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Grand Dark Conspiracy - January 16th Show
TOM FUSCO
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Thomas P. Fusco is an independent researcher who has devoted nearly three decades investigating the relationship between mind, physics, spirituality, parapsychology, scientific anomalies and paranormal phenomena with the goal of uncovering the unifying cosmological framework that has eluded mankind for generations. He has been invited to speak as a guest on numerous radio programs.
BEHIND THE COSMIC VEIL
Now for the first time, BEHIND THE COSMIC VEIL cracks the cosmic code of creation with a bold new “Theory of Everything” that encompasses all these mysteries, and many more. In this groundbreaking work, author Thomas P. Fusco employs a revolutionary approach to uncover the underlying cosmic matrix connecting contemporary physics, the human psyche, paranormal phenomena and long-established religious principles, then weaves it into an entirely new model of reality never before described that not only joins these disciplines into a single, greater system, but explains in plain English the enigmas of our time in a sensible, consistent and scientific way. This extraordinary model foretells the coming of a future super-technology by which we might spontaneously create anything we can imagine. BEHIND THE COSMIC VEIL opens the door to a whole new way of looking at both our inner selves and the universe around us, where the boundaries between mind, faith, physics and the supernatural become indistinguishable.
This book is a must-read for anyone who has ever pondered the deeper meaning of existence.
JANUARY 16th GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Edge of Forever by Crimson Glory
Binah (The 3rd World) by Fearful Symmetry
Seams by Devin Townsend Project
Fires Of Life by Concept of God
Grand Dark Conspiracy - January 9th Show
BILL BEAN
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Bill Bean has been through hell and back during the course of his lifetime. He is an author, inspirational speaker and media personality. Bill has made many appearances and has given lectures all over the country. Having survived a plethora of supernatural/paranormal experiences Bill says, "I'm a walking miracle from GOD [YHWH], and I can never thank HIM enough for what HE has done for me." Bill's encounters with the unknown include, Angels, demons, ghosts, ufos and other phenomena. After being Baptized in 2008, Bill has helped many people who had fallen victim to demonic oppression.
Bill has appeared on such shows as Coast to Coast, Discovery Channel, Syfy Channel, 21st Century Radio, Cornerstone TV, Off the Record, Night Search, Ufo Radio Sweden, Beyond the Edge Radio, The Sheena Metal Show, Roseanne, America Tonight, Real TV, X-Zone [Canada], Pulse Radio[UK], City Talk [Uk], Philly Tonight, Fearless Ghost Hunter Show, Fox 45 Cover Story, Encounters Radio, WARN Radio, News & Views TV, and many others. Bill has been featured on TV news and has been written about in several books, newspapers and magazines.
Bill Bean's faith has inspired many people around the United States and other parts of the world.In his book Dark Force, Bill Bean painfully describes in terrifying detail the paranormal events that tormented his family. As disturbing as some of the content in Dark Force is, there s a very powerful message of hope and faith that has affected many readers in a positive and life altering way.
Grand Dark Conspiracy - January 2nd Show
BRIAN PARSONS
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Brian D. Parsons has been a paranormal investigator and researcher since 1996. He founded the Ohio Paranormal Investigation Network that fall and has rebuilt the group numerous times. He has studied under the Mutual UFO Network's Field Investigator's Manual in 2000 and worked briefly with the organization and still conducts his own investigations into related phenomena. Brian has also investigated numerous cryptid sightings including many Bigfoot/grassman sightings in Ohio.
Brian has authored 3 books on the subject of how to become a successful paranormal group and currently has new book projects in the works. He has worked with the ParaNexus Anomalous Research Association for several years and serves as the Research Director, Anomalous News Coordinator, Treasurer, and sits on the Board of Directors. Brian also hosts the Paranormal News Insider segment of the Grand Dark Conspiracy podcast which airs Monday nights at 10 P.M. eastern on the Shark Radio Network.
Brian has appeared on numerous internet radio shows over the years including multiple appearances on ParaNexus Universe (guest and host) as well as the Grand Dark Conspiracy. He also has appeared at many paranormal conferences and conventions as well as his own events where he speaks on a variety of paranormal subjects (see the contact/media page for details). Brian lives in northeast Ohio with his wife Amy and their dog Sasha.
JANUARY 2ND GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
The Devil You Know by Anthrax
Give 'Em Hell by Primal Fear
Captive by Persona Non Grata
The Struggle by Beyond The Bridge
Grand Dark Conspiracy - December 26th Show
LINDA S. GODFREY
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Linda S. Godfrey is an author and researcher of the strange and uncanny, and is especially well known as an authority on the upright canine known in Wisconsin as the Beast of Bray Road, in Michigan as the Dog Man, in other places as Skinwalker, Werewolf or a dozen other names. She appeared in, co-wrote and co-produced the History Channel's Monsterquest episode, "American Werewolf," based on her book "Hunting the American Werewolf" and also appeared in the show's season 4 finale.
She has canvassed Wis. and Michigan looking for the strange and offbeat, from outsider artists and giant roadside statues to local cemetery lore, eccentric people and history, to ghost stories and unidentified creatures and UFO's. She put over 5,000 miles on her "weirdmobile" and found enough strangeness to fill both Weird Michigan and Weird Wisconsin for Barnes & Noble in 2006, and the sequels, Strange Michigan and Strange Wisconsin for Trails Books.
Linda is a former award-winning newspaper reporter and art teacher and provides many illustrations for her own books.
She has appeared on many national TV and radio shows such as Inside Edition, Discover Kids, Travel Channel, Sci-Fi Channel's New In Search Of, Coast to Coast AM radio, and many more. She is also an artist and will be selling books and art in the 2010 Kettle Moraine Studio Tour at XN-trix Studio, Palmyra, Oct. 11
Linda S. Godfrey¹s books
€ The Poison Widow, a true story of murder sin and strychnine, Trails Books 2003
€ The Beast of Bray Road; tailing Wisconsin¹s werewolf, Trails Books 2003
€ Weird Wisconsin (coauthored with Richard d. Hendricks), Sterling Publishers2005
€ Hunting the American Werewolf ( basis of History Channel show Monsterquest¹s ³American Werewolf²) 2006
€ Weird Michigan, Sterling Publishers 2006
€ Strange Wisconsin; more Badger State weirdness, Winner of 2008 independent publishers best book awards bronze medal Trails Books (Big Earth) 2007
€ Werewolves, Chelsea House 2007
€ Lake and Sea Monsters, Chelsea House 2008
€ Strange Michigan (coauthored), Trails Books 2008)
€ Mythical Creatures, Chelsea House 2009
* Haunted Wisconsin, Ghosts and strange phenomena of the Badger State, Stackpole 2010
• The Michigan Dogman, Werewolves and Other Unknown Canines Across the USA, Unexplained Research 2011
• (July) Monsters of Wisconsin, Stackpole 2011
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Write: PO Box 702, Elkhorn WI 53121
Linda's degree from UW-Oshkosh is in art education, and she taught part time while also working for ten years as a reporter, columnist and cartoonist for The Week, a county newspaper based in Delavan, Wisconsin. She won several first-place national awards from the National Newspaper Association for best feature stories, and additional state awards from organizations such as the Wisconsin Donor Network, Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities, and Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Her editorial cartoons were featured in "Best Editorial Cartoons 1991, 1992, and 1993." She continues to create both fine andcommercial artwork and illustrates her own books.
She lives with her husband and youngest son in a lake neighborhood surrounded by possible creature-harboring woods.
Weird Wisconsin: Your Travel Guide to Wisconsin's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets
Monsters of Wisconsin: Mysterious Creatures in the Badger State
The Michigan Dogman: Werewolves and Other Unknown Canines Across the U.S.A. (Unexplained Presents)
They look like werewolves, but are they? They stand six-feet tall, are covered in fur, and possess both a wolf-like head and the ability to walk upright. Whatever one chooses to call them--werewolf, dogman or manwolf--an astonishing number of witnesses across the U.S.A. have encountered these creatures on roadsides, in the woods, and near their own homes. They swear the unknown canines are as menacing as they are real. And if these creatures aren't werewolves, what could they be? In her third book about this continuing mystery, author and investigator Linda Godfrey takes readers on a state-by-state creature hunt, exploring many new and shocking reports and leaving no bone unturned in her search for the beast's true nature.
JANUARY 2ND GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
The Devil You Know by Anthrax
Give 'Em Hell by Primal Fear
Captive by Persona Non Grata
The Struggle by Beyond The Bridge
Grand Dark Conspiracy - December 19th Show
PHILIP COPPENS
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Philip Coppens is an author and investigative journalist, ranging from the world of politics to ancient history and mystery. He co-hosts The Spirit Revolution radio show with his wife Kathleen McGowan and is a frequent contributor to NEXUS Magazine and Atlantis Rising Magazine. Since 1995, he has lectured extensively and has appeared in a number of television and DVD documentaries, including Ancient Aliens: The Series (The History Channel). He is the author of The Stone Puzzle of Rosslyn Chapel, The Canopus Revelation, Land of the Gods, The New Pyramid Age, Servants of the Grail, the ebook 2012, Science or Fiction? and The Ancient Alien Question.
Contact:
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THE ANCIENT ALIEN QUESTION
Have we been visited by extraterrestrial beings?
Did these "ancient aliens" contribute to the birth of human civilization?
Do our ancient monuments contain evidence of their presence?
The Ancient Alien Question reveals an array of astonishing truths.
Analyzing the historical and archaeological evidence, Philip Coppens demonstrates that there is substantial proof that our ancestors were far more technologically advanced than currently accepted, and that certain cultures interacted with non-human intelligences. Our ancestors were clearly not alone.
Forty years after Erich von Däniken posed these questions in Chariots of the Gods, Coppens provides clear and concise answers to the great historical enigmas in a most accessible and readable format.
Your view of human history will never be the same again!
DECEMBER 19th GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
The First Noel by The December People
Light Of The World by Halford
Christmas With The Snow by Marah
O' Holy Night by Michael Crawford
Grand Dark Conspiracy - December 12th Show
MARIE D. JONES
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Marie is a best-selling author, screenwriter, researcher, radio show host and public speaker. She is the author of "2013: END OF DAYS OR A NEW BEGINNING- ENVISIONING THE WORLD AFTER THE EVENTS OF 2012," "PSIENCE - HOW NEW DISCOVERIES IN QUANTUM PHYSICS AND NEW SCIENCE MAY EXPLAIN THE EXISTENCE OF PARANORMAL PHENOMENA," and "LOOKING FOR GOD IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES." Marie’s newest book is "DESTINY VS. CHOICE: THE SCIENTIFIC AND SPIRITUAL EVIDENCE BEHIND FATE AND FREE WILL."
Marie is also a screenwriter currently developing "Twilight Child," a science fiction feature film and a paranormal horror film called "19 Hz" with Bruce Lucas Productions, and she is also developing a paranormal-related television series for tweens. She has also contributed to over 50 inspirational books for PIL/New Seasons, as well as hundreds of articles, essays and stories in magazines, online ezines, newspapers and anthologies, including five Chicken Soup for the Soul books. She is now a regular contributor to Intrepid Magazine, and writes regularly for New Dawn Magazine and Phenomena Magazine.
Marie is a co-host on the popular Dreamland radio show interviewing luminaries in the fields of the paranormal, science, unknown anomalies and alternative history. She also spent fifteen years as a field investigator for the Mutual UFO Network in Los Angeles and San Diego. She currently serves as Director of Special Projects to ARPAST, the Arkansas Paranormal and Anomalous Studies Team. She is also highly active in local and regional disaster preparedness, and is a trained CERT member (Community Emergency Response Team). She is also training with the American Red Cross and is a member of several ham radio disaster NETs, including SATERN, MetroNet and QuakeNet. Her call sign is KI6YES. In her spare time, she runs and is training for a marathon.
She recently appeared on the History Channel's "Nostradamus Effect" series and "30 Odd Minutes" television with Jeff Belanger, and has been interviewed for dozens of magazines, newspapers and websites, and has appeared on hundreds of radio shows all over the world, including Coast to Coast AM, The Shirley MacLaine Show, The Jeff Rense Show, X Zone Radio, NRP, KPBS Radio, The Conspiracy Show, Beyond Reality with the Ghost Hunters, Dick Sutphen's Metaphysical Radio, Just Energy, TAPS Family Radio and Paranormal Podcast.
Marie is a highly regarded and popular speaker on science, metaphysics, consciousness and the paranormal and has appeared at major conferences and events. She has also lectured to local and regional meet-up groups, networking organizations and libraries, bookstores and author events.
She currently resides in sunny Northern San Diego County, California.
Destiny vs. Choice:
The Scientific and Spiritual Evidence Behind Fate and Free Will
“You can’t avoid it, it’s written in the stars.” “Life is what you make it.”
Since the day we are born, we are bombarded with contradictory claims that our lives are pre-destined, that Fate deals us the cards we must play OR that our lives are the results of our choices, and that we make it up as we go along. “Destiny vs. Choice” examines the philosophical, spiritual and scientific evidence for both claims, and how we can live better, more fulfilling lives no matter which side proves ultimately true.
Is the path of each human life set in stone long before we come into this world? Or are we alone responsible for choosing the reality we experience? Perhaps the truth lies somewhere in between…
DECEMBER 12th GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Wings of Destiny by Gamma Ray
The Silence of God by Andrew Peterson
Circles by Anneke Van Giersbergen
Love Came Down At Christmas by Jars of Clay
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Grand Dark Conspiracy - December 5th Show
KRISTEN ANN
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Kristen has spent a lifetime studying spiritually and metaphysics. Her life has been one of unusual experiences, encounters and constant "coincidences" that have added to her studies, deepening her understanding of life at its core levels. She had a near-death experience as a child which instilled the sense of knowing that there are many more levels of existence that the physical one we see. So she began her lifelong quest as a child, reading any spiritual and metaphysical books she could find, starting in the '60s. In the mid '70s she studied the research and findings of the profound clairvoyant Rudolf Steiner. Her two-year studies of Steiner were greatly enhanced by having a professor, Werner Glas, who also had a profound level of clairvoyance.
Kristen's book, "Exploring Sacred Space: A Vast Quest", gives details of the Transition that no other source has. It provides a richly detailed explanation of why this point in time is so significant as well as giving a clear scenario of what will be happening -- soon. Visit http://exploringsacredspace.com/ for a list of chapters as well as the illustrations in color.
Exploring Sacred Space: A Vast Quest
An eye-opening book giving details on our point in time, revealing what is coming in the future. The book contains intriguing information not found anywhere else, along with instructions on how to prepare. The information is factual rather than fear-based. It comes from both on reliable professional clairvoyants and ancient wisdom.
DECEMBER 5th GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Terra Incognita by Coronatus
Wash Away by Beggar & Thieves
Transcendence by Crimson Glory
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Ronnie James Dio
Grand Dark Conspiracy - November 21st Show
DR. BROOKS AGNEW
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Brooks A. Agnew is currently the Vice President of Engineering for Green Star Products, Inc. (stock symbol GSPI) He has helped design and construct the most efficient BIODIESEL production plant on the West Coast to make 8 million gallons of clean-burning biodiesel per year. He is also the company's lead engineer to build the largest algae-biodiesel facility in the world in Salt Lake City. He grew up in Pasadena, California. His interest in space exploration inspired him with friends at JPL, NASA, and Hughs. He entered the Air Force in 1973, where he graduated top in his class in electronics engineering. He later graduated with honors in Chemistry from Tennessee Tech. As a physicist, he is probably one of the most experienced pioneers of ground probing radar technology in the world. This technology is currently utilized in the Mars Express program.
As a commercial scientist, he has authored thousands of technical papers, booklets, or video documentaries. Dr. Agnew has joined with veteran archaeologist EJ Clark to produce the most comprehensive book ever written on the creation of the Earth. Thousands of readers call it the greatest story on the universe. He is also currently the leader of the North Pole Inner Earth Expedition. Their self-published non-fiction work became a national best seller in less than 60 days. His philosophy is, "Everything we do will eventually affect the universe. Do it on purpose."
You can listen to Dr. Agnew LIVE
every Sunday night from 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time on X-Squared Radio.
Remembering the Future: The Physics of the Soul and Time Travel
The Ark of Millions of Years: Volume One. New Discoveries and Light on the Creation.
The Ark of Millions of Years Volume Two: 2012 and the Harvest of the End Times
The Ark of Millions of Years Volume Three: 2012 Unlocking the Secret
Hollow Earth Theory is explored with the Inner Earth Expedition. Narrated by Brooks A. Agnew, PhD. Stunning new discoveries. The Greatest Geological Expedition in the history of the world.
Grand Dark Conspiracy - November 14th Show
MARK HUNNEMAN
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The Rev. Hunnemann was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina in the fair neighborhood of Sunset Hills. The seventh of ten children, he sought refuge from his mischievous tendencies by playing football. In his words he played fullback because, "he couldn't juke his dead grandmother, but he did like the crash of helmets."
He was founding pastor of Christ the King AR Presbyterian church; co-founder of Caldwell Classical Christian School; and was on the advisory board for the International Civil Rights Museum-in the Woolworths where the international sit-in movement began. Currently, when he is not writing a newsletter or blogging (see MarkHunnemann.com) he is vigorously marketing his book as he believes there are very significant issues at stake in this debate. Mark has three children wonderful children who all reside in Greensboro.
Seeing Ghosts through God's Eyes: A Worldview Analysis of Earthbound Spirits
"Seeing Ghosts through God's Eyes" documents the explosive rise of interest in ghosts, and how this is affecting tens of millions of Americans concept of spirituality. Despite the fact that ghosts have become ensconced in our culture and contributed to the change in the spiritual landscape in the last few years, the church and media have taken a dismissive posture towards this issue. But the main focus of the book is to answer the question: do ghosts exist? Science,logic,and a biblical worldview are used to analyze this question-a unique methodology is employed which unearths evidence and issues never before discussed. Comprehensive and compelling new paranormal and scientific evidence that answers beyond a reasonable doubt the question of whether ghosts exist. The author proposes an empirically verifiable hypothesis which would PROVE his perspective on ghosts. Lastly, titanic issues are at stake in this debate.
NOVEMBER 14th GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
We Are The Brokenhearted by Beggars & Thieves
A Prayer by Curtis Mayfield
Stolen Prayer by Alice Cooper
Empty Shell by Royal Hunt
Grand Dark Conspiracy - November 7th Show
ALEX HEARN & MITCH WAITE
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Alex was born and grew up in one of the oldest and most historic cities in the country (Quincy, MA).
Alex first had his own encounter with the unknown at the young age of 12. He has been interested and trying to learn more about and search for Cryptids ever since.
Alex moved to Arizona in 2004 where he continued his interest in paranormal activities and soon founded the Arizona Cryptozoological Research Organization. Originally a small group of researchers based primarily in Arizona, the AZCRO now has members from not only the United States, but beyond as well. Alex has been called Arizona’s leading cryptozoologist (Shanna Hogan, Times Publications). Alex and the AZCRO Team have searched throughout the Southwest for giant bats, giant birds, wild cats and other more mysterious creatures such as Bigfoot, Chupacabra and the Onza.
Recently Alex has been on the trail of giant mountain lions in Northwest Arizona, along with jaguars in the Southwest and central mountains of Arizona. The State of Arizona recently confirmed what Alex has been saying for 6 years ~ the jaguar (the largest cat in this hemisphere) is now living as it did 100 years ago in Arizona (See “Macho B”). Alex is collecting evidence that may prove that jaguars are settling much further north than what the Arizona government admits to.
After his possible encounter in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in 1973 Alex spent many years researching and educating himself on the different types of Cryptids throughout US and the world. Alex has searched on both sides of the country and in Mexico for Bigfoot (known as “the Mogollon Monster” in Arizona. Alex has many contacts throughout the United States, including most of the major players in the world of Cryptozoology.
Recently Alex has been involved in expeditions with other groups such as Searching For Bigfoot Inc., MogollonMonster.com in Arizona, and The Crypto Four Corners, team led by J.C Johnson out of New Mexico. During these expeditions, Alex experienced his 2 Class A, (BFRO Classification system) Bigfoot encounters. He and his team have had numerous Class B and C incidents both as a group and on their own.
Alex is continuing his search for the unexplained in Arizona in 2010 and has many projects in the works. Alex is a frequent guest and periodically the host of The Bigfoot live Radio Show, heard every Wednesday night 7-8pm PST.
THE MOGOLLON MONSTER: ARIZONA'S BIGFOOT
by Susan Farnsworth
THIS BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF STORIES FROM THE LOCALS OF THE MOGOLLON RIM OF ARIZONA WHO HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE MOGOLLON MONSTER. WHAT IS IT? HOW IS IT DIFFERENT FROM BIGFOOT AND SASQUATCH? IS IT REAL? THESE COPIES ARE PAPERBACK WITH A SOFT COVER. 118 PAGES WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
The AZCRO Website:
http://www.azcro.net/
The AZCRO Forum and Blogosphere: http://azcro.lefora.com/
The AZCRO Internet only TV Channels
AZCRO NEWS TV:
http://www.livestream.com/azcronews
22 hour loop of Crypto themed
information playing 24/7
AZCRO TV:
http://www.livestream.com/azcronews
The AZCRO Promos and Videos
AZCRO MEMBERS TV: http://www.livestream.com/azcromembers
Playing videos from our members.
Right now Featuring Mitch Waite’s WWW.MogollonMonster.com Videos
AZCRO on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/pages/
The-AZCRO/352519871953?v=wall&ref=ts#!
/pages/The-AZCRO/352519871953
The AZCRO on MySpace:
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OCTOBER 24th GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Big Foot by Chickenfoot
Brother Whiskey by Ken Tucker
Out In The Woods by Leon Russell
Far From Heaven by Dream Theater
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
LIVE WITH US THE MYSTIFYING ORACLE, THE OUIJA BOARD!
We will be having a live Ouija Board Session on a live video feed. Get in the Chatroom and we will ask your questions to the board. Is it Evil? Is it a conduit for the Dead to speak? Is it a connection to the Akashic Records? Is it an unconscious physical effect? Find out with us.
Special Guests: Lay Religious Demonologist Dave Considine, Skeptic and Paranormal Investigator Benjamin Radford, The Psychic Biker Paul Green, The Extreme Ghost Hunter Stephen Lambert and Mark Hunneman, Author of "Seeing Ghosts Through God's Eyes" joins us and share their thoughts on the Infamous Board
Grand Dark Conspiracy - October 24th Show
KIRBY ROBINSON
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Kirby Robinson has been involved in the paranormal field for over 25 years. He was raised in the Midwest and as a child he had encounters with ghosts and demons that impacted his life. Much of his time is spent helping people deal with demonic haunting. He has performed numerous house blessings and exorcisms. Kirby is currently at work on a book about demonology and the rite of exorcism.
Paranormal Teachings:
The Best of Shedding Some Light
Kirby Robinson, the controversial demonologist, paranormal investigator and best-selling author, has compiled more than 200 blogs from his highly successful 'Shedding Some Light' series. For two years Mr. Robinson taught about a variety of paranormal subjects such as: Paranormal 101, demonology, angelology, exorcisms, hidden Bible secrets, prayer, and exposing myths about Jesus Christ. Learn about a demonic battle at Sharon Tate's gravesite. Read about Buddhism and karma and see how it's applied in the Casey Anthony case. Discover the truth behind The Da Vinci Code. Included in this volume you'll discover many Metaphysical Musings questions and answers covering a variety of topics from the dangers of the Ouija board, the Antichrist, suicide, personal hauntings, spirit guides, curses, Satanic ritual abuse, and more.
The reader will be shocked by some of the uncommon information found in Paranormal Teachings: The Best of Shedding Some Light. All the blogs have been re-edited and updated to include the most current versions. This book is for paranormal investigators, readers and writers of paranormal fiction, and anyone with an interest in the metaphysical.
OCTOBER 24th GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Demonic Refusal by Testament
Ain't Ready by KRS One
I Corinthians 15:55 by Johnny Cash
Heaven In My Heart by Neal Morse
Grand Dark Conspiracy - October 17th Show
Nick Redfern
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Nick Redfern works full‐time as an author, lecturer and journalist. He writes about a wide range of unsolved mysteries, including Bigfoot, UFOs, the Loch Ness Monster, alien encounters, the worlds of the supernatural and the paranormal, and government conspiracies and cover‐ups.
He is a regular contributor to UFO Magazine, Fate, Fortean Times, and Paranormal Magazine. He has also written for Military Illustrated, Eye‐Spy, the British Daily Express, Western Daily Press and People newspapers, and Penthouse.
His previous books include The NASA Conspiracies; Contactees; Memoirs of a Monster Hunter; Final Events; On the Trail of the
Saucer Spies; Three Men Seeking Monsters; A Covert Agenda; The FBI Files; Cosmic Crashes; Celebrity Secrets; Body Snatchers in the Desert; Monsters of Texas; Science Fiction Secrets; There’s something in the Woods; and Strange Secrets.
Nick has appeared on numerous television shows, including the BBC’s Out of this World; Britain’s Big Breakfast; History Channel’s Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle; Monster Quest and UFO Hunters; the National Geographic Channel’s Paranatural; MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann; and the SyFy Channel’s Proof Positive. He has also appeared on many occasions on Coast to Coast AM radio with George Noory.
