormal. Soon he perhaps become the cornerstone for a build-
began recording voices using an old vacuum ing for scientific studies which will strengthen
tube radio. A spirit team developed around people's faith in a hereafter.” The good fa-
his work, and they spoke to him through the ther was somewhat reassured. But he made
radio sounds. People would visit him in his lab certain that the experiment did not go public
at home, and very often their departed loved until the last years of his life. It wasn't until
ones would talk to them through Mr Bacci’s ra- 1990 that the results were published.
dio. Today, Marcello Bacci still uses the vacu- 1959
um tube radio, and his spirit friends not only The man who was to become a great pioneer
talk to him, but sometimes they sing to him. in the recording of voice phenomena, Swedish
1950s film producer Friedrich Juergenson, captured
In Italy, two Catholic priests, Father Ernetti voices on audiotape while taping bird songs.
and Father Gemelli, were collaborating on He was startled when he played the tape back
music research. Ernetti was an internation- and heard a male voice say something about
ally respected scientist, a physicist and phi- "bird voices in the night." Listening more
losopher, and also a music lover. Gemelli was intently to his tapes, he heard his mother's
President of the Papal Academy. On Septem- voice say in German, “Friedrich, you are be-
ber 15, 1952, while Gemelli and Ernetti were ing watched. Friedel, my little Friedel, can you
recording a Gregorian chant, a wire on their hear me?”
magnetophone kept breaking. Exasperated, Juergenson said that when he heard his moth-
Father Gemelli looked up and asked his father er's voice, he was convinced, he had made "an
for help. To the two men's amazement, his important discovery." During the next four
father's voice, recorded on the magnetophone, years, Juergenson continued to tape hundreds
answered, “Of course I shall help you. I'm al- of paranormal voices. He played the tapes at
ways with you.” an international press conference and in 1964
They repeated the experiment, and this time published a book in Swedish: Voices from the
a very clear voice filled with humor said, “But Universe and then another entitled Radio Con-
Zucchini, it is clear, don't you know it is I?” tact with the Dead.
Father Gemelli stared at the tape. No one 1967
knew the nickname his father had teased Franz Seidel, Vienna, developed the "psycho-
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phone". Theodore Rudolph developed a goni- other sounds. But when the scientists played
ometer for Raudive's experiments. Thomas back the tape, to their amazement, they heard
Edison spoke through West German clairvoy- over two hundred voices on it.
ant Sigrun Seuterman, in trance, about his Experimenting in the electronic voice phe-
earlier efforts in 1928 to develop equipment nomenon (EVP) became very popular in Eu-
for recording voices from the beyond. Edison rope in the 60's and 70's. Many individuals and
also made suggestions as to how to modify TV groups collected voices over their home tape
sets and tune them to 740 megahertz to get recorders.
paranormal effects. (Session recorded on tape 1971
by Paul Affolter, Liestal, Switzerland). Paul Jones, G.W. Meek and Hans Heckman,
1967 Americans, opened a laboratory. First serious
Juergenson's Radio Contact with the Dead was research to create a two-way voice communi-
translated into German, and Latvian psycholo- cation system far more sophisticated that the
gist Dr Konstantin Raudive read it skeptically. equipment used in EVP approach.
He visited Juergenson to learn his methodol- 1972
ogy, decided to experiment on his own, and Peter Bander, England, wrote Carry on Talk-
soon began developing his own experimen- ing, published in US as Voices From the Tapes:
tal techniques. Like Juergenson, Raudive too Recordings from the Other World, 1973.
heard the voice of his own deceased mother, 1973
who called him by his boyhood name: "Ko- Josephand Michael Lamoreaux, Washington
stulit, this is your mother." Eventually he State, had success with recording paranormal
catalogued tens of thousands of voices, many voices after reading Raudive's book.
under strict laboratory conditions. 1973, spiritual researchers George and Jean-
1968 nette Meek met a psychically gifted man,
Fr Leo Schmid conducted EVP experiments in William O'Neil, who could see and hear spirits.
his small parish in Oeschgen, Switzerland. His The Meeks provided funding and direction for
results were published in his book, "When the a ground-breaking project of advanced spirit
Dead Speak", in 1976, shortly after his death. communication, and O'Neil provided the nec-
1968 essary psychic skills and electronics know-
Raudive published his book "Unhoerbares how.
wird hoerbar" (The Inaudible Becomes Audi- O'Neil recruited several of his spirit friends
ble), based on 72,000 voices he recorded. into the project. One of his invisible colleagues
1971 was the spirit of Dr George Jeffries Mueller, a
The chief engineers of Pye Records Ltd. decided deceased college physics teacher who simply
to do a controlled experiment with Konstantin appeared in O'Neil's living room one day as a
Raudive. They invited him to their sound lab semi-materialized spirit, and announced that
and installed special equipment to block out he was there to assist in the project of Meek
any radio and television signals. They would and O'Neil. It became a rather astonishing
not allow Raudive to touch any of the equip- collaboration between dimensions: Doc Muel-
ment. ler in spirit helping Bill O'Neil on Earth design
Raudive used one tape recorder which was a new piece of electromagnetic equipment
monitored by a control tape recorder. All he that would convert spirit voices into audible
could do was speak into a microphone. They voices. Appropriately christened Spiricom, the
taped Raudive's voice for eighteen minutes new device was a set of tone generators and
and none of the experimenters heard any frequency generators that emitted 13 tones
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spanning the range of the adult male voice. ple like Friedrich Juergenson and Konstantin
1974 Raudive, and they became very excited and
Death of Konstantin Raudive. inspired by the news from the States.
1975 1982
William Addams Welch, Hollywood script Hans Otto Koenig began developing new spirit
writer and playwright, authored Talks With communication technologies, employing ex-
the Dead. tremely low frequency oscillators, as well as
1979 lights in the ultraviolet and infrared range.
Reports of spirit telephone calls were becom- 1983
ing widespread, and D. Scott Rogo catalogued Hans Otto Koenig appeared on a popular radio
them in his book, "Telephone Calls from the program on Europe’s largest radio station,
Dead,”. Radio Luxembourg. The host, Rainer Holbe,
Fall of 1980 had Koenig set up his equipment under close
Spiricom had advanced to the point where Doc supervision of the station engineers. One of
Mueller's spirit voice, although quite buzzy, the engineers asked if a voice could come
was loud and easily understandable, and through in direct reply to a question, and a
Meek and O'Neil soon catalogued more than 20 voice quickly replied, “We hear your voice. Otto
hours of dialog with their spirit colleague Doc Koenig makes wireless contact with the dead.”
Mueller. These are reported in some detail in Stunned, Rainer Holbe addressed the millions
the book After We Die, What Then? by George of listeners across Europe, “I tell you, dear
Meek. Listeners of Radio Luxembourg, and I swear by
In 1982, G. W. Meek made a trip around the the life of my children, that nothing has been
world to distribute tape recordings of 16 ex- manipulated. There are no tricks. It is a voice,
cerpts of communications between William J. and we do not know from where it comes.”
O'Neil and an American scientist who died 14 1984-1985
years earlier. He also distributed a 100-page Ken Webster received some 250 spirit mes-
technical report giving wiring diagrams, pho- sages in his computers from a 16th-Century
tos, technical data and guidelines for research Englishman named Thomas Harden who was
by others. apparently “haunting” Webster’s house. Hard-
1980-1981 en claimed that he had owned the same house
Manfred Boden (West-Germany) obtains unso- some four centuries earlier. Harden in spirit
licited computer print-outs from "spirit" com- was apparently rather stuck in time, referring
municator’s. Before that he claims received to Webster’s computer as a “light box” and
telephone calls. Until 1983 he has also unso- typing a message to Webster onto the screen
licited contacts with communicators of non- on one occasion, “What strange words you are
human evolution. speaking, although I must admit that I had
only a poor school education myself. You are
1982
a good person and you have a fantastic wife.
Sarah Estep started the American Association
But you live in my house. It was a big crime
of Electronic Voice Phenomenon (AAEVP) and
to steal my home.” The many messages from
quickly assembled a list of hundreds of EVP
Harden were in Olde English dialect and con-
experimenters to receive her newsletter. Her
tained extensive details of Harden’s personal
book, Voices of Eternity, became very popular.
life, as well as life of that era, which were later
In Europe, thousands of people were already
confirmed through research at Oxford Library.
following up on the EVP experiments of peo-
Webster’s book, The Vertical Plane, documents
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those ITC contacts. Rockefeller told German physicist Ernst Sen-

1985 kowski, “The Mahatmas are a reality.” Nine-
Klaus Schreiber began to receive spirit images teenth-Century chemist Henri Ste. Claire de
on his TV set, including the faces of scientist Ville told American and German researchers,
Albert Einstein, Austrian actress Romy Schnei- “It is our job as well as your job to set fire to
der, and various departed family members, es- minds—to set fire to minds in your world, and
pecially his two deceased wives and daughter in that moment to try to master time.” When
Karin, with whom he was particularly close. I visited the couple in 1994, spirit friend Kon-
His technique, set up by his colleague Martin stantin Raudive told us in English, through the
Wenzel, involved aiming a videocamera at the radios, “It can only work when the vibrations
television and feeding the output of the cam- of those present are in complete harmony and
era back into the TV, in order to achieve a feed- when their aims and intentions are pure.” He
back loop. The result was a churning mist on then went on to address the five of us individ-
the screen out of which the spirit faces would ually, with a very personal message for each
slowly form over a period of many frames. of us.
Schreiber’s spectacular results were the sub- 1987
ject of a TV documentary and book by popular Death of Friedrich Juergenson,
radio-television commentator Rainer Holbe in 1987
nearby Luxembourg, in 1985. Fritz Malkhoff and Adolf Homes began ITC
1985 experiments independently, and each began
Maggy Harsch-Fischbach and her husband Ju- to get spirit voices on tape rather quickly.
les Harsch of Luxembourg began to get spec- In a few months, they learned of each oth-
tacular voice contacts through radio systems er’s work, and they became colleagues and
early in their experiments in 1985. A high- friends. During their experiments, small
pitched, computer-like voice came through voices on radio quickly developed long, clear
their radios with growing frequency to an- voices. Then they began to receive phone calls
nounce the beginning and end of experiments from their spirit friends,
and to share amazing insights with the cou- 1988
ple. The entity producing the voice identified Death of Klaus Schreiber.
himself (or herself) as an ethereal being who 1988
was never human, never animal, and never in Fritz Malkhoff set up his computer in the
a physical body. “I am not energy and I am not house of Adolf Homes, where they did most
a light being. You are familiar with the picture of their experiments. They posed a short
of two children walking across a bridge, and question, and two days later a short answer
behind them is a being who protects them. appeared miraculously on their computer
That’s what I am to you, but without the screen. As years passed, Malkhoff received
wings. You can call me Technician, since that many phone calls from spirit friends, includ-
is my role in opening up this communication ing nature spirits. Homes received spirit
bridge. I am assigned to Planet Earth.” The images on his television and messages on
small flat inhabited by the Harsch-Fischbach his computer screen rather routinely. One
couple became a place of miracles, as visiting morning in 1994, Homes climbed out of bed in
scientists and reporters saw spirit-world im- a trance, aimed a video camera at his televi-
ages flash across the TV screen and heard long sion, and received the first color picture from
discourses by various deceased personalities the spirit worlds. It was a picture of deceased
through radio sounds. The spirit of Nelson D. EVP pioneer Friedrich Juergenson. At the same
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time, a message from Juergenson printed out also formed INIT, the International Network
of Homes’s computer, stating, “This is Friedel for Instrumental Transcommunication. In the
from Sweden. I am sending you a self-por- coming months, ethereal beings told us they
trait… The projection since January 17, 1991, were observing our efforts closely and would
has been in the quantum of spacelessness and provide guidance and support. We began to
timelessness. All your and our thoughts have experience unprecedented miracles in our
their own electromagnetic reality which does research. Many of us received phone calls,
not get lost outside the space-time structure… usually from spirit friend Konstantin Raudive,
Consciousness creates all form….” and the Harsch-Fischbachs received astound-
1991 ing pictures and messages through their
Death of Bill O’Neil. computer, all as a result of resonance among
1995 INIT members. It was clear that a new phase
ITC entered a new phase. I (Mark Macy) of ITC research on Earth had begun. Our ethe-
worked closely with ITC colleagues on both real friends told us that the greatest strides
sides of the Atlantic to plan a meeting among would be made by individuals from different
scientists and researchers from different countries who committed to work together in
countries. Sixteen of us met in England to dis- harmony with pure intentions.
cuss this modern-day miracle, its tremendous 1999
possibilities for our world, and the obstacles Death of George Meek.
that stood in the way. We formed new friend-
ships, and by the end of a long weekend we
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| Budget
What kind of ghost-hunting You
prefer (Audio/Video recording, EVP sessions,
EMF)
Location of the site
Knowledge of the different varies
of equipment.
As for myself, I like to think I'm pretty ver-
satile. I can do investigations pretty much
anywhere, and I would like to think that
I have a fair amount of knowledge about
pretty much every essential equipment that
is out there. I have studied lots of theories
about it, so add some logic, and “You are
pretty much all set”.
There are considerations that must be met
in every location, as they are all different.
If it's a private house, the most important
Kents Equipment Review thing “You have to keep in mind”, is EMF-
Contamination. What does this mean? In a
Kent returns with a new article on equipment private house (and especially if you have
door-to-door neighbors), you cannot control
and how to find what you need.
what kind of devices your neighbor is using.
In my previous article, I mentioned that I was So, neighbors can contaminate your readings!
currently a freelance “ghost-hunter”, and in This is same for sound. Ideally if you have no
this article, I would like to emphasize why neighbors close by then you can be reason-
I am. A couple of days ago, a fellow “ghost- ably sure that the probability for contamina-
hunter” wrote me about how frustrating it tions are as low as possible. Then you should
is to see others, that is, or they like to call be fine.
themselves “ghost-hunters”. They have no
understanding what the instruments they are
using and what it is telling them, or why. This
is basically why I am a freelancer, at the cur-
rent moment. I also find it very frustrating to
see other “ghost-hunter’s” in the field, using
equipment that they have no clue what meas-
urement is displaying and what that correla-
tion means. So, I would like to go a bit deeper
into this in this article.
As You already know, there are lots and
lots of various types of equipment out there.
Some are very cheap, and some are very
expensive. I have a saying, “You get what You
pay for”, but in this case, that's not necessari-
ly true. The key to finding the right equipment
for ‘Youself’, is this:
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If you are outside, then you have to consider I'll present and review what I consider to be
the wind. This can contaminate your Audio vital equipment in order to have a successful
recordings, but also Video recordings. If it is “ghost-hunt” and write about them in catego-
rain, snow, or hazy/foggy, then you will have ries.
a lot of interference and the video is actu- EMF (Electro Magnetic Field)
ally pretty much useless. In that case, the The theory about EMF and ghosts goes way
only reason to use video, is to document the back to the old days. Even before great per-
session. Both rain and snow can create false sonalities such as Nicolae Tesla, who also
positives for orbs. knew that there was something unexplained
The good thing about being outside, is that regarding fluctuations in the EMF. This was
You will have minimal EMF contamination first detected by using an ordinary compass
(Did You switch You phone off, or set to flight- in which the needle starts rotating without
mode?), and any EMF detection can be consid- reason. Imagine you're in the woods, no radio
ered as an interesting reading. Keep in mind towers or power lines to interfere, and sud-
that you must look for power lines and radio denly Your compass goes haywire. “Ha”, “You
towers nearby. In a perfect scenario setting, I say!” “There are minerals in the ground that
think you would have a session in the woods affect the compass”. Yes, this can be, and this
or abandoned/ruined building! Of course, if is true! BUT, The fact that the needle is SPIN-
you are outside and downtown in a city, this NING can only mean that the magnetic field is
will most likely affect your readings, because fluctuating, meaning rotating! Minerals in the
of mobile phone signals and power cables ground, if strong enough, emits a STATIC mag-
underground. As well as lots of noise. netic field. As if you put a magnet in proximity
When it comes to equipment, there are lots of your compass. What happens? The needle
of things you have to know in order to use points straight to Your magnet and stays
them properly. There are theories and differ- there! It does NOT rotate! This also goes for
ent properties of each and every one of them. every mineral, such as metals that are found
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in the nature. It does NOT create a fluctuating

