826 PARANORMAL WELCOMES YOU

NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY FOR PSYCHIC RESEARCH WELCOMES 826 PARANORMAL

In September of 2008 the New England Society for Psychic Research welcomed 826 PARANORMAL with open arms to the team. 826 Paranormal is a trademark name for police officer James Myers. a Psychic Photographer/ Investigator of the paranormal . This website is an introduction to who officer Myers is and what he is about. Myers will tell how Lorraine Warren ,Tony Spera , and the New England Society For Psychic Research set him on the path of the paranormal realm. The site will also give a History of one of the original families in the ghost hunting business , the Warrens and the history of the N.E.S.P.R.

COMING SOON 826 Paranormal / James Myers Puts Lorraine Warren and the NESPR Back on the Web

826 Paranormal James Myers was approached by Lorraine Warren about constructing and monitoring her web site. Myers along with Spera are working together to bring information to you and the Warren's fans. They have constructed areas dealing with the goals and history of the paranormal reasearch family. They will take you into many of their famous cases , you will see photos never seen before ,their will be videos from numerous cases they have been on, and they will tell you all about where the paranormal was and where it is going. Once the site is fully opperational, it will be linked to 826 Paranormal, so that the family of investigators can grow and unit to bridge the gap between the paranormal and law enforcement field.

HALLOWEEN IN THE UNITED STATES

The word Halloween is first attested in the 16th century and represents a Scottish variant of the fuller All-Hallows-Even, that is, the night before All Hallows Day. Although the phrase All Hallows is found in Old English (ealra hálȝena mæssedæȝ, the feast of all saints), All-Hallows-Even is itself not attested until 1556. Thus there is no evidence of the term for this day before the 16th century Reformation

THE HISTORY BEHIND THE NAME , THE HOLIDAY , THE LEGEND.. Halloween, or the Hallow E'en as they call it in Ireland , means All Hallows Eve, or the night before the 'All Hallows', also called 'All Hallowmas', or 'All Saints', or 'All Souls' Day, observed on November 1. In old English the word 'Hallow' meant 'sanctify'. Roman Catholics, Episcopalians and Lutherians used to observe All Hallows Day to honor all Saints in heaven, known or unknown. They used to consider it with all solemnity as one of the most significant observances of the Church year. And Catholics, all and sundry, was obliged to attend Mass. The Romans observed the holiday of Feralia, intended to give rest and peace to the departed. Participants made sacrifices in honor of the dead, offered up prayers for them, and made oblations to them. The festival was celebrated on February 21, the end of the Roman year. In the 7th century, Pope Boniface IV introduced All Saints' Day to replace the pagan festival of the dead. It was observed on May 13. Later, Gregory III changed the date to November 1. The Greek Orthodox Church observes it on the first Sunday after Pentecost. Despite this connection with the Roman Church, the American version of Halloween Day celebration owes its origin to the ancient (pre-Christian) Druidic fire festival called "Samhain", celebrated by the Celts in Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Samhain is pronounced "sow-in", with "sow" rhyming with cow. In Ireland the festival was known as Samhein, or La Samon, the Feast of the Sun. In Scotland, the celebration was known as Hallowe'en. In Welsh it's Nos Galen-gaeof (that is, the Night of the Winter Calends. According to the Irish English dictionary published by the Irish Texts Society: "Samhain, All Hallowtide, the feast of the dead in Pagan and Christian times, signalizing the close of harvest and the initiation of the winter season, lasting till May, during which troops (esp. the Fiann) were quartered. Faeries were imagined as particularly active at this season. From it the half year is reckoned. also called Feile Moingfinne (Snow Goddess).(1) The Scottish Gaelis Dictionary defines it as "Hallowtide. The Feast of All Soula. Sam + Fuin = end of summer."(2) Contrary to the information published by many organizations, there is no archaeological or literary evidence to indicate that Samhain was a deity. The Celtic Gods of the dead were Gwynn ap Nudd for the British, and Arawn for the Welsh. The Irish did not have a "lord of death" as such. Thus most of the customs connected with the Day are remnants of the ancient religious beliefs and rituals, first of the Druids and then transcended amongst the Roman Christians who conquered them.

Today , in the United States we still celebrate many of the old traditions. Every year on October 31st , we celebrate Halloween . This is a holiday has become a celebration for the children. The children go door to door dressed in their favorite costume, some being scary and others dressed like their hero. They knock on the many doors in their neighborhoods yelling"Trick or treat" they then recieve a piece of candy or a treat of some sorts. The traditional scary stories and the scary movies are something of a norm today.