His investigations have taken him to Puerto Rico in search of the blood‐sucking Chupacabras; to Roswell, New Mexico on a quest for the truth behind the famous UFO crash of 1947; and to Wisconsin in pursuit of the infamous Mothman.
Nick is the co‐host, with Raven Meindel, of the weekly, paranormal‐themed radio‐show,
Exploring All Realms. He writes a regular, weekly column for Mania.com on his investigations
into mysterious creatures titled Lair of the Beasts. Nick runs the American office of the British‐based Center for Fortean Zoology, one of the very few full‐time groups in the world dedicated to the investigation of such unknown animals as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Chupacabras, sea‐serpents, and the Abominable Snowman. Originally from England, Nick Redfern lives in Arlington, Texas with his wife, Dana. He can be
contacted at nickredfern.com
The Real Men In Black: Evidence, Famous Cases, and True Stories of These Mysterious Men and their Connection to UFO Phenomena
The Men in Black were elevated to superstar status in 1997 in the hit movie of the same name. Although the Hollywood blockbuster was fiction, the real Men in Black have consistently attempted to silence the witnesses of UFO and paranormal phenomena since the 1950s.
In The Real Men in Black, author Nick Redfern delves deep into the mysterious world of these mysterious operatives. He reveals their origins and discusses classic cases, previously unknown reports, secret government files, and the many theories that have been presented to explain the mystery.
Highlights of The Real Men in Black include:
• The story of Albert Bender, the first man to claim an encounter with the Men in Black
• The involvement of the MIB in the Mothman saga that dominated the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia in the 1960s
• Encounters with the MIB at the site of one of the world's most famous monsters: Loch Ness
• Exclusive interviews with leading researchers of the MIB phenomenon
OCTOBER 17th GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Fire in the sky by Hypocrisy
Black Devil by King Diamond
Take Me Away by Blue Oyster Cult
New World Machine by Crimson Glory
Grand Dark Conspiracy - October 10th Show
Timothy Wyllie
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Timothy Wyllie was born in Great Britain in 1940 and raised in London. Having wended his way through an English public school education and then seven years further study at college, he qualified as an architect.
In the late 70s, Timothy began a systematic exploration of out-of-body states. This led to experiments in telepathic communication with dolphins and an open invitation to contact with nonphysical beings that continues to this day. During this time, he was also running his own business in New Your City, marketing a system he had co-devised for storing and filing color photographs. He retired from the business community in 1981 and turned full time to his creative endeavors.
As a musician, Timothy has made several tapes of what he calls "Bozon Music"--a True Age improvisational jazz, shamanic music of the heart--as well as a series of guided visualization and meditation tapes. Also an artist, he is currently working on a virtually endless progression of drawings of sacred landscape. It is what brings him most joy.
Timothy travels frequently to give lectures and seminars or to investigate sites and locations for his drawings. He is the author of Ask Your Angels: A Practical Guide to working with the Messengers of Heaven to Empower and Enrich Your Life, Dolphins, ETs & Angels, and a co-author of Adventures Among Spiritual Intelligences: Angels, Aliens, Dolphins & Shamans. He lives in New Mexico.
The Return of the Rebel Angels: The Urantia Mysteries and the Coming of the Light
• Offers angelic reassurance that “Armageddon has been canceled” and that the coming transition will be gentle and the future positive
• Explains Lucifer’s angelic rebellion, its impact on the past 200,000 years, and the transformation of consciousness on the horizon as the fallen angels return
• Shares the author’s spiritual wisdom gained through extensive travels and encounters with angels, ETs, and other enlightened beings
As recorded in The Urantia Book, two hundred millennia ago 37 planets, including our own, were quarantined from the rest of the Multiverse to quell the spread of the Lucifer rebellion within the angelic hierarchy. Now, after eons of isolation, the fallen angels have been forgiven and Earth’s connection with the Multiverse is being restored, initiating a massive transformation of consciousness as we reconnect with angelic guides, extraterrestrial beings, and our spiritual heritage as sacred vessels for God’s presence.
Providing an update to The Urantia Book through angelic transmissions he has received and remarkable spirits he has met, Timothy Wyllie investigates the underlying motives of the angelic rebellion and the impact it has had on our planet for the past 200,000 years. Offering a profoundly optimistic vision of the future and reassurance that the coming spiritual transition will be gentle, Timothy Wyllie describes his encounters with angels, ETs, and other enlightened beings around the world, including how he made contact with his own guardian angels, met the man who may have been Grand Master of the Prieure de Zion, fell in love with a beautiful Cathar reincarnate in Provence, and officiated at the 1981 Conference in Spirit inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. He explores different planetary cosmologies, authentic extraterrestrial intelligence, entheogenic revelations, and the spiritual implications of the Holographic Paradigm, weaving together a coherent and provocative understanding of the current state of our planet within the larger context of a benevolent and caring Multiverse.
OCTOBER 10th GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Meliae by Tiamat
Music Of Light by Arven
The Limitless Light by Deliverance
For My Next Trick I'll Need a Volunteer by Warren Zevon
Grand Dark Conspiracy - October 3rd Show
DR. JOYE PUGH
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Dr. Joye Jeffries Pugh is an alumna of South Georgia College, Valdosta State College and Nova University where she received her doctorate in education. Her background involves working as a researcher, counselor, mental retardation professional, human services director and consultant.
Dr. Joye ’s complete biographical history is featured in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Women, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's Who in American Education, and Who's Who in Georgia.
Joye is a member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is a descendant of Dr. John Taliaferro, a Minuteman who fought during the American Revolution. Dr. Joy e. is the daughter of the late Stella and CB Jeffries III. She is married to Melville Eugene Pugh.
Dr. Joye has written three books and one abridged and updated audio edition. These include: "ANTICHRIST The Cloned Image of Jesus Christ" (December 1999), "Colours of Joye" (August 1975), "EDEN The Knowledge of Good and Evil 666" (December 2006), and AUDIO "EDEN The Knowledge of Good and Evil 666" (Updated and Abridged Edition), (JANUARY 2009).
Eden: The Knowledge of Good and Evil 666
Dr. Joye Jeffries Pugh drops a bomb on the world with her unquestionable prediction of who the Antichrist is, in a follow-up to her earlier work, ANTICHRIST - The Cloned Image of Jesus Christ. As mind-boggling as her discoveries seem, they are based on historical facts and scientific analysis. She blows the whistle on hidden esoteric knowledge which Secret Societies are promoting as part of their `New World Order' agenda. Eden - The Knowledge of Good and Evil 666 is a spiritual enlightenment and wake up call as to what is going on in the world right now. The assault on mankind began at the very beginning of time by an ancient force headed by what Dr. Pugh so eloquently terms, "A Wizard of a Lizard." This book literally proves, "In the beginning, the end was in the Apple."
Eden: The Knowledge of Good and Evil 666 Kindle Edition
OCTOBER 3RD GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
The Heart Collector by Hunted
Behold A Pale Horse by Saviour Machine
God's Will by Pro-Pain
Beyond The End by Jimmy Buffett
Grand Dark Conspiracy - September 26th Show
MASON WINFIELD & MICHAEL BASTINE
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MICHAEL BASTINE
Michael Bastine is an Algonquin healer, elder, and former student of famous Tuscarora medicine man Wallace “Mad Bear” Anderson and Tuscarora healer Ted Williams. He lives in South Wales, New York.
Mason Winfield is a supernatural historian and founder of Haunted History Ghost Walks, Inc. The author of 9 books, including Supernatural Saratoga, he lives in East Aurora, New York.
Iroquois Supernatural: Talking Animals and Medicine People
Brings the paranormal beings and places of the Iroquois folklore tradition to life through historic and contemporary accounts of otherworldly encounters
• Recounts stories of shapeshifting witches, giant flying heads, enchanted masks, ethereal lights, talking animals, Little People, spirit-choirs, potent curses, and haunted hills, roads, and battlefields
• Includes accounts of miraculous healings by shamans and medicine people such as Mad Bear and Ted Williams
• Shows how these traditions can help one see the richness of the world and help those who have lost the chants of their own ancestors
With a rich history reaching back more than one thousand years, the six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy--the Mohawk, the Oneida, the Onondaga, the Cayuga, the Seneca, and the Tuscarora--are considered to be the most avid storytellers on earth with a collection of tales so vast it would dwarf those of any other society. Covering nearly the whole of New York State from the Hudson and Mohawk River Valleys westward across the Finger Lakes region to Niagara Falls and Salamanca, this mystical culture’s supernatural tradition is the psychic bedrock of the Northeast, yet their treasury of tales and beliefs is largely unknown and their most powerful sacred sites unrecognized.
Assembling the lore and beliefs of this guarded spiritual legacy, Michael Bastine and Mason Winfield share the stories they have collected of both historic and contemporary encounters with beings and places of Iroquois legend: shapeshifting witches, strange forest creatures, ethereal lights, vampire zombies, cursed areas, dark magicians, talking animals, enchanted masks, and haunted hills, roads, and battlefields as well as accounts of miraculous healings by medicine people such as Mad Bear and Ted Williams. Grounding their tales with a history of the Haundenosaunee, the People of the Long House, the authors show how the supernatural beings, places, and customs of the Iroquois live on in contemporary paranormal experience, still surfacing as startling and sometimes inspiring reports of otherworldly creatures, haunted sites, after-death messages, and mystical visions. Providing a link with America’s oldest spiritual roots, these stories help us more deeply know the nature and super-nature around us as well as offer spiritual insights for those who can no longer hear the chants of their own ancestors.
SEPTEMBER 26TH GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Even The Spirits Are Afraid by The Gathering
Creepy Feelings by Armored Saint
The Long Black Veil by The Chieftains
Ain't No Grave by Johnny Cash
Grand Dark Conspiracy - September 19th Show
AUTHOR JOANN H. BUCHANAN
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Joann H. Buchanan, author, radio show host and mother of 5, is living in Kansas. Soulless Light is her debut novel. She is currently working on Night Walkers, book 1 of The Burning Times series.
She hosts The Eclectic Artist Cave Mon-Fri on The Shark at 11 AM CST. She interviews writers, producers, musicians and creative people of all kinds. Information about her show can be found at, http://theeclecticartistcave.blogspot.com.
She is currently represented by agent Chamein Canton who is pitching her young adult novel, I AM WOLF to publishers.
Some of her work can also be found on Scribd.com and her short story blog, http://joannhamann.blogspot.com .
She lives by 2 motto's, above all else, entertain and make it work.
Soulless Light by Joann H. Buchanan
Haunting in my desires Thrilled by what is flawed. I see now that which before could not be seen. The gray matter of us all The soul The light The sparkle of the infinite night. Seeking only to be heard cause we are all dead or dying. And there in lies the truth of that which I am buying. I'm gonna live forever in the dark of night. Alive but dead Dead but alive Does it even matter? I'm lost now in a day dream of my own creation. Living And Dead Am I the soulless light? A young love destroyed, an entire village murdered. The year, 1363-the plagued ravaged the land in every corner of Great Britain accept one lonely isle called The Isle of Ely. The bishop, sure the village had consorted with the devil sent his Templar Knights to investigate. Their hearts thirsted for blood. They killed every living person in the village. Julia's soul, so angered by the actions of the knights, is given a power in death she did not posses in life. She must decide if revenge is worth the price she will pay.
SEPTEMBER 19TH GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Sell Your Soul by Deliverance
The Truth Is In The Dirt by Karen Elson
Voice Of The Soul by Death
What Have I Done? by Kittie
Grand Dark Conspiracy - September 12th Show
DAVE CONSIDINE - LAY RELIGIOUS DEMONOLOGIST
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At the helm of Phantasm Psychic Research is Dave Considine, its director and founder, and one of North America's few lay religious demonologists. In his several year career, he has investigated hundreds of hauntings, and co-ordinated and assisted with dozens of exorcisms.
Born and raised in rural Connecticut, he knew early on in life what he wanted to be. At the age of twelve, he had a terrifying brush with the supernatural, an event that would alter teh course of his life and spark an avid interest in the field of paranormal research.Soon after, he decided he would dedicate his life to investigating the supernatural and preternatural, focusing his energies on ways to assist individuals and families victimized by entities from that realm.
..He studied under world-renown researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren, and served as one of their chief investigators for nearly fourteen years. After two active tours of duty with the US Armed Forces he founded Phantasm Psychic Research in 1994, and now divides his time between his own organization and being the assistant to Catholic exorcist Bishop Robert McKenna and Fr. Rama Coomarswamy, both of Connecticut.
..Dave has handled cases of hauntings and demonic activity in all four corners of the United States and in Canada, and has even been consulted by CNN, The BBC and The Living Channel for his expertise. He has also been a featured guest on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.
..He stands apart in his field due to his unique dedication to follow-up care for individuals and families once a case is resolved, and by his efforts to educate the public about the dangers of dabbling in the occult. He strongly believes that prevention via education is paramount to keeping the preternatural from affecting people's lives, and he frequently lectures and holds workshops.
"As a religious demonologist, I often see people at rock bottom - terrified, desperate ... The most rewarding part of my job is helping them put their lives back together. I see the trauma they go through, and I help them to fight back, using their faith. I hate seeing people victimized by the demonic, but it's incredibly gratifying to watch them come back, more faithful and stronger than they've ever been before."
..He attributes his success in his field to his strong faith in God and the support of his family and investigative team members.
SEPTEMBER 12TH GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
I'm Alive by Anthrax
The Other Side of Midnight by Crimson Glory
Evil Never Sleeps by Silverdollar
Caffeine by Alice Cooper
Sherrie James is a multi-talented individual within the paranormal community. She is a paranormal crisis intervention specialist and exorcist, assisting clients and their families who are experiencing especially challenging or negative haunts. She does house cleansings and blessings. Upon the rare occasion, she may conduct an exorcism after very careful evaluation. Sometimes, her assistance is arranged through Sherrie being a specialist with the United Skeptics and Believers Research Society (USB). One of her main focuses is in making sure those who have experienced negative haunts have a safe place to discuss and process what has happened and to have an opportunity to discuss the spiritual aspect of what may have taken place in an open and nonjudgmental atmosphere. Sherrie sees herself primarily as an open-minded chaplain for those with paranormal needs.
Sherrie says she also sees part of her calling to work within the paranormal and religious communities to help educate and to help to bridge the gap between religion and the paranormal. As part of that effort, she runs her own page, “Paranormal Spiritual Information Central,” on facebook. In addition, she speaks on panels, on the radio, and at paranormal and church conferences on “Practical Ways of Dealing with Negative Haunts” and on “Religion and the Paranormal.”
One of the things that sets Sherrie James a part from other exorcists, demonologists and most ministers working in the paranormal is not just her sex. It is her level of religious education. Sherrie has an undergrad degree with a double major in Writing and in Religion from Methodist College/University. Sherrie also has a Master’s in Divinity Degree from Duke, which combined with her undergrad degree and personal experience, helps establish her as a leading religious authority within the paranormal community.
Seven years of Sherrie’s life was spent as a full-time church minister in a mainline denomination, with little paranormal interaction. Over a year was spent as a hospital chaplain, specializing in psychiatric chaplaincy, which sometimes greatly assists in evaluating paranormal situations. Paralleling Sherrie’s reintegrating her more metaphysical side and paranormal calling several years ago, Sherrie is seeking ordination within the less dogmatic Christian Church/Disciples of Christ denomination.
Sherrie also is the owner and senior editor of Ghost Saber Literary Services, a full service site for those in need of any type of literary assistance. She writes or co-authors books and articles. Sherrie has worked as a writer, journalist, managing editor, book editor and website editor. Her website is: www.ghostsaber.com.
Check out the official discussion & forum page for Paranormal Spiritual Information Central (ParaSIC). This page is dedicated to bridging the gap between the spiritual, paranormal, scientific, religious, & metaphysical.
Check out the Para Probers Facebook page, and to set up investigations please email para.probers@gmail.com.
For assistance in a negative haunting you can email Sherrie at revsherrie@gmail.com
To book Sherrie James for conferences or other speaking engagements, please email: sherrie.editor@gmail.com.
To inquire about her services as an editor, ghostwriter or co-author, please write to her via GhostSaber.inquiries@gmail.com.
SEPTEMBER 5TH GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Gypsies In The Palace by Jimmy Buffett
Princes Of The Universe by Queen
Show Me The Way by Styx
Spirit In The Sky by Norman Greenbaum
LAMONT WOOD
As a journalist and freelance writer of wide experience, Lamont Wood is familiar with the sometimes arbitrary distinction between cause and effect, and the subsequent gulf between what happens, what is experienced, what gets written, and what is understood. He has been freelancing for nearly three decades, writing for publications ranging from American Heritage to trade journals in Hong Kong. He has also been a newspaper reporter, a publicist, and a welder. He lives in San Antonio, Texas.
described 16 years before the war started.
The existence and documentation of these and many other events and anomalies impossibly ahead of their time are beyond dispute. Out of Place in Time and Spacedelves deeply into these impossibilities, showcasing:
- Objects, beliefs, and practices from the present that show up in the past, long before they were supposedly invented.
- Personal careers that appear to have been founded on knowlege of the future.
- Roman-era machines that were hundreds of years ahead of their time
- UFOs, never officially documented in any time period, yet still showing up in medieval paintings.
AUGUST 29TH GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Hands of Time by Y&T
Back In Time by Huey Lewis & The News
A Little Time by Michael Kiske
Time Slips Away by Ohio Players
IAN TATRO OF MPRST & EDWIN GONZALEZ OF www.HauntedVictorian.com
Ian Tatro is the Founder of MPRST - The Massachussets Paranormal Research Society Team. Ian has experienced the paranormal since age 7 and have been a dedicated investigator and researcher for 15 years now. Their mission is to provide their clients with professional and
confidential research* in
regards to the paranormal.
(* If they use the name of a client it is with their permission only.)
They always try to debunk any evidence they capture. Only after a thorough review will they come to any conclusions.
Currently, they our covering the Massachusetts and New England Areas. If you or someone you know is in need of their services. Please contact them at 978-413-0879
AUGUST 22ND GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
When The Crowds Are Gone by Savatage
Pet Sematary by The Ramones
I Don't Believe In Love by Queensryche
Hell Is Where The Heart Is by Edge of Sanity
LOYD AUERBACH is Director of the Office of Paranormal Investigations and was recently appointed to the faculty of Atlantic University, where he’s involved in developing an online MA program in Parapsychology for launch in the Fall of 2011/Winter 2012. He is the author A PARANORMAL CASEBOOK: Ghost Hunting in the New Millennium (Atriad Press, 2005).
His book is co-authored with renowned psychic Annette Martin: The Ghost Detectives’ Guide to Haunted San Francisco(Quill Driver Books, April 1, 2011).
His 2004 releases are GHOST HUNTING: How to Investigate the Paranormal and HAUNTINGS & POLTERGEISTS: A Ghost Hunter’s Guide (Ronin Publishing). His first book, ESP, HAUNTINGS AND POLTERGEISTS: A Parapsychologist’s Handbook (1986, Warner Books) was named the “Sacred Text”` on ghosts by NEWSWEEK (in August, 1996). PSYCHIC DREAMING (1991, Warner Books; 1999 Barnes & Noble Books), deals with the current understanding of dreams in general and psychic dreams in particular. His third book, REINCARNATION, CHANNELING AND POSSESSION, was published by Warner Books in April, 1993. MIND OVER MATTER (Kensington Books, 1996) focused on the limits human beings set for themselves and on psychokinesis. In 1999, he released the first video on "The Haunting of the USS Hornet" (a haunted WWII era aircraft carrier in Alameda, CA).
Later in 2011, another book will have him jump topics & genres to Chocolate (just call him the “Chocolate Maven”). Look for Haunted by Chocolate: How to Go from Chocoholic to Chocolate Gourmet in mid 2011. In 2009, he finished a Professional Chocolatier course and began selling his own unique chocolate products (“Ghost Drops”) in late 2010, with more to come, including his chocolate fortune system, The Cocoa Oracle. Information about the book, chocolate tasting sessions and his own chocolates can be found at www.hauntedbychocolate.com.
He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Rhine Research Center in Durham, NC, and was a featured speaker at their May 2006 conference “After Death: What Do We Know?” at Duke University. He is on the Scientific Advisory Boards of the Forever Family Foundation and the Windbridge Institute. He was a Consulting Editor & columnist for FATE Magazine, a 50+ year old national publication dealing with the “unexplained,” from 1991 to December 2004.
Auerbach is the creator and principal instructor of the Certificate Program in Parapsychological Studies at HCH Institute in Lafayette, CA. This California state-registered program started in 2005, and has been available for Distance Learning since 2006. For more information, visit www.hypnotherapytraining.com/parapsych.cfm
Loyd Auerbach has been an Adjunct Professor in Integral Studies at JFK University since 1983. The university, formerly in Orinda, CA, now resides in Pleasant Hill, CA. He also served on the faculty of Rosebridge Graduate School for Integrative Psychology 1996-1998. He holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology from Northwestern University (1978), and an MS in Parapsychology from JFK University (1981). In January, 2011, he began teaching Parapsychology (online) through Atlantic University of Virginia Beach, VA and is helping develop their MA in Parapsychology program, to launch Fall 2011 or Winter 2012.
He has lectured for 20 years on the college speaking circuit and continues to do so. He is also available for appearances at Ghost Hunting, and Paranormal, Metaphysical and Science
Fiction and Comic Book Conventions, Conferences and events. Contact him at profparanormal@gmail.com for booking information.
A married resident of Martinez, California, Prof. Auerbach has been teaching Parapsychology and related topics in the San Francisco Bay Area and in New York for three decades. He has taught courses in Parapsychology, Anthropology, Altered States of Consciousness, Science Fiction, Magic, and Media. He lectures to colleges and on occasion to corporate audiences around the United States.
His first job in the field was as Public Information and Media Consultant to the American Society for Psychical Research in New York from 1982 through mid-1983. While there, he acted as a spokesperson and as an intermediary to facilitate communication between the media and the parapsychological community. Auerbach is an associate member of the Parapsychological Association, and a member of the Society for Scientific Exploration.
For over three decades, he has been investigating cases of reported paranormal phenomena, helping people understand what may (or may not) be going on in their lives. In 1989, he founded the Office of Paranormal Investigations (OPI), an outgrowth of the JFK University graduate program, which is a group for people to call when they believe they have a psychic or paranormal disturbance, and a resource center for Media, businesspeople, scientists, law enforcement agencies, and attorneys. While OPI’s main investigations are in the Bay Area, the group has affiliated investigators in many other areas of the country through its own network. In addition, he is currently working with several others to establish an organization to help connect parapsychologists and the growing paranormal community (amateur and hobbyist paranormal investigators and ghost hunters).
Auerbach was President of the Psychic Entertainers Association (PEA) from 2001-2005, and again for a short time in 2006. The PEA is an international organization of psychic entertainers (performers of including mentalism, bizarre magick, hypnotism, cold reading, and allied arts). He currently serves on their Board of Directors. He has been one of the very few parapsychologists active in both psychical research and mentalist/magicians' organizations.
Loyd Auerbach is an accomplished Mentalist and Psychic Entertainer, performing as Professor Paranormal for private parties, corporations, at colleges and restaurants. His knowledge and interest in magic began while he was a graduate student, through a course he took intended to introduce the would-be researchers to the methods of phony psychics. He has since taught that same course a number of times. He is a member of the Academy of Magical Arts, has served on the Occult Investigations Committee of the Society of American Magicians, and was 1989 President of Assembly 112 of the Society of American Magicians. He received a credit as a “Creative Consultant” to the Magic of David Copperfield X: The Bermuda Triangle (CBS 1988).
His work as a magician shifted to Mentalist in late 1991 with his main focus is performing for small, intimate groups (dinner parties, and the like) and his one-man show for the corporate, association and college markets, "Professor Paranormal's Psychic Mind Theater!" And he loves to weave his love and knowledge of chocolate into it all (yes, it can be done).
Loyd Auerbach is very interested and concerned with media portrayals of the phenomena and the science of Parapsychology. He has been a consultant to various television producers and writers in the United States, Japan, and Great Britain, providing both scientific and creative input, as well as help in promotion.
Loyd’s media exposure includes many prominent appearances on television, including THE VIEW, Ghost Adventures, Ghost Stories, Criss Angel: MindFreak, Larry King Live, the Today Show, Unsolved Mysteries, Oprah, Popular Mechanics for Kids, Mediums: We See Dead People,The New Edge, Dead Famous, The Joan Rivers Show, Hard Copy, Evening Magazine, The Late Show, PM Magazine, Hour Magazine, Strange Universe, Late Night with David Letterman, Voodoo Secrets, Vampire Secrets, Science of the Impossible, and frequent appearances on Sightings. He’s often seen on paranormal programs for the Discovery Channel, the Travel Channel, The Learning Channel, A&E, the History Channel, the Sci Fi Channel and TechTV. His appearances on radio, podcasts and in print have numbered in the thousands.
