Chiller 31 magazine

There's a brand new Halloween-themed magazine called Chiller 31, and some pictures I took are in the first issue.  There are 4 of my pictures in the issue (Halloween decorations and my dog in a bumblebee costume), and you can get the digital version for $2. This is pretty cool...I've had a picture of myself in a magazine before, but never pictures I've taken! : )

http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/636046?__r=453430&s=w

Book Review: Beyond Roswell

Beyond Roswell: The Alien Autopsy Film, Area 51, and  the U.S. Government Coverup of UFOs by Michael Hesemann and Philip Mantle is the most informative book about UFOs and aliens I've ever read.  After visiting Roswell, checking out the International UFO Museum and Research Center, and reading many books on the subject, I thought I knew almost everything there was to know about the UFO crash in Roswell, but this book proved me wrong...for example, I didn't know that a UFO was spotted in Roswell on July 2, 1947, just a few days before the crash.  The book mentions accounts of witnesses I hadn't heard about anywhere else; one I found particularly interesting involved a firefighter who was on duty the night of the crash.  He told his twelve-year-old daughter that he had seen pieces of metal on the ground and corpses "from another planet" (page 45); a few days later, the girl, Frankie Rowe, was visiting her dad at work when a policeman entered the fire station and showed her father a piece of thin metal from the crash site that could not be cut or torn.  Soon after, military personnel paid a visit to Frankie at her home, and she was told that if she ever talked about what she saw, she "could be taken out into the desert never to return" (page 46).  (Threatening to kill a child?  Dick move, military...and way to prove that it wasn't a weather balloon.)

I found the chapter about The Majestic Twelve especially interesting.  I would love to get my hands on the M-12 "Bible" because it sounds fascinating, but I have a feeling it's impossible to get (I checked Ebay...it's not there), and I don't really want to get murdered by the government. ; )

Another thing I found interesting was that a man who said he filmed the autopsies of the Roswell aliens claims that one of them lived for two years after the crash. I'd never heard that rumor before I read this book, but I hope it's not true because two years of being constantly experimented on sounds pretty awful.  I'd also like to mention that this man kept calling the aliens "freaks," which I thought was really obnoxious.

If you're interested in Roswell and what came after, you should definitely read this book...it's the best book I've read on the subject, and it's full of fascinating information.  After you read it, you'll feel like an expert!

My rating: 9/10

http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Roswell-Autopsy-Government-Coverup/dp/1569247099/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380384527&sr=8-1&keywords=beyond+roswell

Free paranormal book: Behind the Voice by Cassi Gray

Today's free paranormal ebook is Behind the Voice by Cassi Gray.  It's 64 pages and has a 4.1-star rating.  Here's the description from Amazon:

"During what should have been a regular day at work, Cordelia finds herself trapped in an elevator with a presence who swears to cause her no harm, but has every intention of changing her life forever. Cordelia's world spins out of control while she struggles internally with herself over the existence of this man. Realizing the supernatural power he has over her she must learn to believe in him, for her life greatly depends on it."

 

This sounds pretty good!

 

http://www.amazon.com/Behind-The-Voice-ebook/dp/B008LMT8AW/ref=sr_1_45?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1380295105&sr=1-45&keywords=paranormal

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Charleston Magazine: Haunted Charleston

The October issue of Charleston Magazine has an interesting article about haunted places in Charleston, SC.  The article features the Angel Oak, 37 Meeting Street, Magnolia Cemetery, the Bull-Huger House, Secessionville Hollows, the Brick Kiln Ruins in Brickyard Plantation, the Old Citadel, Fort Moultrie, The Wampee House, the Pink House, and the Joe E. Berry Residence Hall.  I've lived in Charleston for 28 years, and I've never even heard of some of these places, so I thought the article was very informative, and I really enjoyed it...here's the link if you'd like to read it:

http://charlestonmag.com/charleston_magazine/feature/haunted_charleston

Do any of you guys live in a haunted city?  Let me know, and I might write about it! : )

Guest blogger: Michelle Wright. Psychic Medium, Author, and Optimist

Today is a special day because we have our first guest blogger!  Her name is Michelle Wright, she's a psychic medium, and this is her story:

I never woke up one morning horrified to find I was surrounded by spirits. It was as if I was expected to see them and if it wasn’t deceased family members giving me messages and signs it would be spirits connected to my school friends. The latter became nothing short of a nightmare as I would march into school happy to think I was helping by blurting out warnings and other strange stuff. What I got for my trouble was fights or detention for disrupting the class until I wised up and stayed quiet. Being this way had been a way of life for so long I never knew any different, naively believing everyone could see what I saw. 

They didn’t which resulted in a stressful childhood. My mother was a psychic medium as was my grandmother and her mother before her. I had without consent inherited the gene or gift as my mother put it even though I saw it as something far more sinister—a curse. Even today I can identify with world famous mediums who in their autobiographies talk about their early years being a major struggle as they battled against being seen as a ‘freak’ or ‘emotionally disturbed.’ Apart from my immediate family I had to grapple the same problem. Biting my tongue whenever I wanted to blurt out a spirit message to a complete stranger became the norm as did keeping my gift a secret for many years.

Someone asked me once what it felt like to live with one foot in the other world while going about my daily life. My answer was simple...I have always believed in an afterlife where loved ones wait in joy for our return home. This world is just a school of learning, a place to advance our souls and burn karma. The world beyond is the one I accept more readily. What’s it like ‘over there’ is a common question from clients who come to me for readings. Here is where I’d like to dispel the myth that we all float on clouds playing harps or sleep forever. We are still very much alive, more than ever as we enter a wider world which s an ethereal copy of our reality. Spirits create homes and environments as much the same as what they had when alive until they are ready to move on to a higher realm. Loved ones prepare for our passing and pets we had wait patiently for our return. So where do I fit in? 