East Coast Paranormal Police Hits Mexico

Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos

The Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, a festival celebrating the reunion of dead relatives with their families, November 1st and 2nd.

Every year, on November 1st (All Saints Day) and 2nd (All Souls Day), something unique takes place in many areas of Mexico: Day of the Dead festivities.

In Spanish, All Saints Day and All Souls Day are known as El Día de Todos los Santos and El Día de los Muertos, respectively. While it's strange for most of us to accept the fact that "death" and "festivities" can go hand-in-hand, for most Mexicans, the two are intricately entwined. This all stems from the ancient indigenous peoples of Mexico (Purepecha, Nahua, Totonac and Otomí) who believed that the souls of the dead return each year to visit with their living relatives - to eat, drink and be merry. Just like they did when they were living.

Tempered somewhat by the arrival of the Spaniards in the 15th century, current practice calls for the deceased children (little angels) to be remembered on the previous day (November 1st, All Saints Day) with toys and colorful balloons adorning their graves. And the next day, All Souls Day, adults who have died are honored with displays of the departed's favorite food and drinks, as well as ornamental and personal belongings. Flowers, particularly the zempasúchil (an Indian word for a special type of marigold) and candles, which are placed on the graves, are supposed to guide the spirits home to their loved ones.

Other symbols include the elaborately-decorated pan de muerto (a rich coffee cake decorated with meringues made to look like bones), skull-shaped candies and sweets, marizpan death figures and papier maché skeletons and skulls. (the Nahua speaking peoples of pre-columbian Mexico saw the skull as a symbol of life - not death.) Today, these macabre symbols and other similar items fill the shops and candy stalls by mid October. During this time, homes are often decorated in the same manner as the graves.

This may all seem morbid and somewhat ghoulish to those who are not part of that culture. But, for Mexicans who believe in the life/death/rebirth continuum, it's all very natural. this is not to say that they treat death lightly. They don't. It's just that they recognize it, mock it, even defy it. Death is part of life and, as such, it's representative of the Mexican spirit and tradition which says: "Don't take anything lying down - even death!"

First the graves and altars are prepared by the entire family, whose members bring the departed's favorite food and drink. Candles are lit, the ancient incense copal is burned, prayers and chants for the dead are intoned and then drinks and food are consumed in a party/picnic-like atmosphere. At 6:00 pm, the bells begin to ring (every 30 seconds), summoning the dead. They ring throughout the night. At sunrise, the ringing stops and those relatives who have kept the night-long vigil, go home.

The most vivid and moving Day of the Dead celebrations take place on ths island of Janitzio in Lago de Pátzcuaro. Here, at the crack of dawn (on November 1st) the Purepechan Indians get the festivities going with a ceremonial duck hunt. At midnight, the cooked duck and other zesty edibles are brought to the cemetery in the flickering light of thousands of candles. Those visitors who come are in for an awesome spectacle as the women pray and the men chant throughout the chilly night. Other candle-lit ceremonies take place in the nearby towns of Tzintzuntzan (the ancient capital of the Purepechan people), Jaráuaro and Erongarícuaro. If you're thinking of witnessing this annual spectacle next year, it's best to make reservations right now since available hotels do fill up quickly.

This graveyard will be filled with family on Dia de los Muertos.

Editor's Note - Most of the nation celebrates El Día de los Muertos, but here's a list of Mexican cities & villages which are well-known for their observance of the celebrations; Oaxaca, Patzcuaro (Michaocan), Huejutla (State of Hidalgo), Chiapa de Corzo (Chiapas), Jesús María (Nayarit), Míxquic (Federal District) and even Tecate (Baja California). • Story compiled and written by Marvin H. Perton