electromagnetic field! The only natural fluctu-
ating EMF field found in nature, can be caused
by a severe solar flare, as this has an effect on
the earth's natural magnetic field. However,
even these fluctuations are changing too slow
for an AC EMF meter to detect. There is one
meter that can pick up these slow changing
fluctuations and that is the Trifield Natural
EM Meter.
Anyway, this is how old timers discovered
unexplained EMF. Today, we live in a much
more technological and sophisticated world,
but the same applies today. Since, we live in
a world full of EMF pollution compared to the
old days, it is vital to know “Your EMF Meter”.
As I mentioned before, there are an enormous
amount of different EMF Meters out there. I
will mention some of the most popular:
The KII Meter
MEL 8704 (This meter comes mobile phone. Yes, even Facebook will have to
with lots of extras in different versions, but wait! I really prefer to shut the phone com-
I'll only present the EMF section of it) pletely off because even in-flight mode, the
Trifield (Natural EM, 100XE, and phone generates EM field, and can interfere
TF2) with your readings. When the baseline is
Meterk MK08 established, remember this point: “If there
are differences around the house, try to find
As many have already described, the EMF the average and keep this in mind”. The ideal
meter detects how strong the electromagnetic baseline is 0mG. If You baseline is 1.4mG, than
field is. This is measured in uT (microTesla), every reading above this can be interesting.
or mG (milliGauss). I find the mG, a lot easier The meters themselves: An EMF meter mostly
and accurate to read, but is a matter of opin- measures AC Magnetic field (Alternating/fluc-
ion. The conversion formula is: 1uT=10mG. tuating EM Field). This fluctuation or frequen-
EMF’s occur all around us all the time and cy is measured in Hertz (Hz). The main power
everywhere. Everything that is powered by in your house has 50 or 60Hz. Why is this
electricity in your home, create EMF fields. For important to know? Because this may affect
example, radio signals (AM, FM, DAB, CB, Mo- your EM Meter! One key thing to know: Lots of
bile phones, Wi-Fi). Everything that completes meters filters out these frequencies and is not
an electrical circuit, creates an EM field, but affected by the power in Your house! Every
the strength differs from appliance to appli- EM meter has its own range of frequency it
ance. can detect, and the range for the meters listed
So, in order to start an investigation prop- above. The range is:
erly, you must establish a baseline reading.
Shut off all non-essential electrical things (if The KII; 20-20000Hz
you're at a private home), and shut off your MEL 8704; 30-300Hz
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Trifield: This comes in 3 different Aaronia Spectran NF-3020
models. The Natural EM meter, which is meas- This is a serious “ghost-hunter's” dream! But
uring DC (Static magnetic field) and is not af- being the Ferrari of EM Meters, it also the
fected by fluctuations! The 100XE; 40-100000 costliest! However, to use this meter, you re-
Hz (detetcts only rapid changes in EM field). ally have to possess proper knowledge and
The TF2; as 100XE. understanding in order to use and read it
Meterk MK08; 30-300HZ correctly. Otherwise, you are flushing your
money down the toilet, so before even think-
As You can see, what stands out in theese me- ing purchasing this meter, be sure how to use
ters, is that there are 2 Wide-Band Meters (The it!
K2 and Trifield), and 2 Narrow-Band meters Another property that all EMF Meters have, is
(The MEL 8704, and Meterk MK08). Why does the internal EM receptor. This is what actually
this matter? Most importantly the wide-band captures the EM field and is sent to different
meters are likely to give you a measurement, filters and circuits to be further processed.
but this is also more likely to be a completely All the meters above use coils to capture EMF,
natural EM field that is manmade. The Nar- except the KII Meter as this uses a chip and
row-Band Meters will not show lots of read- does not feature the following. A Meter can be
ings, but this can also mean that the chances single-axed; This means that it only detects
for the reading to be manmade, is less. What in one direction (Side to side, up and down, or
all of these have in common, is that they don't forward or backward), or they can be 3-axed
tell you what frequency Your reading has, and which of course means that every direction
to my knowledge there is only one meter that simultaneously. A 3-axis meter is always
does that, and that is the High-End: preferred because it doesn't matter which
direction you hold your meter. Of the meters
above, the Trifield meters and Spectran and
3-axis and the Mel and Meterk are single axis.
Some meters also feature datalogging such
as the Tenmars TM-192D. This is quite handy,
but this may put your meter to a stationary
logging meter and not to use as hand held
because, especially if you're recording for
several hours. This is may be difficult to pin-
point where you were at a special time in the
log. Anyway, these meters can be connected
to your computer for review.

EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena)

As the presence of natural EMF has

been with us since the age of time, EVPs are a
fairly newly discovered phenomenon. It was
made significant by a Latvian named Kon-
stantin Raudive (1909-1974). He and a Ger-
man Parapsychologist named Hans Bender
researched this phenomenon in the late
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ordinary radio.
Let me first dig in to the microphone
method. At the time when Konstantin Rau-
dive published his book, the only technology
he had available that was the most likely
recording device to capture EVP's, was a mag-
netic reel-tape recorder. Yes, there was other
recording devices available to him, such as
turntables, but I imagine that this recorder
was rather expensive for an ordinary man
and did not have a studio. Last, but most
important: It records sound completely dif-
ferent than a tape recorder! The tape is using
magnetism to record sound, and here lies the
first tip for what kind of recorder you should
use. IF the spirits don't manipulate the micro-
phone itself, I suspect that they actually can
manipulate the tape! Or at least have a good
chance of doing so!
The second tip is the microphone: Not
many are actually aware that there are main-
ly two different kinds of microphones that is
half of the 60's, and published a book called used by paranormal investigators, which one
“Breakthrough” or “Unhörbares wird hörbar” is suitable for EVP recordings and the other is
in German. I haven't read the book myself, but not.
I assume it has similarities to my own experi- -Inductive/dynamic microphones:
ence. You can think of these microphones as loud-
So, what is EVP? It's a simple phenom- speakers connected in reverse and much,
enon. In reviewing recorded voices on tape, much smaller. They have a coil attached to
you discover voices not present when the a membrane that moves according to the
recording took place. It can be a voice, sen- sound. The coil is placed in a magnetic hous-
tence, sound that no one actually said, and ing and when a coil moves inside a magnetic
didn't belong to anyone present at the time of field, it generates electric current that is am-
recording. plified. I think that although the coil is inside
Today there are two methods to use in order a tiny magnetic field (that is a static magnetic
to try to capture EVP's: field), the spirits have the ability to manipu-
Microphone recording late the coil to generate a tiny current using
Radio recording their own energy that is again amplified and
recorded.
Back in the old days, it was in addition to our -Capacitive/Condenser (Electret) micro-
ordinary radio, crystal radios that was used phones:
for the source in the recordings, and since this These microphones utilize a electrostatic
technology today is obsolete, and very similar charged material that has its own charge or
to an ordinary radio, I will not describe this an external power. When this material moves
method in detail, but rather describe it as an according to sound, the charge within the
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material changes (like a variable capacitor) an external microphone on the old equip-
and these changes in the electric discharges ment is also a good idea as you eliminate the
is then amplified and recorded. If spirits use mechanical sound produced by the recorder
their energy (electromagnetic) to manipulate itself.
microphones and then create EVP, this type of The second method to record EVPs, is
microphone will not work to record EVPs due to simply turn on a radio without tuning into
to the very design of the microphone. A mag- a radio station. This will of course result in
netic field that we assume is a spirit’s energy white noise from the speakers, but the theory
will not change the charge of the electrostatic is that spirits can manipulate the white noise
material! But since these microphones and in order to form a word, phrase or sentence.
recorders nearly don't produce any noise at The same principal goes for TV’s as well. The
all, it makes them perfect to have a sound ref- thing about this method is that because the
erence to the actual sound we hear. This can way our brain works, it automatically tries to
then be compared to other sound sources and sort out a pattern even though there’s not one
checked for differences. But this recorder will actually there. This is what we call matrix-
always record what we hear! ing, and I have seen many, many examples of
So, what's the conclusions? The EVP this, and not just regarding to radio record-
recorder that have the highest probability to ings or tv recordings containing white noise.
record EVP, is actually an old tape recorder Matrixing is also relevant for those who actu-
like a recording Walkman or a Dictaphone. ally tries to find a “face” inside an “orb” on
Even reel-based recording equipment. These photos! I will describe this scenario in a later
may be hard to come by, but not impossible. article, but back to EVPs. If you have watched
Today’s recording equipment are mostly digi- or listened to white noise for an extended
tal recorders, and of course uses no magnetic period of time, you may start to think that
storage media. This means that if you use you may have caught something but in fact
them, be sure that the internal microphone is you haven't. So, I strongly recommend that
a dynamic one or buy an external one. Using you record this and play it back bit by bit. If
you feel tired and think you may have caught
an EVP, write down the time elapsed, and take
a break. Review again when you have cleared
your head.
The radio has also its own different
band and bandwidth, and there are tons of
different radios out there. I will in this article
concentrate on the ordinary AM/FM radio. The
AM band is divided in three sub-bands: Long
wave, Medium wave, and Short wave. The
reason why it is called this, is because of the
wavelength of the signal, meaning the short-
er wavelength, the higher frequency and so
the longer wavelength, the lower frequency.

Long Wave: In Europe, Africa and

largely Asia,the LW frequency band ranges
from 148.5 and 283.5 kHz. In America, I think
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that all frequencies below 525 kHz, is consid- The way the radio filters away the carrier
ered long wave. wave in FM is also more sophisticated than
Medium wave: Europe; 526.5- am, and the signal is more processed than the
1606.5 kHz. USA; 525-1705 kHz. AM signal. “Why does I talk about this? Why
Short Wave: 2.3-26.1 MHz. do I need to know this”, You, might wonder?
A little cool note to the Short-Wave Band is that Well, this is because of the process of getting
the signal is prone to reflect in ionosphere and a sound output from your speaker. I'm only
so the signal can actually travel worldwide. speculating, but because of this process, I
I'm sure that if You have tuned in to a SW band think the AM bands are more likely to have
station, You very often hear foreign languages. genuine EVP's because of the simple demodu-
The buildup of the AM signal is pretty easy to lation process, but since the characteristics
understand. AM stands for Amplitude Modula- of the AM signal is that it's travelling long
tion. This means that the sound that is to be distances, there are is a high probability to
broadcast (news, weather report, music and encounter false positives. In FM, I worry that
so on and so forth) is modified with a carrier the actual genuine EVP can get lost in the de-
wave as where the sound modifies the ampli- modulation process. But because of the travel
tude of the carrier wave. When you tune in a length of this signal, you are not as vulnerable
radio station, you always tune in the carrier to false positives.
wave, and not the sound of the station. When I’ll wrap this article up for now, and next for
the radio receives an active station, it filters next time, I will continue with more equip-
away the carrier wave and plays the broad- ment and theories.
cast sound.
The FM Band is ranging according to Meanwhile Happy Ghost hunting!
where in the world You are:
Europe, Australia, and Africa:
87.5-108 MHz
America: 88-108 MHz
Japan: 76-95 Mhz.
The FM band for the different region
has its own station plan. That means that you
won't be able to use your radio to receive radio
stations outside Your own region. That is actu-
ally a good thing, because then you can elimi-
nate sounds from radio stations as a possible
EVP. In Norway, the only stations that uses
the FM band, is the local broadcasters. Region
broadcasters has stopped due to the transition
to DAB and DAB+. But rest to assure, there are
plenty of local broadcasters..
The FM signal is a bit more sophisticat-
ed modulated than the AM signal. FM stands
for Frequency Modulation, and as the name
states, the broadcasted sound modifies the
frequency of the carrier wave. The amplitude
of the carrier signal remains unchanged.
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KONGS
adaptation from Stephen for the film. Directed by
King’s short story “Cycle of Dan Attias (Walking Dead,
the Werewolf”. Which started Americans, True Blood) and

KORNER out as a calendar illustrated

by Bernie Wrightson and
sketch stories done by King.
starring Corey Haim (Lost
Boys, License to Drive) Megan
Follows (Anne of Green
It was later developed as a Gables) Gary Busey (Point

SILVER BULLET short novel with illustrations.