Loyd Auerbach, M.S., is available as a consultant and lecturer, for interviews, and of course, as Professor Paranormal. He can be reached via email at profparanormal@gmail.com, by phone through the Office of Paranormal Investigations at (415) 249-9275, or through his chocolate website, www.hauntedbychocolate.com and info@hauntedbychocolate.com.
The Ghost Detectives' Guide to Haunted San Francisco
Revealing a side of the famed city that tourists rarely experience, this handbook uncovers a hidden realm of ghosts, apparitions, and paranormal phenomena in San Francisco. The guide delves into the haunted hotspots that unsuspectedly lie in the city’s most famous landmarks and neighborhoods, including Alcatraz, Chinatown, and the Presidio, while directions to each hair-raising location are provided, encouraging adventurous sightseers to seek out their own ghostly encounters. With the history of each frightening locale, the probable life stories of their resident spirits, and actual transcripts of their conversations with a psychic, this supernatural study delivers a realistic feel for encountering the uncanny.
What are ghosts, spirits, and other apparitions?
Why do they visit, and what do they want from us?
Are OBEs, NDEs, and PDEs real?
Exposed, Uncovered, and Declassified: Ghosts, Spirits, & Hauntings tackles these questions and more, as some of the world's best-known paranormal experts come together in a tour de force of investigative journalism. Ghosts have been an integral part of the folklore of almost every culture; indeed, extant references to them stretch as far back as the ancient civilization of Babylon. And the evidence for their existence is mounting.
Resident psychic for Paranormal State, Michelle Belanger, covers the strange Phillip Experiment, in which a group of Canadian paranormal investigators attempted to create a spirit.
Professor of parapsychology Loyd Auerbach tells us what every ghost hunter should know about parapsychology.
Noted expert on paranormal research Joshua P. Warren carefully examines some startling photographic evidence of ghosts.
Andrew Nichols, PhD, director of the American Institute of Parapsychology, discusses his theory of haunted houses, which posits hauntings as manifestations of ESP and/or psychological projection.
Raymond Buckland (Buckland's Book of Spirit Communications) looks at ghosts as spirits and gives a take on how to talk to ghosts . . . and get a response.
Folklorist Dr. Bob Curran delves into the connection between poltergeists and human origins, and regales us with three classic cases of poltergeist activity.
Journalist Nick Redfern examines cases of ancient animal ghost apparitions.
Noted folklorist Ursula Bielski gives a spooky and detailed account of the "Vanishing Hitchhiker" phenomenon.
Evidence of ghosts is everywhere--if you know what to look for. Whether you're a believer, a skeptic, or somewhere in between, Exposed, Uncovered, and Declassified: Ghosts, Spirits, & Hauntings is sure to entertain and educate.
Atlantic University Presents
Parapsychology and Consciousness Conference.
October 14-16, 2011
Bringing together some of the best minds in parapsychology and consciousness, many of whom are at the forefront of research. These dedicated men and women are seeking the answers we need. Some study the relationship of psychic experiences to psychological well-being. Others focus on the intersection of psychic phenomena and modern physics. All are working to get an unbiased understanding of what we know out to the people who need it the most. Our speakers think deeply about the scientiἀc underpinnings of psychic functioning and about what these phenomena say about interconnect-edness, entanglement and the meaning of life. Come join us for this truly unique conference!
AUGUST 15TH GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
The Haunted by DeadSoul Tribe
This House Is Haunted by Alice Cooper
The Devil You Know by Anthrax
Fins by Jimmy Buffett
Jim Malliard lives in northwestern Pennsylvania with his family.
While in high school Jim was a varsity golfer and Eagle Scout.
But his interest in the unexplained dates back farther then that it dates before he can remember, went a young 3 years old, he would spend some time in cemeteries with his family talking to his friends who where unseen.
But his deep interest into the paranormal turned again after a family trip with his son of seven months at the time, when Jim witnessed, the same stories of his youth unfolding in front of him.
So on the way home, the thoughts were in his head to start his paranormal team, though it took months to finally get it rolling.
After co founding Meadville paranormal Investigation Team, the study was on.
While learning new things about the paranormal everyday, other chances arose, to be on the board of local cemeteries which was important to him,
for he believes are places of respect not for investigations, a local marketing project, myfrenchcreek.com,
helping many other local charities with events to raise money. And another learning opportunity has came along, to host a radio show, while combining his interest of learning paranormal and talking his paranormal.
Meadville Paranormal Presents: THE SPARK!
Pulling the community together to help enlighten about the paranormal
Cost is $10.00 at the door.
For each item you bring off the pre approved list you will receive a dollar off your ticket cost. The list can be found at www.Post52.com
All proceeds from tickets will go to project support our troops. $10.00 is the cost of sending a solider a care package once a month.
The SPARK will be held at THE ARC of Crawford County on August 6th, 2011. Doors for the public open at 1pm.
Meadville Paranormal Website
AUGUST 1st GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Spark by Tori Amos
Spark In The Dark by Alice Cooper
Physical by Agua de Annique
Fast As A Shark by Witchery
JASON OFFUTT
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Jason Offutt is a syndicated columnist, author, college journalism instructor, and fan of all things strange. His books about the paranormal, "Paranormal Missouri: Show Me Your Monsters," "What Lurks Beyond: The Paranormal In Your Backyard," "Darkness Walks: The Shadow People Among Us," and “Haunted Missouri: A Ghostly Guide to Missouri's Most Spirited Spots,” are available at www.amazon.com. Jason is available for interviews, speaking engagements and beer festivals. E-mail all serious inquiries to: jasonoffutt@hotmail.com.
Paranormal Missouri:
Show Me Your Monsters
Tour the ""Show-me State"" to lonely cemeteries, abandoned buildings, and into Bigfoot-infested woods. Tales of the supernatural include a UFO crash and government cover-up, encounters with a mid-Missouri dogman, Bigfoot encounters in Southern Missouri, and the spirits that haunt an abandoned nursing home in Walt Disney's boyhood home. Did Mark Twain dictate a novel through a Ouija board? Does a secret UFO base exist in Jefferson City? Was a Missouri student accosted by black-eyed Kids? Did a Marceline man sleep with an extraterrestrial? Find out in Paranormal Missouri.
What Lurks Beyond:
The Paranormal in Your Backyard
Ghosts, aliens, a time traveler, and a mind-reading dog could be fiction, but Jason Offutt investigates true tales of these and other paranormal events that happened within 100 miles of his home. Offutt introduces ordinary folks who have encountered unexplained phenomena in everyday places and presents engaging accounts of their experiences. Getting a glimpse of this hidden world around us may prompt us to look--really look--in our own backyard.
Darkness Walks:
The Shadow People Among Us
The Shadow People. They lurk in obscurity. Looming human figures, blacker than darkness. Millions across the globe see them. The unfortunate feel their touch. And some awake in horror to their red, unblinking stare. Join Jason Offutt, who has interviewed dozens of eyewitnesses, as he shines some light on the world of the Shadow People, viewing these beings through the lens of science, religion, and metaphysics. Are they ghosts, demons, hallucinations, or something else entirely?
JULY 25TH GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Ghostride by The Shadow Theory
Ih-Ah! by The Devin Townsend Project
Ungrateful Are The Dead by Graveyard
Pale Fire by Fates Warning
Brian has been investigating claims of ghosts since late 1996 as the Director of the Ohio Paranormal Investigation Network. Since 2006 Brian has branched out into other anomalous fields training under the Mutual U.F.O. Network’s Field Investigator’s Manual, though not being an active investigator for M.U.F.O.N., he still investigates aerial and related phenomena via their procedures. He has also investigated claims of cryptozoological sightings aided with his experience with backpacking and animal tracking. Brian has written a pair of books, “Handbook for the Amateur Paranormal Investigator or Ghost Hunter: How to Become a Successful Paranormal Group” as well as a companion book, “Betty’s Ghost: A Guide to Paranormal Investigation”, to help lower the learning curve and raise the entry level education of new groups and investigators. He also contributes a monthly newscast on the Grand Dark Conspiracy podcast and serves as the Ohio Regional Director for ParaNexus.
Handbook for the Amateur Paranormal Investigator: Part II
The "Art and Science of Paranormal Investigation" picks up where “How to Become a Successful Paranormal Group”, the first book in this series, left off. This book is geared toward those who know the basics beyond what is portrayed on television and the internet. This next chapter takes a step forward into the world of client centered paranormal investigations. Learn the art of the interview including basic body language that can help in interviews as well as everyday situations. Learn advanced interview techniques that are simple to use that will help your client remember the most detail and provide you with an accurate picture of your upcoming investigation of the location. Evidence review, and other topics that are rarely mentioned with investigations, are discussed tool by tool. Learn the reality behind the tools and methods used in the field of paranormal investigation that goes against the popular ways of doing things
Betty's Ghost: A Guide to Paranormal Investigation
Betty’s Ghost is an “over the shoulder” view of how I approach a paranormal case from initial e-mail through the onsite investigation. It’s a walkthrough scenario of a fictional paranormal investigation created from actual cases I have investigated in the past. Originally created as a training tool, Betty's Ghost will guide you through how I approach each aspect of the investigation process from beginning to end. "Betty’s Ghost: A Guide to Paranormal Investigation", is a companion to my first book, “Handbook for the Amateur Paranormal Investigator or Ghost Hunter”, which takes a closer look at the investigation aspect of paranormal investigation. This follow up book also provides additional resources to compliment those offered in the Handbook.
Handbook For the Amateur Paranormal Investigator or Ghost Hunter
A look at the reality behind amateur paranormal investigation and ghost hunting group operation. Discover how to keep your group healthy and growing and not end up like a majority of groups that fall to the wayside. The book also walks you through the interview and investigation aspects of the paranormal investigation team. It also covers the touchy subject of the scientific method in ghost hunting and paranormal investigation as well as provides invaluable resources and advice for any serious team at any level of knowledge.
- J
1ST GUEST - SHERRIE JAMES
Sherrie James is a multi-talented individual within the paranormal community. She is a paranormal crisis intervention specialist and exorcist, assisting clients and their families who are experiencing especially challenging or negative haunts. She does house cleansings and blessings. Upon the rare occasion, she may conduct an exorcism after very careful evaluation. Sometimes, her assistance is arranged through Sherrie being a specialist with the United Skeptics and Believers Research Society (USB). One of her main focuses is in making sure those who have experienced negative haunts have a safe place to discuss and process what has happened and to have an opportunity to discuss the spiritual aspect of what may have taken place in an open and nonjudgmental atmosphere. Sherrie sees herself primarily as an open-minded chaplain for those with paranormal needs.
Check out Sherrie's recent articles at GhostVillage.com
What's in a Name? Let's Try "Paranormalogy!"
A Paranormalogy Commentary:
Violating the 13th Amendment Paranormal Style
Sherrie also is the owner and senior editor of Ghost Saber Literary Services, a full service site for those in need of any type of literary assistance. She writes or co-authors books and articles. Sherrie has worked as a writer, journalist, managing editor, book editor and website editor. Her website is: www.ghostsaber.com.
Check out the Para Probers Facebook page, and to set up investigations please email para.probers@gmail.com.
For assistance in a negative haunting you can email Sherrie at revsherrie@gmail.com
To book Sherrie James for conferences or other speaking engagements, please email: sherrie.editor@gmail.com.
To inquire about her services as an editor, ghostwriter or co-author, please write to her via GhostSaber.inquiries@gmail.com.
2ND GUEST - ROBYN "SWEETROLL" RAMSEY
Robyn "Sweetroll" Ramsey is a paranormal investigator. Robyn and her life long friend (Darla Andrews) founded the AWGHS, the Austin - Waco Ghost Hunter's Society in 2008. She always had a desire to communicate with the spiritual realm as a child which has blossomed into a full paranormal research/investigation passion. She joined Pairanormal in January of 2010 and has added the flare to take the show to new heights.
Pairanormal, spelled funny but has a very serious research team.
Pair is 2 and your hosts bring you informing and intriguing investigations each week.
They are A Normal pair that really gives you the version of the X-Files in REAL life
situations. Together, with their team of Ghost Hunters, Clairvoyants, Believers, and
Skeptics, they will give you the most entertaining investigative shows around. Two
Nights, no repeats!
Pairanormal is equipped with many different tools in the industry helping us look
closer at the reality of Hauntings. However, as with each team we have our Skeptics
and our Believers, which are you?
Pairanormal airs two nights a week only on FateRadio. Tuesday's at 10pm EST
and Fridays at 11:30pm EST
3RD GUEST -"LADY J" JOANN HAMANN-BUCHANAN
The love of the written word is like a drug. A single thought can turn into miles across the ocean or a night in bed with someone you love. They are the very essence of my soul; I breathe them in everyday just to live. My heroes aren't the people who are rich and famous. They are the ones who aren't afraid to tattoo my heart with the words they write. The shadows between the pages are the undiscovered worlds and minds of the person who writes them.
The Eclectic Artist Cave
The Short Story Blog
Books R Us
The Burning Times Series
The Eclectic Artist Cave is on weekdays on FateRadio 12:00pm EST
4TH GUEST - JIM MALLIARD
Jim Malliard lives in northwestern Pennsylvania with his family. While in high school Jim was a varsity golfer and Eagle Scout. But his interest in the unexplained dates back farther then that it dates before he can remember, went a young 3 years old, he would spend some time in cemeteries with his family talking to his friends who where unseen.
But his deep interest into the paranormal turned again after a family trip with his son of seven months at the time, when Jim witnessed, the same stories of his youth unfolding in front of him. So on the way home, the thoughts were in his head to start his paranormal team, though it took months to finally get it rolling.
After co founding Meadville paranormal Investigation Team, the study was on.
While learning new things about the paranormal everyday, other chances arose, to be on the board of local cemeteries which was important to him, for he believes are places of respect not for investigations, a local marketing project, myfrenchcreek.com,
helping many other local charities with events to raise money. And another learning opportunity has came along, to host a radio show, while combining his interest of learning paranormal and talking his paranormal.
JULY 11TH GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Twist of Fate by Ray Wylie Hubbard
God Moves On The Water by Blind Willie Johnson
Sunset Babies (All Got Rabies) by Alice Cooper
The Happy Song (Dun-Dum) by Otis Redding
& STEPHEN LAMBERT, EXTREME GHOSTHUNTER - 7/4/2011
Paul Green, The Psychic Biker &
Stephen Lambert, The Extreme Ghost Hunter
Paul Green aka The Psychic Biker is possibly unique in the psychic world, a talented medium and psychic that was once an ardent sceptic. From an early age he displayed his ability to connect to the other side. Those people that adults said were dead seemed very much alive to Paul. Yet as he reached his mid twenties he became a complete and utter sceptic, someone who scoffed at psychics and ghosts.
Then in his late 30s with a lot of time on his hands due to a change in family circumstances he began out of curiosity to research the world of the paranormal. After many years of private study and practice including working within a closed development circle his talents and ability blossomed and since that time some 14 years ago he has done hundreds of readings and carried out many investigations of haunted locations.
Stephen was born in Ashington, Northumberland, England on 1st November 1973. It was his father who helped start him on the journey he is now on. He absolutely loved horror movies. Rightly or wrongly, as a young boy, Stephen had watched many such movies as The Evil Dead, Dawn of the Dead, The Exorcist and many more. His parents still have a box set of 70's LP's that has a Ouija board drawn on the inside of the cardboard box that held the LP's.
Stephen decided to go it alone. He had an idea for a book (which some of you are reading now), albeit it has taken about 5 years and many format changes to get to this point. Stephen wanted to have a go at things in his own way. He had made up his mind to contact locations in Northern England & Scotland about the possibility of spending time at their haunted location. Stephen would document the history, ghost stories and record accounts from the overnight vigil. The big difference being, this was to be done by him or at most there would be only two people on location.
Stephens work for the book at this time was very enjoyable. He got the chance to stay in some wonderful places, some which were family homes not open to the public. One of Stephen's accounts was published in a book by Jason Karl, 21st Century Ghosts.
Working on the book gave Stephen the idea for a TV show. Being on location alone really captures what Stephen believes ghost hunting is about and this is what he wanted to give the public the chance to see. No fancy equipment and at one with the elements along with the fear of being alone.
The Psychic Biker meets
The Extreme Ghost Hunter
In Psychic Biker Meets Extreme Ghost Hunter, Paul Green and Stephen Lambert have undertaken the unenviable task of spending many days and nights searching for something, which, for the most of us, is not part of everyday life experience. In this book they take a candid look at the world of ghost hunting and the paranormal. They also reveal their thoughts on ghosts and hauntings, as they willingly seek to experience the things most people would run from in terror. All the locations are extreme and often previously un-examined. Sometimes they succeed, sometimes they fail but their findings are told exactly as it is... No frills… No airs… and no lies. You have been warned! Paul Green - The Psychic Biker, is unique in the psychic world, a gifted medium and psychic, who was once an ardent sceptic. A hard-core, no-nonsense biker, who would look more at home on the door of a nightclub than offering his services as an empathetic, psychic medium. Make no mistake, Paul is opinionated and brutally honest, yet he is respected by all who know him, or as he would describe himself: “Attitude with Empathy”. Stephen Lambert - Extreme Ghost Hunter, has vast experience investigating the paranormal. Stephen has spent countless dark hours at haunted locations working alone on paranormal vigils and he has led teams of other paranormal investigators all over the British Isles. He is a firm believer in taking ghost hunting back to the basics, with a hard-line outlook on seeking out the truth within the previously unexplained. Stephen is also a talented historian which allows him to combine the results of his investigations with valuable academic research.
JULY 4TH GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Fight 'Em Til You Can't by Anthrax
You Are My Sunshine by Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan
Touch Of Evil by Warlock
On A Stranded Shore by Amorphis
Synthia Andrews is a naturopathic doctor, teacher and author with a 30‐year background in massage therapy and energy work. She is a Reiki Master, is trained in advanced bodywork and energy modalities and received her doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine in 2008 from the University of Bridgeport. She has a private practice in Guilford, Connecticut, where she combines natural medicine with energy modalities, exploring the emotional and spiritual factors of health and healing.
As a teacher, Synthia focuses on helping people develop and use their energy awareness and intuitive capacity. She is an authorized teacher of the Jin Shin Do® Foundation, was a faculty member at the Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy (CCMT) for 15 years and taught in the Medical Massage program with CCMT in conjunction with Hartford Hospital. In addition she teaches classes at the Kripalu Yoga Institute and speaks at local, national and international forums.
For the past 20 years Synthia has joined her husband, research‐author Colin Andrews, in the study of consciousness and spirituality. Her unique contribution is in the impact on the human body of changing consciousness. She brings insight from her knowledge of physiology and energy anatomy along with her personal experience in expanding consciousness.
Synthia is co‐author of three previous books including Acupressure and Reflexology for Dummies (Wiley, 2007), The Complete Idiots Guide to 2012 (Penguin, 2008) and The Complete Idiots Guide to the Akashic Record (Penguin, 2010). She can be reached at www.andrewshealingarts.com or www.thepathofenergy.com. She will be speaking on the embodiment of consciousness at the 2012 Power Places Tours conference at Chichen Itza in December 2012.
The Path of Energy: Awaken Your Personal Power and Expand Your Consciousness
Learning to consciously interact in the domain of subtle energy is the next step in personal and planetary transformation. The Path of Energy is a unique handbook of principles, practices and exercises to help you access your energy awareness and live a more empowered life.
In the book are 13 meditations that activate patterns of light within your energy body to awaken specific abilities and levels of awareness. Each meditation includes benefits and purpose, step-by-step written directions augmented with line drawings, and an interpretive illustration of the completed energy pattern.
Subtle energy is more than life force; it is the substance of reality and the vehicle of consciousness. Your body is wired to navigate this domain. You are equipped with everything needed to engage the world of energy and creatively change your life. You simply need to remember how.
The Path of Energy is a guide to living with expanded consciousness. Included are techniques that build energy awareness and use this skill to deepen your spiritual path, intimacy in relationships, align with earth energy, clear space, create protection, manifest goals, facilitate healing, and more.
JUNE 27th GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Mighty Rivers by John Wetton
How Will I Laugh Tomorrow by Suicidal Tendencies
Fields Of Fire by Seven Witches
Accidentally Like A Martyr by Warren Zevon
Maureen Seaberg is a NYC-based journalist and author whose book on synesthesia, Tasting the Universe features first-time interviews with many famous synesthetes. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, the Daily News, Irish America, ESPN the magazine and on MSNBC and PBS. A synesthete herself, she is moderating the Toward a Science of Consciousness Conference workshop on synesthesia in Stockholm in May, and also moderated their 2010 synesthesia workshop in Tucson. She has also presented at the American Synesthesia Association Conference at Vanderbilt University and at New York University. Her forms of synesthesia include grapheme (letters and numbers), colored days of the week, months and music and some motion-to-hearing synesthesia. She is a graduate of Penn State University and holds a certificate in superior-level Spanish language from the Universidad Complutense in Madrid.
Tasting the Universe: People Who See Colors in Words and Rainbows in Symphonies
What happens when a journalist turns her lens on a mystery happening in her own life? Maureen Seaberg did just that and lived for a year exploring her synesthesia. The wondrous brain trait is often described as blended senses, but in Maureen's quest, becomes much more: a window to creativity and the divine.
Join her as she visits top neuroscientists, rock stars, violinists, other synesthetes, philosophers, savants, quantum physicists and even Tibetan lamas in her journey toward the truth.
A violinist sees a scarlet form when he plays a certain note; a rock star sees waves of blue and green as he composes a ballad; an actress tastes cake when she utters the word "table." Synesthetes are often found in the arts and famous examples include Itzhak Perlman, Lady Gaga, Pharrell Williams and Tilda Swinton.
Step into Maureen's shimmering alternate universe as she explores this fascinating subject, combining clear explanations of groundbreaking scientific research with an exploration of deeper spiritual truths.
For Maureen, synesthesia is not an idle "brain tick" that can be explained away by science (although it does offer some important clues), but a unique ability to tap into and reveal a greater creative universe and even the divine.
Tasting the Universe - Kindle Edition
JUNE 20th GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLISTRainbow In The Dark - Dio
Healing Colors of Sound - Spock's Beard
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows - Alice Cooper
Wide Open - Agua De Annique
Brian has been investigating claims of ghosts since late 1996 as the Director of the Ohio Paranormal Investigation Network. Since 2006 Brian has branched out into other anomalous fields training under the Mutual U.F.O. Network’s Field Investigator’s Manual, though not being an active investigator for M.U.F.O.N., he still investigates aerial and related phenomena via their procedures. He has also investigated claims of cryptozoological sightings aided with his experience with backpacking and animal tracking. Brian has written a pair of books, “Handbook for the Amateur Paranormal Investigator or Ghost Hunter: How to Become a Successful Paranormal Group” as well as a companion book, “Betty’s Ghost: A Guide to Paranormal Investigation”, to help lower the learning curve and raise the entry level education of new groups and investigators. He also contributes a monthly newscast on the Grand Dark Conspiracy podcast and serves as the Ohio Regional Director for ParaNexus.
Handbook for the Amateur Paranormal Investigator: Part II
The "Art and Science of Paranormal Investigation" picks up where “How to Become a Successful Paranormal Group”, the first book in this series, left off. This book is geared toward those who know the basics beyond what is portrayed on television and the internet. This next chapter takes a step forward into the world of client centered paranormal investigations. Learn the art of the interview including basic body language that can help in interviews as well as everyday situations. Learn advanced interview techniques that are simple to use that will help your client remember the most detail and provide you with an accurate picture of your upcoming investigation of the location. Evidence review, and other topics that are rarely mentioned with investigations, are discussed tool by tool. Learn the reality behind the tools and methods used in the field of paranormal investigation that goes against the popular ways of doing things
Betty's Ghost: A Guide to Paranormal Investigation
Betty’s Ghost is an “over the shoulder” view of how I approach a paranormal case from initial e-mail through the onsite investigation. It’s a walkthrough scenario of a fictional paranormal investigation created from actual cases I have investigated in the past. Originally created as a training tool, Betty's Ghost will guide you through how I approach each aspect of the investigation process from beginning to end. "Betty’s Ghost: A Guide to Paranormal Investigation", is a companion to my first book, “Handbook for the Amateur Paranormal Investigator or Ghost Hunter”, which takes a closer look at the investigation aspect of paranormal investigation. This follow up book also provides additional resources to compliment those offered in the Handbook.
Handbook For the Amateur Paranormal Investigator or Ghost Hunter
A look at the reality behind amateur paranormal investigation and ghost hunting group operation. Discover how to keep your group healthy and growing and not end up like a majority of groups that fall to the wayside. The book also walks you through the interview and investigation aspects of the paranormal investigation team. It also covers the touchy subject of the scientific method in ghost hunting and paranormal investigation as well as provides invaluable resources and advice for any serious team at any level of knowledge.
Just who is this Scott A. Johnson person, anyway?
Good question...He's still trying to figure that one out for himself. For the record, this much we know so far:
- He's a professional novelist, folklorist, and screenwriter.
- He is an avid martial artist.
- He teaches.
- He plays golf poorly.
- He's married and has two children.
- He sings, plays blues-style harmonica, and can diddle around with a guitar, bass, and drums.