EAST COAST PARANORMAL POLICE

HAUNTED

TOUR

BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT

The East Coast Paranormal Police Haunted Tour 2009 was held on Friday night the 23rd of October. The tour sold out , and a second time slot was opened up. The buses arrived at 7pm and 9pm loaged up and went on there way. Police officer Sarah Nestlen captured her audience with the stories of her experiences with the paranormal and police work. Police officer James Myers lectured on the 7pm and 9pm bus. He told the people the many facts of the historical sites in combined detail with the paranormal. Myers took his buses to Park City Hospital,Cortright Hall,A&H Building, Mt. grove cemetery,Dewey street haunting,Pequonnuck Cmetery, St. Margarets Shrine,The Thorme Street Fire House,The st. Vincent's Nursing College, St. Vincent's Hospital, the Lindley Street house,Colonial Theater,Lakeview Cemetery,GE former Remington plant,Harding High School,St. Augustine's Cemetery, Remington Arms, The Octagone House, The Poli Palace Theater,and the Burroughs Library. Myers spoke of stories about his experiences with the paranormal on and off the job. He also gave a great deal of history on the World famouse Icon Paranormal researchers Lorraine and Ed Warren. This inpart that both grew up in Bridgeport, and this is where the couple met (Colonial theater) . Myers then spoke about his experience working as a psychic photographer for Lorraine Warren and Tony Spera.

The special event of the night was the climax of the tour. This was the walking portion of the tour at the Poli Palace Theater. the team was recording through active IR cameras. they were seeing if they could capture more evidence that the complex is indeed haunted. There were many pictures and sound recordings that were made that night. These are all being analysed as we speak.

The tour then concluded at the Allen Street parking area. Overall besides a couple glitches the event went very well. We look forward to Haunted Tour 2010.

There were some issues on one of the tour buses that will be addressed by the membership , that will be corrected for further events.

The President of East Coast Paranormal Police James Myers

I would like to thanks everyone that took part in the event., and the staff of the ECPP you did a great job for the first event. We will learn from some problems that came about, in order to make future events even better .

Thank you,

Jim Myers

Cemetery skulls are human

By Michael P. Mayko
STAFF WRITER

Updated: 07/08/2009 06:07:18 PM EDT

BRIDGEPORT The Chief Medical Examiner's office confirmed Wednesday what police already suspected. The two skulls found on a newly dug Mountain Grove cemetery plot July 3 are human skulls."One skull is from a female, the other belonged to a male," said Det. Keith Bryant. "The examination also determined the skulls are quite old. That leads us to suspect that they were dug up from a grave.'Further testing is needed to determine more information about the deceased, including how old they were when they passed away and when they died.

The skulls were discovered July 3 by the family of the late Pedro Hernandez Deras, a 72-year-old Milford resident who was born in Honduras. His children had gone to the grave in which he was buried June 16, to plant flowers. There they found what they first thought to be stones lying under freshly dug dirt. They took a stick to brush the dirt away and discovered the two skulls. Inside the skulls were eight torn pieces of blood-stained paper, each containing a person's name printed in capital letters. Family members did not recognize any of the names. This discovery came on top of another on June 9 when members of the Tactical Narcotics Team raided a home on Madison Avenue. In the was basement they found an altar containing strings of beads and burning candles. On the altars a freshly butchered chicken dripping blood into a bowl and an alligator skull atop a human skull atop a goat's skull. Experts believe the skull discoveries involve some sort of ritual relating to an Afro-Caribbean religion or voodoo. Then on July 7, Stamford police began investigating the body of a child dug up from a cemetery and found in a New Jersey river."I don't know what's going on," said Bryant. "This stuff is totally out of my realm."

East Coast Paranormal Police

Investigate The USS Salem With Gavin Cromwell

July 2nd 2009 The cast of the East Coast Paranormal Police were invited by Mass. Paranormal to investigate the great ship. The invite included some of the best investigators in the area. While on board Famed Psychic Radio Paranormal personality Gavin Cromwell was giving a live radio show. The show included interviewing the head of the Mass. Paranormal Team, along with the up and coming new talents of the East Coast Paranormal Police investigation team. Gavin stressed for his audience that the ECPP has the potential to take the idea to infinite limits. They discussed the possibilities of Cromwell making some contacts in the United Kingdom for the United States Paranormal Police (ECPP) linking up with the cops of the UK. Cromwell also told Myers the head of the Paranormal Police that he can see great things coming from the team and he believes that they will get there very own TV show. The many questions asked , were answered by the team stressing their approach to the paralleling paranormal field with the law enforcement field. Myers stated " We look for the truth , using our law enforcement investigation skills, We will tell the truth , even if the person does not want to hear the truth." " That is how we were trained in police work , and that applies to the paranormal investigation approach." Gavin , plans to work with the team in the future on there up and coming projects.