Stephen King is no stranger
Break, Lethal Weapon) and
Everett McGill (Twin Peaks,
to the depths of horror. His Heartbreak Ridge).
Silver Bullet is a fun cheesy work includes but not limited Megan Follows plays Jane
cult classic film that was to Misery, The Shining, Cujo, Coslaw sister of our main
released on October 11, It and Creepshow. Stephen character Marty who is
1985 in the US. This is a film King also did the screenplay paralyzed, played by Corey
Haim. She is the narrator
of our little horror story.
It’s a story of a small town
that is being terrorized by a
rabid werewolf. Gary Busey
is the fun and loving dead
beat Uncle Red, who comes
to visit and presents Marty
with a supped up motorized
wheelchair dubbed “Silver
Bullet”.
Marty sneaks out at night
to shoot off some fireworks
off of a bridge. He is met
and attacked by a werewolf.
Marty luckily shoots a rocket
into the creature’s eye and
narrowly escapes. Marty
convinces his sister Jane
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that he was attacked by a movies. London, Wolf). This is a
werewolf. Jane goes into With there being no childhood favorite of mine,
their small town to see shortage of amazing horror you won’t be disappointed.
if she can identify who films involving werewolves Be prepared for a fun yet
has an injured eye. Once (Dog Soldiers, Wolf Man, scary adventure with Silver
she identifies the person Underworld, Howling, Bullet.
responsible for all of the American Werewolf in
killings. It’s up to Marty &
Jane to convince Uncle Red
to help them.
This is definitely a fun
horror film with that
coming of age feel towards
it. You can feel that genuine
brother/sister bond between
Marty and Jane. Uncle Red
(Gary Busey) is that one
fun, wild, yet embarrassing
family member that every
family has. Director Attias
was able to take Stephen
King’s vision to the next
horizon. The chemistry
between Marty, Jane &
Uncle Red was spot on and
believable.
This movie was made in
the height of horror the
80’s. The special effects
and creature prosthetics
are well done. These are
literally practical effects
way before CGI was an
option. Silver Bullet could
still stand on its two hind
end legs in today’s werewolf
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HULDRA
She’s mythical female creature that you can
run into on the mountain or in the woods.
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Before we delve into our next
article, let’s cover an impor-
tant point for this article to
avoid any confusion. When
learning some of these
mythical creatures from
this region we run into a few
issues. First, you will often
see it listed as ‘Scandinavian
Folklore’, then you will also
see it as ‘Nordic Folklore’,
then finally you might see it
listed as ‘Norse Folklore’. Our
first thought is that it is all
the same except for a tittle.
Nothing could be further from
the truth. The term ‘Scandi-
navia’ is used to encompass
Denmark, Norway and Swe-
den. Then we have the term
the ‘Nordic’ which is used for
Denmark, Norway, Sweden,
Finland, and Iceland. That will
also include the territories of
Greenland, the Faroe Islands,
and the Åland Islands. Then
the term ‘Norse’ can be used
to describe the North Ger-
manic people of Scandinavia.
So, why is this important to
know? The mythical crea- Arith Harger
tures and tales are pretty
similar but will contain vari-
forms”. So, in this case a Wood tions and time periods make
ations in descriptions and
Nymph is one that you would it quite difficult to give clear
stories.
find in a forest. Nymphs are descriptions. In our current
The Norwegian ‘Huldra’
more generally regarded as time period Huldra is por-
(meaning “covered,” “hidden,”
spirits who maintain the trayed as a young woman,
or “secret”), is a type of Wood
environments where they are with thick golden hair and a
Nymph. A nymph “in Greek
located. They are usually de- cow’s tail. This is an image
mythology is a supernatural
picted beautiful, young ladies. that Norwegian artists adopt-
being associated with many
As you can imagine, it is a ed and started to render and
other minor female deities
challenge to try and describe use in drawings during the
that are often associated with
and characterize a Mythical 1800’s. Prior to the 1800’s we
the air, seas or water, or any
creature from Norse Folklore. find several different descrip-
particular locations or land-
Differences in regional loca- tions, depending on which
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location we look in. She

might have a cow tail or po-
nytail, sometimes she has
the ears of a wild cat. She
is also said to have a rotten
stump for a back.
Huldra, is always described
as a mythical beautiful
female creature, that you
can run into in the moun-
tains or in the woods. From
the front she is described
as stunningly beautiful,
sometimes naked woman
with long hair. In Norway,
she is described as a typi-
cal dairymaid wearing the
clothes of a regular farm
girl, but still more beautiful
than most of the girls.
From the rear, she is said to said to cause accidents, but at neath the ground. In which
be very ugly due to her hol- the same time she has been she makes them slaves, or
low bark back. In other tales known to help and comfort her lover. Other stories state
she might have a cow’s tail or those in need. As in most hu- she seduces the males, and if
that of a fox. Most tales sug- mans, it seems that the way they cannot satisfy her, then
gest that she has difficulty in you treat her, will be the way she kills them. Those that do,
concealing her tale. The tail is she responds to you. she rewards them. Although
very import in this story as it The Huldra was known to the Norwegian tales are not
is said if the human see’s her help those who burned wood this harsh. One thing is cer-
back or tail, then the spell is to make charcoal, in the old tain and consistent in all the
broken. Once, the spell is bro- days. It was said she watched tales. If the men escape or if
ken the human is no longer the kilns while they slept. The they are released, they will
enchanted to the advances men knew that she would always be tempted to return.
from her. wake them if any issues In some of the fairytales, she
Now, that we have an idea arose. The men would leave is capable of and does oc-
what Huldra looks like, we food and other things for her, casionally marry humans.
ask ourselves what is her in thanks for the assistance. It is said that once married,
purpose? Is she evil? Should It has been told in tales, that Huldra becomes human, and
we be terrified of running Huldra with her enchanting could turn very old and ugly.
into Huldra in the forest? In beauty can lure and captivate In some other tales, she re-
examining many different men. She has been said to do tains her magic and appears
fairytales, we run into vary- this in the hopes of kidnap- normal. The story seems to
ing opinions on whether she ping the men and taking them change upon the arrival of
appears to us for good or bad back to her dwelling in the Christianity to the Scandi-
encounters. She has been mountain walls or under- navian countries. The story
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morphed into the Huldra hav- ytale can
ing to be married in a church, be found
then her tail will fall off. in Grimm’s
In ‘Norse Folklore’ Huldra has Fairytales,
been known to steal children titled “Eve’s
or swap out her ugly and Unequal
hideous children for human Children”
babies. These children were which is
known by the name “byt- an expla-
tinger”, which is a Norwegian nation
name meaning “Changelings”. is about
Back in time, a common thing social dif-
people would say was that ferences
the disabled, sick and chil- rather than
dren with uncurable diseases the under-
where traded by the Huldra or ground
other mythical creatures. people. cleaned and straightened the
Since, the story is similar to house up immaculately. She
The Creation the Norse story, I would share then cleaned and dressed all
The creation story of the it. the beautiful children, while
Hulder people begins back In this fairytale it is said that she hid away the ones that
in time, when God decided to an angel told Eve that God where ugly.
walk among his creations on would be conducting a house God saw the beautiful chil-
Earth. God had decided to visit inspection. Plus, he wanted dren and commanded that
a particular wife because he to see all her children. She they will become emperors,
wanted to see all her chil-
dren. The wife decided only
to show him the pretty and
clean children that she had
wash and dressed up. The re-
maining children she decided
to hide away from God.
God was so angered by this
deception that he decreed
that the children she had
hidden, would remain hid-
den for eternity. This is how
the Hulder people arrived at
their name “underground
dwellers”.
Since, the Scandinavian peo-
ple are considered North Ger-
manic, we look into Germany
for their take on the Hulder
people. In Germany this fair-
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counts, merchants and citi- been wondering about this acted quickly to put a stop to
zens. Since, Eve was a very throughout the ages. Even this. God decided to make Li-
kind and gracious woman, some Jewish scholars of the lith and her children invisible
she decided to also show him past have claimed that Gen- and banished them to them
the ugly ones. God then stated esis 1:27 and Genesis 2:21–22 to the underworld. Now Adam
that they should be peasants, are describing two different was once again alone and
fishermen, blacksmiths and events. Their reasoning as without a wife. God had de-
so on. many others is, it appears cided to make Adam another
“Why don’t’ you bless them that woman is created differ- wife. This was when Eve was
all the same”, Eve asked. ently in two different ac- created from Adams rib bone
God’s answer was, “that not counts. One, explanation that and the pecking order was
all could be emperors and many have offered is that the complete.
king, who would then grow first woman God created was In this interpretation of story,
grains and bake breads”. Lilith, and not Eve as many we see that Lilith and her
claim. It seems that Lilith was children were made outcasts
Biblical stories - Lilith and Adams equal and very strong prior to the “Fall of Man”,
her children willed. Lilith did not want to which is described in Genesis
In turning to the Holy Bible, be subservient to Adam. This Chapter 3. So, in examining
we look at the first two chap- caused God great concern as this very statement, is it safe
ters of the “Book of Genesis”. he knew God that this would to conclude that Lilith and
In Genesis 1:27, “So God cre- become a problem. So, God descendants like “Huldra” are
ated humankind in his
image, in the image of God
he created them; male and
female he created them” In
Genesis 2:7, 21–22, “Then the
Lord God formed man from
the dust of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life; and the
man became a living be-
ing.… So the Lord God caused
a deep sleep to fall upon
the man, and he slept; then
he took one of his ribs and
closed up its place with
flesh. And the rib that the
Lord God had taken from the
man he made into a woman
and brought her to the man”
Since it is written like this,
in a literal interpretation
it appears God made the
woman twice.
Many people have has
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back to her world where he
would never be seen again.
Huldra loves animals and
would often sleeping in the
cowsheds along with the
cows, where she would blend
in perfect disguise with her
cow tail. Our parents and
grand-parents often told us
these legends to scare us and
to make us listen to them,
and to avoid us being put to
harm unnecessarily. It could
be based on how they dis-
liked us staying out to late
at night or being too close to
the lake, with the risk fell-
ing in. So, they would tell us
scary stories about the scary
“Nickerman” that lived deep
down in the water and that
would jump up and catch us
if we walked to close to it.
actually sin free like many of legends about the mythical
Ironically, they could easily
the angels. In many legends creatures here in Norway.
be compared to the priests
it seems that many people “Huldra” was always my
that used to warn the people
imagine it to be just like that. favorite creature. One reason
about the mythical creatures,
But this contradicts to many was that I was a nature child
just to keep their flock in
different theologies, including that loved spending my time
check.
Lutherism. During the 1600’s outdoors in the woods or on
I have often wondered if there
it was common to tell stories mountain tops. I often imag-
is something to all these ur-
about all mythical creatures ined this creature in my mind,
ban legends and if our elders
and describe them as devils. It running barefoot through the
told us the truth about their
seems that whenever a story woods, with her cow tail and
encounters with mythical
was told, of how “Huldra” or her long blonde braided hair.
creatures like our Norwegian
any other mythical creatures The elder people told us chil-
wood nymph.
was helpful, the priests re- dren, about how the shep-
One can never stop wonder-
taliated by stating it meant herds back in the day were
ing and I can still envision
that the devil was devious usually young women or
it, every time I walk deep in
and cunning. That this was girls. The reason for this was
our Norwegian woods – the
his way to easily overpower would be to keep the young
beautiful blonde, with her
humans this way. men safe from the devious
long golden blonde hair and
So, my view of the matter. wood nymph. If the shepherd
her cow tail, as she is running
Ever since I was a little girl, was a man, he life would be at
amongst the fir trees.
I have been told of all these risk, as Huldra would be able
fairytales or great urban to seduce him and take him
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Philip R. Wyatt is currently out on an extend-
ed case. He did however, want us to share
some photos of his experiments in Water
ITC. Please study carefully and let him know
what you see on his Facebook page at Brave
Souls Paranormal or his YouTube page at
Philip R. Wyatt, Lifting the Veil, Spirit Com-
munication
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Remember I.P.I Ex. from our January edition? The newest TAPS members from
Italy share their investigation