Where can we get his books? Is he self-published?
No, he is not self-published. He is traditionally published by traditional publishers. That's why his books can be ordered or gotten anywhere. Of course, if you really want to purchase his books, you can always get them through his bookstore.
Where, and what, does he teach?
Scott teaches in the innovative low-residency Masters in Writing Popular Fiction program at Seton Hill University. He also teaches Kajukenbo Karate, a style in which he holds a third-degree black belt.
What advice does he have for young writers?
Read everything you can get your hands on. Read the people you consider to be the masters of your genre. For me, that's Lovecraft, Poe, Matheson, Barker, King...It doesn't matter what you read, whether it's sci-fi, horror, romance, comedy...So long as you're actually reading. Also, write every day. Never give up, and never stop learning.
Who are his biggest inspirations?
Richard Matheson, Stephen King, Clive Barker, Ray Bradberry, Robert Bloch, Dashel Hammett...The list goes on and on. His real inspiration comes from his family, though.
Will he read my manuscript?
Sorry, but no. He doesn't have time between teaching and working on his own material.
Does he really believe in ghosts?
Yes. Yes he does.
Favorite colors?
You're kidding, right? *sigh* Black, red, green, purple.
Favorite TV Shows?
He doesn't really watch much television. The only two shows he really watches is anything dealing with UFC and The It's Alive Show.
Favorite Movies?
The Exorcist, Beer Fest, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (actually, anything with Monty Python involved is comedy gold), the collected works of Mel Brooks, The Marx Brothers, and the Three Stooges. Horror movies are his favorite, followed by absurd comedies.
Favorite Bands?
Bowling for Soup, Deathmobile, Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin, Blues Traveler, Barenaked Ladies, Iron Maiden...Again, the list goes on and on...
Pages Book Two of The Stanley Cooper Chronicles
Stanley Cooper was an ordinary guy until an industrial accident left him clinically dead for three minutes. Now, he sees the dead everywhere he goes. In fact, he sees the energy created by all living things, an ability he's not certain is a gift or a curse. Pittsburgh is a city known for three things: Football, hockey, and zombies. What starts with a strange package in the mail escalates to horrific proportions as the dead rise up and walk again. Only this time, they're not in the movies. They're real. It's up to Stanley Cooper, the reluctant clairvoyant, to figure out where they're coming from, what they want, and what it all has to do with a curious book that shouldn't exist. More important, it's up to Stanley and his friends to figure out how to stop it. This is the non-stop horror-noir thriller, PAGES. PAGES is the second book of the wildly popular Stanley Cooper Chronicles, the follow-up to VERMIN.
Vermin Book One of The Stanley Cooper Chronicles
Stanley Cooper was an ordinary guy, until a construction-site accident left him clinically dead for three minutes. Now he sees ghosts, unquiet spirits, and the energy created by all living things. The city of Pittsburgh is under siege from a string of bizarre robberies, horrific murders, and mysterious disappearances. A panicked telephone call from a stranger throws Stanley into a world of nightmares and chaos. With the help of a skeptical detective and his best friend who is a practicing witch, the reluctant clairvoyant must somehow figure out the cause and save the city, if he can survive.
Deadlands
The planet formerly known as Earth lies scorched and barren. Survivors live underground, ever on the defensive against rotters -- mindless corpses that troll the sweltering surface. A new menace has evolved, set on human annihilation
An American Haunting
An American Haunting, Scott A. Johnson’s delightfully frightening debut novel, rips away the boundaries between real-life and fiction in its truth-based, spine-tingling exploration of evil.
Making one last attempt to build a financially stable life for his family, Gabriel Rosewood borrows money from his parents to buy a quaint, fixer-upper in the historic district of San Marcos — never imagining the beautiful old building harbors a deadly evil.
At once touching and terrifying, the tale of the house and its occupants remains profoundly moving as an examination of one family’s struggle to connect while bursting the seams of the horror genre with its authentic characterization, surreal descriptions and complex plot progression.
The first few pages trigger an explosion of terror that continues to exude energy for the length of the book, delving into the supernatural forces that have ruled the house since its construction and the town’s dogged determination to hide the truth.
The plot centers on the self-doubting Gabriel and his dangerous attempt to protect his loved ones and prove his worth as a father and husband. These motivations lead Gabe away from his skepticism and into the thick of evil.
The endearing characters range from Lizzy, Gabriel’s lonely and left-out ten-year-old daughter, to Trish, his warm, loving wife, and include such oddballs as the cranky and reluctant guardian of the San Marcos Historical Society, a professor studying paranormal psychology, and a gifted self-sacrificing medium.
In the tradition of Stephen King’s The Shining, An American Haunting is a nail-biting and insightful Texas horror story sure to leave horror fans deeply affected by its curious message of fear and hope.
JUNE 6TH GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Zombie Inc. by In Flames
Afraid by David Bowie
Zombie Dance by Alice Cooper
NEW ENGLAND G.H.O.S.T.
HOUR 1
Aimee is the founder & director of New England G.H.O.S.T. Founded in 2009 in Kennebunk, Maine.
She is a professional paranormal investigator who has been investigating for over a decade. Her passion for ghost hunting is why she started this wonderful team. She believes that through educating & understanding, fears subside. It is her goal to help the property or business owner better understand the world of the paranormal.
Her dream was to bring together like minded individuals from all walks of life to help investigate claims of the paranormal, assist property owners and educate the community.
Ian~
Massachusetts Branch Director
& Team Lead
Ian is our Massachusetts Branch Director. He works hard working with new clients, booking events and everything else associated with the MA team.
Ian works very hard scheduling investigations, events and community outreach functions.
Ian is also the father of a beautiful little girl and they are expecting another daughter in May of 2011.
HOUR 2
Mike Loop~
Branch Offices Director
& Training Director (MA)
Mike Loop, internationally known Psychic-Medium, Reiki Master and Natural Healer.
Mike joins our team as our Branch Offices Director. He is head of all branches of New England GHOST. Assisting each branch on a daily basis.
Mike is also Training Director for New England GHOST. Training new and existing members on how to use our equipment, investigation process and much more.
In addition, Mike is a lead investigator & psychic investigator.
To learn more about Mike...please visit his website: MikeLoop.Net
Alison~
Team Operations Director
& Lead Investigator
Alison is the Operations Director for the entire team of New England GHOST. She schedules special events, public ghost hunts and is the creative mind behind the team. Ali is also a lead investigator with the MA branch.
"Ali" is also the mother of 3 beautiful children and is a huge pet lover.
Her dog *Lokie* is the teams official *spirit sniffing* dog.
We are proud to have both of them with our team!
MICHAEL SCHWARTZ
Grand Dark Conspiracy - May 16th Show
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Michael Schwartz has an interesting and extensive background in naturopathic healing, theology and metaphysics.
Michael was schooled in the workings of the mind at a level not generally understood by many as it relates to the creation of one's own personal material reality. With the understandings of the Universal Principles in hand, Michael was able to change the course of his life. This change led to many different benefits and experiences, including the foundation of his company, Michael's® Naturopathic Programs. Michael entered the health food industry in 1975 and, in the ensuing years, discovered a knack for herbal and nutritional healing. This led him to establish a naturopathic practice in McAllen, Texas. After many years of assisting clients to regain their health on multiple levels, such as physical, material, social, spiritual and emotional, the company was formed in 1984.
His insights and understandings that are shared in his work and writings are the result of many years of hands-on experience, education and sciences from multiple disciplines, including over a decade of thought probing and exploration through clairvoyant guidance. Michael Schwartz, president and founder of Michael's® Naturopathic Programs, has been active in the natural products industry since 1976, as a teacher, naturopathic nutritional counselor, manufacturer of nutritional supplements and board member of both regional and the national association, Natural Products Association. His belief in the principles of naturopathy has led him to rule out offering anything not in the true spirit of health, such as hormone or glandular-based products or fads. Michael's® Naturopathic Programs uses only tried-and-true formulas based on basic principles of healing.
Michael's writings, charts, tapes and CD's all reflect this approach to healing with the added benefit of metaphysical understandings of the causes of diseases.
Michael is available for personal consultations and lectures. Please click on the Consultations tab above for information on format and fee schedule.
For more information on materials outlined in this book,
visit www.michaelshealth.com.
Dream Symbology Dictionary
With this comprehensive compendium of symbols that appear in dreams, visions, and in day-to-day experiences, readers discover through detailed definitions that dreams have the potential to change their lives. With his simple, fascinating guidelines to dream interpretation, the enigmatic misadventures of your sleeping mind provide clues for profound insights. Dreams are jewels in the rough that have the potential to change your life. The Dream Symbology Dictionary is the essential handbook to understanding the symbols contained within dreams, visions and also day-to-day experiences.
The Health and Disease Symbology Handbook
MAY 16TH GRAND DARK CONSPIRACY PLAYLIST
Sleep by Savatage
I Dreamed of a River by Neal Morse
In Dreams by Roy Orbison
The Dreamreader by Nightingale
Grand Dark Conspiracy - May 9th Show
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Lesley Bannatyne is an author who writes on folklore and popular culture. She is also a freelance journalist, covering stories ranging from local druids to relief aid in Bolivia. As one of the country's foremost authorities on Halloween, Bannatyne has shared her knowledge on television specials for Nickelodeon and the History Channel ("The Haunted History of Halloween," "The Real Story of Halloween"), with Time Magazine,Slate, National Geographic, and has given talks at venues as diverse as the 2000 Halloween Convergence in New Orleans and the St. Louis Art Museum. She contributed the Halloween article to World Book Encyclopedia. Most recently, she, with many compatriots, held the Guinness World Record for "Largest Halloween Gathering," from October 2007-09.
Halloween Nation: Behind the Scenes of America's Fright Night
America's leading authority on Halloween presents interviews with spooky rock groups, amateur vampires, haunted house creators, champion pumpkin carvers, and more, all in the quest of explaining the nation's unique love affair with this holiday. The collection of essays and interviews explores the pop culture phenomenon that is Halloween, and why we celebrate it the way we do today. 
Halloween: An American Holiday, an American History
esley Bannatyne's fascinating book . . . will be widely appealing to anyone who ever wondered where witches, trick-or-treating, and jack-o-lanterns really came from. It is by far the best book on the history of Halloween available today. The book traces the contributions of America's immigrants to the holiday, documenting the beliefs each ethnic group has added to the mix. Related recipes, poems, songs, crafts, and photos perfectly complement the meticulously documented text. The result is the most educational and entertaining examination of Halloween, its myths, and its truths.
Witches' Night Before Halloween
t's the night before Halloween, and these witches still have many last-minute things to do! In this spooky parody of Clement C. Moore's famous Christmas poem, the witches are up to their elbows in cobwebs and slime, trying to make sure their witchlings are well prepared for their first Halloween broomstick ride. Featuring witches like Mad-Maud and Snaggle-Tooth-Ruth and plenty of ghouls, zombies, monsters, skeletons, and moldy cellars that will satisfy all Halloween lovers, this good-natured book about these wickedly fun witches will have kids more amused than frightened.
Halloween How-To, A: Costumes, Parties, Decorations, and Destinations
In this entertaining romp, Bannatyne discusses Halloween trends past and present, dissecting such fun topics as costumes, recipes, movies, parties, myths and expeditions (Salem or bust!). She even closes with an up-to-the-minute chapter on "what's next" in Halloween observance. (According to the author, disguising yourself as a pillowcase ghost is so very last year, but you can't go wrong with classic monsters such as vampires and witches.) One of the most fascinating chapters addresses some of the myths about Halloween. Bannatyne claims, for example, that the razor-blades-in-apples-scare is merely an urban legend with no basis in fact. Who knew?
A Halloween Reader: Poems, Stories, and Plays from Halloween Past
This anthology contains the works of writers from the 16th to the early 20th centuries who evoke the night to set a scene, twist a plot, or explain something inexplicable, like madness or time travel.
May 9 - Grand Dark Conspiracy Music
Alice Cooper - Keepin' Halloween Alive
Graveyard Train - Even Witches Like To Go Out Dancing
Helloween - Halloween
Seven Witches - Witching Hour
Stephen Mehler’s fascination with ancient Egypt , which began at the age of eight, has guided his education and spiritual work all his life. Mehler holds three degrees in the sciences and is a trained field archaeologist and prehistorian. Mehler also served as a Staff research scientist for the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC, in San Jose , California from 1978-1980.
Since 1992, Mehler has worked with and been a student of, Egyptian-born Egyptologist and indigenous wisdom keeper, Abd’El Hakim Awyan, popularly known as Hakim. Stephen has written two books, The Land of Osiris and From Light Into Darkness: The Evolution Of Religion In Ancient Egypt, based on his 14 years of work with Hakim and Stephen’s almost 40 years of research in the area. Stephen is currently Director of Research of both the Great Pyramid of Giza Research Association and his own Land Of Osiris Research Project . He also leads tours to Egypt and is working on a third book with Hakim.
STEPHEN MEHLER's BOOKS
Egyptologist Stephen S. Mehler has spent over 30 years researching the answers to these questions: Was there a advanced prehistoric civilisation in ancient Egypt?; Who were the people who built the great pyramids?; Who carved the Great Sphinx?; Did the pyramids serve as energy devices and not as tombs for kings? Mahler believes the answers are 'Yes!' An indigenous oral tradition still exists in Egypt, he has been able to uncover and study it with the help of a living master of this tradition, Abd'El Hakim Awyan. He has also been given permission to share these teachings -- presented heretofore in fragments by other researchers -- to the Western World, teachings that unfold a whole new understanding of ancient Egypt.
From Light Into Darkness: The Evolution of Religion in Ancient Egypt
Building on the esoteric information first revealed in "Land of Osiris", this exciting book presents more of Abd'El Hakim's oral traditions, with radical new interpretations of how religion evolved in prehistoric and dynastic Khemit, or Egypt. Have popular modern religions developed out of practices in ancient Egypt? Did religion in Egypt represent only a shadow of the spiritual practices of prehistoric people? Have the Western Mystery Schools such as the Rosicrucian Order evolved from these ancient systems? Author Mehler explores the teachings of the King Akhenaten and the real Moses, the true identity of the Hyksos, and Akhenaten's connections to The Exodus, Judaism and the Rosicrucian Order. Here for the first time in the West, are the spiritual teachings of the ancient Khemitians, the foundation for the coming new cycle of consciousness - The Awakening.
The Crystal Skulls: Astonishing Portals to Man's Past
What unknown hands carved these mysterious skulls perhaps over 12,000 years ago? Do they really have the power of life and death? In 1927, while searching for the lost civilization of Atlantis, archeologists discovered in the ruins of a Mayan city a perfect replica of a human skull, exquisitely carved and polished from a single piece of quartz crystal. It is clearly the product of a sophisticated civilization-yet its age has been estimated at 12,000 years! A number of life-size crystal skulls are known to exist. Where did they come from? Observers have reported strange sounds, odors, and light effects emanating from crystal skulls. Crystal skulls are said to have caused violence, physical injury, and even death. Can it be that these uncanny objects are our link to mankind's dark, magical past? Are they messengers from another age-or another world? A fascinating compendium of current information on crystal skulls by two authors with first hand knowledge.
NEW ENGLAND G.H.O.S.T.
HOUR 1 TEAM MEMBERS
Mike Loop~
Branch Offices Director
& Training Director (MA)
Mike Loop, internationally known Psychic-Medium, Reiki Master and Natural Healer.
Mike joins our team as our Branch Offices Director. He is head of all branches of New England GHOST. Assisting each branch on a daily basis.
Mike is also Training Director for New England GHOST. Training new and existing members on how to use our equipment, investigation process and much more.
In addition, Mike is a lead investigator & psychic investigator.
To learn more about Mike...please visit his website: MikeLoop.Net
Ian~
Massachusetts Branch Director
& Team Lead
Ian is our Massachusetts Branch Director. He works hard working with new clients, booking events and everything else associated with the MA team.
Ian works very hard scheduling investigations, events and community outreach functions.
Ian is also the father of a beautiful little girl and they are expecting another daughter in May of 2011.
HOUR 2 TEAM MEMBERS
Aimee~ Founder & Director
Aimee is the founder & director of New England G.H.O.S.T. Founded in 2009 in Kennebunk, Maine.
She is a professional paranormal investigator who has been investigating for over a decade. Her passion for ghost hunting is why she started this wonderful team. She believes that through educating & understanding, fears subside. It is her goal to help the property or business owner better understand the world of the paranormal.
Her dream was to bring together like minded individuals from all walks of life to help investigate claims of the paranormal, assist property owners and educate the community.
Alison~
Team Operations Director
& Lead Investigator
Alison is the Operations Director for the entire team of New England GHOST. She schedules special events, public ghost hunts and is the creative mind behind the team. Ali is also a lead investigator with the MA branch.
"Ali" is also the mother of 3 beautiful children and is a huge pet lover.
Her dog *Lokie* is the teams official *spirit sniffing* dog.
We are proud to have both of them with our team!
Kirby Robinson has been involved in the paranormal field for over 25 years. He was raised in the Midwest and as a child he had encounters with ghosts and demons that impacted his life. This led to him being a spiritual advisor. Much of his time is spent helping people deal with demonic hauntings. Kirby has performed numerous house blessings and exorcisms.
Kirby is currently at work on a book about demonology and the rite of exorcism.
PARANORMAL REALITY:
Investigating Paranormal State
"Paranormal State" made its debut on the A&E network in December 2007. This documentary program was comprised of an enthusiastic team of college students from Penn State University who wanted to help those troubled by unexplained phenomena. The Paranormal State/Paranormal Research Society's motto was, "To trust, honor, and always seek the truth." The show starred founder and director Ryan Buell along with his group of technicians, investigators and occult specialists. On most of his investigations he was assisted by such paranormal celebrities as Chip Coffey, Lorraine Warren, Chad Calek, and Michelle Belanger. The team was involved with helping frightened people and collecting evidence of the unexplained.
After five seasons and more than 75 episodes, the rumors of staged scenes, questionable evidence, misleading editing, and dissatisfied clients are explored. As other paranormal programming comes along imitating this style of presentation, it's vital that the problems are investigated.
"Paranormal Reality: Investigating Paranormal State" is the first and only book of its kind to take an independent look inside this unique paranormal reality TV show. The authors uncover both positive and negative elements. In their quest to reveal the foundation on which this show was built, they unearth some startling secrets. With a step-by-step analysis of every episode, the authors present the facts. They give voice to those present on the set ranging from production staff, former clients, and various para-celebrities. Casual viewers and diehard fans of the program are taken beyond the thermal cameras, EVPs, atmospheric music, and sound effects.
Authors Kirby Robinson and Lisa Maliga spent countless hours viewing footage and listening to audio tracks. They interviewed former clients, production team members, current and former PRS crew members, and various para-celebrities. The reader journeys behind the scenes of what might be the most controversial paranormal reality show to air on cable TV.
"Paranormal Reality: Investigating Paranormal State" will keep the reader up past Dead Time – not trembling in fear but discovering the truth of paranormal reality.
About Squatchdetective.com founder Steve Kulls
Steve had a lifelong fascination with the Bigfoot phenomena since an
early age. In 1998 after reading "Monsters of the Northwoods", Steve like many of the general population had believed that sightings were exclusive to thePacific Northwest, learned that there were numerous sighting reports close
to his residence in upstate New York.
Steve began his quest first in 1998 seeking knowledge from other researchers
in the field. In 2003 Steve met two of the authors of Monsters of the Northwoods and was invited to apply for BFRO membership. By that time Steve had his own small grass roots organization and website.
One of Steve's first tasks was to examine the Sonoma video.
After Steve had talked to the lead investigator, Steve conducted picture analysis on the videographer's website where it was determined the time line did not match the photos at all and Steve declared the Sonoma video a hoax on that premise. Several months later it was revealed that the video was perpetrated by the comic duo of Penn and Teller for their cable TV series.
Steve exposed the "Georgia Bigfoot Body" hoax and attained information which implicated SFBI CEO Tom Biscardi as being part of the hoax and not being duped as he claimed.
Steve also exposed a blog by the name of "Bigfoot Ballyhoo" as a hoax as well, coordinating the tracking down of the real people the site used on the site, to prove the site was a hoax.
Today after a brief respite, Steve continues the fight against hoaxers and misnomers in the field, while trying to ferret out the gems and possibly obtain the scientific evidence to prove to the scientific community Sasquatches do exist.
Steve firmly believes in a "boots on the ground", methodology of obtaining evidence for or against, evidence regarding the Sasquatch mystery.
Steve has had three sightings in the last ten years and a handful of what he describes as "most likely, close encounters" with the creatures, after initially entering the field quite skeptical.
Steve has appeared on numerous local news programs around the country and national venues such as Fox and Friends, and interviewed in print in over 100 newspapers over the last ten years. Steve has appeared on the History Channel series, MonsterQuest, and recently filmed the National Geographic Documentary, "The Truth Behind the Loch Ness Monster."
Steve is a former Licensed Private Investigator, in New York, and a former retail investigator of 18 years. Steve also works with the developmentally disabled.
Native Vermonter, novelist, and public radio commentator, Joseph A. Citro has done a lot to keep New England’s history and folklore alive in the popular culture. His 13 books include five novels of suspense, four volumes of historical oddities, a collection of regional humor, two travel guides, and a co-edited book of essays.
Mr. Citro’s classic and best-selling Green Mountain Ghosts, Ghouls and Unsolved Mysteries (Houghton Mifflin 1994) was the most comprehensive collection of offbeat Vermont lore ever assembled and is now in its 15th printing,
It was supplemented by Passing Strange (1996), Green Mountains, Dark Tales (1999), The Vermont Ghost Guide (2000), and Curious New England (2003). His newest addition is a collection of crypto-creatures called The Vermont Monster Guide (2009).
His novels -- three of which have been optioned for motion pictures -- present a dark and mystical side of the Vermont experience. They include Shadow Child, Guardian Angels, The Gore, Lake Monsters and Deus-X.
Since 1992 his commentary series on Vermont Public Radio has featured the state's best-loved ghosts, monsters, madmen, and mysteries. He is an expert in Vermont's occult lore, including Spiritualism.
A native of Chester, Vermont, his checkered past includes a variety of jobs, from pumping gas, to landscaping, teaching English as a second language, hospitality work, counseling, and working in state government.
Since becoming a professional writer in 1987, he has taught in local colleges, lectured widely, and appeared on regional and national radio and television. A video based on his collection of Vermont oddities is currently in the works. His audio book, Joe Citro’s WEIRD VERMONT was released in September 2003.
The Vermont Monster GuideThough not widely acknowledged, the Green Mountain state is home to more winged wonders, wet weirdoes, and crypto creatures than any other state in the country. You probably know about Champ, the elusive monster of Lake Champlain. But what about Northfield's Pigman? And Richford's The Awful? Wherever you are in Vermont--in town or country, river or lake, land or sky--you're never far from the unknown. Or the unexpected.
Joseph A. Citro, respected monster hunter, brings to light over sixty Vermonsters, many captured in exquisite, ghoulish detail by the pen, brush, and ink of artist Stephen R. Bissette. Designed as both a cautionary tale and handy field manual for those who dare, The Vermont Monster Guide will be of interest to natives and tourists, to young and old...though it may not be suitable for readers with fragile constitutions. The authors' previous collaboration, The Vermont Ghost Guide, is a popular favorite and the perfect companion to this volume.
WARNING: The authors and publisher are not responsible for any unfortunate encounters that may result from the reading of this book.
SOUL KEEPER - Teaser - a Joseph A. Citro story from Tim Joy on Vimeo.
Benjamin Radford is managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer science magazine and a Research Fellow with the non-profit educational organization the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He has written hundreds of articles on a wide variety of topics, including urban legends, the paranormal, critical thinking, and science literacy.
He is author of five books: Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking (with Bob Bartholomew); Media Mythmakers: How Journalists, Activists, and Advertisers Mislead Us; Lake Monster Mysteries: Investigating the World’s Most Elusive Creatures (with Joe Nickell); Scientific Paranormal Investigation: How to Solve Unexplained Mysteries; and Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction, and Folklore (out in 2011 from the University of New Mexico Press).
Radford is a regular columnist for LiveScience.com, Discovery News, and Skeptical Inquirer magazine. Radford created Playing Gods: The Board Game of Divine Domination, the world’s first satirical board game of religious warfare. He is also a filmmaker, and released two short films: Clicker Clatter (2007), and Sirens (2009).
Radford is one of the world’s few science-based paranormal investigators, and has done first-hand research into mysterious phenomena including psychics, ghosts and haunted houses; exorcisms, miracles, Bigfoot, stigmata, lake monsters, UFO sightings, reincarnation, and crop circles, and many other topics. He is perhaps best known for solving the mysteries of the Santa Fe Courthouse Ghost in 2007, and the Hispanic vampire el chupacabra in 2010.
