Brandon Callahan - The House Where Evil Lurks: A Paranormal Investigators Most Frightening Encounter

Llewellyn Publications

Woodbury, Minnesota

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The House Where Evil Lurks: A Paranormal Investigators Most Frightening Encounter 2014 by Brandon Callahan.

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Contents

: The Beginning

: The Case

: The House

: Jasons Walk

: Setup and Investigation #1

: Historical Research and Findings

: Investigation #2

: Side Effects

: The Mill

: Meetings

: Science

: Post Ganzfeld Changes

: Back to Hauns Mill

: The Reckoning

: The Following

: Another Day

Acknowledgments

To my endlessly supporting family: my wife, Nicole, and Bailey, Zachary, Evan, and Charlotte. You all inspire me on a daily basis and remind me that life is all about the loving adventures we all share every single day, and the wonderment of what may come tomorrow. To my mother, Bridget, and father, James, thank you for always putting yourselves behind the needs and desires of your family. You are the most selfless people I have ever known and we could not dream of having more perfect parents. My Aunt Janice, you have always inspired me to listen to my heart and soul and allow myself to think freely and follow my dreams. Thank you.

For those loved ones that have passed away over the years, Michael and Gabriel Rieke, R.J. Rhoades, and especially my grandparents, Joseph R. and Alice Callahan, you are the guardian angels that allow us all to go through life and enjoy the love and memories that have been provided over the generations. We can only hope to carry on with love in our hearts and you by our side.

To all of my friends, family, and supporters, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Never stop dreamin g the word impossible holds no meaning when you find yourself truly living your life. Follow your heart and dreams and never allow anybody to tell you You cant. You truly can.

Introduction

I cannot allow myself to be deterred in my quest for enlightenment and the ability to help those souls in need, both the living and the dead. I do what I do not for accolades or gratitude, and certainly not for fame. I simply do what I feel I have been called to do. There are energies much greater than man at work in the worldthere is Darkness and Light. I wander through the darkness to face my foe in hopes of helping just one person sleep better at night or to help one lost soul find their elusive eternal peace. The world is so much more than our everyday lives allow us to see. If you look, you may be surprised by what you find. I was.

I have always been drawn to anything that involves the unexplained. I have always sought the truth when it comes to what is real and what is not. About eight years ago, I decided to put together a group of like-minded people who wanted to go out and determine what is truly fact and what is fiction. I have always believed that all stories, as far-fetched as they may seem, are at least loosely based on facts. This is what drives me to go out into the world and do everything I can to find out the truth.

Over the years, I have found myself confronted with many things I once thought to be impossible. When I set out to find the mysteries of the world, I quickly came face to face with things that forced me to re-evaluate my beliefs, my faith, and what I truly understood. Fortunately, I was blessed by being surrounded by incredible people with different skill sets, which would allow us to do amazing work under any circumstances.

From the very beginning, I wanted to do this, but I wanted to do it right. I reminded myself and those I worked with to focus on the big picture and never be sidetracked by instant gratification. We would focus on helping normal people who live in abnormal circumstances. We would do whatever we had to do to help them sleep in their homes with a level of comfort that all too often had been forgotten. Secondarily, I wanted to focus on developing theories that would advance the field of paranormal research. Rather than simply convincing people that these things exist, our goal would be to compile a significant body of evidence and develop theories that would allow us to anticipate where we should look for paranormal activity. I believe with all my heart that if we think these things are real, it would be a shame to focus our efforts on only
famous haunted locations. That seems shortsighted to me. My question was how can we develop a method to know where to find what we are looking for without having to rely on stories that are already told? I have spent countless hours searching for the answer to that question.

The following is the true story of a case my team and I spent four months working on. When we took on this case, we had worked together as a team for three years on several cases and conducted dozens of investigations, including several at private homes, like this one. Most recently, we successfully helped a man resolve what had become a violent and oppressive situation.

Going into the case with Shane and his family, I was very confident that no matter what we came into contact with, we would be able to find a resolution for them because we had successfully helped others rid their homes of negative energy. As it turned out, I had no idea what we were walking into, and we were unprepared for so many things to happen in such a short period of time. It was not long before we were all affected by the dark force that had taken over Shanes house. We have all seen movies and read stories about the evil that inhabits the world; until you are face to face with true fear and evil, there is no way to know how you will react. This is not a Hollywood story; this is a true story about one of the most frightening and dangerous homes I have ever stepped foot in.