Those who follow the inves- that my team and I had done in the messages of the Ital-
tigations of my team, often a few weeks before. I also ian Paranormal Investigation
ask me to investigate Matera. remember that I was quite page. I wasn’t sure whether
It happens even more often annoyed by the fact that after to read it, as I was very tired.
during events, conferences two hours of audio tracks, My thoughts were that if it
or even casual meetings with there was no anomalies. Talk- was something challenging,
curious people. I must admit ing to all the followers calmed I would certainly not have
that for me to open-up, on me, by rebalancing my mood. pulled back in speaking, as I
this particular case is very I decided to take a break; I craved sleep.
difficult. This meeting has left the PC in standby with Against my better judgement
marked and will forever mark all the programs open in the I decided to open the mes-
my life. It was not chosen browser. So, I decided to go sage. It was very long, but two
or even wanted. Just maybe down to the living room to words immediately struck
writing everything down that smoke a cigarette in front me, "please, help". This mes-
occured in those days will be of the fireplace. I remember sage was from a lady that be-
easier. feeling that it was very cold. wildered and could not under-
January 2015, a night like all As soon as I had returned, stand certain situations that
the nights of that period. Back I had realized that for the happened inside her house.
when time was on my side, audio analysis about two She had stated in her message
and I was dedicating myself minutes were remaining, that she could hear footsteps
to social media. I remember at which point I finished it. in the house in the middle of
that I was connected to Fa- There was no relevant or very the night constantly, force-
cebook back then. I remem- dark data, so I decided to go to ful knocking on the walls and
ber that I was responding to sleep. As soon as I closed the that her refrigerator, washing
many messages, and at the program, I noticed a notifica- machine and boiler had sus-
same time I was also doing tion. It was not in my private tained electrical damage. She
an audio analysis of a survey personal messages, but just was very worried but more so
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for her twelve-year-old son. bers themselves. So, I already question recollected, I decided
I initially did not think of a knew that no one would sup- to ask her. The lady visualized
ghost but was trying to find port me, nor accompany me my message but did not an-
natural occurring reasons in the investigation. With all swer.
that would explain all this. I these factors, I decided to take Sometime had elapsed before
find that balance and ration- time some time to think. she finally responded, which
ality is fundamental for an About a month has elapsed. had felt like hours. I had
occult/paranormal investiga- I felt for the victim of this received a video clip, made
tor. My first action was to try situation and I thought of her by her in the company of her
and calm her down, before every day. I began to feel that friends on a Sunday walk in
proceeding. Then I began to something was terribly wrong the countryside. The video
analyze the case in a cool and with her, but with all the clues just portrayed them joking
calm fashion from the details that she had relayed to me, I and laughing and having a
that had been she had pro- could not understand. I began very innocent moment among
vided me. to focus on the possibility that friends. The video was shot
I still had not considered con- an entity could be infesting in a very old and abandoned
ducting a real investigation the house. I still had no idea farmhouse. After watching
for several factors. One, would what kind of spirit it could be. the video, I did not find any-
be certainly the distance. I I was struck with a thought, thing special or concerning.
was located in the vicinity of that changed everything. I I then decided to give it a try
Rome, and the place where I had thought back to a success at removing the audio track
would have to travel to and case that had back in October from the video itself. Once, I
investigate was in Basilicata, of the previous year. In that did this I began to enhance
which was too far I thought. case, I had asked him, the cli- the audio and amplify it to the
Second, at that time the team ent: "Did you visit any particu- maximum and to concentrate
did not have such a rosy rela- lar place that caused some on trying to locate any anom-
tionship between the mem- strange sensation?", With that alies. Once I insolated the
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audio from everything else, I I could only understand that I decided not to contact any-
detected something! it was a man as the, but the one and chose to leave alone
Between the jokes and casual voice was incomprehensible. for Matera. I left the station
conversations of the women The tone was full of hatred, of Roma Termini just before
and her friends, I detected a and the only thing that could lunch to reach my destina-
voice. It was a somber voice, be understood was the con- tion in late afternoon. The trip
very powerful and rather stant call of the lady who turned out to be a very spe-
ghostly. I immediately recog- contacted me for the investi- cial six hours. Although I did
nized that it was an incorpo- gation. read a few pages of a book,
real voice, and it seemed to Although I had some interest- the remainder of the time
want to interact at any cost. ing material, I still could not was that of me having vari-
So much so that it was felt draw a concrete profile of this ous thoughts and reasoning.
by one of the women in the entity, or what it wanted. The I remember my mind being
video, as said she stated she oppression the lady relayed to over burdened with hundreds
had heard something, but she me, did not direct me towards of questions filling my mind.
was ignored by the others and it being evil (I do not let the I had decided to shut my
let it go. clients influence me towards brain down and focus on the
In the following days I con- their view point). I remained outside landscape. The land-
tinued my analysis, to give impartial and quiet, as I final- scape was very soothing and
to this lady an initial pros- ly accepted the case. That very tranquil as it changed from
pect of this entity. I found all same evening, I purchased a region to region. I remember
the parts in which the same train ticket for the following that for a long time the snow
entity communicated. Mostly week. was predominant, then there
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was the sun, then the rain. could not explain this tran- that the exterior appearance
I watched fascinated as the quility that I was experienc- of the structure was very
climate change so fast, and ing. Once we entered the dark and obscure, giving it
really appreciating every lit- house, the lady immediately that kind of horror film look
tle peculiarity of landscapes tried to put me at ease by to it.
that I had never scrutinized preparing a good cup of cof- We immediately entered the
before. This distracted me fee. decrepit looking house. We
slightly and I relaxed to the After some phases of study had crossed a large garden in
right place to prepare myself and conversation, I decided an evident state of abandon-
for the evening investigation. to start some sessions with ment, with the grass being
I arrived in Matera at the the voice recorder. This lasted very high. I remember having
perfect time, the station for approximately two hours. to use the ultraviolet torch
was completely deserted. I I repeatedly tried over and to orient myself in our trek.
remember noticing it was over to turn towards some- I noticed that on both sides
much colder than back in thing or someone. I did not of the house, there were
Rome. I looked around and know who or what it was. I very large arched windows.
saw that not even the lady however did not receive any I thought that I saw a figure
who had contacted me for answers. The feelings I was watching me, from one of
the case had arrived. I called having were very strange, it them. I did not say anything
her and she told me that she was an apparent calm that to her as not intimidate or
had a problem as her car seemed never to be inter- frighten the lady. Especially
would not start, but not to rupted. Given the lack of any after the fact she had kindly
worry as she would be there. results, I suggested to the accompanied me, despite her
After about a half hour had woman to escort me to the fear. Plus, as I believe a good
elapsed that I saw her finally abandoned house. This in my researcher should never be
arrive. Then we took off and opinion, I figure could find influenced by something, he
together we headed towards some clues. "thinks he has seen". Cer-
the house. During the jour- I chose to leave the infrared tainty is the only evidence
ney from the station to the camera and a voice recorder you really need when doing
house, I saw a person who running in the house, while investigations.
was very experienced, dark we journeyed out to the The entrance to the farm-
and distraught. It was not a abandoned house. Of course, house was rather ghostly
long drive to the house as we if there was any kind of pres- looking. A gigantic door made
reached it very quickly. ence in that house at the of solid wood, blocked by
Upon my arrival, and first time of our departure, then vegetation. It gave the im-
sight of the house, I did not it would not have waited to age of wanting to trap the
notice anything special. long to give a concrete signal negativity that the place
The neighborhood was very of its presence. itself emanated. As soon as I
populated, and normal look- When we left the house, it opened the door to the house,
ing structures. Nothing fore- was approximately 11.30. It I smelled an almost rotten
boding or ominous. However, took almost an hour to reach smell. I decided to tell the
I did notice something quite the abandoned house. Once lady to wait outside, but she
odd, the silence. I had grown we arrived at the location, we did not want to listen to me.
accustomed to the sounds decide to park a few hundred I think she was more afraid
and chaos of Rome, that I meters from it. I cannot deny of remaining outside in the
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external darkness, rather and be tormented in this way”. through the exit door.
than following me inside the I had a gnawing feeling in my In recalling this, I still shud-
house. gut that I could not shake. der at this moment which I
Upon entering, I decided to that feeling was that the con- remember very clearly. I felt
deploy a second camera com- nection between the entity and soon realized that the
plete, a voice recorder and the that I was interacting with entity was following us. The
infamous KII (electromag- and that of what is located at entity had heeded my request
netic field detector). I began to the house was the same. not to follow us. It was right
look around, that’s when I my Three hours had passed behind us the whole way.
attention was drawn to sev- quickly, and I found it more In order to keep the client,
eral doors. By the doors there difficult to leave the house calm I told her, “do not to turn
was a large staircase to my with each passing moment. around and walk quickly”.
right. Something told me that However, I realized that I had As we departed, I remember
on the top floor I would find to call it a night and leave. I seeing my equipment still lit
the answers I was looking for. sternly insisted to the entity, up in the center of the gar-
As I began to get closer to the “do not to follow us and stay den. I realized I had made a
staircase, I noticed it was very where you are. Respect the mistake in turning around to
cold. I decided to climb up the wishes of the lady”. At this look at my equipment. I did
ramp as I did the frost in- moment we began to depart, not physically see anything,
creased with every step I took. and I stayed facing the entity, but the sound I heard, one
At this time, the KII began to as she faced the exit. I would that struck terror into me
alarm and light up. take a step backwards, and and I will never forget. The
At this moment, I began to she would take one forward. sound was a deep and terrify-
ask very direct questions that We slowly continued this way ing very audible growl. The
immediately was answered. until we managed to descend growl was such, that even my
The KII was being activated on the stairs. recorder captured it at that
command by this entity. The During our exit, The KII was precise moment. The client
entity seemed to approach going crazy. With every light heard it and began to tremble.
and moved away at various and alarm the lady gripped As she trembled, she began
times, almost seeming to be my arm tighter and tighter. I to pray. The fear struck her
toying with me. I began to knew we had over stayed our so much that she began to
feel restless and tired of this welcome, if we ever were wel- freeze. At this point I knew if
game. That is when I got so comed by the entity. I knew we were to get out quickly, I
angry that I threatened this what was happening was way was going to have to help her.
entity and just lost my compo- too much, I knew we had to So, at this point I dragged her
sure. My rule is never to lose leave without getting rid of to the outside of the large gar-
control of the investigation, the entity. I turned to the lady den and took the keys to her
and I completely lost control and said, "we have to leave car. I reassured her by saying
of the investigation. immediately". I understood "we're out, we're out! It's all
I took a deep breath and tried that the situation could and over".
to gather my composure. I probably could get worse, so The last few meters to the car,
told the entity “You have to for the sake of the client, I de- we traveled with great dif-
stop immediately! This is not cided at this decision. We went ficulty. They seemed endless
fair! It is not fair that this down the remaining stairs and unending. I navigated the
family has to endure all this together and quickly went last few meters in total shock
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at what had just occurred, but the car suddenly lost power! ette cross the road from right
I tried to maintain an outward Within a few moments the to left, that appeared to be
appearance of calmness to car deaccelerated, and we watching us. I began to won-
reassure the client she was were coming to a stop. I knew der if my imagination was
safe. Once, we made it to the this was going to cause the pulling some bad joke on me,
car, we quickly jumped in. I client to panic, so I decided or was I really seeing this. I
inserted the key to start and to say, "it's a car that can decided for the sake of the cli-
attempted to start the en- break". Before I could utter ent to remain silent. However,
gine, but nothing! I could not those words of reassurance, the frightened client, says,
believe the car was not start- all the interior lights, car "Did you see it too?" I nodded
ing. I decided for a second lights, car radio, main panel in much discomfort.
attempt. The car roared to life and external lights began to Twenty minutes, such a rela-
and I breathed a sigh of relief. flash. This was the client’s tive short time normally, is
We quickly drove out of the breaking point and she began what separated us from the
area, and I took the main to scream! At this point, I did inhabited center of town.
road. I began to wonder but not know what to do. I began However, in this moment it
if it was really over, or is this to get worried as I listened to seemed to me, that it was an
just the beginning? After her scream, when everything eternity. However, after what
driving approximately ten stopped as quickly as it began. we had been through it was
kilometers, I began to relax I decided to attempt to start perfectly justifiable. As we
and acquire some tranquility. the car. As, I turned the igni- were driving in complete si-
I then began to contemplate tion key, the car started right lence, I saw a bar and decided
about what had just hap- up, and I slammed my foot to stop for a drink, so we both
pened. The drive was going on the gas pedal. As the car could calm down.
smooth and the car was at a tires screeched and we began Upon entering, we met a
moderate speed, moving right to move, something caught couple of friends of the client.
along. Then without warning my eye. I saw a large silhou- They already were apprised
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of what was going on with her phones on, and I was picked powered it on, readying my-
situation. As we began to dis- up and held the recorder. As I self for a photo opportunity.
cuss the events, they relayed began to play the audio re- I slowly began to walk about
to me something more facts cording, I remember thinking the room in total pitch black-
about that location. They be- I could hardly hear the cli- ness that filled the room. It
gan to tell us that in the 1600’s ent in front of me. As I began was a darkness, like no other
a very famous Duke lived to listen and settle into my I have seen. I began to snap
in that house. He was well groove, something grabbed pictures in all the rooms, all
known for his works of art. He my attention. I remember while being cautious. I was
created beautiful sculptures becoming filled with terror at expecting something, so I
that seemed to be almost hu- that very moment. The vi- remained vigilant and was
man like. The story continued sion playing before my eyes, not checking the contents of
that at the time there were that I clearly saw, was a dark the photos I snapped. I freely
numerous losses of children silhouette. The silhouette was admit that the light from the
in the area. Now, the inter- moving repeatedly from the camera flash, provided me
esting part of the story that left to the right of the salon with some security. However,
shocked me was the final part and vice versa. I must point I realized that I had to cross
they told us. It seems in recent out that all the lights in the my fear threshold, in order to
times, with the help of tech- house were on. I shut my eyes find some concrete evidence.
nology, human tissues were and I slowly opened them At this time, I decided to go
found to be present inside back up, in hopes clearing into the son's room. Upon my
his sculptures. This crucial up any trickery of the mind. arrival, I began to take sever-
piece of information perhaps I did not want to frighten the al pictures, one right after the
could explain many things, I client, as she had just fully other. When I had enough, I
thought. regained her composure. I went back into the living room
The couple relayed they were decided to say, “go out and get and took more photos.
very available, perhaps out some fresh air, as I would like I then made my way into the
of concern for their friend or to try and take some pictures”. large bedroom. Upon enter-
out of curiosity. Although it The client agreed to my sug- ing, I remember a shiver went
was now dark, they decided gestion and stepped outside. through me and straight up
to accompany us to the lady's When she was out of the my spine, like a gust of cold
home. This I’m sure helped room, the feeling of being air. I know this was the right
the client relax and calm completely alone began to location. I began taking pic-
down even more. We spent ap- weigh on my mind. I also tures in sequence and as I
proximately an hour, in which knew that something was did this, I was suddenly para-
nothing occurred at the cli- there and was waiting for me. lyzed. My finger remained
ent’s house. As soon as they This thought did terrify me. stuck in continuous shooting
departed, I decided to check Everyone has had this fear mode. The light flashed off
to see if the voice recorder or and beware of those who tell and lit up again, and what
the infrared camera which I you otherwise. It is a fear that stood in front of me was
had placed prior to leaving, cannot be explained properly something I had never seen
had captured any evidence. I in words, but it is one that before. An imposing figure,
was hoping to have captured must be felt in order to be ap- dark, and evil. I stood frozen
something special. preciated. and finally stopped shooting.
I had just placed the head- I grabbed the camera and I slowly took the ultravio-
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let flashlight, as my hands stared at me and I received in a panic began asking me
slightly trembled from the his thoughts. I do not know what had happened. Unfortu-
right pocket of my jeans. My how that is possible, but I felt nately, I was not able to even
hand was freezing up, and that he wanted to kill me but speak, so I could not answer
I hardly could turn it on. I could not for some reason. her. I turned and looked out
managed to point it straight Then I felt a sense of desire the window and saw the
ahead, to better see what from it, as if the entity de- hints of the sun about to rise,
stood in front of me. I am at a sired me. All very strange. and I thought maybe this
loss and cannot really de- I do not know how much time it was all over.
scribe what I saw at that very time had passed, but I re- I must admit, I did not sleep
moment, seem impossible. member I did not have a minute, not even a wink.
The entity stood a few inches anything more. I finally Although, I was psychologi-
from me, finally we were face succumbed and let myself cally and physically de-
to face. I wish I could say that fall on the bed. I was totally stroyed, I was still to wired
I stood tall and felt no fear, devoid of any vital energy. at the events that unfolded.
but that was not reality. I My breathing was hard and In a few hours, I would begin
was trembling out of fear, as labored. As I laid there in the my return home journey.
I was finally at the threshold dark and feeling as I was go- As I prepared my things for
of my fear. I felt faint and ing to die, I remember seeing departure, I could not stop
thought that at any moment a bright light fill the entire thinking about what had
I would fall to the ground. I room. The lady had returned happened a few hours before.
thought to myself that I could from her walk outside in the I just could not stop think-
not be overwhelmed by fear, fresh air and turned on the ing about it. I arrived at the
and I need to get it together. lights. She had discovered station and finally jumped
I was paralyzed as the entity me laying in the bed, and on the train to Rome. It was
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during this tranquil ride that I summoned the courage and  To my great surprise, the
finally managed to fall asleep. went up to my room. I placed shots I took in the bedroom
I would say that about two the headphones on and began of the lady's son, I get discon-
weeks had passed. During to listen to the audio tracks of certing results. What I later
this time, I still had not man- the empty house. I discovered immortalized in the form of
aged to summon the courage that while the lady and I were "human seeds", previously
to analyze the material from inside the house, something had assumed the appearance
the investigation. Honestly, I walked nervously around of something unreal. The
could not sleep at night any- the house, banging on the body seemed to be, that of a
more. I preferred to do it dur- walls and furniture of each lion and the head of a demon,
ing the day, as I felt calmer room. Then I heard very clear or just something very scary.
and safer. I began to wonder growls and songs. It was then, Look at the shots of this fig-
if I was going crazy. I could I realized that I had not be- ure.
not understand the situation, come crazy. I had some very In this original shot you will
I thought a lot, and replayed concrete and clear evidence hardly notice anything. But
it over and over, trying to of the experiences I had lived look carefully to the right, I
explain it all. I even had the through. I then concentrated immediately notice an anom-
thought to stop investigating on the photographic parts, aly. As soon as I arrived at the
all together. “Why should I which incredibly I was able house I put all my things right
run these risks?” I then would to document everything. I do on that bed, completely emp-
argue with myself, like a not want to tell you more, as I ty and free from any object.
madman, “this is your dream, leave to your eyes the ability On the next page I will show
do not stop”. to see and judge what I saw you something incredible.
Finally, I clenched my fists, that night. Carefully analyzed all the
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material, I decided to inter- such phenomena, that is other ways. I have failed
vene personally. For months why we will not intervene". in many ways of obtain-
I searched in vain for help, I was and am still saddened ing liberation of the house
I even personally contacted and heart broken, that I from a lay priest, I also tried
the Vatican. I showed them was not able to resolve this through very serious spir-
not only the material you case and help the client. itual groups and close to the
just saw, but also hours and However, this story does Church but nothing, I still re-
hours of video and audio have a partial happy end- ceived no positive answers
recordings, with the hope ing. I certainly did not stop or solutions.
of help. The answer given at this unsurpassed wall, Several years have passed
to me, was one of the worst which was placed in front of and I am constantly in touch
answers I ever received, me. I have tried to bypass it with Matera and with the
"it is not for her to look for and climb it through many lady who updates me on
all the events.
There are pe-
riods in which
the situation
seems to calm
down, only to
explode again in
chaos and anger
of this obscure
creature or en-
tity.
Today I con-
tinue to follow
the case from a
distance. Al-
ways looking for
a solution, an
opportunity. I’m
still looking for
the opportunity
to intervene and
resolve the situ-
ation once and
for all. I am sure
that sooner or
later continuing
in my field I will
find what I need
in order to help
this family.
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My Dance with Hell Fire.