Radford has appeared on the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, the National Geographic Channel, the Learning Channel, MSNBC, CBC, CBS, BBC, CNN, and other networks with three letters. He also served as a consultant for the MTV series The Big Urban Myth Show and an episode of the CBS crime drama CSI. Radford has appeared in publications including the Wall Street Journal, Wired, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and Ladies’ Home Journal
Among the monsters said to roam the world’s jungles and desolate deserts, none is more feared than the chupacabra—the blood-sucking beast blamed for the mysterious deaths of thousands of animals since the 1990s. To some it’s a joke; to many it is a very real threat and even a harbinger of the apocalypse. Originating in Latin America yet known worldwide, the chupacabra is a contradictory and bizarre blend of vampire and shapeshifter, changing its appearance and characteristics depending on when and where it is seen.
Rooted in conspiracy theory and anti-American sentiment, the beast is said to be the result of Frankenstein-like secret U.S. government experiments in the Puerto Rican jungles. Combining five years of careful investigation (including eyewitness accounts, field research, and forensic analysis) with a close study of the creature’s cultural and folkloric significance, Benjamin Radford is the first to fully explore—and solve—the decades-old mystery of the chupacabra.
VERONICA FREEMAN of "BENEDICTUM"
Surging forward as they are driven by the powerful momentum of founding members -front woman Veronica Freeman and the guitar pyrotechnics of writer and guitarist Pete Wells, the time has come for the world to be on notice. Benedictum is again upon us. Infused with the new influences and talents of Chris Shrum on Bass, Tony Diaz on keyboards and Mikey Pannone on Drums Benedictum intend to bring it! Formed in 2005 and quickly noticed by Dio guitarist Craig Goldy, the wheels were soon set in motion for their debut album "Uncreation". The collaboration of producer Jeff Pilson (Dokken, Dio, Foreigner) and the musical works of vocalist Veronica Freeman and Pete Wells along with the talent of drummer Blackie Sanchez, bassist Jesse Wright and keyboardist Chris Morgan, "Uncreation" was released to great reviews. Benedictum was selected as one of the top bands to watch in 2006 by Classic Rock magazine and one of Rock Hard Germany's top 50 albums for that year. Guest appearances included Jeff Pilson, Craig Goldy and Jimmy Bain.
The result of the second collaboration between Jeff Pilson and Benedictum was their 2008 release "Seasons of Tragedy" which evolved them into a Metal force which could not be denied. With Veronicas' raw and powerful vocals, songs with memorable melodies and the magical talent of Pete Wells along with new drummer Paul Courtois and the guidance of Jeff Pilson, "Seasons of Tragedy" further solidified the fact that there was something quite special at work here. "Seasons of Tragedy" garnered more great reviews and were on many a list for top albums of 2008. Guest appearances again by Jeff Pilson, Craig Goldy and also George Lynch who added his special flare to the track Bare Bones and the cover of Accept's "Balls to the Wall". Their driving music and energetic shows allowed Benedictum to grace the stage of many festivals including: Wacken, Gods of Metal, HRH and a tour with DORO.
Now ready for yet another amazing chapter, Benedictum are off on a new and exciting musical episode as they have signed a contract with Frontiers Records. Building upon their great foundation Benedictum has recruited Grammy Award winning producer Ryan Greene (Megadeth, F5, NOFX) and are firing on all cylinders. The new music promises to continue to expand the horizon for Benedictum and is sure to please current fans as well. Whether an old fan or new, Benedictum welcomes you! Get ready for more info and a new CD.
Brian has been investigating claims of ghosts since late 1996 as the Director of the Ohio Paranormal Investigation Network. Since 2006 Brian has branched out into other anomalous fields training under the Mutual U.F.O. Network’s Field Investigator’s Manual, though not being an active investigator for M.U.F.O.N., he still investigates aerial and related phenomena via their procedures. He has also investigated claims of cryptozoological sightings aided with his experience with backpacking and animal tracking. Brian has written a pair of books, “Handbook for the Amateur Paranormal Investigator or Ghost Hunter: How to Become a Successful Paranormal Group” as well as a companion book, “Betty’s Ghost: A Guide to Paranormal Investigation”, to help lower the learning curve and raise the entry level education of new groups and investigators. He also contributes a monthly newscast on the Grand Dark Conspiracy podcast and serves as the Ohio Regional Director for ParaNexus.
Handbook for the Amateur Paranormal Investigator: Part II
The "Art and Science of Paranormal Investigation" picks up where “How to Become a Successful Paranormal Group”, the first book in this series, left off. This book is geared toward those who know the basics beyond what is portrayed on television and the internet. This next chapter takes a step forward into the world of client centered paranormal investigations. Learn the art of the interview including basic body language that can help in interviews as well as everyday situations. Learn advanced interview techniques that are simple to use that will help your client remember the most detail and provide you with an accurate picture of your upcoming investigation of the location. Evidence review, and other topics that are rarely mentioned with investigations, are discussed tool by tool. Learn the reality behind the tools and methods used in the field of paranormal investigation that goes against the popular ways of doing things
Betty's Ghost: A Guide to Paranormal Investigation
Betty’s Ghost is an “over the shoulder” view of how I approach a paranormal case from initial e-mail through the onsite investigation. It’s a walkthrough scenario of a fictional paranormal investigation created from actual cases I have investigated in the past. Originally created as a training tool, Betty's Ghost will guide you through how I approach each aspect of the investigation process from beginning to end. "Betty’s Ghost: A Guide to Paranormal Investigation", is a companion to my first book, “Handbook for the Amateur Paranormal Investigator or Ghost Hunter”, which takes a closer look at the investigation aspect of paranormal investigation. This follow up book also provides additional resources to compliment those offered in the Handbook.
Handbook For the Amateur Paranormal Investigator or Ghost Hunter
A look at the reality behind amateur paranormal investigation and ghost hunting group operation. Discover how to keep your group healthy and growing and not end up like a majority of groups that fall to the wayside. The book also walks you through the interview and investigation aspects of the paranormal investigation team. It also covers the touchy subject of the scientific method in ghost hunting and paranormal investigation as well as provides invaluable resources and advice for any serious team at any level of knowledge.
Debi Chestnut is co-author of the new paranormal mysteries, Legacy of the Cross and Legacy of the Horsemen. Debi has also been a paranormal researcher for the past twelve years. She left her job as a paralegal to be a full-time writer and pursue other interests. Debi is actively out in the community performing investigations and educating the public in regards to paranormal activity.
Debi Chestnut wrote and published two mysteries, Telltale Signs and Murder in Crystal before turning her attention to the non-fiction marketplace. Her book, Ghosts of Anchor Bay, published by Schiffer Publishing, chronicles her paranormal research activities. Her new book, So You Want to be a Ghost Hunter, is the definitive textbook for anyone who wants to learn about this craft.
Debi speaks extensively throughout the country educating people in the paranormal and promoting her books.
She lives in Michigan with her husband, two dogs, and four black cats.
NON FICTION
SO YOU WANT TO BE A GHOST HUNTER?
Many people become ghost hunters because they’ve had an encounter with the paranormal and are searching for answers. Most ghost hunting teams go into investigations with several goals. They want to help the people understand their experiences, and they want to learn about the spirits or spirit occupying the property. That’s all good.
While ghost hunters in certain ways do rescue people, who rescues spirits? That’s why I hunt. It’s not only to help people, but to help spirits as well. Now why do you want to hunt?
In So You Want to Be a Ghost Hunter?, author and paranormal expert, Debi Chestnut has assembled a real-world, hands on manual for putting together an A-plus ghost hunting team and explains all you will need to know, from the types of equipment to how to interact with your clients and the spirits themselves.
Debi knows ghost hunting because she’s a real ghost hunter herself, having been on dozens of hunts around the country. In this ground breaking book, Debi Chestnut dispels the myths and pitfalls surrounding the notions of ghost hunting and reveals little known secretes of the trade. Approaching ghost hunting with professionalism, not only adds to your success as a hunter, but gives the profession a boost of legitimacy.
GHOSTS OF ANCHOR BAY
Take an exciting journey into another dimension as the authors research the mysterious history of Anchor Bay, Michigan. Twenty tales and short stories introduce the spirits that frequent roads, homes, and cemeteries in the area. Residents and guests relate chilling stories illustrated with 36 color photographs. For example, meet the headless husband, a murdered dog, and share the thrilling tales that proclaim Anchor Bay to be haunted.
IS YOUR HOUSE HAUNTED? Coming August 2011
A door slams shut by itself, pets are acting strangely, inexplicable smells and sounds are invading your home . . . and you're terrified. Is there a logical explanation, or do you have a real-life ghost on your hands?
There's no reason to live in fear. This no-nonsense beginner's guide offers reassurance and practical advice on identifying—and putting a stop to—any paranormal activity that's creeping you out. Discover how to rule out any earthly explanations for strange phenomena. A comprehensive overview of all kinds of hauntings and ghosts—from aggressive poltergeists to harmless family spirits to malevolent demons—will help you understand and identify your
unearthly houseguest. If you still want to banish your ghost, you'll find plenty of simple, effective techniques to get the job done.
Is Your House Haunted? also offers advice on how to talk to children about ghosts and when it might be necessary to call in paranormal experts
FICTION
About Legacy of the Cross:
Jordan Montgomery and Kelly Richmond work for The Institute, a mysterious privately held corporation that studies scientific anomalies. The murder of Jordan Montgomery’s sister Hannah sends Jordan and Kelly on a dangerous journey filled with discovery, heart break, and wonder.
Lionel was born in Dereham, Norfolk, England and worked as a Journalist in Cromer, before training as a Teacher. He was Further Education Tutor at Gamlingay Village College in Cambridgeshire until he was head-hunted to
become the Chief Training Executive for the Phoenix Timber Group in Essex.
For over ten years he was Headmaster (Principal) of a big Comprehensive High School in Cardiff.
Lionel is President of ASSAP (The Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena) and Patricia is First Lady. )Lionel is also the President of BUFORA (the British UFO Research Association) His showbiz career started with Anglia TV and BBC Look East way back in the 'fifties.
He's now a popular TV and Radio presenter and celebrity guest on chat shows. He's also a singer-songwriter with a CD album of Unsolved Mystery songs for Voice Print Records: Lionel's lead singer for John Downes and the Amphibians. He's also the author of over 250 books -- several of which I co-authored with him.
His qualifications include a Government Teaching Certificate from Cambridge University's Institute of Education with an Advanced Main Subject Distinction, an Upper Second Class BA Honours Degree, Fellowship of the College of Preceptors (equivalent to a Masters degree) and Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Management (equivalent to an MBA or an M.Sc in Management Science).
He's currently Director of Media Studies at Cardiff Academy.
He’s a member of the Ghost Club, Mensa and the Welsh Academy.
As a former Harley Davidson owner currently riding a big Kawasaki 1500 Drifter, he’s President of a Bikers’ Charity called Jumbo, who take kids with special needs and their parents for fun days out. He’s also a fully ordained Anglican Priest. He’s a qualified weight–training instructor and a Dan Grade martial arts instructor.
He often works an eighteen hour day seven days a week – and he loves every minute of it!
I've been married to him since 1957, and I'm his agent, manager, business partner and PR exec as well! ~ PATRICIA FANTHORPE
Satanism has been known around the world by many names over the centuries and has involved the shadowy deities of ancient pagan religions. During Christian times, Satanist sorcerers frequently tried to invoke the Devil to make their black magic work. In Satanism and Demonology, the great central questions behind the legends are explored: does Satan, or Lucifer, really exist, and if he does, what dark, anomalous powers does he wield?
Authors Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe begin with an examination of what Satanism is, then explore its earliest, prehistoric history. They track Satanism from the Middle East and ancient Egypt to the European witches and sorcerers of medieval times, and then on through the Renaissance to our present day. The bizarre, uninhibited, satanic rituals, liturgies, and sexual practices are all examined in detail.
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John Ramirez is a sought-out speaker by many who want to hear of his involvement in the highest levels of the occult and how he finally got out. He speaks at churches, schools, rallies, and conferences—both secular and Christian—and has been a featured guest on TV and radio programs. People from all ethnic backgrounds dabble in the occult and fall victims to this satanic underworld and never see the way out. John Ramirez is one in a million who made it out. He can be found at www.johnramirez.org
Have you ever wondered if Satan is real? In his testimony, John tells the story of how he was trained to be the third-ranked high priest of a satanic cult (Santeria) in New York City—casting powerful witchcraft spells and controlling entire spiritual regions. Raised in violent ghetto neighborhoods, he grew up despising his father for his careless disregard of his family. John learned to live like a street animal to survive the cold, harsh streets of the South Bronx. Looking for love and validation, he eventually found it in a new “family” of witches and warlocks who groomed him to become a high priest in their occultic religion. His plunge into the dark side reached a boiling point on the night he sold his soul to the devil in a diabolical, blood-soaked ritual. With renewed fervor—and the mark of the beast now cut into his right arm—he actively recruited souls into this “unholy kingdom,” haunting the bars and clubs of NYC by night to find his next victims. John’s life continued on this dark path until God intervened through a miraculous, larger-than-life dream, revealing Himself for who He really is and literally snatching John back from the pit of hell.
In a style all his own, John brings forth the true story of his testimony and teaches Christians how to combat the enemy in spiritual warfare. His remarkable story is told in the upcoming book Out of the Devil’s Caldron: A Journey from Darkness to Light. This intriguing story walks you through the dark alleys of the Santeria cult while exposing hidden secrets of darkness.
At the helm of Phantasm Psychic Research is Dave Considine, its director and founder, and one of North America's few lay religious demonologists. In his several year career, he has investigated hundreds of hauntings, and co-ordinated and assisted with dozens of exorcisms.
Born and raised in rural Connecticut, he knew early on in life what he wanted to be. At the age of twelve, he had a terrifying brush with the supernatural, an event that would alter teh course of his life and spark an avid interest in the field of paranormal research.Soon after, he decided he would dedicate his life to investigating the supernatural and preternatural, focusing his energies on ways to assist individuals and families victimized by entities from that realm.
..He studied under world-renown researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren, and served as one of their chief investigators for nearly fourteen years. After two active tours of duty with the US Armed Forces he founded Phantasm Psychic Research in 1994, and now divides his time between his own organization and being the assistant to Catholic exorcist Bishop Robert McKenna and Fr. Rama Coomarswamy, both of Connecticut.
..Dave has handled cases of hauntings and demonic activity in all four corners of the United States and in Canada, and has even been consulted by CNN, The BBC and The Living Channel for his expertise. He has also been a featured guest on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.
..He stands apart in his field due to his unique dedication to follow-up care for individuals and families once a case is resolved, and by his efforts to educate the public about the dangers of dabbling in the occult. He strongly believes that prevention via education is paramount to keeping the preternatural from affecting people's lives, and he frequently lectures and holds workshops.
"As a religious demonologist, I often see people at rock bottom - terrified, desperate ... The most rewarding part of my job is helping them put their lives back together. I see the trauma they go through, and I help them to fight back, using their faith. I hate seeing people victimized by the demonic, but it's incredibly gratifying to watch them come back, more faithful and stronger than they've ever been before."
..He attributes his success in his field to his strong faith in God and the support of his family and investigative team members.
Emily Carlin is an intuitive and eclectic witch. Sarting at age five or six she realized she could sense and communicate with energies and beings of which others weren't even aware, and was naturally interested in Pagan practices. She's always felt drawn to things that were a bit darker, and a few dark things were drawn to her too which made for a growing up experience that was both interesting and terrifying. She spent her teen years devouring just about any book on magick, monsters and the occult that crossed her path.
Leaving her native Seattle for college at Wellesley, a day trip to Salem, Massachusetts catalyzed everything Emily had been experiencing and formally launched her formal study of Paganism and Magick. Her first Samhain at college saw her finding other Pagans and attending her first ritual. What was an ordinary ritual for the group turned into a major experience for Emily: she "wandered off" on her own during the guided meditation and found her spirit guides and magickal allies.
During college Emily continued her magickal studies alongside her mundane ones and learned how she was just destined to work with darker energies and deities. After college she returned to the Pacific Northwest and enrolled in both law school and the Grey School (www.greyschool.com). Now she is not only licensed to practice law in the state of Washington but a graduate of the Grey School and their current Dean of the Dark Arts department. Defense Against The Dark is her first book.
When we lie awake at night listening to mysterious sounds, we imagine all the things that could be making those strange noises. The rumbling is the sound of the refrigerator; the knocking is from the old furnace; the creaking is nothing more than the house settling...isn't it? Although the modern world has denied the existence of things that go bump in the night and has taught us that the occult couldn't possibly exist, we know there are things that science has yet to explain.
Defense Against the Dark introduces the reader to many of those unsavory magickal creatures and occult happenings that exist outside of fairytales. Our ancestors knew these threats were real, and took precautions to protect themselves from whatever evil was lurking in the shadows.
Defense Against the Dark will teach you:
- Common lore and mythology of predatory entities such as goblins, vampires, imps, and ghosts
- How to identify malevolent spirits and understand how curses actually work
- How to master different protection methods, including shielding, banishing, and hex breaking
- Easy, concrete methods for protecting yourself in everyday situations
Dr. Barry Taff, who holds a doctorate in psychophysiology with a minor in biomedical engineering, is a world-renowned parapsychologist who worked out of UCLA’s former parapsychology laboratory from 1969 through 1978 as a research associate. During his 37-year career, Dr. Taff has investigated more than 4,000 cases of ghosts, hauntings, poltergeists and conducted extensive studies in telepathy and precognition, which led to the development of the initial protocols and methodologies for what was later termed “remote viewing.” He was also himself investigated as a psychic subject in 1969, the results of which were published in Behavioral Neuropsychiatry, “A Laboratory Investigation of Telepathy: The Study of A Psychic,” Vol. 6, Nos. 1-12, April-December 1974-January-March, 1975.
One of the cases Dr. Taff investigated in 1974 gained international fame as the book and motion picture, The Entity, starring Barbara Hershey, released by Fox in 1983. Dr. Taff served as technical advisor on The Entity as well as being represented in the film by the character of “Gene Kraft”. What’s unknown by the media is the fact that, in real life, The Entity followed its female victim for quite some time after our initial investigation, continuing its vociferous nature. The victim’s current whereabouts or condition is unknown.
Dr. Taff has appeared on numerous TV and radio programs including CBS News, KNBC News, KABC News,Strange Universe, Unsolved Mysteries, The Joan River’s Show, A Current Affair, Hard Copy, Sightings, Judge for Yourself, The Extraordinary, The Montel Williams Show, The Wil Shriner Show, The Suzanne Somers Show, was a recurring guest on NBC’s The Other Side, Haunted History, Mysteries & Scandals, ABC’s World’s Scariest Ghosts Caught On Tape, The Girls Next Door and most recently the Sci-Fi Channel’s An Unknown Encounter & California’s Most Haunted (highest rated shows in Sci-Fi’s history) for which Dr. Taff also served as creative consultant and technical advisor.
He has consulted for government, business, and law enforcement, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Language Institute (DLI), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the FBI, Interpol, LAPD, California Highway Patrol, Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department, and the Westminster Police Department. He has served as a technical advisor or script doctor on the films Logan’s Run, Demon Seed, AlteredStates, Poltergeist, and The Entity.
In the spring of 2010, Dr. Taff’s new book; Aliens Above, Ghosts Below: Explorations of the Unknown was published by Cosmic Pantheon Press (www.cosmicpantheon.com), whose title is self-explanatory.
Contact: (310) 273-2864, Mobile: (310) 270-8034
email: barryetaff @ ca.rr.com
Parapsychologist Dr. Barry E. Taff describes a bold new world where the paranormal becomes “normal”! In his exciting new book, Aliens Above, Ghost Below, he goes into depth on how parapsychology will lead the way into mankind’s future. From ghost and poltergeists to aliens and spacecraft, Dr. Taff covers it all!
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Dr. Barry Taff was already almost a legend in the field of parapsychological research. His investigations of literally thousands of cases of alleged ghosts, poltergeists, UFOs and Extrasensory Perception were well known to me.
- Andrew Nichols, PsyD, PhD
Michael Clarkson is a non-fiction author and professional speaker who has spent 37 years as a print journalist, winning numerous awards for his investigative pieces, including the Canadian National Newspaper Award twice. He was a finalist for the U.S. Health Care Award in 1995 for his investigation of prescription drug abuse in Alberta, Canada.
As a police reporter, he was twice nominated for the Michener Award for public service in Canada and in 1980, he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his story about reclusive author J. D. Salinger, who he met twice in New Hampshire. Clarkson has also been a sports reporter interviewing famous athletes such as basketball legend Michael Jordan and golfer Tiger Woods.
Three of his books are on fear – Competitive Fire,Intelligent Fear and Quick Fixes for Everyday Fears, which have been published in the United States,Canada and in Europe. His latest (2010) is The Secret Life of Glenn Gould, about a famous classical pianist.
He has been interested in poltergeist cases for many years, and has interviewed many witnesses, parapsychologists and skeptics for this book. He has also studied the body’s fight-or-flight system for years and believes it may contribute to the poltergeist phenomenon.
Clarkson was born in Preston, England, but has lived in Canada most of his life, including Calgary, Niagara Falls and Toronto. He currently lives with his wife, Jennifer, in Fort Erie, Ontario, near Buffalo, N.Y. and has two sons, Paul and Kevin.
The Poltergeist Phenomenon
An In-Depth Investigation Into Floating Beds, Smashing Glass, and Other Unexplained Disturbances
A poltergeist is defined as a disturbance or energy with bizarre physical effects of paranormal origin that suggest mischievous or destructive intent, such as breaking or moving objects and loud knocks or noises.
The Poltergeist Phenomenon is an exciting, original look at an old subject by an award-winning investigative reporter.
The author has reviewed 75 cases and interviewed hundreds of witnesses, paranormal experts, law enforcement officers, psychologists and skeptics to come up with eye-opening results:
• The typical poltergeist case involves a young person from a repressed home who is going through puberty. He or she may have epilepsy, which produces recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis, a state in which gravity is temporarily suspended.
• A respected former Princeton University scientist believes he has proven in laboratory experiments that psychokinesis exists and that poltergeist cases are probably true.
• This rare energy may be part of a person’s fight-or-flight system, which is hardwired into everyone and can erupt in certain conditions.
Sherrie James is a multi-talented individual within the paranormal community. She is a paranormal crisis intervention specialist and exorcist, assisting clients and their families who are experiencing especially challenging or negative haunts. She does house cleansings and blessings. Upon the rare occasion, she may conduct an exorcism after very careful evaluation. Sometimes, her assistance is arranged through Sherrie being a specialist with the United Skeptics and Believers Research Society (USB). One of her main focuses is in making sure those who have experienced negative haunts have a safe place to discuss and process what has happened and to have an opportunity to discuss the spiritual aspect of what may have taken place in an open and nonjudgmental atmosphere. Sherrie sees herself primarily as an open-minded chaplain for those with paranormal needs.
Sherrie says she also sees part of her calling to work within the paranormal and religious communities to help educate and to help to bridge the gap between religion and the paranormal. As part of that effort, she runs her own page, “Paranormal Spiritual Information Central,” on facebook. In addition, she speaks on panels, on the radio, and at paranormal and church conferences on “Practical Ways of Dealing with Negative Haunts” and on “Religion and the Paranormal.”
One of the things that sets Sherrie James a part from other exorcists, demonologists and most ministers working in the paranormal is not just her sex. It is her level of religious education. Sherrie has an undergrad degree with a double major in Writing and in Religion from Methodist College/University. Sherrie also has a Master’s in Divinity Degree from Duke, which combined with her undergrad degree and personal experience, helps establish her as a leading religious authority within the paranormal community.
Seven years of Sherrie’s life was spent as a full-time church minister in a mainline denomination, with little paranormal interaction. Over a year was spent as a hospital chaplain, specializing in psychiatric chaplaincy, which sometimes greatly assists in evaluating paranormal situations. Paralleling Sherrie’s reintegrating her more metaphysical side and paranormal calling several years ago, Sherrie is seeking ordination within the less dogmatic Christian Church/Disciples of Christ denomination.
Sherrie also is the owner and senior editor of Ghost Saber Literary Services, a full service site for those in need of any type of literary assistance. She writes or co-authors books and articles. Sherrie has worked as a writer, journalist, managing editor, book editor and website editor. Her website is: www.ghostsaber.com.
Check out the official discussion & forum page for Paranormal Spiritual Information Central (ParaSIC). This page is dedicated to bridging the gap between the spiritual, paranormal, scientific, religious, & metaphysical.
Check out the Para Probers Facebook page, and to set up investigations please email para.probers@gmail.com.
For assistance in a negative haunting you can email Sherrie at revsherrie@gmail.com
To book Sherrie James for conferences or other speaking engagements, please email: sherrie.editor@gmail.com.
To inquire about her services as an editor, ghostwriter or co-author, please write to her via GhostSaber.inquiries@gmail.com.
The Rev. Hunnemann was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina in the fair neighborhood of Sunset Hills. The seventh of ten children, he sought refuge from his mischievous tendencies by playing football. In his words he played fullback because, "he couldn't juke his dead grandmother, but he did like the crash of helmets."
He was founding pastor of Christ the King AR Presbyterian church; co-founder of Caldwell Classical Christian School; and was on the advisory board for the International Civil Rights Museum-in the Woolworths where the international sit-in movement began. Currently, when he is not writing a newsletter or blogging (see MarkHunnemann.com) he is vigorously marketing his book as he believes there are very significant issues at stake in this debate. Mark has three children wonderful children who all reside in Greensboro.