The ECPP team left the radio show and it was time to investigate the ship with Gavin , the Taps home team , and the Mass. Paranormal investigation team. During the investigation there was a sense of a presence in the operating room. The name Daniel came up from one of the sensitive investigators, Little John also was a name that crossed the attention of the investigators. There was said to have been numerous deaths in the sick bay, and operating area. In the past the teams have made communication connections with a young boy. During the investigation on the 2^nd of July , the members used EMF meters , and K2 handheld scanners. The communication started to happen when the team asked about a young boy, showing the responses on the meters. Other members felt a heavy presence in the left corner of the operating room. The investigation continued as Myers and his ECPP team searched the ship from the highs to lowest points , not missing a single area. The investigators then attempted to communicate using the psychic abilities of Cromwell in the barber shop area. The night was full of great photo opportunities and a chance for the East Coast Paranormal Police to set up future appearances at a variety of up and coming events.

To give you a short history of a great ship ,The Cr-139 USS Salem . She was launched on 25 March, 1947, and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 14 May, 1949 . USS Salem served a distinguished 10 year career as flagship of the US Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean and the Second Fleet in the Atlantic. During her career the USS Salem served as host to such notables as the US Ambassador to Spain, John D. Lodge; the Honorable Thomas S. Gates, Undersecretary of the Navy; Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; the Shah of Iran; the President of Lebanon and the King and Queen of Greece.

Although Salem never fired her mighty guns in anger, her very presence served as a stimulus for peace during those troubled times that came to be called the Cold War. She served as a Lady of Diplomacy, rather than as a means of exerting brute force . Imagine a small city placed in "mothballs", stored for 35 years, and then reopened and restored to it's former glory. When USS Salem was decommissioned on 30 January, 1959 and joined the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Dwight D. Eisenhower was president of the United States..In October of 1994, Salem once again made her way north to her birthplace in Quincy, where she is now the centerpiece of the United States Naval and Shipbuilding Museum. On 14 May, 1995 - 46 years to the day since her original commissioning - Salem was re-commissioned - this time as a member of the Historic Naval Ships Association. The history of this great ship and its paranormal activity makes this a must to visit on the East Coast. When you are in the area of Quincy , Ma. Stop by and see this great historical site.

The East Coast Paranormal Police On Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures TV Show

June 23rd , 2009 , 826 Paranormal / James Myers was invited to film with the Travel Channel's Ghost Adventure TV Show. Well Known Author of the paranormal Jeff Bellinger contacted the head of the East Coast Paranormal Police about appearing on the Ghost Adventure TV show. Bellinger explained that the cast of the Travel Channel Tv show would be in Bridgeport, Connecticut to investigate the Remington Arms plant. Myers met with the cast Zak Begans, Nick Groff , and Aaron Goodwin on June 23rd. They then searched the 1867 ammunition plant , not for criminals or hidden vagrants, they were looking for the paranormal. The Remington site abandoned since the 1980's has been said to have some extreme paranormal activity. As the group walked through the complex they spoke about the tragic history that may be the reason for the disembodied voices ,and the dark shadows that pass by doorways and windows. Myers then told Zak about the young worker that was involved in the riot between the 80 Portuguese workers and the Remington security force of 20 men. The riot turned violent and the security force was out numbered , so they called in the Bridgeport Police force. This young man was the victim of a security person striking him in the head with a wooden baton . He later died from a fractured skull at Saint Vincent's Hospital. The tragedy came in all forms Myers explained that a 17 year old worker was then electrocuted on the property. Myers then told the cast that in 1942 there was a great explosion that rocked the plant and the near by neighborhood houses. The explosion was said to have been a mishap in the Remington packing facility, when a worker drove a nail into a casing of the ammunition. Seven people died and approximately 80 people were injured . Zak then asked if that was all the reported deaths, Myers said no, there was another explosion . This one not as bad as the 1942 explosion, but one worker was killed. the cast then explored the location, going to the very top of the 400 plus foot shot tower. Myers spoke to the cast about the disembodied voices that have been heard near the shot tower. He then explained that there was dark shadow figures that have been seen by police officers passing by windows and doorways of the Remington plant. Zak asked if that was all with a look of surprise that the history and claims were so rich in the could be paranormal. Myers stated that the plant has a cemetery in the middle of the property. St. Augustine's Cemetery is right across the street from the shot tower, and there are reports of a Hungarian woman being buried alive in there. The cast of the Ghost Adventure TV show will be locked in over night, they face the dangers of the paranormal along with the location of the plant. Will they find the answers to the previous unanswered question , Is The Remington Arms Plant haunted. Stay tuned and watch the results on the Travel Channel.