The Hell Fire Club in Co. Dub- ship. At the lodge, rich men it up only to discover that the
lin, Ireland, is located on top would gather to practice the stranger had hooves instead
of Montpellier Hill. Stunning dark arts which included the of feet. With that, the stranger
views and great for walking sacrificing animals, servants took on the form of a horned
and picnics too. However, this and young women who they beast and burst into flames ,
place has a dark past to say would first have sex with. setting the whole building on
the least. There would also be drink- fire. These are the stories that
This hunting lodge was built ing, gambling and all man- I grew up with about the Hell
by William Connolly, a speak- ner of amoral behaviour. It Fire Club.
er at the House of Commons was rumoured that they held When myself and my partner
in Ireland. It is said that he black masses and even held decided to visit this place, I
used the stones from an an- an empty chair at the table so was apprehensive but ex-
cient Irish burial mound that that the devil could come and cited. I knew the rumours and
was on the site, for construc- join them. knew that this place didn’t
tion, using a standing stone There were a number of have the nicest of reputa-
as part of the main fire place. stories associated with the tions especially after dark.
After Connolly died, the lodge lodge, the most famous of We decided to explore it dur-
was sold. Richard Parsons which involves a card game. A ing the day, just to see what
founded the Hell Fire Club in stranger visited the lodge one the energy was like. Was it as
1735. The lodge became the stormy night, to play a game dark as we had heard or was
clubs meeting place. Parsons, of cards. During the game, a it in fact a peaceful place?
himself, was known to dabble card fell on the floor. One of I gathered my crystals for
in black magic and devil wor- the players bent down to pick protection and we started on
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our way. visible. Some of the stones minds eye. We entered what
We had to park at the bottom on the outer wall of the lodge would have been the base-
of Montpellier Hill and hike had initials carved into them. ment first. In front of us was
up to the top to the ruins of I felt that now was the time to a staircase, a room beyond
the lodge. There were plenty “power up”. I told my partner, this and a room on either
of people going up and down Mike, to copy me by putting side of us. I was immediately
the hill and it was a beauti- our hands on the lush, green drawn to take a picture of the
ful day. Nothing felt eerie or earth and asking for positive staircase. We then took some
unsettling at all. When we Divine light to fill our bodies EVP as we explored the build-
reached the top, however, so that we could be prepared ing. At this time, there was no
things began to change. De- for whatever was inside this one in the building and there
spite the weather and fami- place. I placed my hands on was one family having a pic-
lies having picnics or walking the ancient burial mound nic at the side of the hill. We
their dogs, there loomed this and expressed my sadness at explored the whole house and
dark ruin of a building which what was done to it all those stepped outside.
held many dark and horrific years ago. We decided to split up and
secrets. Mike and I took a deep breath explore the building a second
Before going inside the lodge, and entered the building. The time. I went into the room be-
we walked around the exte- window shutters and doors hind the stairs. This basement
rior, examining the stone and had long since rotted away room was said to be where
grounds. The remains of the but I remember seeing the the club practiced dark magic
old burial mound were very grandure of the place in my and black masses. I instantly

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felt the atmosphere change picnic at the side of the hill. down the hill, I heard foot-
once I stepped through the Mike and I noticed how com- steps behind us. I turned,
door. With crystals in hand, fortable she seemed to be expecting to see the family
I closed my eyes and stated going around this eerie lodge coming behind us, however
my intention. I told the build- by herself. Her family didnt there was nothing there. I
ing and the entities within seem to be worried about her walked further and heard a
that I did not come to harm or being out of sight. We saw thump. I turned and realised
provoke, only to observe. As her go up the steps and into that a rock had landed in the
my eyes were closed, I saw a a room on the far right of the bush behind us but I also saw
figure staring at me from a building. I remember feel- another rock mid air com-
distance. This creature had
a bulls head with intelli-
gent eyes and the chest and
arms of a man. We watched
each other . I was no threat
to this creature and it was
no threat to me. I made a
mental note of what I saw
and met Mike outside again.
On exiting the building, I felt
very disorientated and had
a painful headache. This
was my sign that I had gone
in enough. Mike, however ,
wanted to go in a third time.
Despite my warnings, Mike,
being the adventurer that
he is, still went back in. He
went into the back room
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fore he emerged again look-
ing shaken. He said he also
felt disorientated and had a ing concerned for her safety ing for us. Both rocks hit that
headache. He put his hand in as her family were a small bush as if they were thrown
his mouth and realised his distance away and definitely but not a single living person
mouth was bleeding quite a couldn't have seen her. Mike was there.
bit, almost like he had bitten and I saw this girl holding We drove home, mostly in
his tongue. We both agreed hands with something invis- silence, trying to take in all
that it was time to leave. ible and dancing with it. She that we had witnessed. We
As we stood for a moment to was perfectly at ease. We got to where we were staying
gather our thoughts, we saw witnessed her dancing with and began looking through
a little girl about 8 or 9 years something for at least 7 or 8 our pictures and EVPs that
old, wander into the lodge by minutes before we decided to we caught at the lodge. The
herself. She belonged to the go back to the car. first thing we noticed on one
family that were having a As we began our descent of the EVPs was a distinct
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growl, not from an animal but a God called Moloch. You can masked men. The other was
from a man. The next thing imagine my surprise when of a woman toed to a bed with
we noticed was a picture. The I discovered that this entity writing or symbols on the
picture that I had taken of the was said to have the head of footboard, again surrounded
staircase had a man floating a bull and the body of a man. by these masked and cloaked
between the too and bottom This would lead people to men.
floor. His head, face, hair and believe that it was the devil This was one of the most
shoulders were clearly vis- himself due to the horned interesting paranormal
ible. He had a hairstyle from head and cloven feet. experiences that I have ever
the 1700s to 1800s with large For three weeks after, I kept had, perhaps because of the
sideburns and was wearing a seeing this white bull headed stories I had grown up with
smart jacket (perhaps velvet) creature in my mind, star- about the Hell Fire Club. The
with a shirt underneath. His ing at me, not aggressive, biggest lesson that I learned
face was stern and observing, but observing. Sometimes it was to respect all energy and
his eyes looking toward the was closer, other times it was entities no matter if they are
camera. further away. At the same of light or darkness. Most of
I then began to research time, Mike was getting vi- these entities have been here
the Hell Fore Club itself. My sions to the point that he felt longer than us and regardless
research led me to the true like he would burst if he didn't of their intentions, their pow-
name group that held their get them out of his head and er must be respected. The Hell
meetings at the old lodge, Bo- down on paper. He began to Fire Club holds so much mem-
hemian Grove. This group are sketch what he saw. I call him ory and energy and whatever
still active in California, how- a “spartist” or spirit artist. entity was summoned all
ever there are no dark arts He drew, what I believe, were those years ago, still resides
or human sacrifice involved the memories from events there but, if respected, it has
these days. Up on the hill, this that took place at the lodge. no reason to harm. Be smart,
group would drink, gamble, One picture was of a wom- be safe, be respectful.
sacrifice young women and an, stripped naked, on her Love and light.
servants all in the name of knees in front of cloaked and
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ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENON

The following is the classifications of EVPs EVPs of such low quality that need extreme
that are generally accepted and used by para- enhancement, filtering, etc. are probably not
normal researchers and investigators: real EVPs. Even if later validated, with such ex-
treme enhancement the reliability of the EVP
Class A - This type of EVP is loud, clear and of is highly questionable. In other words, if you
very high quality. The voice is easily under- have to try that hard to make a sound an EVP
standable and does not need enhancement or then it probably isn’t so.
amplification. Class A EVPs are also often (but
not always) in direct response to a question SHGGRS EVP Classification System
being asked. Strange Happenings Ghost and Hauntings Research
Society, also came up with their preferred ver-
Class B - This is the most common type of EVP. sion of EVP classification that may be used
This type of EVP is of somewhat lower quality to further define EVPs recorded. They chose
and clarity than a Class A EVP but still very au- to break down the EVP classification by type,
dible. Class B EVPs often do need some amount level, and response clarification. The following
of enhancement or amplification to be heard is the list of classes, levels and categories that
clearer. The voice may not be clear enough to may be used:
be totally understood or there may be disa-
greement as to what it is saying. Class B EVPs Classes
are often not in direct response to a question.
Class DC (direct communication): The ghost
Class C - This is the lowest quality EVP. With a voice clearly answers a question or directly
Class C EVP even, the best enhancement and responds to something said.
amplification may not be sufficient to make
the voice audible or clear. There may even be Class PC (personal communication): The ghost
debate whether or not an EVP is actually pre- voice clearly says something meaningful di-
sent. rectly to someone present.
Some paranormal investigators go further:
Class RC (random communication): A ghost
Class D - Occasionally referred to as Class R. voice that answers no direct question, does
There are very poor-quality EVPs. Extremely not appear to be aimed at any particular per-
questionable if it even is an EVP. Also referred son and doesn’t make sense in the context it
to as EVP chatter, whispers, breathing noises was receive.
and airy sounds. Some investigators use Class
D as a “holding” classification until further Levels
analysis is performed. Either way, Class D EVPs
are not used presentable as evidence. Level 1: Loud, clear and easy to understand...
Class G - Also known as the “garbage” because sounds like natural speech (including whis-
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pers and fast speech). responding to something previously said by
Level 2: Lower volume and the voice is itself and/or someone or something else.
warped, but still discernable. CHR (chorale): Two or more voices speak-
Level 3: Very low volume, hard to understand ing at the same time, either saying the same
and excessively warped. thing or something different.
Categories Some Notes Regarding EVP Classification:
Morph: The voice and/or words of someone 1. Most EVP messages are recorded more
who is speaking is changed into something frequently in the evening and/or during
else in the playback of the recording. Words stormy weather (best times for ghost hunt-
that are different than the person who spoke, ing).
or one voice changing to another, etc. 2. Most EVP messages are typically short
ERV (event related voices): Events such as in length, preceded by a click or thud sound,
someone talking or coughing, or the sounds of are usually in the language of the experi-
a passing train or car, etc. seems to trigger the menter being delivered in a single voice (male
EVP. or female),
TR (thread related): One utterance is a com- 3. Also, exhibit a frequency shift differ-
ment on, or a response to, an utterance just ent from the normal human voice frequency
before. They are related by contextual thread. range.
Examples would be hearing two or more
voices talking to each other, as well as a voice
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Haunted antiques
paranormal research
centre.
In 2017, with a little bit of than I imagined it would be. into the light and she moved
equipment and a big desire, I My original idea for Haunted on and was greeted by her
decided to start my research Antiques was to record our mother.
with objects. I truly believed evenings at the antique cen- Ian my guest medium for the
that objects held energy, I tre then edit and produce a night did work on three ob-
didn’t feel that they would be series of highlight videos. It jects. Each totally different.
‘haunted’ as such, I felt that was in this format that our Each leaving us with ques-
was a Hollywood film makers first two evenings were done, tions. One, especially, will
scare factor, but I was pre- and I have produced two stay in my mind for a very
pared to proved wrong! videos based on our first two long time as we’d never expe-
So I set out to research and nights. ‘The boy in the pho- rienced anything like it be-
prove or disprove, that spirits tograph’ & ‘Bronze African fore. This was the boy in the
could be attached to objects. Statue’ are still available to photograph. As we sat having
I emailed lots of antique watch on the Haunted An- a short break, Ian saw a you
shops in the area and sur- tiques Paranormal Research f child leap out of one of the
rounding area, but the only Centre YouTube
person to respond to me was channel.
Phil Sims at Sims Vintage Almost immedi-
Antique Centre at Wootton ately there was a
Wawen. He agreed to let me number of spirits
into his shop to investigate, coming forward.
and boy what a night! I guess they were
I must admit I was very interested in what
nervous to start with as this we were doing as
project is so important to no other paranor-
me. What would happen if it mal group had
all went wrong? End of my been there. One in
dream I guess. particular was a
I did believe that the initial baby girl crying.
haunted antiques’ format It became obvi-
was very, very good. After this ous to Ian that
first Saturday evening I knew this infant was
where I could tweak it and buried in what is
the changes were made for now the corner of
the second visit to the antique the centre. At the
centre. Having said that the end of the even-
end result was even better ing Ian helped her
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The second item was a items are not kept behind
bronze African figure. glass, we want everyone to
Ian was drawn to it. This touch, to hold or to sit in, so
figure has an older gen- this isn’t just our experiences
tleman attached to it. He it’s everyone’s. I have been
didn’t like anyone hold- on national TV twice with my
ing it, and was getting ww2 wheelchair, and have
quite agitated at first but been guest on numerous ra-
soon calmed down a bit. dio shows here in the UK and
It was a present to him USA.
and wasn’t happy that We open to the general pub-
his daughter had sold it lic every Saturday and al-
after he passed. low paranormal teams in on
Since I’ve opened the Saturday evening to inves-
Haunted Antiques Para- tigate. Also we now have a
normal Research Cen- membership scheme which
tre, Phil has very kindly allows the members access to
donated these two items, the CCTV cameras which will
and they now have pride run through the night, live
photographs. It was a picture of place. feeds and discounts from our
of a large house which we I am very lucky to be as- friends.
think is in Derbyshire. This sociated with Sims Vintage
little boy ran around the shop Antique Centre in Woot-
in an excited frenzy. He set off ton Wawen, and without
the rem pod as he raced past the belief of Phil & Terri,
it. I asked him some ques- the whole concept of
tions which he answered. Haunted Antiques would
He’d never come out of the never have got off the
photo before, but he’d seen idea stage. Sims Vintage
us and was excited so he just Antique Centre are now
jumped out. He told us that proud sponsors of the
his mum and dad were in the Haunted Antiques para-
house and that they didn’t normal research centre.
know that he’d come out to The centre has now been
play. He was such a happy open for a year, and it is
soul. At one point I asked him going from strength to
to hold Terri’s hand. Terri is strength. Everyone, with-
Phil the owners wife who had out exception has been
joined us for the evening. To impressed with what
her astonishment she felt the we are doing. However,
small cold hand of a small this is just the beginning
child hold her hand. After a and we have so many
while Ian sensed he was get- more ideas that we want
ting tired so he ran back into to try. The centre isn’t a
the photograph. museum as such as the
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2021 MYSTICAL BRITAIN
WITH CRYPTO GURU, RONALD MURPHY JR.
MARCH 9 - 14 2021
​WITH AN OPTIONAL EXCURSION TO SCOTLAND

Britain. The land where mystery and reality collide. Join guest host Ronald L Mur-
phy Jr. on this once-in-a-lifetime experience as we explore the mysteries, lore,
myths, and realities of Great Britain.

How or why do so many strange thing cluster in certain areas? Visit the places
where the veil is thin. Learn from our expert and experience for yourself first hand.
Return with more knowledge and stories of your own.