Seeing Ghosts Through God's Eyes
Seeing Ghosts through God's Eyes is not a collection of ghost stories, although it has 'ghosts' stories in it. It is what is known as a polemical book, arguing for a particular belief; in this case the question that is analyzed is: do ghosts exist? I argue (at times strenuously) for one specific answer to that question. That is, I don't look at the evidence and agnostically ask 'What do YOU think?' I use logic, different aspects of science, and a biblical worldview to come to a firm conclusion; one which I truly believe is beyond reasonable doubt. That is what is unique about this book: the cumulative evidence is so overwhelming, that for the first time, readers have good reason to say the debate is over. I even offer a hypothesis which is empirically verifiable. If sufficient numbers of properly trained paranormal/supernatural investigators religiously provoke shadow figures, then the debate will be SEEN to be over-it will be proved to be true. All this may sound strange to the ears of some, but God called me to a field (I wasn't looking for it!) which is full of mystery, and at times significant danger, for those who get in over their heads.
The first part of the book is foundational (the intro. and chapters one and two) The paranormal in general and ghosts in particular is not a silly subject that one can afford to be dismissive of. Tens of millions of Americans claim to be spiritual but not religious. That is, they have a desire to experience spiritual reality, but they have given up on the 'hidden' God of classical Christianity. Church is seen as outdated or unattractive for a number of reasons. When these seekers of spiritual reality are inundated with paranormal TV shows and movies the connection is often electric. On some shows indisputable evidence of the supernatural (as opposed to the hiddenness of God) is captured for all the world to see. The result is that in some circles the paranormal has become the new normal.
There are titanic issues at stake, which is why I argue that we are ill advised to be so dismissive of the idea of ghosts—as many evangelical/Reformed folks seem to be. When was the last time you heard a message or sermon on the paranormal or ghosts? We shy away from this topic, but in so doing we are avoiding one of the most explosive spiritual forces at work today. One such significant issue is: the belief in ghosts prove that there is an after life, and it does not matter what you believe to 'cross over.'
Through looking at some of the most basic questions we as humans can ask, the book then asks: is the concept of ghosts compatible with the biblical teaching on these foundational issues? You will be surprised at the hornet's nest it stirs up!
& STEPHEN LAMBERT, EXTREME GHOSTHUNTER - 1/10/2011
Paul Green aka The Psychic Biker
is possibly unique in the psychic world. A talented medium and psychic that was once an ardent sceptic.
From an early age he displayed his ability to connect to the other side.
Those people that adults said were dead seemed very much alive to Paul. Equally he demonstrated many times his ability to foresee what was going to happen to family members.
Yet as he reached his mid twenties he became a complete and utter sceptic, someone who scoffed at psychics and ghosts. Then in his late 30s with a lot of time on his hands due to a change in family circumstances he began out of curiosity to research the world of the paranormal.
After many years of private study and practice which included attending church services and open circles he was invited into a closed development circle by the woman he will always consider his spiritual teacher, Linda. Paul still sits in that circle even though it has now been handed on to a lady who studied with Paul in the original circle.
From then his talents and ability blossomed and since that time some 13 years ago he has done many readings and demonstartions, many of which were in aid of the charities that Paul and his motorcycle club have supported for years as well as lending his abilities to other worthwhile causes.
Even among friends who he has known for years he has amazed people with his abilities to bring loved ones through to them and at times delve into long forgotten memories of joyous times with loved ones.
Yet still his sceptical past influences him, as he demands high level of proof from the spirit world to pass on to those he is reading for. Proof that has left clients astounded at his accuracy.
Stephen Lambert
Owner & Operater
Extreme Ghost Hunting, Limited
Stephen has a love of all things paranormal and horror related. He has had accounts published in Jason Karl's 21st Century Ghosts. Contracted to write a book with Paul Green. His ambition is to get one of his many ideas turned into a paranormal TV show. Loves making new friends through his ghost hunting events.
BRIAN PARSON
Brian has been investigating claims of ghosts since late 1996 as the Director of the Ohio Paranormal Investigation Network. Since 2006 Brian has branched out into other anomalous fields training under the Mutual U.F.O. Network’s Field Investigator’s Manual, though not being an active investigator for M.U.F.O.N., he still investigates aerial and related phenomena via their procedures. He has also investigated claims of cryptozoological sightings aided with his experience with backpacking and animal tracking. Brian has written a pair of books, “Handbook for the Amateur Paranormal Investigator or Ghost Hunter: How to Become a Successful Paranormal Group” as well as a companion book, “Betty’s Ghost: A Guide to Paranormal Investigation”, to help lower the learning curve and raise the entry level education of new groups and investigators. He also contributes a monthly newscast on the Grand Dark Conspiracy podcast and serves as the Ohio Regional Director for ParaNexus.
Handbook for the Amateur Paranormal Investigator: Part II
The "Art and Science of Paranormal Investigation" picks up where “How to Become a Successful Paranormal Group”, the first book in this series, left off. This book is geared toward those who know the basics beyond what is portrayed on television and the internet. This next chapter takes a step forward into the world of client centered paranormal investigations. Learn the art of the interview including basic body language that can help in interviews as well as everyday situations. Learn advanced interview techniques that are simple to use that will help your client remember the most detail and provide you with an accurate picture of your upcoming investigation of the location. Evidence review, and other topics that are rarely mentioned with investigations, are discussed tool by tool. Learn the reality behind the tools and methods used in the field of paranormal investigation that goes against the popular ways of doing things
Betty's Ghost: A Guide to Paranormal Investigation
Betty’s Ghost is an “over the shoulder” view of how I approach a paranormal case from initial e-mail through the onsite investigation. It’s a walkthrough scenario of a fictional paranormal investigation created from actual cases I have investigated in the past. Originally created as a training tool, Betty's Ghost will guide you through how I approach each aspect of the investigation process from beginning to end. "Betty’s Ghost: A Guide to Paranormal Investigation", is a companion to my first book, “Handbook for the Amateur Paranormal Investigator or Ghost Hunter”, which takes a closer look at the investigation aspect of paranormal investigation. This follow up book also provides additional resources to compliment those offered in the Handbook.
Handbook For the Amateur Paranormal Investigator or Ghost Hunter
A look at the reality behind amateur paranormal investigation and ghost hunting group operation. Discover how to keep your group healthy and growing and not end up like a majority of groups that fall to the wayside. The book also walks you through the interview and investigation aspects of the paranormal investigation team. It also covers the touchy subject of the scientific method in ghost hunting and paranormal investigation as well as provides invaluable resources and advice for any serious team at any level of knowledge.
Nigel Kerner is an author and freelance journalist. He was born in Sri Lanka, his mother from a British planting family and his father an officer in the British Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. This international family base provided the background for an obsessive and serious interest in international human affairs and how these interface with science, religion and philosophy.
He has felt driven, from his young years, to expose the humbug and hypocrisy in modern scientific and religious and social thinking. His formal graduate education is in biomedical science and human behavioural psychology.
His fascination with the puzzling and enigmatic phenomenon of UFOs resulted in his first book ‘The Song of the Greys’ published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1997. This serious work on the subject is now noted world-wide for its radical view on the phenomenon. His latest book, ‘Grey Aliens and the Harvesting of Souls’ published by Inner Traditions/Bear & Company is the second in a trilogy about the UFO phenomenon and its social repercussions on humanity. His books and numerous articles have established his unique thesis as part of the canon of serious literature on the subject.
Nigel Kerner lives with his wife and family on his estate in middle England. He has a passionate interest in projects on behalf of the deprived and disadvantaged of developing nations. He is at present working with his family and a team of European friends and volunteers on a medical and agro-development project done on behalf of the rural poor in a country in the Far East. This takes up much of his spare time.
His hobbies include reading science literature and journals, wild-life videography, wildlife conservation activities, singing and song writing. His sporting passions are Cricket and Rugby Union.
Grey Aliens and the Harvesting of Souls
About Grey Aliens and the Harvesting of Souls
Exposes the agenda behind the bio-robotic grey aliens’ genetic manipulation of certain human races
• Reveals the Grey’s nature as sophisticated self-aware machines created by a long vanished extraterrestrial civilization
• Explains how their quest to capture human souls appears in the historical record from biblical times
• Explains how the phenomenon of racism is a by-product of their genetic tampering
In 1997 Nigel Kerner first introduced the notion of aliens known as Greys coming to Earth, explaining that Greys are sophisticated biological robots created by an extraterrestrial civilization they have long since outlived. In this new book Kerner reveals that the Greys are seeking to master death by obtaining something humans possess that they do not: souls. Through the manipulation of human DNA, these aliens hope to create their own souls and, thereby, escape the entropic grip of the material universe in favor of the timeless realm of spirit.
Kerner explains that genetic manipulation by the Greys has occurred since biblical times and has led to numerous negative qualities that plague humanity, such as violence, greed, and maliciousness. Racism, he contends, was developed by the aliens to prevent their genetic experiments from being compromised by breeding with others outside their influence. Examining historical records, Kerner shows that Jesus, who represented an uncorrupted genetic line, warned his disciples about the threat posed by these alien interlopers, while Hitler, a pure product of this alien intelligence, waged genocide in an attempt to rid Earth of all those untouched by this genetic tampering. Despite the powerful grip the Greys have on humanity, Kerner says that all hope is not lost. Greys exist wholly in the material world, so if we follow the spiritual laws of reincarnation and karma, aiming for enlightenment and rising above the material--a state the Greys are unable to reach--we can free ourselves from their grasp.
He moved to Delray Beach, Florida, in the fall of 1963, where he first became interested in the paranormal. In 1965, his next door next door neighbor, Fred Grosstuck, a retired professor from Joliet University and pattern maker, gave him a book called "Adventures in the Paranormal", essentially a collection of short stories of events from all over the world that were scientifically unexplainable. Fred also introduced him to Fate magazine. He participated in the exploration of his first "haunted house" at the age of 17 in Boynton Beach, Florida.
He received his B.S.E.E. in 1973 while serving in the Air Force, in microwave technology. In November of 2007 he received his Masters in Electronic Engineering in Digital Signal Processing. He is currently working on his doctorate in physics. David completed several workshops on paranormal investigation in 1976 at the Rhine Research Center at Duke University, and is currently a professional member of that illustrious organization. In 1978 he was certified as an audio engineer. David worked in the entertainment industry as a Technical Director, Lighting Designer and Audio Engineer for over twenty years. He worked for the University of Florida from 1981 until 2001, serving as the Manager of the student technical group Spinal Tech, as well as being the Technical Director of the University of Florida Performing Arts Series. He also served as the Technical Director of the Florida Arts Celebration for four years. During that time period he freelanced for several large production companies in the state of Florida, working a variety of shows ranging from Opera to Rock Concerts across the South Eastern United States. Currently David is Manager of Public Address Communications Technologies and Director of the Audio Research and Development Lab for the third largest public transportation corporation in the nation.
David is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an organization of scientists and professionals who are advancing scientific research. He is also a member of the Audio Engineering Society, an international professional organization dedicate to the standardization of the audio industry. David is a member of the International Frequency Sensor Association, which provides a forum for academicians, researchers and engineers from industry to present and discuss the latest research results, experiences and future trends in the area of design and application of different smart sensors with digital, frequency (period), time interval or duty-cycle output. This organization is essential for developing modern measurement science and technology. He is also a member of The International Executive Guild and is listed in Whos Who International of Information Technology. David is also affiliated with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and works directly with audio equipment manufacturers to influence the design of products and implement new technologies.
From 1977 until 2001, he performed many investigations in the area in and around Gainesville, Florida, as a member of a small, highly specialized research team. During this time David experimented with both scientific as well as metaphysical techniques in his study of unexplained occurrences he and his small team encountered. Due to several encounters of a very negative nature from 1985-87, he made the decision to concentrate on the scientific research concerning the phenomena, and not the metaphysical aspects of the events. In 1992 David formed a new organization, Scientific Paranormal Investigative Research Information and Technology (S.P.I.R.I.T.), and began a long and painstaking process of collecting, building and focusing a battery of Hi-Tech instrumentation to concentrate on laboratory and field experimentation to search for the cause of paranormal phenomena. By 1998 his focus of research had narrowed to phenomena specific to Hauntings.
His primary focus since 1998 has been EVP research, employing his background of audio engineering and psychoacoustics. In 2005 David successfully linked electromagnetic fields as the primary source of EVPs. He continues to gather data to attempt to locate the source of the electromagnetic fields that cause the EVP phenomena.
David is a multifaceted individual with many varied talents: he was on the Renn Fair and Science Fiction - Fantasy Convention circuit for many years (as "Greywolf the Wanderer") working with various vendors selling artwork and Gallo pewter, and eventually promoting a novel he wrote with his wife, Laura, whom he met in 1999, Their novel, "Dark Lord" (ISBN 0-595-14692-9, available from Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com), was published in 2000. David Moved to New Jersey in 2001, and they married in 2003.
Because of their mutual interests in the paranormal, (she was formerly a member of Donna Kent's investigative group and participated in the now infamous Dudleytown investigations) they formed Skylands Paranormal Investigations in April of 2005, and began to work actively in training interested people in investigative methods for no charge. In 2007 they ended their training program and David returned to his original organization, S.P.I.R.I.T. and launched a rigorous new research plan with a small and highly specialized team of scientists to focus on paranormal research specific to haunting phenomena. He began to design new equipment and systems to study findings from field investigations in Florida and New Jersey.
David is the Director of S.P.I.R.I.T., Co-Founder of New Jersey Paranormal Investigative Coalition, a member of the Rhine Research Center, life member of the New Jersey Ghost Hunters Society, member of the International Paranormal Investigators, and a member of the International Paranormal Research Association. He supports the World Wide Paranormal Reporting Center.
David's additional areas of research includes investigating the relationship between free air conductance, magnetic fields, radioactive emissions, electromagnetic fields and electrical radiation surrounding paranormal phenomena. He is also experimenting with injecting energy into a paranormal event horizon using Tesla Coil technology in order to observe and record the effects. He continues to measure the effects of massive ion bombardment in a paranormal environment. He is developing a device designed to capture and analyze the phenomena refered to as orbs in order to either prove or dismiss their existence. David is also experimenting with a self designed ITC (Instrumental Trans-Communications) device using electromagnetic field propagation as a medium of cross communication.
David is also available as a radio/TV guest and can speak on a variety of paranormal subjects.
For More Information E-MAIL David direct at
David has recently been interviewed by Comcast Newsmakers on CN8. He has also appeared on many local programs including WNTI FM and WRNJ AM-FM radio in Hackettstown, NJ, as well as HSTV Channel 23 in Hackettstown on the show Science on the Edge, hosted by Dr. Karl Hricko. He has made guest appearances on Web Radio programs such as Ghost Census Radio, The Inner Circle, Magic Mind Radio, The Brian and Baxter Show on Warning Radio, with Royce Holleman on Paranormal Palace Radio and Lights Out Radio. He is available for speaking engagements for a small honorarium. Current presentations include Introduction to Paranormal Investigation, Paranormal Research Technology and Haunted Hackettstown.
Today, Scientific Paranormal Investigative Research Information and Technology is a small dedicated group of scientific researchers based in New Jersey seeking answers to the paranormal questions remaining to be answered. Thier research and theories are located on the S.P.I.R.I.T. web site.
which includes in-depth explanations of what the collected data means. Paranormal Technology offers new
techniques, answers questions, and provides experiments, which will help bridge the gap between the
paranormal and science. Written in everyday language, it offers keen insights into the nature
of paranormal phenomena, the protocols required for collecting evidence that will stand up to
scientific scrutiny, and the possible theories that may explain the source of "Ghosts".
Currently employed test equipment is examined and proper use is covered in great detail.
Paranormal Technology is an indispensible aid to any scientific researcher or ghost hunting group,
whether you are a beginner, or with many years of experience. This book is
not a means to an end, but rather, an invitation to a fresh beginning.
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Christophor holds a PhD in economics and worked for many years at the University of Groningen and in the banking industry. He was both in a commercial position with a French bank as well as in a supervisory role at the Dutch Central Bank. Currently he is still working for this institution, monitoring the developments in the international Financial Markets. He lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Christophor is his second name, which he prefers above Robert (or Bob), his first name. He was born in 1957 in Venezuela and lived a considerable part of his childhood in that country and in Iran (his father worked with Shell). When he was eight years, he moved with his parents and brother Michael to the Netherlands. He went to secondary school in Assen. Then followed a study in General Economics at the University of Groningen. He combined an active student life with a paid job as assistant teacher at the Legal Section of the Faculty of Economics.
After his study he experienced the consequences of a high unemployment rate amongst academics, but eventually he found a job with Crédit Lyonnais Bank Nederland. That position brought him via Nijmegen and the head office in Rotterdam back to Groningen, where he decided to pursue an academic career at the University.
As Assistant Professor he visited several international congresses and published articles in a number of Dutch and international scientific journals. In 1997 he received his Ph.D. in Economics. Since his Ph.D. thesis was about solvency requirements for banks, it was a minor step to a job with the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank). There he currently works with the department Financial Markets where he follows the developments in de international financial world. During his career in the financial sector he never lost his human interest. This resulted in writing his first book, which was based on the real story of how friends and family lovingly looked after a terminally ill Aids patient and helped him through the final stages of his life.
In 1995, his disgust over the biggest single massacre in Europe after World War II inSrebrenica, made him write a book about the real experiences of one of the victims, a Muslim girl who became translator for the Dutch U.N. soldiers.
His conviction that Near-Death Experiences are true spiritual experiences dates back to 1979 when he read Raymond Moody’s Life after Life. A few years ago he wrote a book in which hecompared the essences of NDEs with those of five world religions. His conclusion is that the true essences of the five religions can be found in NDEs, but that not all the essences of NDEs can be found in each individual religion. In 2008, he became president of the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) in the Netherlands.
Christophor demonstrates his social engagement through his work as board member of the Society for Worldwide Dentistry. He participated in dental projects for underprivileged school children in Kenya and Cambodia, and is currently preparing a dental project in Nepal.
Currently we find ourselves in the aftermath of a very severe financial and economic crisis. These are crucial times, for we have arrived at a crossroad. According to some NDErs this turmoil is necessary to make us understand that we are all thoroughly interconnected in this Unity Universe that we are in. Interconnectedness is one of the main messages. Many of us are going to understand that truth, and we will of our own accord become more aligned with The Light by focussing on our long-term 'our-interest'. Eventually the world will be a better place.
There are more messages in this book, like: there are no lesser souls, we are all important because we all carry The Light within us, we all have the right to go back to where The Light is (it is our birthright).
In addition to directing the production of 200 AGS titles, Bill Yenne is also the author of more than 75 non-fiction books on a wide variety of topics, from history to popular culture to transportation. Here is some of what the critics have had to say about a few of these:
“Yenne's book excels as a study in leadership.”
--- The New Yorker
“Splendid… [Mr. Yenne writes with]… cinematic vividness.”
--- The Wall Street Journal
“Stirring biography . . . remarkable.”
--- Publishers Weekly (in a Starred review)
“Thoroughly enjoyable.”
--- World Business.
“Enough to wear out several pairs of blue suede shoes.”
--- The New York Times
Mr. Yenne’s biography Sitting Bull was named to Amazon’s Top 100 Best Books of the year, placing at Number 14 (or Number 5 for non-fiction). This was after being included among Amazon’s “Significant Seven” during the month of its release. Said Amazon, “Bill Yenne has produced a fascinating and exhaustively researched biography, cutting through legend to place the Lakota leader squarely in his own cultural context.”
In its review of Sitting Bull, The New Yorker writes, “Yenne's book excels as a study in leadership.”
(Check out the full review.)
Said Publishers Weekly, in a Starred review, Sitting Bull is a “stirring biography . . . remarkable, tragic portrait.”
American Library Association’s Booklist adds that “Combining sound historiography and singular eloquence, versatile American historian Yenne provides a biography of the great Lakota leader in which care is taken to describe sources and to achieve balance with compassion . . . . [it is] Indispensable to Native American studies.
Bill Yellowtail (Montana State University, Katz Endowed Chair in Native American Studies), says of Sitting Bullthat it is “much more than the usual romantic Native American biography or sympathetic history. Instead, Bill Yenne transcends the customary Eurocentric filter as he delivers culturally-credible insight into the world view of Sitting Bull's Hunkpapa Lakota. He debunks the myths and romantic distortions, combining thorough literary research with contemporary Native American sources to penetrate the complex and enigmatic character of America's best-known Indian hero. And he does it all in a refreshing, engaging style.”
Tommy Gun: How General Thompson’s Submachine Gun Wrote History, earned the praise of Larry Cox in the Tucson Citizen, who writes that Bill Yenne “serves up a colorful history that connects the battlefields of Europe to the crime-ridden streets of Chicago, as well as the soundstages of Hollywood. Crisply written and full of rich detail, this highly readable account is an important addition to the understanding of this weapon and its connection to the culture of 20th century America.”
Library Journal observed that "enthusiastic World War II readers will be drawn to" his recent dual biography of Richard Bong and Tommy McGuire, Aces High: The Heroic Story of the Two Top-Scoring American Aces of World War II. Wrote Gary W. Boyd, the historian for McGuire AFB and the 305th Air Materiel Wing, “Your telling of the story is as good and objective as I can ever hope.”
Mr. Yenne’s Guinness: The 250 Year Quest for the Perfect Pint, was listed among the year’s top business books at the online version of Condé Nast Portfolio Magazine, and the same publication rates the book as its TOP pick for “Cocktail Conversation.” Says World Business, “This is a thoroughly enjoyable, complete chronicle of a great beer business.”
In calling it a “fine book,” Sam Calagione, owner of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and author of Brewing Up a Business, adds Guinness (the beer) is a touchstone for brewers and beer lovers the world over. Guinness (the book) gives beer enthusiasts all the information and education necessary to take beer culture out of the clutches of light lagers and back into the dark ages. Cheers!”
The Wall Street Journal recently called Mr. Yenne’s Indian Wars: The Campaign for the American West “splendid” and went on to say that it “has the rare quality of being both an excellent reference work and a pleasure to read.” The reviewer also said that Mr. Yenne writes with “cinematic vividness.” (Check out the full review.)
Walter Boyne, the former director of the National Air and Space Museum, described Mr. Yenne’s Rising Sons: The Japanese American GIs Who Fought for the United States in World War IIas “the best book yet written on the saga of the heroic Japanese Americans who served the United States so well during World War II. Yenne combines in-depth research with poignant personal narratives to make this fast-moving history a real page-turner." Of the same book, Lloyd Clark, the Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, said: “Bill Yenne's Rising Sons shines a bright light onto a neglected aspect of the US Army during World War II. . . . Yenne uncovers a remarkable story. With its carefully developed mixture of rigorous analysis and copious interviews, this book is not only learned, it is also a first-rate read."
Air & Space Smithsonian magazine recently honored Bill Yenne’s popular and wonderfully illustrated The American Aircraft Factory in World War II by publishing a six-page review! (See it here). FlyPast, the leading aviation monthly in the United Kingdom called this book a “Lavishly illustrated, landscape-format tribute to the huge US war machine that churned out over 304,000 aircraft between 1939 and 1945. . . . The author knits a careful narrative around the imagery.”
A Recognized Historian
Bill Yenne has acted as a consultant on, and/or appeared in, such History Channel programs as Tactical to Practical and Command Decision, as well as other television programs. His book, On The Trail of Lewis and Clark, Yesterday and Today, is critically acclaimed, and led to his being selected as a featured guest at "Clark on the Yellowstone," the National Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Signature Event organized by Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs and the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission. In order to get the pictures for this book, and to capture the scale of the legendary expedition, Bill Yenne had carried his camera along the entire 4,000-mile route from Camp Dubois, Illinois on the Mississippi River to Fort Clatsop, Oregon at the mouth of the Columbia. (Check out the review in Montana’s Missoulian.)
Indeed, Bill Yenne has traveled far and wide to research his topics and to shoot the photographs that have appeared in his books. He has flown in the jump seat of a B-52 and he has climbed to the top of more than a dozen Gothic cathedrals across Europe.
He was also a contributor to the Simon & Schuster D-Day Encyclopedia, and penned all of the United States entries to World War I, A Visual Encyclopedia. He worked with the legendary US Air Force commander, General Curtis E. LeMay, to produce Superfortress: The B-29 and American Airpower in World War II, which Publisher's Weekly described as "An eloquent tribute." This classic work has just been released as a trade paperback by Westholme.
His military and transportation works include Operation Cobra and the Great Offensive: Sixty Days that Changed the Course of World War II, Aces: True Stories of Victory and Valor in the Skies of World War II, Secret Gadgets and Strange Gizmos: High-Tech (and Low-Tech) Innovations of the U.S. Military, Secret Weapons of the Cold War, Secret Weapons of World War II, Black '41: The West Point Class of 1941and The American Triumph in World War II, The History of the US Air Force, and SAC: A Primer of Strategic Air Power. Of the latter, Major Michael Perini wrote in Air Force Magazine: "This book deserves a place on any airman's bookshelf and in the stacks of serious military libraries."