East Coast Paranormal Police Hit the 99.1 Rock PLR Airways With Chaz & Aj

June 9th 2009 Members of the East Coast Paranormal Police were invited to be the guests on Connecticut's number one morning show Chaz and Aj. 99.1 Rock PLr Chaz and Aj spoke with James Myers, Paul Scillia , and Rob Moccio about their new venture as a paranormal investigative team. The show was one that the members had to be very cautious about, due to the nature of the morning show. We knew that the morning crowd would be a tough audience to convince the team was investigating from the factual and not just some group put together to make headlines. Myers States " The exposure is great , but the important thing is that we are taken serious."The morning went well until Myers forgot he was on live radio and hit the "s " bomb on air. The industry has never had the chance to see real law enforcement officers looking at the paranormal. The paranormal and the police working hand and hand. With the recent outbreak of the supernatural and occult reports are alarming to the regular police ,but the ECPP is ready to uncover and help in the police investigations from a different angle. We will see what they will do, and how they will help. Stay tuned to the group , because they are here and they are not going away.

2009 11:11:46 PM EDT

BRIDGEPORT ---- When the ghosts that haunt Bridgeport's old Poli Palace theater get out of line, who you gonna call? Why the cops, of course ---- or, more specifically, the East Coast Paranormal Police.Now, the newly formed ECPP might have a shot at fame. On Monday, a TV producer was in town to shoot footage of the ghost-hunting cops in action inside the Poli Palace and Majestic theaters downtown on Main Street, two long-abandoned, historic showplaces that score high on the creepiness scale."Today, we're doing a pitch tape for a new show we have in mind," said Rob Johnson, a production coordinator for Pangolin Pictures. "We understand that the Poli Palace might be haunted and Jim Myers suspects that there might be a poltergeist here."Jim Myers, a 12-year veteran with the Bridgeport Police Department, is the man behind the ECPP, which has been getting help from one of the heavy hitters in the ghost-hunting business, famed psychic and Monroe resident Lorraine Warren. Pangolin, which has three Emmy Awards to its credit, is primarily a producer of nature films for cable networks. These include "Tarantulas: King of Spiders" and "Jaws and Claws." Johnson notes that while there are other
ghost-hunter shows, Pangolin likes the fact that Myers uses "police training" to investigate strange occurrences. "We think that's an interesting angle that will be new to paranormal shows," he said. "In 'Ghost Hunters,' they're plumbers by trade , Jim’s group all have experience and police training.

On Monday, Johnson and his assistant,Gina Fitch, were busy shooting footage of Myers and his 11-person team as they explored the dusty innards of the Poli Palace and two attached buildings, the Majestic theater and the Savoy Hotel. In 2007, the direct-to-video cop action flick starring Steven Seagal shot in downtown Bridgeport included scenes filmed at the Poli and Majestic theaters. The showcases continued screening movies sporadically into the early 1970s, long past their glory days as venues for elaborate live entertainment, and later for first-run Hollywood movies. Through the early 1950s, it wasn't unusual for movie stars to turn out on opening night to boost attendance.

While plans have been floated over the years to restore the theaters, nothing has ever become of them. Johnson hopes that the pitch tape, which will be about five minutes long, will be pedaled to the various cable networks. He said that it may take six months or longer for the channels to decide whether to proceed with the idea. "It's just a quick piece to show Jim and his team, and what they can do," Johnson said, "and to show the network what it would look like as a series."

If a network picks up the idea, the ECPP would be central to the show, which would follow the team as it checks out various reports of paranormal activity up and down the East Coast, Johnson said. Bridgeport City Historian Mary Witkowski, also interviewed Monday by Johnson, said there's no shortage of reasons why there might be strange goings-on inside the theaters. "First it could be the Golden Hill Paugusset [Indian] tribe, whose graves may have been disturbed when they built there. It could be Dutch Schultz, the rum-runner who was murdered in New Jersey ---- he did a lot of business in Bridgeport back in the 1930s. Or, it even could be Mae West ---- she had performed here, got into trouble and spent the night in jail," Witkowski said. "Maybe she wants to get back at us."Myers said he has 16 to 18 members in the ECPP, and all are trained in police work. "I actually come in here on a weekly basis because the city gave me the key, so I can keep an eye on the place," Myers said. "I've seen a couple of photos that were taken here that were pretty strange."