Included in this package:

Round trip airfare from a major east coast airport
Airport transfers in the UK
4 nights hotel accommodations
6 meals ( 4 breakfasts and 2 dinners)
Ground transportation in the UK
Admission to listed attractions
All listed lectures and meet-ups
A commemorative t-shirt

Day 1 – Fly from our US airport

Day 2 -Land in London. If time allows, we will have a City Tour with Photo Stops at
the famous sights. Check in to the hotel and freshen up. Group dinner with meet and
greet, welcoming, and orientation.
Day 3 -Full English breakfast at the hotel then off to the English Countryside. Our
day excursion begins with Stonehenge. Along the way we will learn of the myths and
mysteries surrounding the ancient structure. We can spend some time investigat-
ing the grounds. Then it is off to the nearby Avebury Henge, much larger yet lesser
known. While there, we will have some time at the visitors center and general explo-
ration time. Lunch and dinner on your own. Evening we will have a meetup to share
experiences and findings.
Day 4 -Begin the day with another full English breakfast, then head out to Isle of Ava-
lon itself, Glastonbury. Prepare for a full day of learning and being amazed. Lunch
and dinner on your own with a meetup later to be announced.
Day 5 - After breakfast, we will go to the British Museum to revise relic from the
sites we investigated and many others. Spend the day there or set out on your own
and explore London. Our transportation will meet us back at the museum for pick
up later in the day. I the evening we will gather for a farewell dinner and share our
many findings from the trip.
Day 6 -Fly home or continue on to Scotland with the optional add on.

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The adventures of Detroit tions (DPX), certainly seems more, Eloise Psychiatric
Paranormal Expeditions to support that idea. Hospital at its peak had 78
The paranormal world is While DPX is only about two- buildings across 902 acres. It
something that transcends and-a-half years old, my peaked in population around
geographic regions, cultures co-founder Todd Bonner and I the 1930s when it had 10,000
and beliefs. While people of have each been actively pur- patients and 2,000 staff. To-
different backgrounds don’t suing the paranormal world day, fewer than five buildings
always agree on what the for around seven years now. remain, and only two of them
paranormal world entails, A paranormal investigation are in good enough shape to
there are and have been peo- team based out of Detroit, safely enter.
ple of virtually every back- Michigan, DPX has traveled For years, Eloise was owned
ground who believe that there throughout the United States, by Wayne County, and they
is something to the universe investigating some places refused to allow anyone to
beyond what we can see with that are notoriously haunted, enter. It was eventually sold
our naked eye. and others that have never to a private developer, with
The curiosity of what lies been investigated before. the goal of converting it into
beyond is why I can’t walk Many of the latter turned out a senior living facility. While
away from this field, nor do I to be some of the most haunt- speaking at paranormal
fear death. Death is one thing ed places we’ve ever been to. conference in the summer
that unites all of us, and I do Here is one of our favorites: of 2018, we met a gentleman
not believe that we simply Eloise Psychiatric Hospital – named Russ and became
close our eyes and drift off to Westland, Michigan friends with him. He said he
a quiet eternity of darkness Once a sprawling complex knew the developers who
and non-existence. The evi- that included a general hospi- bought the building and of-
dence my paranormal group, tal, tuberculous sanatorium, fered to connect us. We met
Detroit Paranormal Expedi- psychiatric ward and much with him, and he agreed to
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allow us to investigate. We did because of the way its set up, the basement. To see those
a Facebook Live walkthrough the camera was capturing all pictures and other evidence
the first day we entered the audio in the room Todd we’ve captured at Eloise, visit
the building, which you can was in. www.detroitparanormalex-
watch on our Facebook page After he leaves, what follows peditions.com/eloise.
here. are more than 4 minutes of We do a lot of livestreaming
Our first night in the building unexplained sounds. You can on our social media chan-
was nothing short of amaz- hear things moving in the nels whenever we investigate
ing. I heard one of the loudest room, shower curtains in Eloise and other locations. We
disembodied voices I’ve ever adjacent room move, shuf- hope you will connect with
heard, and Todd had an even fling, footsteps and much us on our channels and join
more incredible experience more. What’s incredible about us on our adventures! There
that was captured on video. is how long it lasts. You can is much more to come. If you
Alone on the third floor after watch the video on our You- have a passion for the para-
everyone else had exited the Tube page here. We recom- normal, we’d love to connect
building for a break, he began mend listening with head- with you. All of our social
to hear walking in the back of phones. media channels are linked at
the room. It intensified, and Friends of ours were also able the top of our website, www.
eventually he got so uncom- to capture a couple amazing detroitparanormalexpedi-
fortable, he left the building photos, including what looks tions.com.
and came outside with us. like a shadow figure in the We’ll see you in the dark!
We were livestreaming our back of a dining room, and
cameras on Facebook, and an apparition of a nurse in
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ARCHIVE ECHO

I
n this issue of the Archive nity, need to ask ourselves ing proper research or inves-
Echo, I am going to cover “why we are in the field”? tigations. I know that there
two subjects. Subjects that Do we fully understand the are many of us who do. But,
are complete opposites. Of sacrifices that we will have we need more to follow suit.
course, I will be covering one to make? Do we not owe it to We need more dedicated and
of my favorite artifacts in the ourselves, the clients and the mature paranormal research-
museum, and the other is a spirits, a mature and respect- ers out there, blazing a trail
topic that has been weighing able experience, investigation for the new people to look up
heavy on my mind for quite or session? Basically, what to and follow. If truth be told
some time. I'm projecting here is that if the younger generation is go-
Let's start off with the vexing we want the paranormal field ing to be picking up the torch,
topic. This topic, is an issue to be taken seriously, we need so to speak whenever we
that I experience time and to take the paranormal field pass away. Proper guidance
time again on paranormal seriously, it's that simple. is important if we want the
forums, message boards, con- Selfish egos have no part in paranormal field to thrive and
ventions, posts etc. It seems the progression of this great survive after we are gone. End
that no matter where I turn to field. "Each One Teach One", of rant.
in the paranormal communi- this philosophy comes from a Now onto the good stuff. The
ty, I run into this issue. The is- personal experience, some "haunted relic" that I want to
sue that I'm addressing is the personal insight, that I re- share with everyone, is by far
issue of how some folks (re- ceived from one of my profes- one of my favorites within
gardless of gender), have let sors in ministry college, the the Archive's collection and
their egos run rampant! Now late Dr. Regal. He made a clear is linked to multiple accounts
this issue has helped tarnish point that it was important of strange occurrences here
the respectability and entirety to not only learn, but to pass in the museum. I'm talk-
of the paranormal field from along your knowledge and ing about the West Virginia
both the inside and outside. your personal experiences State Penitentiary "Execu-
The field has become popu- to others. It's truly an amaz- tion Cap". The Cap, as many
lated with teams competing ing concept, learn it, teach it visitors have come to call
with other teams, people put- and retain it. This philosophy it has made quite the home
ting down others in the field can be easily be applied to for itself amongst the most
and all types of drama. I have any one subject. It is a simple haunted items within the
seen many seasoned veterans concept to where pretty much museum's collection. The Cap
leave the field because they anyone can use it. was originally purchased as
were pushed out, or just were This amazing and wonder- an historical item, but there
embarrassed at what the field ful field of the paranormal, is were hopes amongst the
was turning into. How many worthy and deserves our best, museum's personnel. They
new people interested the not our worst. We investiga- had hoped that some traces
field have opted not to enter tors or researchers, however of the nine inmates who have
because of all of this? you identify yourself, need been executed with it, would
We, as the representatives to focus on passing along have and would still follow it
of the paranormal commu- proper etiquette for conduct- to its new home here at the
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Archive. So it comes as no are magnified while The Cap (murderer) and Elmer Bruner
surprise that from day one is being held in one's hands. (murderer). Those inmates
of its arrival, that there were Also, as I am sure that it that we have not yet to con-
reports of unrest within the comes as no surprise that The tact are as follows; Harry
museum's keep. Footsteps, Cap’s energy is "insanely" in- Burdette (murderer), Oschel
shuffling, knocks and slight tense during thunderstorms, Gardner (murderer), Robert
shadow movement are just especially those with large Hopkins (murderer) and Eu-
a few of the types of experi- amounts of lightning. As for gene Linger (murderer).
ences and evidence collected contact being made with the There will most definitely be
from within the first week of nine inmates? We have made more research conducted on
The Cap being housed here. contact with five of the nine this item in the future. Execu-
What is also interesting is the inmates either through EVP’s, tion were by means of electro-
intense aura that seems to “ghost box” or proximity cution and took place between
surround The Cap. Many of the meter(s). March 26, 1951 with Painter
museum's guests have made Here are the names of the and Burdette and ended April
mixed reports of the vibe that five that we have manage 3, 1959 with Bruner taking
they felt coming from The Cap. to make contact with Fred the final charge of electricity.
These vibes have included Painter (murderer), James West Virginia's capital punish-
rage, sadness and even fear. Hewitt (murderer), Tom In- ment ended in 1965 and was
I personally want to add that gram (murderer: a mother never reinstated.
those emotional impressions and daughter), Larry Fudge
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THE BRAIN SUCKER

We head to one of South Af- as a “giant reptile”. This oc- to the residents as the “Brain-
rica’s most important rivers. curred near a village named Sucker”. According to folklore
The Mzimvubu River known Lubaleko, that lies on the and urban legends from the
as “place of the hippopota- Mzintlava River in the vicinity area, this giant reptile has
mus" is approximately 400 of Mount Ayliff. The residents terrorized the villages around
km long, which flows in a of the village claimed that the the Mzintlava River for ages.
southeastern direction and nine victims were drug into It is notorious for dragging its
empty’s victims,
out into especial-
the Indi- ly chil-
an Ocean dren into
through the deep
a majes- depths,
tic gorge where
named it would
the feed on
"Gates of the faces
St John". and the
This brains.
river is There are
largely several
unde- descrip-
veloped, tions of
so much this giant
of its reptile.
beauty Some
is still on have de-
display. scribed
However, do not let its beauty the water and drowned by this it as being 6-7 feet in length.
fool you as this river holds a “giant reptile”. Once, the bod- Other descriptions include a
mystery. In April of 1997, this ies were recovered from the four short legs, a long tail, a
river was brought to the at- waters, it was reported that crocodilian body, a horse-like
tention of the world by South their faces and brains were head with a serpent neck.
African newspapers Johan- devoured. Some have even suggested
nesburg's The Star and Cape In examining South African the creature has a glow to it. A
Town's Cape Argus. The news- and Zulu folklore, we find a village elder that goes by the
papers reported that nine fa- cryptid by the name of Mam- name of Matshunga stated
talities by what was described lambo. This cryptid is known “It is a big snake, and I have
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seen what it does. It has the
head and neck of a snake, and
it shines at night with a green
light.”
Multiple witnesses claimed
that this animal has two
bright shiny green eyes. The
villagers state that according
to folklore, that Mamlambo
uses its eyes to hypnotize its
victims. Once, they are under
a trance, then the Mamlambo
grabs them and drags them
under water.
Although Mamlambo sight-
ings have been occurring
throughout time, the local po-
lice state that “the monster’s
purported victims were actu-
ally only drowning casualties,
resulting from the swelling
of the Mzintlava River during
the heavy rains of the Lesotho
wet season”.
Even though the police have
dismissed that the victims
were that of a Mamlambo at-
tack, the villagers who reside
nearby claim that Mamlambo
is very real and not just a silly
folklore. “This is very real”,
claims one tribesman, “and
we have been terrorized by with a large bulky head. Mod- ers taking to wide campaigns
this mysterious monster”. ern reports describe it as be- of attempting to locate and
According to mythology of ing "half horse and half fish", eradicate the creature. They
the Xhosa people, mamlambo having the head and neck of a have been dragging the corps-
is a giant river snake which horse and the body of a fish, es of animals through water
brings good fortune to who- with four short stumpy legs. in hopes of drawing the crea-
ever owns it. According to the So, has the creature evolved ture out and have also went as
tribesman the Mamlambo or is this another creature? far as dropping explosives in
was used by witch doctors to Since, April of 1997 there have the water.
seek revenge on all those who been no sightings or reports In 2007, Josh Gates of Destina-
went against him. The tribal of villagers falling victim to tion Truth (Season 1 Episode 5)
stories of the past describe the Mamlambo. Perhaps this went to the location to investi-
the creature as a big snake has been due to the villag- gate the reports.
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The Eyes
of Charles
Breuer
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Spring Grove Cemetery:
Section 100
4521 Spring Grove Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio
39.175175, -84.525829
(Follow the main street en-
trance roadway, which is the
road with the lines, past two
shelter houses. Right after the
second shelter house, the is Y
in the road where C.C. Breuer's
monument is located.)

Spring Grove Cemetery is a

beautiful but very haunted
cemetery, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In
the heart of the many legends
and hauntings from this loca-
tion, lies an unusual statue.
This statue is a very detailed
and is raised seven feet above
the ground, belongs to the late
Charles C. Breuer.
C.C. Breuer was a very contro-
versial capitalist in life, so it is
not surprising that he would
be so in the afterlife. The con-
troversy in the bust, lies in the
eyes. The eyes are very realistic
and have caused many to gasp
in horror! Many have claimed
that the eyes flicker and pu-
pils dilate. Others claim the
eyes follow them, while others
have stated the whole bust has
turned and followed them…
Local legend has claimed that
C.C. Breuer had written in his
will that his real eyes would
be placed in the bust upon his
death. Allegedly, his real eyes
were placed in glass and placed
in the bust. So when in Cin-
cinnati, stop by Spring Grove
Cemetery and say hello to C.C.
Breuer!
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 Dohbar-Chú
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I
rish legend tells of a the creature died, it let out place of Grace. Her grave is
fearsome creature, part an ear-splitting scream. Just located in Cornwall cemetery
hound and part otter. The then the water of the lake in the downland of Drum-
Dobhar-chú is a blood thirsty began to ripple, and the the mans. Sadly the Tomb itself
creature that lives deep in the creature’s enraged mate rose is old. Most of the written
waters and is known for its from the depths of the lake. details have been worn down
speed, aggression, and appe- Terence ran for his horse and are now illegible. On her
tite for human flesh. Such a but the second Dobhar-Chú grave it is possible to make
creature doesn’t exist, right? was close on his heels. Ter- out Grace’s name and that of
September 22, 1722, Gráinne ence rode for miles but the her husband. What is more
Connolly (often Anglicized in creature was relentless in its clear is a detailed depiction
modern use to Grace Connol- pursuit. The chase went on of her killer, the Dobhar-Chú.
ly) left her home in Creevelea for hours, until eventually, The creature is depicted lying
located on the northwestern Terence was forced to stop in down on its back. A spear-like
part of Glenade Lough. Grace the township of Cashelgarron weapon is shown piercing the
was heading to the nearby to have his faltering horse creature’s neck, re-emerging
shallows to bathe or wash seen to. He told the local below. A human fist can also
clothes. The Dobhar-Chú blacksmith of the Dobhar-Chú be seen gripping the spear.
emerged from the water and following not far behind. The Buried in Co. Sligo, not far
made its attack. With a crea- blacksmith then advised Ter- from Cashelgarron stone fort,
ture as fierce as the Dohbar- rence to stand his horse upon both the Carved on her tomb-
Chú, one can only hope that a hill. When the Dobhar-Chú stone is a detailed depiction
death came quickly for Grace caught up to him, the black- of her killer, the Dobhar-Chú
so that she did not suffer. smith said, it would thrust its and McGloighlin’s horse are
Upon hearing her scream, fearsome head through the buried.
Terence McGloighlin (her hus- body of Terence’s horse giv-
band) grabbed his sword and ing Terence his only chance to
set out to the lake in search strike. Terence followed the Kristopher Rustic
of his wife. Find her he did. blacksmith’s words to the let- Obscure Anomalies
Terence came across her body ter, allowing him to cut off the Picture title: Artist Impression
in the shadow of the great creature’s head and avenge by Eye Witness Sean Corcoran.
beast, a beast that was now his wife in doing so. This creature was encountered
sleeping beside her bloody This tale seems so farfetched on Omey Island, Connemara, Co.
corpse. Mad with grief, Ter- but there is further infor- Galway, Ireland
ence attacked the Dobhar-Chú mation to back this tale up.
with his blade. He succeeded Grace's grave actually exists.
in slaying the beast as it was Dated September 24, 1722,
defenseless in its sleep. As this marker is the last resting
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Dan
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Disorsder
Paraurbex-
UK
Dan retruns to the second
editon with the rest of his story.