I bring forth the messages only the person in front of me will make sense of. This is a reassurance they are hearing from someone other than me and a chance to let go of the grief which may have been holding them back. I don’t use tarot cards or ask for something personal to work with. I am a channeller...a direct link. Most of my psychic experiences are visual. I see the spirit usually standing by my ride side bringing not only messages but showing me how they passed. Sometimes I pull back if they passed over suddenly, or in a lot of pain because I can take on what they were feeling...not pleasant for me at all and very draining. Often, at the end of a reading I’m left with a headache or fatigue which passes within the hour. On the bright side spirits can be funny. I remember one reading I did where a loving mother was determined her daughter didn’t leave her floor so wet after she washed it. “Do you want someone to go head over heels?” she said. For the daughter it was proof her mother had come back and was still making her bossy presence felt! Then there are excitable spirits who have waited so long for a medium to relay messages they are impossible to understand. Imagine you’ve not been able to speak to someone close to you for years because you lost touch. One day out of the blue you find each other again. I doubt the first words spoken would be formal, if anything you’ll both be too excited and probably babble for the first few seconds. A spirit waiting for the all important connection is exactly the same. We don’t change very much.

I sometimes wonder why I was landed with a responsibility which often feels like a burden. Life as a medium is not an easy one, but I wouldn’t change a thing and, I will always hear my wise mother’s words. “Like it or not, it’s what it is, a way to help people who really need it.’’

From the age of nine I was passionate about becoming a writer, now, having fulfilled my dream through journalism I graduated to writing paranormal and historical fiction novels. Earlier this year I signed with a great new publishing company Curiosity Quills who released two of my previously self-published novels and three new ones. But no matter how busy my schedule is I still make time for giving psychic readings whether they be face to face or by email. After all said and done I can’t ignore the obvious. I will always be a medium.

Check out Michelle's website!

http://curiosityquills.com/

If you'd like to know more about Michelle's books, here's her Amazon author page: 

http://www.amazon.com/Michelle-Wright/e/B007IRLPFW/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_1

Thanks for being my first guest blogger, Michelle...that was fascinating!

Free paranormal book: Ozarks Ghosts and Hauntings by Bud Steed

I just came across a brand new free paranormal ebook in one of Facebook's paranormal groups, so I thought I'd share it here...the book is called Ozarks Ghosts and Hauntings (America's Ghosts), and the author is Bud Steed.  Here's the Amazon description:

"The rocky hills and dark valleys of the Ozark Mountains hold many secrets for those bold enough to go in search of them. From the grieving ghost of the Ozark's Madonna to the dangerous apparition who haunts the Irish Wilderness, ghosts and legends abound in the Ozarks. A long settled land, the Ozarks has seen its fair share of tragedy and turmoil; from accidents to civil war battles the Ozarks holds more than her fair share of ghosts and hauntings, the stories told and retold down through the generations, a huge part of the hill country folklore.
Join Para-historian and author Bud Steed as he retells some of the best ghost stories of the Missouri Ozarks and debunks a popular legend that has been told since the 1940's; a legend that has been the cause of several deaths itself. Take a ghostly trip through the communities and hills that make up the Missouri Ozark Mountains and experience the spirits and entities that call it home."

Sounds pretty good...I love true ghost stories!  If this sounds like something you'd like to read, you can get it free here:

http://www.amazon.com/Ozarks-Ghosts-Hauntings-Americas-ebook/dp/B00F5COF1S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379122187&sr=8-1&keywords=ozarks+ghosts+and+hauntings

Ghost Hunters: Titanic Terror

I recently started watching Ghost Hunters, but there are so many episodes that I decided to just watch the ones that are about places I've visited or are just interested in.  Since I went to the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta few years ago, I thought the Season 5 episode where the TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) team investigates paranormal activity in the aquarium's Titanic exhibit would be pretty interesting...and it was!  The exhibit is a traveling one, and paranormal activity seems to follow it wherever it goes...people have reported seeing shadows while in the exhibit, hearing footsteps, and feeling fingers scape their scalps.  Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, and Steve Gonsalves meet with Meghann Gibbons, Director of Public Relations, as soon as they arrive at the aquarium, and she tells them that many of the aquarium's volunteers have reported strange occurences in the Titanic exhibit.  For example, volunteer Margaret Mourino sensed a presence behind her in the iceberg exhibit, then felt something pressing on her scalp. 

Jason and Grant begin the investigation in the cabins exhibit, where they see shadows and experience a sudden drop in temperature; when they move to the iceberg exhibit, they encounter a five-foot tall cold spot, and Jason feels something tugging his sweatshirt.  They soon move to the artifacts room, where Grant sees a shadow he thinks is Jason, but when he sees  the beam of Jason's flashlight in another room, he realizes that he was mistaken.  When Jason joins him, he also sees the figure and chases it, but no one is there.  When the men get up to leave, Grant feels a hand on his shoulder, pushing him back down.  Dave Tango and Steve review the footage and hear a voice during the part of the recording where Jason and Grant ask the presence to knock twice if it wants them to leave; it sounds like the voice is saying "No, please wait."

This episode wasn't too creepy, but I'm glad that the Titanic exhibit was not at the aquarium when I visited...and if I'm ever thinking about going to an aquarium and then find out that they have the Titanic exhibit, I won't be going there. : )

My rating: 8/10

http://www.syfy.com/ghosthunters