Myers said he has 16 to 18 members in the ECPP, and all are trained in police work. "I actually come in here on a weekly basis because the city gave me the key, so I can keep an eye on the place," Myers said. "I've seen a couple of photos that were taken here that were pretty strange."

THE EAST COAST PARANORMAL POLICE GET A BREAK

Here is a letter I recieved two weeks ago.

I am contacting you from Pangolin Pictures in New York City. We are an award winning documentary production company that has produced programs for A&E, Discovery, Biography, WE, among others. I know there has been another show recently with a similar theme to what you do, but we are interested in meeting you and your crew to discuss and potentially film a show about you. We produced the show, "Jacked" last summer on A&E about the Auto Theft Task Force in Essex/Union County New Jersey.
Please let me know if you have been approached by any other production companies and if you would like to possibly do a show with us.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to speaking with you.
Since this letter I have been in constant communications with Pangolin. We have worked out a shooting date for the pitch episode of The East Coast Paranormal Police. The crew will be in Bridgeport on May 11th and 12th to shoot the episode. The episode will have everything from scary haunted historical theaters, hotel, k-9 interaction, Lorraine Warren , Tony Spera, and the East Coast Paranormal Police Team. The team has been selected Myers, Lorraine Warren, Tony Spera,Mike,Victor,Debbie,Gino,Gabe,Gil,Aaron,Vince,Paul,Michele,Chris DeVale,Robinson,Lynn,Pete,Chris,Scilia,Sarah,And Rob. There are more names to be announced, after the first episode. The East Coast Paranormal Police T - Shirts will be on sale starting next week. Here is a sneak preview of the design

Pangolin Pictures

www.pangolinpictures.com

EAST COAST

PARANORMAL POLICE

THE JOURNEY BEGINS HERE

826 Paranormal is now the founder of the East Coast Paranormal Police. The team was formed in conjunction of the possibility of making a reality television show. After Aaron Leo a Staff Reporter for the Connecticut post did a story on Myers walking the paranormal beat , focusing in on the fact that he is a police officer taking on an unusual hobby. Well the response was incredible, and even drew attention from of the big networks on television. The networks were interested in taking the concept of looking at the unknown through a cop's eyes to the next level and developing it into a reality based show. This unfortunately did not have good timing . The word was out and the network took the idea to Chicago Police Department. This was a minor set back for the people involved in my project. We decided to get together and form what is now the East Coast Paranormal Police,Unlike most other teams we are setting out to investigate unusual and historical locations. We will only give you the truth, and not embellish any part of our investigative results just to sell a book or story. Myers will head off the group and once the team is complete, their goal is to have five investigators, five alternates, 3 Techs, and a pool of psychics,mediums,and sensitives to draw from . The response and interest has been unbelievable,That we might end up having walk ins with interested law enforcement personnel. We will also call upon the expertise of Lorraine Warren as needed. Tony Spera expressed great interest in the venture , so we look forward to having him aboard.

Myers will continues to work with the N.E.S.P.R. operated by Director Tony Spera (son-in-law to Lorraine Warren) and Lorraine Warren, investigating locations to seek answers to previously unanswered questions in the paranormal field. The bottom line is to give the truth , weather it is good or bad, the truth is what we search for. The job is to assist in anyway we can to free those persons who are suffering the pain and mental despair that comes from experimenting in occult practices and or demonic rituals.We attempt to assist in bring the innocent subjects that have fallen victim to the the evil forces that emanate from the dark side.

In this web site we will share 826 Paranormal / James Myers investigative knowledge , explain what it is like working with Lorraine Warren, and the N.E.S.P.R. The East Coast Paranormal Police team and the N.E.S.P.R. operates with many common ideas, one that takes the fore front is that knowledge as power , and power is knowledge. If used correctly this self enhanced power of knowledge can be used overcome all obstacles.Come look around and enjoy the site. If you need to contact us, go to the contact page.

Haunted In Connecticut

Film causing nightmares for homeowners
By Pat Eaton-Robb
Associated Press

SOUTHINGTON -- A Hollywood horror film that depicts the alleged haunting of a former funeral parlor in Connecticut is turning into a nightmare for the home's current owners and their neighbors.The movie, "A Haunting in Connecticut," does not open until Friday, but curious fans are already making a beeline for the Southington home that inspired the movie.

"It's just been really, really stressful," said Susan Trotta-Smith, who bought the home 10 years ago with her husband. "It's been a total change from a very quiet house in a very quiet neighborhood to looking out the window and seeing cars stopping all the time. It's been very, very stressful, and sometimes worrisome."The family has never seen anything unusual inside their two-family white wood-frame house and does not believe the property was haunted.