v husband, whom I will refer to ten found ourselves in each

It was the school summer from hereon as my not-real- other’s company. Our devi-
holiday and I was fourteen Grandfather. I could tell there ous young minds aided by
or fifteen years old. Not be- was an atmosphere between boredom concocted a plan
ing the most social butterfly I my not-real-Grandfather and to prank the general public,
was at a loss of how to amuse I, and now I know why, I was years ahead of Jackass but
myself. Due to technologi- the son of a daughter that falling in the shadow of Jer-
cal advances and the inter- wasn’t his flesh and blood. It emy Beadle’s televisual ex-
net; young boys of modern also probably didn’t help that ploits. As my Grandmother
day don’t appear to have my real Grandfather had the was out of the house in the
this problem so much. I was same name as me, a happy daytime the possibility of stu-
staying at my Grandmother’s coincidence as it turns out. pid behaviour without adult
house; she lived alone as her Anyway, a number of boys supervision proved far too
husband has passed away a from school lived near my enticing. Our first and main
few years earlier. Why do I Grandmother and my parents prank was a classic. Super-
say her husband? Why not both worked full time and glue a coin to the floor and
my Grandfather? I’ll tell you. lived a distance away, not let merriment ensue. It was
I never got along brilliantly too far but it was too great a potentially extreme hilarity
with my Grandmother’s hus- distance to be practical for a for what we perceived to be
band and recently I found out fourteen/fifteen year old to little outlay. My partner in
why. As a younger woman be travelling alone, hence I crime had superglue at home
my Grandmother had divorced camped at my Grandmother’s and we pooled our resources
her first husband and married house during the summer to secure a handful of shiny
my Mother’s Father. He died holidays. silver coins with which to
when my Mother was nine A boy I went to school with tempt canny passers-by.
months old and my Grand- lived relatively close to my We not so discretely snuck
mother remarried her first Grandmother and we of- across the road and glued
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a 10 pence coin to the pave- waiting somewhat lessened employ, most though enjoy-
ment, not directly in front of the amusement. Being the ing the joke and having a little
the house, just down a little wily young things we were a laugh as they made their way.
in case anyone was affronted plan was hatched to maxim- The one which stood out was
by our scheme. Back in those ise the enjoyment by using an elderly gent who stumbled
days 10 pence coins were my friend’s video camera to along with his walking stick
not the slivers of silver they simply film the street, we and as with most others went
are today, they were a proud would then review later add- for the lure and failed… until
manhole cover of a coin, ing to the tomfoolery with a he turned his walking aid to
something a keen-eyed pas- televisual presentation and the coin and hacked away at
ser-by surely couldn’t resist. the gift of fast-forward. it until it actually came free!
We took our positions in the The plan was complete. We’d Fair play!
upstairs bedroom and waited. obtained the video camera We repeated this routine for
And waited. One flaw in our and set it up on the bedside several days, taping in the
master plan was the footfall; cabinet which we’d placed daytime and reviewing the
it wasn’t as busy a thorough- near the window, peeping out footage that evening, some-
fare as we’d anticipated at the unsuspecting world. We times with a few members
Wait! Someone’s coming! set it to record and made our of my friend’s family laugh-
This is going to be great! way to attend to much less ing along with us. After a
They’re getting closer, closer, important things. few days the joke had not
closer… and there they go, Three hours or so later, dictat- worn thin and we forwarded
they didn’t even see it! This ed by the length of the 8mm through the days tape wait-
happened a lot. It seems tape utilised; we returned to ing for the next unlucky can-
people aren’t as eagle-eyed collect the camera, return didate to bend and scrabble
as we expected. Maybe if the the room to its original state fruitlessly. Oh, someone’s
recession had hit sooner peo- and went to review the foot- coming, quick press play! On
ple would have been actively age. We used the living room returning to normal playback
looking for free street-based television within my friend’s we watched as some cash-
cash but things were more house to speed our way hungry passer-by made their
relaxed then. Wait! Another through the footage, stop- attempt and moved on none-
person! Someone else is ping when someone stepped the-richer, BANG!... BANG!...
coming! They’re going for into shot to see if they’d go What the hell was that?
it! They approached the im- for the coin-shaped bait. We We decided to rewind that
movable object and spied it. observed the same as when days tape and watch all
Here we go! They leaned over we watched live, some peo- the way through, with the
and thinking they’d made a ple would walk by oblivious, sound slightly elevated to
cheeky profit, grabbed for the some would stop and attempt see if anything else had been
coin, then scraped at it, then to collect the unexpected caught. There was no one in
laughed and wandered off. It bounty, others would even the house, we’d have heard
worked! go that extra step to give the my Grandmother returning
We repeated this for several glued red herring a kick to as the front door made quite
days but due to the low foot- try and uproot it. Each time a recognisable sound which
fall it was a laborious affair. we’d have a laugh at the dif- we’d hear as we left each time
As much entertainment as the ferent techniques and levels and I’m certain there were no
pasted coin could provide; the of frustration people would neighbours at home either
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side. What could be making cupboards, drawers and other which could best be described
those noises? BANG! BANG! potential sources. That night as a mostly-transparent
BANG! I was no expert, but we discovered the sounds figure with a whitish hue
based on the microphone sen- continued but no visible cues which had the shape of head,
sitivity and such; the sounds as to the cause. shoulders and upper body. It
appeared to be coming from In order to be a thorough as drifted from the left of frame
within the bedroom. There possible we went back to to approximately one third of
was no identifiable pattern review the previously used the way across, stopped for
either with intensity or fre- 8mm tapes we had used other around three seconds as if
quency. There was definitely days, not a great amount, trying to determine what this
no heating system in use as we used a handful and ro- strange device in the room
it was actually a temperate tated them accordingly. As was, then it drifted out of
summer, not overly hot but the hours passed by and we frame from left to right.
comfortable. There was noth- watched a largely silent emp- The game was afoot, the next
ing mechanical within the ty screen, save for the odd day we attempted to secure
room, other than the camera passing victim who attempted the potential sound sources.
of course. What could it be? to collect our glued coin, an We taped up drawers, cup-
The next day we set the cam- activity now surpassed by our boards, anything we could
era back up, once again on new investigation; the bangs find that may move. I can’t
the bedside cabinet, but this were also present. The view- say exactly what type of tape
time pointing into the room ing angle included one of the it was but the best way I can
hoping to identify any obvi- bedroom windows, an old- describe it is a black form of
ous signs of the disturbance. fashioned double glazed affair duct tape, again sourced from
As usual we hit record, left which had the standard outer my friend’s unending supply
and returned to collect the layer and a sliding, openable of odds and ends. We placed
equipment later. Again, we inner layer around six inches blankets and such around
reviewed the captured foot- away. I’m not entirely cer- doors, windows or anywhere
age, in real time, waiting tain of this purpose, maybe a draught could sneak in.
for the strange bangs. They ventilation or cleaning, either We recorded again and the
continued; again there was no way it is what it is. As we banging continued, except
pattern and slight variances watched, quietly waiting for this time with increased
in intensity and frequency. more audible uncertainties, frequency and ferocity culmi-
Nothing in the lens’ field of something moved. The most nating in a crescendo of ag-
vision budged. No one was in accurate way I can describe gressive pounding and then
the house and no neighbours what I witnessed is a figure it happened, the camera was
were at home. The sound moved into view, paused, then knocked onto its side. Obvi-
definitely seemed to be com- moved away. To add some ously we knew this before
ing from that room. The next background detail, at the reviewing the footage; the
day we set the camera up point this happened no pedes- camera was disturbed when
again, facing the other way. trians were in view, none had we returned to collect it. We
One bonus of this was a mir- passed by for some time. No did wonder what we would
ror present within a dressing cars were moving, again not find but it’s possible my
table which would allow us for some time. I can’t see that Grandmother had unexpect-
to capture both sides of the it was caused by any outside edly returned and knocked
room at once, including the influence. It was a shape into the cabinet it rested upon.
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at that age
and in that
state of mind
I hadn’t
thought that
far ahead.
I foolishly
blurted what
had hap-
pened, my
parents were
aware and
worst of all
my Grand-
mother was
now aware.
Suffice to say
everyone’s
first instinct
was not to
believe my
juvenile
ramblings
and was to
After all it was her bedroom there when the thought of a explain all
we were invading on a daily spirit was sharing the same away as traffic reflection,
basis. space the realisation that it albeit traffic that was not pre-
It became apparent that we could potentially do harm was sent and heating noise, albeit
had not been as thorough as my last straw. I phoned my not in use. Them thought me
we could’ve been that day, parents and asked if I could daft! In hindsight I must’ve
there was one obvious area come back home. It was an seemed irrational and scared
we had not taped securely unexpected request given of ‘goblins’! But I suppose
shut, the bedside cabinet that the weeks of school summer if you hadn’t experienced it
was home to the camera, our holiday that remained and in personally it would be hard to
makeshift camera tripod. a clearer state of mind maybe digest, as it probably will be
That must’ve been the origin I should have fibbed and told for anyone kindly sparing the
of the banging, the hinged them I’d had a falling out with time to read through this.
wooden cabinet door. But my friend and would rather be I am convinced, without doubt
nothing naturally occurring in my own home. An explana- that a spirit/entity/ghost,
would have made the cabinet tion that would have skirted whatever you wish to label it
door open and close so ran- over the incidents I’d wit- was present in that house, in
domly and with such force, nessed, spared all concerned that room. I cannot say it was
could it? any upset and hopefully definitely my not-real-Grand-
That was enough for me, as removed me from potential father but there was some-
difficult as it was staying harm’s way. Unfortunately, thing there I cannot rationally
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explain. tratingly the boy I was friends tunity to film again didn’t
The next summer I did re- with and I drifted apart. We present itself. I had to walk
sume my normal holiday were largely only friends away from the possibility of
and spent approximately six due to our close proximity investigating further and this
weeks at the ‘haunted house’ whilst at my Grandmother’s has plagued me ever since.
but I did not return to filming house, a place I more or less For several years the thought
or ‘ghost hunting’. However, grew up due to my parents of filming again was always
the one thing that did embar- full work schedule. We were with me.
rassingly linger was the com- very different people with vi
pulsion to speak aloud when different outlooks and tastes. Following the previous adven-
alone at night to appease the However, the tapes were his tures; I left school, found work
spirit and attempt to remain and in his possession. I don’t and became an adult. During
safe, something this time I
I’d started do- had little to
ing the summer do with my
previous when parents, who
the evidence knew the girl I
presented it- was with was
self that there not the one
may have been for me, how-
an unexpected ever youth
occupant in the and inexpe-
house. I wasn’t rience kept
completely me in that
comfortable with situation for
returning and as several years.
you can imagine As with my
there was much parents I
ridicule from my rarely saw my
parents about Grandmother
my claims the or visited her,
previous year. I something I
remember my regretted in
Grandmother later years.
repeatedly telling me ‘It’s not know what he did with them Aged around 25, single, pen-
the dead you have to worry afterwards; maybe he simply niless and lacking direction,
about hurting you’, it didn’t recorded over them or threw motivation, fitness and con-
sound like reassurance the them away. Maybe he tried to fidence I moved back in with
way she said it but I assume investigate further, I’ll never my parents. A rather surreal
it was meant that way. The know. All I know is I’ll never experience as we had drifted
summer passed and no more see those tapes again, the apart, not that we had a great
incidents occurred. best evidence I ever had. relationship in this first place
You’re probably wondering Around two years later my and, most weirdly, they had
where these evidential tapes Grandmother became largely moved home. It was strange
are. Unfortunately, and frus- housebound and the oppor- being back with my parents,
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back with their strict rules in her health as even through six feet away, that’s where
of conduct after living with her other ailments and condi- the framed photo landed. In
that girl and then alone. Most tions she always had the will total the object moved around
of all it was a house I wasn’t to move into the living room twenty feet sideways and fell
familiar with and it was not and not stay in bed. It was about five feet down. Noth-
easy to adapt. I remained around this time she required ing else in the room was
with them for around five a lot more assistance to un- disturbed and the frame and
years before moving in with a dertake simple movements glass were unbroken. Both
new girl. and tasks and did first go to of my parents witnessed this
Another thing which only hospital. Several hours ear- event, including my sceptical
recently came to light was an lier, somewhere between 1-3 Father who has not spoken of
experience my Mother had o’clock in the morning my it. From the way the framed
in that new house when they parents were awoken by a photo was resting and its
first moved in. She was alone sound in their bedroom. On position I cannot see a natu-
in the house and was headed turning the bedside lamp on ral way it could have moved
down the stairs; at the bot- nothing could be seen to be across the room without an
tom she saw a figure. I’ve not creating the noises, which intervening force. To clarify,
been able to get a definitive then stopped. Moments it didn’t float gently through
description of what she actu- later, a framed photograph the air, it moved as if being
ally saw but she assures me launched across the room and thrown with force.
it was my not-real-Grandfa- fell near the bed. A little more Was this intended to bring at-
ther, her step-Father. When info as always, the photo- tention to my Grandmothers
I recently discovered this it graph was around A4 size, it declining condition and im-
rocked my world, not only was in a wooden frame and mediate needs?
that this remained secret for contained the image of me vii
so long but it highlighted the and my not-real-Grandfather I’ve spoken of a number of
possibility that other-worldly from a time when I was may- experiences I didn’t witness
spirits may be able to travel be 5 years old. The expres- myself and have to rely on
between places. sion on his face in that photo the information provided and
To carry on with the theme of has always spooked me, even garnered from my annoyingly
my Mother and that house I’ll before the previous events forensic questioning. Let’s
add something here, it breaks took place. The layout of the take a look at some things
the chronology I’ve been us- room is thus, stand in the which happened to me in later
ing so far but fits better here. middle of a room, this is the years.
About 12 years after the vision bed, look to your left, about Following the ‘Bedroom
at the bottom of the stairs an- eight feet away is a wooden Cabinet Ghost’ around fifteen
other incident occurred. My cabinet, placed against the years passed where no para-
Grandmother was seriously wall, around five feet tall, the normal incidents occurred
unwell; she did actually pass framed photograph was on directly to me, to my knowl-
away a few months later; af- this, at the back, part rest- edge anyway. As previously
ter spending a lengthy time in ing on the wall and partly stated my work and personal
hospital. One morning around standing on its own from life occupied enough of my
9am she was found bedridden the fold out leg that frames time that I may not have even
and in a very poorly state, this have. Now look to your right, noticed something which may
signalled significant changes pick a spot on the floor about otherwise have been obvi-
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ous. I recall a time when I couple who had passed away, constantly catching sight of
lived alone in a flat within an a number of years apart and something, movement or…
old converted hotel, which is left the house unoccupied for something out of the corner
less glamorous than you just around a year or so. Prior of your eye; only to see noth-