He is a regular contributor to International Air Power Review, and he has written corporate histories of America's greatest planemakers, specifically Boeing, Convair, Lockheed, McDonnell Douglas, and North American Aviation -- as well as of America's major historic railroads including the Southern Pacific, the Santa Fe and the Great Northern. Regarding the latter book., Mr. Yenne received a personal note from Bev Tracy, the information coordinator of the Great Northern Railway Historical Society saying that she had heard from one of the society’s directors that he had “just sent all the Directors a message about your book Great Northern Empire Builder. Said we should get one! Says it has lots of pictures that he never saw before. All he could say is wow!” (Order yours today.)
On the lighter side, the New York Times called his Field Guide to Elvis Shrines "enough to wear out several pairs of blue suede shoes."
A Popular Beer Writer
In addition to his Guinness: The 250 Year Quest for the Perfect Pint, Bill Yenne’s other books on beer and brewing history are: The American Brewery, Great American Beers: Twelve Brands That Became Icons, Beers of North America, Beers of the World, and Beer Labels of the World.
He has contributed articles to All About Beer magazine, and was recently a featured guest on the History Channel’s American Eats program, in which he discussed the history of American beer, beginning with the beer that came over on the Mayflower!
Several years ago, Mr. Yenne was a member of an elite panel chosen to select the beers to compliment each course of a formal dinner held at the Oldenberg Brewery. Afterward, Jay Maeder of the New York Daily News described his choice of a beer to accompany the entree of "Soused and Stuffed Chicken Breast Marinated in Mustard Sauce" as "perfect."
Bill Yenne as a Novelist
Bill Yenne has also authored a half dozen novels, including the Raptor Force trilogy and the recent Into the Fire, a novel of men and women at war, which Publishers Weekly called “authentic down to the smell of explosives and the stink of sweat and fear.”
His recent A Damned Fine War is a captivating "what if" tale of General George Patton leading the Allies in a war against Stalin's Red Army that might have occurred at the end of World War II. General Patton's granddaughter has praised the book, and noted author and military historian Brian Sobel called it an "action packed, Patton-size novel. . . powerful and compelling." Charles M. Province of the Patton Society called it "A damned fine book."
Gary Sheffield, Professor of War Studies at the University of Birmingham in England wrote: “Alternative histories can make us think about what might have happened if things had turned out a little differently, and what the consequences would have been. Bill Yenne’s A Damned Fine Warsucceeds triumphantly on both accounts. It is an excellent read, and offers us some sobering ‘might have beens’.”
His new military action series, Raptor Force, has been a big hit with action-adventure fans everywhere. The series includes: Raptor Force, Raptor Force: Holy Fire, and Raptor Force: Corkscrew.
Background Info
Bill Yenne grew up inside Montana’s remote and rugged Glacier National Park, where his father, William J. Yenne was the supervisor of roads and backcountry trails. He spent his summers in the remote backcountry, and his winters becoming a voracious reader and history buff. He recently authored a book on the history of the park, in the Images of America series., entitled, what else? Glacier National Park. In reviewing one of Mr. Yenne’s books, John Smithers of Montana’s Missoulian wrote: “Bill Yenne is a perfect example what happens when a child reads too many books and doesn’t watch enough television. He ended up with an imagination.”
Before turning to a career as an author and photographer, Mr. Yenne was a nationally recognized artist and illustrator. His illustrations have appeared in a number of national magazines, including Rolling Stone, and several of his paintings are in the official collection of the US Air Force.
A member of the American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS), the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), and the American Book Producers Association (ABPA), Bill Yenne is also a graduate of the University of Montana and the Stanford University Professional Publishing Course.
Bill Yenne makes his home in San Francisco, where he and his wife, Carol, raised two daughters, Azia and Annalisa. He currently has several new projects in the works.
Hitler's Master of the Dark Arts
Himmler's Black Knights and the Occult Origins of the SS
At the heart of the evil of Nazism was Hitler’s “witch doctor,” Heinrich Himmler, and his peculiar and deadly organization with the mundane name Schutzstaffel, literally “protective squadron.” Undoubtedly you know them better as the feared SS, the very essence of Nazism. Their threatening double lightning bolt is perhaps the most dreaded symbol of the Third Reich.
The facts of the SS’s origins are truly stranger than fiction. If you thought Raiders of the Lost Ark was an inspired Hollywood fiction, think again. Hitler's Master of the Dark Arts reveals the hidden “truths” of the SS in full and morbidly fascinating detail.
NICK REDFERN
1984-2001:
Worked as a freelance feature-writer/journalist for the following British Newspapaers: the London Daily Express; the People; the Western Daily Press; the Express & Star; and the Planet on Sunday (as a full time feature writer).
1996-2001:
Worked as a freelance journalist for the folling magazines in Britan: The Weekender (a monthly newsstand magazine on fashion news, the world of entertainment, music and lifestyles); Animals, Animals, Animals (a monthly, newsstand magazine for children on animals); Pet Reptile (a monthly newsstand magazine for reptile enthusiasts); Military Illustrated (a monthly, Anglo-American, newsstand publication on military history); Eye Spy (a monthly, Anglo-American newsstand magazine on the subject of espionage); The Unopened Files (a bi-monthly, newsstand magazine on espionage); The XFactor (a bi-weekly, newsstand magazine on unsolved mysteries); UFO Magazine (a monthly newsstand magazine on UFO’s); Alien Encounters (amonthly, newsstand magazine on UFO’s).
1997:
A Covert Agenda: The British Government’s UFO Top Secrets Exposed
Published by: Simon & Schuster, London
Book Author: Nick Redfern
This book was published in the UK, Canada, Russia, Poland, Austrailia, New Zealand and Portugal.
1998:
The FBI Files: The FBI’s UFO Top Secrets Exposed
Published by: Simon & Schuster, London
Book Author: Nick Redfern
This book was published in the UK, Canada, Russia, Poland, Austrailia, New Zealand and Portugal.
2000:
Cosmic Crashes: The incedible Story Of The UFO’s The Fell To Earth
Published by: Simon & Schuster, London
Book Author: Nick Redfern
This book was published in the UK, Canada, Austrailia, New Zealand and Portugal.
2001 – To Date:
Nick Redfern has run the U.S. Office of the British-based Center for Fortean Zoology, which is dedicated to investigating mysterious animals such as Bigfoot, Lake Monsters, the Yeti and the Loch Ness Monster.
2003:
Strange Secrets: Real Government Files on The Unknown
Published by: Simon & Schuster, New York
Book Author: Nick Redfern
2004:
Three Men Seeking Monsters: Six Weeks In Persuit of Werewolves, Lake Monsters, Giant Cats, Ghostly Devil Dogs, and Ape-Men
Published by: Simon & Schuster, New York
Book Author: NIck Redfern
Paraview, New York, published a first-time US Edition of Nick Redfern’s book
2005:
June 2005
Body Snatchers In The Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story
Published by: Simon & Schuster, New York
Book Author: Nick Redfern
Nick continues to write in a regular freelance capacity for the London Daily Express newspaper, UFO Magazine; and Fate Magazine.
2006:
On the Trail of the Saucer Spies: UFO’s and Government Surveillance
Published by: Anomalist Books, New York
Book Author: Nick Redfern
2007:
Celebrity Secrets: Government Files on the Rich and Famous
Published by: Simon & Schuster, New York
Book Author: Nick Redfern
In July 2007, Nick’s book Man-Monkey: In Search of the British Bigfoot was published by CFZ Press; and New Page Books published Nick’s Memoirs of a Monster Hunter in September.
2008:
In March, Alamah of Mexico published a Spanish-language edition of Nick’s Memoirs of a Monster Hunter.
Consultancy Research:
Nick Redfern has undertaken freelance research in a consultant capacity to the world of entertainment since 2001. He has worked as a consultant to various TV production companies, including (a) Mentorn TV of Britain; (b) Red Star Films of Canada; and (c) the United States’ Sci-Fi Channel.
Nick worked for 12 months as the co-editor of the newsstand magazine Phenomena. He has had widespread experience of editing articles for length, clarity, grammar and punctuation to the high levels required for, and expected by, newsstand publications. He has also ghostwritten and edited a number of published books for authors.
He has also worked full-time as a consultant to several authors, conducting research on their behalf.
TV/Lecture/Media Appearances:
Nick has appeared on more than 60 TV shows to promote his books and his research. In the late summer of 2004 he traveled to Puerto Rico for two weeks with a film team from the Sci-Fi Channel’s series, Proof Positive, to make a documentary about the Chupacabras. He appeared on the MSNBC show Countdown with Keith Olbermann on February 9, 2005. He also traveled to Puerto Rico in September 2005 to make a show about the Chupacabras for Canada’s Space Channel. He has lectured at a variety of conferences, including the Laughlin UFO Congress (in 1998 and 2001); the Mutual UFO NetworkConference in 2004; the Aztec UFO Conference in 2003; the Texas Bigfoot ResearchConference in 2004; at numerous events for the British-based UFO Magazine between 1997 and 2000 (now closed); and at the UFO Crash Retrieval Conference in Las Vegas (in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006).
FINAL EVENTS and the Secret Government Group on Demonic UFOs and the Afterlife
For decades, stories of alien abductions, UFO encounters, flying saucer sightings, and Area 51 have led millions of people to believe that extraterrestrials are secretly among us. But what if those millions of people are all wrong? What if the UFO phenomenon has much darker and far more ominous origins? For four years, UFO authority Nick Redfern has been investigating the strange and terrifying world of a secret group within the U.S. Government known as the Collins Elite. The group believes that our purported alien visitors are, in reality, deceptive demons and fallen angels. They are the minions of Satan, who are reaping and enslaving our very souls, and paving the way for Armageddon and Judgment Day. In FINAL EVENTS you'll learn about the secret government files on occultists Aleister Crowley and Jack Parsons, and their connections to the UFO mystery; revelations of the demonic link to the famous "UFO crash" at Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947; the disclosure of government investigations into life-after-death and out-of-body experiences; and an examination of the satanic agenda behind alien abductions. FINAL EVENTS reveals the stark and horrific truths about UFOs that some in the government would rather keep secret.
Giorgio A. Tsoukalos is the star and Consulting Producer of ANCIENT ALIENS - THE SERIES (2010) and publisher of Legendary Times Magazine, the only Ancient Astronaut publication in the world. Giorgio is the real-life Indiana Jones and he is changing the way the world thinks about the Ancient Astronaut Theory.
For over 12 years, Giorgio A. Tsoukalos has been the Director of Erich von Daniken's Center for Ancient Astronaut Research (A.A.S. R.A. - Archaeology, Astronautics and SETI Research Association). He is also the publisher of Legendary Times Magazine, the world's only and definitive Ancient Astronaut research journal.
As the world's leading Ancient Astronaut expert, Giorgio has starred in and appeared on The History Channel, the Travel Channel, the National Geographic Channel, the Sci-Fi Channel, Coast to Coast AM, and many other international television and radio programs such as UFO HUNTERS and ANCIENT ALIENS reporting about the latest discoveries in the Ancient Astronaut field.
In 2010, Tsoukalos starred in and was the Consulting Producer for The History Channel's very successful 6-episode ANCIENT ALIENS: THE SERIES which was produced by Prometheus Entertainment. ANCIENT ALIENS is the best and most compelling Ancient Astronaut documentary ever made next to when CHARIOTS OF THE GODS came out as a movie in 1972. ANCIENT ALIENS features the world's top Ancient Astronaut experts such as Erich von Daniken, Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, David H. Childress, Buzz Aldrin, Robert Bauval, Graham Hancock, Bill Birnes, Christopher Dunn, Michael Cremo, Dr. Robert Schoch, Dr. Steven Greer, Linda Moulton-Howe, George Noory, Peter Fiebag, Dr. Algund Eenboom, Philip Coppens, Nick Pope, Dr. Luis Navia, Rev. Barry Downing, Dr. Uwe Apel, Rodney Dale, and many others.
Tsoukalos has traveled the world extensively (54 countries ...and counting). Today, he is one of a few people who have actually visited and explored nearly all the mysterious places our planet has to offer.
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Just who is this Scott A. Johnson person, anyway?
Good question...He's still trying to figure that one out for himself. For the record, this much we know so far:
- He's a professional novelist, folklorist, and screenwriter.
- He is an avid martial artist.
- He teaches.
- He plays golf poorly.
- He's married and has two children.
- He sings, plays blues-style harmonica, and can diddle around with a guitar, bass, and drums.
Where can we get his books? Is he self-published?
No, he is not self-published. He is traditionally published by traditional publishers. That's why his books can be ordered or gotten anywhere. Of course, if you really want to purchase his books, you can always get them through his bookstore.
Where, and what, does he teach?
Scott teaches in the innovative low-residency Masters in Writing Popular Fiction program at Seton Hill University. He also teaches Kajukenbo Karate, a style in which he holds a third-degree black belt.
What advice does he have for young writers?
Read everything you can get your hands on. Read the people you consider to be the masters of your genre. For me, that's Lovecraft, Poe, Matheson, Barker, King...It doesn't matter what you read, whether it's sci-fi, horror, romance, comedy...So long as you're actually reading. Also, write every day. Never give up, and never stop learning.
Who are his biggest inspirations?
Richard Matheson, Stephen King, Clive Barker, Ray Bradberry, Robert Bloch, Dashel Hammett...The list goes on and on. His real inspiration comes from his family, though.
Will he read my manuscript?
Sorry, but no. He doesn't have time between teaching and working on his own material.
Does he really believe in ghosts?
Yes. Yes he does.
Favorite colors?
You're kidding, right? *sigh* Black, red, green, purple.
Favorite TV Shows?
He doesn't really watch much television. The only two shows he really watches is anything dealing with UFC and The It's Alive Show.
Favorite Movies?
The Exorcist, Beer Fest, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (actually, anything with Monty Python involved is comedy gold), the collected works of Mel Brooks, The Marx Brothers, and the Three Stooges. Horror movies are his favorite, followed by absurd comedies.
Favorite Bands?
Bowling for Soup, Deathmobile, Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin, Blues Traveler, Barenaked Ladies, Iron Maiden...Again, the list goes on and on...
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Kalila was born and raised in New Orleans. She personally researched and wrote the material featured on Haunted History Tours of New Orleans' Ghost, Vampire and Spellbound tours. She is the author of "Journey Into Darkness...Ghosts & Vampires of New Orleans," "Searching for Spirits," and the soon to be published "Miami Ghosts, Legends and Mysteries." She has been featured on and worked behind the scenes on television productions including Travel Daily, Places of Mystery, Secret New Orleans, Unsolved Mysteries, FEAR!, MTV's On The Road, Blind Date, Hidden New Orleans, Urban Legends, America's Most Haunted Places, In Search of..., and Supernatural Destinations. She appeared in the motion picture, "The St. Francisville Experience." She wrote and directed "Journey Into Darkness... The Trilogy", a video documentary, featured in segment in television broadcast in the US & UK. And worked on and appeared in the documentary for Sony's Playstation II game, Ghosthunter. Her work has been recognized in North America, The U.K., Korea, Australia, Denmark and The Netherlands.
Kalila is available for personal readings, consultations, and speaking engagements, contact kalila@kalilasmith.com. She has a complete line of ritual bath and New Orleans Voodoo spell kits and soaps. Check out books by Kalila...
"TALES FROM THE FRENCH QUARTER"
Allow Kalila Smith to take you on a personal tour of her New Orleans. Explore the food, cemeteries, swamps, bayous, Voodoo, monsters, ghosts, and the amazing cast of characters that make up the legends of the French Quarter. The French Quarter has intrigued many not only to write about it, but also spawned the desire for some to stay. Many a visitor has wandered into this magical place, only to find that they do not ever want to leave. Legend says if you drink the water in New Orleans, you must return. Some say that it is a curse put on the city by the famous Voodoo queen, Marie Laveau herself. Order "Tales From The French Quarter"
New Orleans Ghost Tour
explores the grim and ghastly deeds of the old French Quarter. Secret and sinister, most of these events occurred a very long time ago. Yes! Ghosts and Spirits still haunt the legendary Vieux Carre ...more»
New Orleans Vampire Tour
allows you to enter the dark and mysterious world of the undead. Walk through New Orleans' history and experience the legends of famous New Orleans vampires, real and fictional ...more»
New Orleans Cemetery and History Tour
Our New Orleans Cemetery/History Tour is an extremely popular daytime adventure into the legendary St. Louis Cemetery #1, New Orleans' oldest City of the Dead. We'll visit the tomb of Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau ...more»
New Orleans Voodoo Tour
Learn the history of the world's most misunderstood and feared religion and how it evolved in New Orleans. Hear stories of the Voodoo hysteria that gripped our city for over one hundred years...more»
DR. BOB CURRAN was born and raised in a remote mountain area of County Down in Northern Ireland. Leaving school at 14, he worked in a number of jobs including gravedigger, lorry driver, professional musician, journalist, and even as a scripter of comics. He travelled extensively in many countries before returning home to settle down and workin the Civil Service. Later, he went to University where he obtained degrees in education, history, and educational psychology, whereupon graduating as a teacher.
Although he still teaches, much of his work is now regarding community development within Northern Ireland. In this capacity, he acts as a consultant to a number of cultural bodies within the Province. He deals with cross border matters with the Irish Republic, working for the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland. Sitting on a number of cultural committees, Curran has also worked directly as a governmental advisor and as a consultant to several bodies which have been set up by other governments. He also acts as a consultant to a number of tourism companies, giving lectures and conducting tours on many topics of local and national Irish history.
As a writer, Curran has been extremely prolific and has approximately 38 books to his name mainly on the subjects of history and culture. In addition, he has a number of works published in other languages including Japanese, Italian, French, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Spain and Mexico), German, Urdu and Latvian. He has also served as a contributor and consultant to various radio and television programs both for private companies and national networks.
Married and with a young family, Curran continues to live in Northern Ireland on the picturesque North Derry coast, not far from the celebrated Giant’s Causeway.
DARK FAIRIES
by Dr. Bob Curran
We all know about fairies-- they’re usually helpful, ethereal creatures in children’s stories and Walt Disney films, flitting about doing good, right?
Wrong!
In ancient times, the concept of fairies was rather different. They were the often-dangerous embodiment of the land, dark and unpredictable spirits that watched Humanity with a jaundiced and hostile eye. And, according to conventional folk wisdom, they were to be feared rather than trusted. Indeed, in their original form, many of our “fairy tales” read more like late-night horror stories.
Dr. Bob Curran investigates the folkloric roots of the fairy kind, tracing their origins from the sprites and maenads of Classical times to the sanitized versions of the English Victorians. Among other aspects, he examines the connections in the Christian mind between the fairy kind and demons; the links between fairies and ancient, pagan gods; and the often-strained relations between fairies and humans across the ages.
This is not a book for those who believe that fairies are friendly, kindly creatures. With the growing and anticipated interest in fairies--particularly given the forthcoming Disney film Wings, starring Miley Cyrus--Dark Fairies is a timely and valuable new title.
Man-Made Monsters
A Field Guide to Golems, Patchwork Soldiers, Homunculi, and Other Created Creatures
Life exists all around us, in forms that we can readily and easily identify. But what if there were, lurking in the shadows, other forms of life that are not so familiar, creatures created not by Nature, but by Man? We know their names—Frankenstein, the Golem, the homunculi of the ancient alchemists; they exist in our stories and myths.
But just what are these mysterious creatures, and do they have some basis in reality?
In his fascinating and wide-ranging new book, Dr. Bob Curran explores man-made monsters and the truth behind the myths. You’ll learn fascinating details about:
• The 19th-century scientist who tried to bring the dead back to life—the model for Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
• The Man of Clay who lumbered through the streets of medieval Prague at the command of early rabbis.
• Tales of robots that may have existed in the ancient world and threatened Greek and Roman warriors.
• Cloning and the artificial creation of life, and what strange and mysterious areas they may be heading into.
Man-Made Monsters is essential reading for anyone who wants to explore artificial beings and peer into the dark recesses of the human mind...where they may indeed be hiding.
Dr. Bob Curran was born in a remote area of County Down, Northern Ireland. Since leaving school, he has travelled throughout the world, fascinated by the myths and stories he has found. He has written a number of books looking at culture and lore, including Vampires; Lost Lands, Forgotten Realms; Zombies; and Werewolves, all for New Page Books. He lives in Northern Ireland with his wife and family.
Illustrator Ian Daniels, who has illustrated book covers for science fiction luminaries Marion Zimmer Bradley, Orson Scott Card, and Poul Anderson, lends his unique artwork to another New Page title, as he has to all of the books written by Dr. Curran.
I'm currently writing a book about singing for Algonquin Press. It's tentatively titled, The Sopranos: Facing the Music at Middle Age, or How Singing in the Choir Saved my Soul. The book is going to braid together four strands: the music itself, my 27 years + experience of singing in a choir, the stories I'm uncovering from the Grace Church archives, and current research in the science of singing. My mind is still reeling about something I found out at the recent World Science Festival.
My most recent book is Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory (the paperback came out in March, 2010). Scientists have always disdained parapsychology, but there was a brief moment in the early 1930's when the scientific community thought, well, okay, ectoplasm, seances and table rappings aside, maybe there is something going on. Duke opened a lab to study the various phenomena, and for a few decades, a group of serious scientists and graduate students tried to find if there was anything to it all.
The book before that was The Restless Sleep: Inside New York City's Cold Case Squad. When enough time has gone by, I think I'd like to write an article about what it was like to work on a book about the NYPD. (It was very hard.)My second book, Waiting for My Cats to Die: a morbid memoir, came out in 2001. It's about my mid-life crisis on one level, but really, on a deeper level it's about this: I don't want to die.
In 1990 I founded something called Echo. It's a NYC-based online service filled with people who log in everyday to talk about whatever -- work, love, how hard life can be, and what's on TV (my favorite obsession). I wrote about Echo and the internet in a book called, Cyberville: Clicks, Culture and the Creation of an Online Town. I stopped doing anything to promote Echo years ago, but I'm glad it's managed to survive. In between writing and research, TV, and the occasional movie or book, I love talking to people on Echo.
I grew up on Long Island, got a B.F.A. from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and a graduate degree from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU. I was once a telecommunications analyst for the Mobil Corporation. It feels like so many lifetimes ago. I can't believe I used to wear a suit almost every day. Still, learning how to function in that environment was useful.
What else? I'm a very occasional contributor to the NPR show, All Things Considered, and I've been a samba drummer with The Manhattan Samba Group since I turned forty. If you go to my personal website you'll find a lot of posts about TV and my cats.
Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory
When I started writing this book the over-riding idea was: this is going to be fun. The real Ghostbusters! Haunted houses! And it was a blast. But when I went down to Duke University and started going through the 700-plus boxes that comprise the lab archives I realized, good God, these scientists were serious. There were thousands and thousands of meticulously conducted, recorded and evaluated experiments (millions in the end). They were not kidding around. I focused on the lab scientists’ correspondence because that was where the real battle for parapsychology—and there was a tremendous battle—was played out. Who knew scientists could be this venomous?
Every time the lab published their results there was an outcry and a flurry of letters from other scientists around the country who were not happy with their findings. For every letter from an offended scientist however, there were thousands more from people all over the world who had experienced something strange that demanded an explanation. A certain percentage of them can, in fact, be explained away by fraud, delusion or wishful thinking, but not all.
I tracked some of these people down. For instance, I found one of the children at the center of a spectacular poltergeist case from the 1950’s. I was sure the now-grown kids would confess that they had thrown the objects themselves. Since I started out as a skeptic this was the only thing I could conceive of them saying. This isn’t what she said. Neither child believes that ghosts or poltergeists were responsible, but the objects did go flying, nevertheless, so something must have moved them. No one on the scene investigating what happened thought the kids were playing a prank—not the detective assigned to this case, or the reporters who wrote about it, or the lab scientists sent up from Duke.
Objects fly, the dead make appearances, (something makes an appearance or is perceived) and people sometimes know things that they have no way of knowing through the five senses. These strange things happened and still do.
Hopefully this blog will not only help promote my book, Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory (Ecco, 2009), but like the blog for my last book, it will also become a resource for the subject.
My previous books are: The Restless Sleep: Inside New York City’s Cold Case Squad, (Viking Press, 2005) Waiting for My Cats to Die: a morbid memoir, (St. Martin’s Press, 2001) and Cyberville: Clicks, Culture and the Creation of an Online Town (Warner Books, 1998).
I’m also an occasional contributor to the NPR show, All Things Considered. And my personal blog is here.
At the helm of Phantasm Psychic Research is Dave Considine, its director and founder, and one of North America's few lay religious demonologists. In his several year career, he has investigated hundreds of hauntings, and co-ordinated and assisted with dozens of exorcisms.
Born and raised in rural Connecticut, he knew early on in life what he wanted to be. At the age of twelve, he had a terrifying brush with the supernatural, an event that would alter teh course of his life and spark an avid interest in the field of paranormal research.Soon after, he decided he would dedicate his life to investigating the supernatural and preternatural, focusing his energies on ways to assist individuals and families victimized by entities from that realm.