"It's got beautiful woodwork, and there is a nice warm feeling to the house," Trotta-Smith said. "Because it was a funeral home, the upstairs apartment is much more spacious. It's like two full houses, and it has a beautiful yard, too."The movie, starring Virginia Madsen and Kyle Gallner, is loosely based on stories that revolved around the house in the 1980s.The residents at the time, the Snedeker family, claimed their son would hear strange noises in his basement bedroom, which once held casket displays and was near the old embalming room. He also claimed to see shadows on the wall of people who were not there. A niece visiting the home said she felt hands on her body as she tried to sleep, and her covers levitated.The current owners, who rent out part of the home to another family, have removed the street number from the house and posted "no trespassing" signs. Trotta-Smith says they are concerned about the four children who live there.

"Most people are respectful. They stay on the road. They might take a picture," she said. "But we have had a few problems with people kind of rudely coming up to the door and scaring our kids, telling them the house is haunted."Police have added extra patrols to the neighborhood.

"There are creatures looming in the night but not inside the house," Southington police Sgt. Lowell DePalma said. "They happen to be people who are trespassing on the property, looking in windows and that kind of stuff. People are going to be disappointed. There are no ghosts."

Katherine Altemus, who lives across the street, shoos curious onlookers away. She believes the ghost stories were a hoax."It's disgraceful," she said. "None of the haunting took place, and now it's ruining the lives of that wonderful young family that lives there."Calls to the Snedeker family were returned by the film production company, who said they would attempt to arrange an interview.Film producer Andrew Trapani said he believed the mother, Carmen Snedeker, was very credible, and believes the film does a good job depicting what her family went through. The movie was filmed in Teulon, Manitoba.He said the names of the family and town in the film were fictionalized, in part to try and keep unwanted attention away from the real home. The Snedekers and Southington are identified on the film's Web site.

"We certainly didn't set out to upset anyone or have anyone show up at their home," he said. "I think in this case, this particular supernatural haunting had a much larger following than even I had anticipated."Trotta-Smith said she's working with the police but has no plans to put up a fence. She said she just wants a normal life in the house, but she's not sure that will be possible if the movie becomes a big hit."I'm a little worried about this Halloween because I imagine that's when they will release the DVD and get everyone worked up again."

Haunted house' was once congressman's home
By Peter Urban
STAFF WRITER

WASHINGTON -- Although he claims to just hate, hate horror flicks, Rep. Chris Murphy is anxious to see "The Haunting in Connecticut" that opens Friday.The spooky house, you see, was once his home."I lived there from December 1996 until the summer of 1998," Murphy, D-5, confessed Wednesday The movie, which stars Virginia Madsen, is based on what the film promoter claims is "a chilling true story" that charts one family's terrifying, real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural.

In 1987, a family moved into a long empty house on Meriden Avenue, in Southington, that had been a funeral home dating to the 1920s and almost immediately began experiencing "strange sounds, changes in temperature and the appearance of mysterious figures." With the help of famed demonologists, Ed and Lorraine Warren, of Monroe, the family uncovered the terrible secrets lurking in the house and confronted, according to the movie promoter, "the most shocking evil spirits ever seen in an American haunting."Fresh out of Williams College, Murphy moved into a second-floor apartment in that very house with two childhood friends -- unaware of its haunted past. They'd found the apartment through a newspaper advertisement."The rent was pretty cheap and it was gorgeous. There were hardwood floors and lots of space," Murphy recalled.

The trio thought nothing of the two large stone pillars in the front yard or the massive parking lot out back, but soon found out that the building was once a funeral home."A plumber came by the second day we were there and was looking around and saying 'Wow, I've never been in the haunted house before,'" he said."We were floored, but I don't think any of us were predisposed to believe the story," Murphy said. "None of us looked too hard for the ghosts." Indeed, Murphy said that the second floor had always been an apartment even when the funeral home operated out of the first floor and basement. They also heard from a previous tenant who claimed the ghost story was fiction and made up by the family as a rouse to get out of paying rent they owed.

"We loved that apartment. It was beautiful and the landlord was very nice. I've got nothing but good things to say about 208 Meriden Avenue," Murphy said. "I am a ghost skeptic. And, if I wasn't before living in that house I am now."His housemates -- Darren Coyle and Rob Herron, who have since moved out of state -- did have one minor scare.