imagined, believe me. In the to moving in; the house was ing when focussing directly
nights there were strange renovated and redecorated as on the area, which remains to
noises in the bedroom and it was quite outdated and in this day. A few things moved
many corner-of-the-eye ex- some cases unsafe. The work around or vanished, mainly
periences in the living room. was undertaken by me, in the small personal items, noth-
I set about investigating, as evenings after work, during ing valuable but items you’d
was my way and using a video weekends and by a number of miss if they weren’t there
camera filming in night mode/ tradesmen for the more chal- but items that would be dif-
infra-red in the bedroom as lenging aspects. The house ficult to lose in such a small
I slept. Review revealed the was unrecognisable, from the house. I put a lot of this down
cause of the audible distur- inside at least, every room to human error, forgetfulness
bance. Mice! The building had some level of upgrade or or the simple fact there were
was full of them; apparently repair. When ready we moved two of us in the house and the
some work in a nearby build- in and started our journey as other could have moved it.
ing had disturbed a storm joint homeowners. There were some other things
drain which had caused a At first everything was quiet though that became hard to
great number of mice onto the and very normal, and then explain as a natural occur-
mean streets. That would ex- some strange things began. rence. In the second bedroom,
plain everything. Believe me, There was always a strange for around a week, books
the paranormal is never my feeling of being watched would move. Books which had
first assumption for goings whilst in the bedroom and been flat on a surface or on a
on, I possess an ex-
tremely logical mind
and always analyse
the facts and possi-
bilities before set-
tling on the probable
cause.
So, aged around 30
I moved in with my
girlfriend in a two
bedroom semi-de-
tached house. Noth-
ing extravagant, but
enough for us. Our
only real knowledge
of the property and
the previous oc-
cupants was they
were an elderly
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shelf were found in the middle wards the bedroom. Sounds the windows were closed, the
of the room. Again, it could’ve you grow accustomed to and bedroom door was pushed
been a not-so-level house, become easily recognisable,closed but not fully latched
wonky furniture or the other but usually associated withand there was no other move-
house member. After discuss- another living person beingment in the house, my part-
ing it we ruled out each other in the house. This happenedner was downstairs, motion-
and kept an eye on it, sure a number of times and does less, reading. As I gently put
enough books did continue to catch you unawares, especial-
items into the cupboard I felt
change positions from where ly as you expect the door to
the unmistakeable sensa-
they were left. OK, could be a be flung open and someone to
tion of breathing on the back
number of things, let’s stick a be there, however each timeof my neck and head, I spun
pin in it and move on. no one entered and if I went
around but no one was there.
The few things that really to investigate there were no
Like the true warrior I am I
sprinted downstairs and sat
quietly for a minute whilst my
girlfriend cast a wary eye on
my expedited and silent ar-
rival. I explained what I’d ex-
perienced and was met with
scepticism and eye-rolling.
However, my partner did have
an experience of her own
which she kept to herself for
some time as she didn’t want
to worry me. In the bedroom,
oh, there’s that word again,
we had a computer with a 19”
monitor. The monitor has a
gloss finish and when turned
off so was in effect a black
tinted mirror, it was that
reflective and clear. When
in use you could adjust your
focus to either see the on
screen display or a reflection
made me think of a less natu- signs of life. However, old of yourself, it took some skill
ral reason were to follow, an- house, sounds, another thing to use. One day whilst alone
noyingly however the best of that could be explained away, in the house my partner was
them happened to my partner however the list did keep using the computer to read
and not to me! I recall times growing. some online news, she was
I was in the house alone, in Another time, around two or reading a page of text with
the bedroom, nothing dubi- three years after moving in I very few images, just some
ous though, and would hear was in the bedroom, notice a small pictures scattered here
footsteps coming up the stairs pattern here? I was putting and there when he eyes fo-
and across the landing to- some items into the cupboard, cussed on the reflection of the
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monitor and saw the shape mystery air caught the gloves can’t attribute these aromas
of a person looking over her and they bounced along to naturally occurring condi-
shoulder. She jumped and things which aren’t there to tions.
turned around but there was land in such an unexpected Returning to my investiga-
no one else in the room. I’m position. For all I know this tion background I once again
almost as infuriated as I am was a fluke and something employed a video camera to
grateful that I’ve never had completely explainable but in try to identify the unusual go-
a ‘spirit’ manifest in front of the spirit of this text I’ll in- ings on at my home. I placed
my eyes, I really don’t know if clude it for information. the camera on the computer
I could handle it. Various other bits and bobs desk in the bedroom and let
Another movement incident also either moved around it roll. FAIL! The first ses-
occurred in the bathroom, or disappeared but without sion picked up the continuous
and no, it wasn’t that kind of more concrete information tick-tock of an alarm clock
movement! To the left side I wouldn’t want to commit which I should’ve noticed and
of the room, above the bath any of them and skew things. removed. Take 2 – I isolated
there was a plastic suction The only one I will mention the alarm clock and repeated
hook which houses some of is the aromas. From time to the process. In this modern
those rough gloves you use to time smells which should day of technological advance-
exfoliate. From time to time not be associated with the ments I used digital editing
the suction gives way and house came, and went. The software to review the foot-
both the gloves and the hook most common was cigarette age, a far cry from the days of
fall into the bath, I’ve picked smoke, now I can guarantee sitting, watching and listen-
them up and seen it happen in the time we lived there ing in real time. I watched the
several times. However, one nobody ever smoked inside video in fast forward search-
day I entered the bathroom the house. Given the redeco- ing for movement or anything
and found both the gloves and ration that took place initially out of place, nothing. I used a
hook in the sink. This won’t there shouldn’t be any re- software Wave editor to iso-
mean much to you not know- maining odours from previ- late the audio and listened to
ing the layout of the room but ous times. Yet, sometimes we the audio peaks to see what
the sink is approximately 3.5 would be in the living room lay before me. There was the
feet from where the gloves and would both smell smoke, occasional car in the street, a
were secured and after doing the same kind of experi- few car doors and not much
a few tests, including stick- ence as when you walk past else, except occasional click-
ing them back to the wall someone who is currently ing. To my ears it sounded
and pulling I was not able smoking; not like the linger- like the light switch was being
to duplicate the results. The ing smell when someone has operated but not being able to
height the hook was fastened just finished a cigarette. The rule out neighbouring homes
and the lateral distance be- other aroma that used to I discounted this. I filmed a
tween this and the sink would materialise, and then quickly few more times fruitlessly
not allow, according to the disappear was after-shave, revealing no results.
rules of physics for them to and I certainly don’t wear I indulged myself, despite
fall naturally into the sink. To after shave. Again it was as if knowing the drawbacks by
this day I still suspect some someone had walked by after purchasing a K2 Meter. Yeah,
elaborate situation where the recently applying the scent. one of those things used by
hook lost suction, a gust of Avoiding forensic detail; I those fake ghost hunting
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shows on TV which can be bedroom, pointing towards the end of their time devel-
effected by mobile phones, ra- the bed and including the oped ill health and limiting
dio waves and various other previously ‘thrown’ picture conditions. They sought the
elements. My reason? It in the shot. Nothing, well assistance of their neigh-
wasn’t a great deal of money, almost nothing. The closest I bours to aid with certain
if I isolated the known fouling came was a visual abnormal- tasks an elderly or infirm
factors it may be more accu- ity which resembled a mov- person would find challeng-
rate and most of all it kinda ing mist. However further ing. From the larger tasks like
looks groovy and boys love a investigation revealed this mowing the lawn to smaller
gadget! as condensation forming on jobs like opening jars; the
So, I set about inspecting the the lens following a change neighbours were called on to
house. I went from top to in atmospheric temperatures fill the divide caused by age
bottom scanning all areas of between the cold camera and nature.
activity and other random from the car and the slightly Some years previously the
places. As expected, electri- warmer house. I also filmed wife of the couple whose
cal devices such as the cord- an area downstairs where house I now owned was in
less telephone and television a neighbour’s cat, who they hospital, due to ill health she
provoke a reaction, at least I used to feed, spent several was not able to remain at
knew it worked. I hunted high hours staring at nothing. The her own home for a period
and low for a result, taking cat also had a negative reac- of time, not unlike my own
special care and attention in tion to this area and would Grandmother. One day the
the bedroom to see if there not return to the house af- neighbours let themselves in
could be an electro-magnetic terwards. Also nothing. In with the spare key they pos-
source I was unaware of all I spent five days filming, sessed to see how the old gent
which could, I understand, returned every day to copy was and what assistance he
aid feelings of paranoia and footage, reset the camera and needed. They found him dead
heighten misconceptions of move certain objects, includ- on the kitchen floor. As I un-
paranormal experiences. I ing ‘that’ picture and speak- derstand it the wife was quite
filmed the empty room one ing aloud in an attempt to poorly and spent her remain-
more time with the K2 in view provoke a reaction. ing years between the home
to observe any spikes, again In a way I was disappointed and hospital; but also passed
nothing. my investigations did not pro- away, naturally, some years
Jumping back to an earlier duced any results but also re- later, I believe in a hospital.
part, there I go breaking chro- assured. I can’t imagine how I spoke to the neighbours,
nology again, this occurred at I would explain a wealth of asking about the previous
the same time my Mother had audio, video and K2 evidence occupants attempting to gain
the incident with the picture to my parents who were some background which may
flying across the room. As unaware I had ‘ghost hunted’ have aided my investigations.
luck would have it they were their home whilst away. They informed me they were
going away for a few days so viii involved in the removal of
I discretely investigated their The previous occupants of the previous occupant’s pos-
house. I checked for K2 read- my home resided there for sessions and still had some
ings from top to bottom and a lengthy time, somewhere personal effects somewhere.
left the video camera filming around twenty years. A hus- I made a jokey comment that
for 24 hours at a time in their band and wife who towards I wouldn’t mind reuniting
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thmy possible entity and also tives also had keys and I was sented I became a Paranormal
to see if it would have any ef- both ashamed at what I was Investigator with South Wales
fect. They gave me a picture doing and determined that based Forsaken Paranormal
and some work documents, he after all this time I would use and visited Paranormal En-
was a self-employed gentle- this opportunity to best effect. ergy Norway to observe their
man and there were several I did a K2 sweep of the entire methodology.
old records of his business. I building, I set a camera in I began in the Spring of 2017
took the items, audibly an- place in the bedroom, point- when I launched a YouTube
nouncing what they were as ing at the K2 and made verbal channel named Disorder
I entered my house and after announcements of what I was Films. I had held a long-term
reviewing what they were doing. interest in film-making and
gathered them together and Unfortunately nothing was the digital arts and burst forth
stored them in my attic. revealed. with very little fanfare into
Upon reuniting the previous I confided in a friend what I the murky depths on You-
occupants’ personal effects had done and he pointed out Tube. Initially I had planned
with the house everything that as my Grandmother and to make short profile films of
stopped. For a while. her husband were now reunit- individuals that undertook
Then little things would hap- ed on the other side they had urban exploration (Urbex);
pen again, strange sounds no real ties to that house and the exploration of abandoned
and lot of corner of the eye may have moved on. man-made structures and
occurrences, but nothing as x locations. Over time I became
overt as previously. I could You may notice a change in an urban explorer myself;
assume that bringing his writing style or phrasing at although more for channel
personal belongings away this point. The previous text content than a great desire
from the neighbours and back was written approximately to explore. Whilst some loca-
to our home that it must have five years ago following the tions were indeed spectacular
appeased him in some way. suggestion of a friend that I I found that old empty fac-
ix should record my experiences tories never stirred my soul.
As mentioned; my Grand- before they became confused Through urbex a previous
mother did sadly pass away, or forgotten about. passion for photography was
in hospital, following a Now I find myself writing this reignited and the descriptor
lengthy decline in health. I next part specifically for this was committed to Instagram;
loved that woman dearly publication, continuing my I was a photographer, film-
and meaning no disrespect journey into the paranormal. maker, urbexer and paranor-
I secretly seized the oppor- And there’s much more to mal investigator. It was cer-
tunity and investigated her tell… tainly a conversation starter.
now empty house, where her At this moment in time I find Around Halloween 2017 I
husband potentially made myself at the stigmatised age joined Forsaken Paranormal
his presence felt during that of 40 years young. In the last and my first investigation
eerie summer so many years twelve months I’ve had more was the Drakelow Tunnels
ago. I had a spare key, which adventures, both positive and in Worcestershire, a former
I would use when visiting as negative; than all of the previ- military complex that was
her journey to the door was ous years combined. Follow- made up of 3.5 miles of sub-
very difficult in later years. I ing a fallow few years where terranean passages. As you
had to be swift as other rela- nothing paranormal pre- can imagine there was some
apprehension; being locked team and the video episode is very natural cause or give it a
underground with people I compiled and edited by sev- 50/50 chance if I’m not able to
barely knew, with a chance eral team members. In addi- delve into it further.
of supernatural intervention. tion to being a free platform In a way I feel privileged to
However I quickly learned of with a global reach; YouTube have had these experiences,
the more mundane side of also allows the audience to it’s a world not everyone
paranormal investigation, leave comments which allow gets to see, or maybe doesn’t
not least of all the hours of the team to discuss various recognise or acknowledge. It
evidence review and cata- aspects with them and also provides me with the notion
loguing. Subsequent investi- on occasion identify evidence of life after death, of differ-
gations included The Ancient we’d missed! ent planes of existence and
Ram Inn, Gloucestershire and Sometimes, people who know experiences that modern
a number of private homes. about my previous experi- science cannot fully explain.
Using scientific methodology ences share some of their It’s reassuring that in these
and various items of special- own with me, sometimes in days of control and superior
ist equipment we aim to com- the form of a photograph, knowledge the unexplainable
municate or capture evidence sometimes in stories. My still exists.
of those no longer living. first instinct is always to look
Forsaken Paranormal com- for the explainable and in
poses five full-time members many cases I can identify a
of varying ages, experiences
and beliefs. We visit locations
that have been identified
as potentially haunted and
through various approaches
to gather evidence. Each
investigation is documented
with video and posted to
the YouTube channel. The
team do not speculate on
the occurrences but rather
let the audience decide for
themselves. The practices
incorporated include direct
verbal communication, film-
ing both for document and
evidence and electronic voice
recording. The equipment
used includes night vision
video cameras, Ovilus, REM-
POD, Spirit Box and various
spirit radio devices. We hold
individual vigils as well as
team exercises. Evidence
review is shared through the
EQP Paranormal “En Quete
Paranormale”
Our next collection of para-urbex comes from
France. Most of the photos come from the South-
west region. Particularly below Bordeaux. Let’s
come and view some of these photos by EQP Para-
normal “En Quete Paranormale”
If you want to see more, just go to his Instagram or
YouTube Page.
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