..He studied under world-renown researchers Ed and Lorraine Warren, and served as one of their chief investigators for nearly fourteen years. After two active tours of duty with the US Armed Forces he founded Phantasm Psychic Research in 1994, and now divides his time between his own organization and being the assistant to Catholic exorcist Bishop Robert McKenna and Fr. Rama Coomarswamy, both of Connecticut.
..Dave has handled cases of hauntings and demonic activity in all four corners of the United States and in Canada, and has even been consulted by CNN, The BBC and The Living Channel for his expertise. He has also been a featured guest on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.
..He stands apart in his field due to his unique dedication to follow-up care for individuals and families once a case is resolved, and by his efforts to educate the public about the dangers of dabbling in the occult. He strongly believes that prevention via education is paramount to keeping the preternatural from affecting people's lives, and he frequently lectures and holds workshops.
"As a religious demonologist, I often see people at rock bottom - terrified, desperate ... The most rewarding part of my job is helping them put their lives back together. I see the trauma they go through, and I help them to fight back, using their faith. I hate seeing people victimized by the demonic, but it's incredibly gratifying to watch them come back, more faithful and stronger than they've ever been before."
..He attributes his success in his field to his strong faith in God and the support of his family and investigative team members.
Beckah is an international Psychic Medium and author with over 15 years of study and practice in the art of Divination. Raised in a gifted family, she started honing her abilities before she began Elementary School and continues to broaden her areas of expertise to this day. Currently, Beckah is a Master/Teacher in Usui Reiki and also works in remote viewing, astral travel, guided meditation, energy cleansing, charka and energy meridian healing and re-alignment. During her professional career, Beckah has read community and state leaders, CEO's, reporters, national celebrities, and at exclusive functions and public events.
A member and mentor for the American Tarot Association and the International Tarot Society, Beckah is also the co-host of the web-based show Supernatural Hotspots and is a regular guest/contributor to online radio, talks shows and periodicals. As someone who believes strongly in everyone's psychic growth and ability, Beckah teaches classes in Divination techniques and opens her doors to all who seek guidance, healing, and closure.
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L. A. Marzulli is the author of the Nephilim Trilogy. The Nephilim Trilogy made the CBA best sellers list and continues to thrill readers a decade after the first book in the series was published. Marzulli received an honorary doctorate from Pacific International University for his work on the Nephilim Trilogy.
Marzulli is also the author of the non fiction work, Politics, Prophecy & the Supernatural. The book packs a hard hitting expose of how the current political landscape may bring about ancient Biblical prophecies, which then may trigger supernatural events that are foretold in the book of Daniel and Revelation.
His latest offering, The Alien Interviews, features 17 personal, intense interviews with people who have been directly involved with the UFO phenomena. The book was written for the skeptic with various world-views presented as to what this phenomena may be.
Marzulli has lectured on this fascinating subject presenting his exhaustive research at conferences and churches as well as appearances and interviews on numerous national radio and television programs.
L. A. Marzulli is also an accomplished musician and has recorded numerous CDs. He lives with his wife of 24 years in the Santa Monica Mountains in Southern California.
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The new eBook by L. A. Marzulli, The Alien Interviews, delves into the burgeoning UFO phenomena. Tailored to the skeptic, Marzulli has interviewed people who have direct contact with UFOs, cattle mutilations, alien implants, abductions and more.
The Alien Interviews is also an interactive eBook and has links to Websites and Videos which further expand upon the interviews. Are UFOs operating with impunity in our skies? Find out in The Alien Interviews.
Includes commentary and interactive links to related web sites.
Politics, Prophecy and the Supernatural
The title of best selling author L.A. Marzulli's new book "Politics, Prophecy and the Supernatural: The Coming Great Deception and the Luciferian End Game," weaves the seemingly odd literary bedfellows that make up the book and its riveting expose of what might befall planet earth in the near future.
Integrating biblical predictions, historical observations and scientific facts, Marzulli explores the carefully detailed and documented history of ancient prophetic writings and the ongoing supernaturalism that so many others are afraid to touch -- UFOs, the Fatima apparitions of 1917, Crop Circles and more -- blending these seemingly unexplained phenomena with increases in paranormal activity and "signs in the heavens," which he believes points to a coming great deception and Luciferian end game. Politics, Prophecy and the Supernatural will leave you breathlessly reconsidering the facts behind today's headlines.
The Nephilim Trilogy
Book1: The Truth Is Here
Book2: The Unholy Deception
Book 3: The Revealing
In a spellbinding trilogy that weaves truth, prophecy, fiction, and the author’s own shocking research, the Nephilim trilogy by L. A. Marzulli opens with the discovery of a giant skeleton in Jerusalem, the ancient remains of the offspring of a fallen angel and a human woman—a Nephilim, and the beginning of a hybrid lineage whose terror is about to be reborn into the modern world.
Soon, evidence reveals that fallen angels have reemerged on the world scene disguised as aliens, abducting human women for their breeding program, and initiating the biblical Great Deception that culminates with the Anti-Christ, the Alien Gospel, and the Apocalypse.
It’s a race against time as investigative journalist Art "Mac" MacKenzie sets off on a whirlwind journey around the globe that includes a secret hospital wing for alien abductees in Los Angeles, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Machu Pichu in Peru, crop circles in England, the Vatican in Rome, and the purported tomb of Jesus.
Before Dan Brown’s "The Da Vinci Code," Peter Jenning’s ABC special and the Sci-Fi Channel’s special "The Fallen Ones," L. A. Marzulli’s Nephilim trilogy had delved into the Merovingian Heresy, aliens, fallen angels, the death of the pope, and more.
Katie is a Demonologist and Occult Sciences/Crimes Expert with over 20 years experience and study in both fields. With over thirty different major religious beliefs Katie has answered the call as a Demonologist and Occult Expert who is able to recognize entities from many different cultures and religious belief systems. Katie's aim is to empower both the afflicted and their family, help them to come to grips with their haunting and get them the help they need. Katie is an Occult/Paranormal author and lecturer residing in the state of New Hampshire but helping people all over the world with their demonic crises. She has also assisted in Occult Crimes cases.
Katie's story starts out much like anyone else involved in the paranormal, growing up in a highly negative haunted house, heavily influenced by the local priest Father B. who used to come and do cleansings and blessings on the house at Katie's mothers request. Katie became hungry as she grew older for information regarding hauntings, which ultimately led her to Occultism. Taking much of her occult format from ceremonial magick dating back as far as the Assyrians, and being influenced by many of the great occultists in the 13th and 14th centuries, as well as King Solomon she uses the knowledge she has gained to identify the entity. Katie does perform ritual cleansings to help force the entity into dormancy or banish it altogether. Katie has both medical and law enforcement background which she can draw upon when needed The Occult works she persued ultimately led her to Demonology, and answering the need for a Demonologist in her area. Even with the belief in inhuman entities (demons) Katie must come at it with a skeptical eye, and consults regularly with therapists and psychologists about her cases to ensure that there is not a medical diagnosis behind the phenomena. Because of Katie's dealings in the occult she has become a known figure when dealing with occult crimes.
Katie has been interviewed on various radio station and shows both internet and terrestrial. She has also been seen on The Hauntedbeen interviewed for occult crimes knowledge by David Lohr of Aol News, about various movies with MTV News and on KABC radio in Los Angeles, CA.
Enter the world of "The Boogeyman" who abides in closets everywhere. Learn myths from around the world. Discusses sleep disorders, portals, vortexes, doorways to the boogeyman's realm, paranormal cases, serial murderers, and the movies. Maybe you should keep your closet door closed as you read this ...
Rhode Island famous for it's beautiful harbors and lavish abodes, has restless ghosts that lurk in dark corders of mansions, universities, inns, swamps and woods. Discover four famous vampires and view never-before-released photos inside the vampire crypt where Mercy Brown once lay. See and 1800's vampire-killing kit. Meet a Woonsocket woman with stigmata who took on the ailments of others through the laying of hands. Read the truth behind the state's creepiest legends - Fingernail Freddie and the Swamp Bride. Demonologist and Paranormal Investigator Katie Boyd seeks the truth behind Rhode Island's famous legends.
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Follow New Hampshire's premier paranormal investigative group, Ghost Quest, as they uncover spirits, demons, and ghostly history in this haunted state. See the apparition at Devil's Church and a translucent paranormal investigator who channels the ghosts of Greenfield. Read about the closet of demon babies in a ghost-infested apartment and visit the haunted Calvary, Pine Hill, and Valley Street cemeteries. Follow the team into realms that are out of this world and get directions to conduct your own searches.
Stephen Mehler’s fascination with ancient Egypt , which began at the age of eight, has guided his education and spiritual work all his life. Mehler holds three degrees in the sciences and is a trained field archaeologist and prehistorian. Mehler also served as a Staff research scientist for the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC, in San Jose , California from 1978-1980.Since 1992, Mehler has worked with and been a student of, Egyptian-born Egyptologist and indigenous wisdom keeper, Abd’El Hakim Awyan, popularly known as Hakim. Stephen has written two books, The Land of Osiris and From Light Into Darkness: The Evolution Of Religion In Ancient Egypt, based on his 14 years of work with Hakim and Stephen’s almost 40 years of research in the area. Stephen is currently Director of Research of both the Great Pyramid of Giza Research Association and his own Land Of Osiris Research Project . He also leads tours to Egypt and is working on a third book with Hakim.
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NICK REDFERN
1984-2001:
Worked as a freelance feature-writer/journalist for the following British Newspapaers: the London Daily Express; the People; the Western Daily Press; the Express & Star; and the Planet on Sunday (as a full time feature writer).
1996-2001:
Worked as a freelance journalist for the folling magazines in Britan: The Weekender (a monthly newsstand magazine on fashion news, the world of entertainment, music and lifestyles); Animals, Animals, Animals (a monthly, newsstand magazine for children on animals); Pet Reptile (a monthly newsstand magazine for reptile enthusiasts); Military Illustrated (a monthly, Anglo-American, newsstand publication on military history); Eye Spy (a monthly, Anglo-American newsstand magazine on the subject of espionage); The Unopened Files (a bi-monthly, newsstand magazine on espionage); The XFactor (a bi-weekly, newsstand magazine on unsolved mysteries); UFO Magazine (a monthly newsstand magazine on UFO’s); Alien Encounters (amonthly, newsstand magazine on UFO’s).
1997:
A Covert Agenda: The British Government’s UFO Top Secrets Exposed
Published by: Simon & Schuster, London
Book Author: Nick Redfern
This book was published in the UK, Canada, Russia, Poland, Austrailia, New Zealand and Portugal.
1998:
The FBI Files: The FBI’s UFO Top Secrets Exposed
Published by: Simon & Schuster, London
Book Author: Nick Redfern
This book was published in the UK, Canada, Russia, Poland, Austrailia, New Zealand and Portugal.
2000:
Cosmic Crashes: The incedible Story Of The UFO’s The Fell To Earth
Published by: Simon & Schuster, London
Book Author: Nick Redfern
This book was published in the UK, Canada, Austrailia, New Zealand and Portugal.
2001 – To Date:
Nick Redfern has run the U.S. Office of the British-based Center for Fortean Zoology, which is dedicated to investigating mysterious animals such as Bigfoot, Lake Monsters, the Yeti and the Loch Ness Monster.
2003:
Strange Secrets: Real Government Files on The Unknown
Published by: Simon & Schuster, New York
Book Author: Nick Redfern
2004:
Three Men Seeking Monsters: Six Weeks In Persuit of Werewolves, Lake Monsters, Giant Cats, Ghostly Devil Dogs, and Ape-Men
Published by: Simon & Schuster, New York
Book Author: NIck Redfern
Paraview, New York, published a first-time US Edition of Nick Redfern’s book
2005:
June 2005
Body Snatchers In The Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story
Published by: Simon & Schuster, New York
Book Author: Nick Redfern
Nick continues to write in a regular freelance capacity for the London Daily Express newspaper, UFO Magazine; and Fate Magazine.
2006:
On the Trail of the Saucer Spies: UFO’s and Government Surveillance
Published by: Anomalist Books, New York
Book Author: Nick Redfern
2007:
Celebrity Secrets: Government Files on the Rich and Famous
Published by: Simon & Schuster, New York
Book Author: Nick Redfern
In July 2007, Nick’s book Man-Monkey: In Search of the British Bigfoot was published by CFZ Press; and New Page Books published Nick’s Memoirs of a Monster Hunter in September.
2008:
In March, Alamah of Mexico published a Spanish-language edition of Nick’s Memoirs of a Monster Hunter.
Consultancy Research:
Nick Redfern has undertaken freelance research in a consultant capacity to the world of entertainment since 2001. He has worked as a consultant to various TV production companies, including (a) Mentorn TV of Britain; (b) Red Star Films of Canada; and (c) the United States’ Sci-Fi Channel.
Nick worked for 12 months as the co-editor of the newsstand magazine Phenomena. He has had widespread experience of editing articles for length, clarity, grammar and punctuation to the high levels required for, and expected by, newsstand publications. He has also ghostwritten and edited a number of published books for authors.
He has also worked full-time as a consultant to several authors, conducting research on their behalf.
TV/Lecture/Media Appearances:
Nick has appeared on more than 60 TV shows to promote his books and his research. In the late summer of 2004 he traveled to Puerto Rico for two weeks with a film team from the Sci-Fi Channel’s series, Proof Positive, to make a documentary about the Chupacabras. He appeared on the MSNBC show Countdown with Keith Olbermann on February 9, 2005. He also traveled to Puerto Rico in September 2005 to make a show about the Chupacabras for Canada’s Space Channel. He has lectured at a variety of conferences, including the Laughlin UFO Congress (in 1998 and 2001); the Mutual UFO NetworkConference in 2004; the Aztec UFO Conference in 2003; the Texas Bigfoot ResearchConference in 2004; at numerous events for the British-based UFO Magazine between 1997 and 2000 (now closed); and at the UFO Crash Retrieval Conference in Las Vegas (in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006).
Jason Offutt is a syndicated columnist, author, college journalism instructor, and fan of all things strange. His books about the paranormal, "Darkness Walks: The Shadow People Among Us," and “Haunted Missouri: A Ghostly Guide to Missouri's Most Spirited Spots,” are available at www.amazon.com. Jason is available for interviews, speaking engagements and beer festivals. E-mail all serious inquiries to: jasonoffutt@hotmail.com
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Bob "Javabob" Schmalzbach
Robert (Bob) Schmalzbach currently serves on the Board of Directors for Searching for Bigfoot Inc., in the position of Vice President / Secretary. Robert (Bob) Schmalzbach is a 56 year old business man and entrepreneur now living in Northern California. Bob recently retired from a twenty plus year career in the High Tech field where he worked as an Equipment Engineering Manager for companies as diverse as; AT&T Technology Division, Honeywell, and Integrated Device Technology. He has a “hands on”, scientific approach to problem solving and a strong creative side. His passion has been for developing and running small businesses. Examples of these businesses are; Bobs Main Street Market, Independent Grocer’s Services, Indian Creek Cafe, and JavaBobs Bigfoot Deli. Bob was a member of the Technical Advisory Board for De Anza College, the founder and first President of the Happy Camp Fire Safe Council, he is currently the President of the Happy Camp Chamber of Commerce, and he served as a founding member of the Siskiyou County Fire Safe Council. Bob, along with his wife Vickie, worked as Co-Chairman of an ad hoc committee to write the bill that got Public Law 94-142, Education of All Handicapped Children Act passed into law in 1975, and to this day remains very active in working with “special people” through out his community. JavaBob also writes most of the articles you see here at this Searching for Bigfoot web site.
John Sabol is a cultural anthropologist, field archaeologist, actor, and "ghost excavator". He has worked among the Zapotec and Mixtec Indians of the central highlands of the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, and the Nahuatl-speaking groups of the Central Plateau. He has also worked as an anthropologist in the Yucatan Peninsula, and the state of Chiapas in Mexico.
He has participated in archaeological excavations in Winchester, England, and in Cholula, Mexico. He has also done archaeological survey work in South Dakota, Tennessee, and the Central Plateau of Mexico, including the massive archaeological site of Teotihuacan. His M.A. thesis was a study of the trading patterns and social-economic organization of the Dallas Culture, a 15th c. Indian culture of Eastern Tennessee.
He has appeared in more than 30 films, TV shows, and commercials as an actor. Some of the films that he has appeared in include Dune, Conan the Destroyer,Falcon and the Snowman, Rambo 2, License to Kill, Miracles, Old Gringo, and Remo Williams. He has also appeared in a number of Mexican films, a Mexican "Soap", and a TV series in Spain. He has also filmed a commercial for Port Royal Beer in Hondurus. He worked on post-production special effects for Dune, and dubbing and looping for Conan the Destroyer.
He is a paranormal investigator, and has conducted ghost excavations in England, Germany, Mexico, and throughout the United States at haunted locations in Philadelphia, Gettysburg, the anthracite coal region in Northeast Pennsylvania, and in the cities of San Antonio, Texas, New Orleans, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has appeared in two episodes of the A&E TV series, Paranormal State ("Family Ties"; "Ghosts of Gettysburg"). He has lectured at various paranormal conferences, local historical societies, and at various tourist sites.
He was a professor at various colleges in Mexico City, and in the Graduate Department at the University of Guadalajara in Mexico. For 11 years, he taught courses in the Anthropology and Sociology of Tourism, Regional Tourist Development, and English as a Second Language. He was Department Chair for three years. He was awarded a grant by the Mexican Government to investigate regional tourist development in Oaxaca, Mexico.
He currently lives in Mahanoy City, in the heart of the anthracite coal region in Pennsylvania. He lives with his dog (Lacy) and his Cat (Tazia). His daughter, Melissa, is studying visual effects and motion graphics at the Art Institute of Philadelphia
BRIAN PARSON of
Ohio Paranormal Investigation Network
We are a small team of paranormal enthusiasts who investigate the paranormal by applying logic, science as well as interviewing to collect case study information. We believe that the study of ghosts should start with those who are in need of help and not to merely sit in a dark house and expect a ghost to show up. In other words; we feel studying ghosts starts with the living and not the ghosts themselves.
We work with the client to investigate what is happening with them and the environment and not focus on the ghost in its entirety. Our focus is not with fancy gadgetry, but working with the client to ease what is happening while hopefully collecting information and data along the way.
MARLEY GIBSON
I still live in Boston and spend all my time writing when I'm not doing research as a ghost hunter for my newest series: Ghost Huntress. I've just finished my first two books of the Young Adult paranormal series, and am working on the third installment. I cowrote two non-fiction books, one (The Other Side: A Teenager's Guide To Ghost Hunting) with Patrick Burns and one (Christmas Miracles) with Cecil Murphey.
MITCH HOROWITZis a writer and publisher of many years' experience with a lifelong interest in man’s search for meaning. The editor-in-chief of Tarcher/Penguin in New York, he is the author of Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation(Bantam, September 2009).
BRAD STEIGER'S first published articles on the unexplained appeared in 1956, and he has now written more than 2,000 articles with paranormal themes. From 1970-'73, his weekly newspaper column, The Strange World of Brad Steiger, was carried domestically in over 80 newspapers and overseas from Bombay to Tokyo.
DAVE CONSIDINE of PHANTASM PSYCHIC RESEARCH
At the helm of Phantasm Psychic Research is Dave Considine, its director and founder, and one of North America's few lay religious demonologists. In his seventeen-year career he has investigated hundreds of hauntings, and co-ordinated and assisted with dozens of exorcisms.
DR. DAVID M. JACOBShas been a UFO researcher for 45 years. In 1973, he completed his doctoral dissertation in field of intellectual history at the University of Wisconsin--Madison on the controversy over unidentified flying objects in America. This was only the second Ph.D. degree granted involving a UFO-related theme.
JEFF DANELEK
Besides writing, my hobbies include—but are not necessarily limited to—art, politics and political history (I can name all 43 presidents along with the years they were president and what party they were, none of which has proven useful to date), world and military history, religion and spirituality, numismatics (coin collecting) paleontology, astronomy (and science in general) and Fortean subjects such as Bigfoot, UFO's and things that go bump in the night. I enjoy writing both fiction and non-fiction, much of it with decidedly spiritual, cryptozoological, historical and/or paranormal overtones, and consider it my life's passion.
KATIE BOYD AND BECKAH BOYD
Katie Boyd is a Demonologist and Occult Crimes Expert located in New Hampshire. She handles all types of cases from everyday spirit hauntings, inhuman entities, demonic hauntings, exorcisms, possessions and occult crime cases from around the world. Katie is a co-founder of a paranormal research group called Ghost Quest.
Beckah is a Hereditary Psychic Medium with over 15 years experience and practice. With Ghost Quest a paranormal group which she co-founded she uses her knowledge and experience to help the spirits that she encounters on investigations.
STAN ROMANEK is the center of what may be the most documented extraterrestrial contact case of all time. He has appeared on Larry King Live, FOX News, Entertainment Tonight, and has been featured in several documentaries on ABC, NBC, and the SciFi channel, as well as numerous other radio and television programs. He lives with his wife near Denver, and continues to experience ongoing strange phenomena.
For more information about the author visit: www.stanromanek.com.
SALLIE ANN GLASSMANis an initiated Vodou priestess who calls up and mediates the power of the Spirit. Sallie is internationally recognized for her lectures, art, readings and healing ceremonies. She is one of a handful of Americans ordained into Vodou in the traditional Haitian initiation.
AURORA JULIANA ARIEL, PhD, author of Earth 2012: The Ultimate Quest, How To Find Peace in a World of Chaos,is a pioneering doctor whose research and work have given her a profound understanding of the psyche and the tools to heal an ailing humanity. She holds over 35 certificates and degrees in advanced healing methods as well as a BA, MA, and PhD in Psychology. She is also a Kahuna in the Hawaiian Tradition, the successor of Hawaiian Kahuna and Shaolin Grand Master, Kimo Pang. See http://www.AuroraJulianaAriel.com http://www.IOAH.org http://www.AEOS.ws
http://www.LemuriaRising.com
ALLYSON WALSH & ADELE NICHOLS
Identical twin sisters and psychic mediums, Allyson Walsh and Adele Nichols have known of their abilities since they were four years of age. Growing up on a farm in Gambrills, Maryland, they saw spirits both human and animal. This was first evidenced by the girls and their parents when an older brother-in-law, Marvin, passed away, and appeared speaking to them in broad daylight two weeks later as if he was still alive. Growing into adults, symbols, a form of language, dominated how each twin “sees” the world, both physical and astral.
LESLIE RULE is the best-selling author of two suspense novels and four nonfiction books on ghosts. She has also published dozens of articles in national magazines, including a November, 2005 article on ghosts and murder in READER'S DIGEST.
Leslie grew up in a family of writers in a creaky old house on a windy cliff which overlooked Puget Sound. "My mother (author Ann Rule) made it no secret that our house was haunted," says Leslie. "She loved to tell company about the ghost that shared our home. When I was a little girl, I thought everyone lived in a haunted house!"
PACO ALARCON KAHAN
Kahan, Paco Alarcon, is a mystic author and musician. He communicates his mystical and spiritual experience through courses, books and music for the awakening of the higher human consciousness and to share with people the joys of Spirit.
WILLIAM PILLOW
William Pillow was educated as a pharmacist, served in the USAF Medical Service Corps, and worked for a Fortune 500 company for thirty-four years. Trained as a scientist, he had been skeptical of mystical phenomena. Ten years ago, while reading a book about children’s past lives, Pillow recalled an almost-forgotten question from his grandson six years earlier, “What if this is not the real world?” This prompted the author to launch a search for answers to haunting questions many of us have about life and death. His emphasis has been finding and reporting experiences documented by scientists, health professionals, and theologians.
STANTON FRIEDMAN
Since 1967 he has lectured on the topic "Flying Saucers ARE Real!" at more than 600 colleges and over 100 professional groups in 50 states, 9 provinces, 16 other countries. He has published more than 80 UFO papers and appeared on hundreds of radio and TV programs. He is the original civilian investigator of the Roswell Incident and co-authored "Crash at Corona: The Definitive Study of the Roswell Incident." TOP SECRET/MAJIC, his explosive book about the Majestic 12 group established in 1947 to deal with crashed saucers, was published in 1996 and went through 6 printings.
P.R.O. They are a Christian-based organization, located in Northeast Ohio, dedicated to the research and investigation of paranormal activities. They research claims of hauntings, ghost sightings, and other purportedly paranormal activities. In addition, we assist other paranormal agencies with their investigations and research, and perform cleansings (smudging) as well as Christian House Blessings.
JOHN B. KACHUBAJohn B. Kachuba's new book is Ghosthunters: On the Trail of Mediums, Dowsers, Spirit Seekers and Other Investigators of America's Paranormal World. He is also the author of Ghosthunting Illinois and Ghosthunting Ohio, How to Write Funny, and Why is this Job Killing Me? (Co-authored with his wife, Mary A. Newman, PhD).
LOYD AUERBACH of
the Office of Paranormal Investigation
In February 2005, Auerbach – along with HCH Institute in Lafayette , CA – launched a new basic Certificate Program in Parapsychological Studies. The program, registered with the State of California , is the beginning of what will hopefully be a new extensive educational program in Parapsychology.
As of 2006, the program is also available
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