They went to New Haven to listen to a talk given by the Warrens and asked them about the Southington house."The only advice they gave was that we should get out of the house immediately. That's the only thing that spooked us," Murphy said.Murphy has already watched the movie trailer and expects that the film will take great liberties with reality."The movie departs from the actual story pretty quickly," he said. "The house in the movie looks nothing like the real house."Still, Murphy plans to buy a ticket."I hate horror movies, but I feel an obligation to go see this movie," he said.

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'Haunting in Connecticut' is shockingly lame
By Colin Covert
McClatchy-Tribune

When was the last time you were truly scared by a horror movie? Not startled by loud noises and shock cuts, not grossed out by gore, but bound and gagged by fear?A superior chiller like "The Mist" or "Let the Right One In" can take your imagination hostage with compelling characters, ominous pacing and the suggestion of things unseen."The Haunting in Connecticut" operates like someone leaning in behind you and yelling. At first it makes you jump. The 200th time it's just annoying. The (allegedly true) story concerns a family that makes that classic real estate mistake, moving into a former mortuary. Teenage cancer patient Matt Campbell (Kyle Gallner) needs to be near the clinic where he's receiving experimental treatment, so mom and dad (Virginia Madsen, Martin Donovan) purchase an old dark Victorian.

When Matt experiences visions of a ghostly tormented boy, his parents consider it a side effect of his medication. A terminally ill priest (Elias Koteas) offers another suggestion: Being near death confers the ability to see spooks. As the family gropes for answers, poltergeists by the dozen attack the new tenants, and the Campbells discover that their house's history is nastier than they could've imagined.The script is as creaky as the house, clogged with unnecessary characters and here's-what's-happening talk.Madsen, a formidable actress, wrings as much variety as she can from a role that's nonstop suffering.Donovan,Quantcast an arthouse matinee idol a decade ago, underplays so furiously that he could be mistaken for one of those life-sized promotional standees in theater lobbies.The acting prize goes to Gallner (of TV's "Smallville") who captures his sickly character's physical discomfort and alienation.Director Peter Cornwell, making his feature debut, labors to create a distinctive personality for the film with disconcerting montages of funeral photographs and morbid recreations of long-ago seances. "Haunting" does add a couple of fearsome images to the fright film catalog. If you've ever wondered what a keepsake box full of severed eyelids would look like, here's your answer.

At times, however, Cornwell's effects get the better of him. A "Psycho"-inspired scene involving a haunted shower curtain inspires laughter, and ectoplasm issuing from spirit mediums' mouths looks like regurgitated bedsheets.Too often the movie goes for the easiest, cheesiest scares, the old have-stuff-jump-out-and-scare-you-with-loud-noises approach. It elicits a response, but it's as meaningless as the involuntary kick you give when the doctor hits your knee with a rubber mallet.

"The Haunting in Connecticut": 2 stars. Starring: Virginia Madsen, Martin Donovan, Kyle Gallner, Elias Koteas. Directed by: Peter Cornwell. Rated: PG-13 for some intense sequences of terror and disturbing images.
HAUNTED IN CONNECTICUT OPENS MARCH 27th 2009

The Haunting In Connecticut is a horror film based on the true story of the Snedeker family living in a former funeral home in Southington, Connecticut. The film focuses on the Snedeker family in the 1980s. The Snedekers moved into a house in Southington, Conn., and would later claim that it was plagued by some manner of demonic presence. Carmen Snedeker described the demons; "One of the demons was very thin, with high cheekbones, long black hair and pitch black eyes. Another had white hair and eyes, wore a pinstriped tuxedo, and his feet were constantly in motion." The house was examined by Ed and Lorraine Warren. The story follows that mortuary equipment was discovered in the basement, and Lorraine Warren would later state, "In the master bedroom, there was a trap door where the coffins were brought up, and during the night, you would hear that chain hoist, as if a coffin were being brought up. But when Ed went to check, there was nobody down there". Lorraine Warren has told the Associated Press that the house was cleared of any presence after a seance conducted in 1988

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'Haunting' dramatizes 1980s Southington case

Stratford man advises filmmakers on paranormal movie

By Joe Meyers
STAFF WRITER

'The Haunting in Connecticut" was filmed entirely in Canada last year, but there is still a local angle to this tale of demons and possession.John Zaffis of Stratford, who investigated the case upon which the movie is based -- along with his famous aunt and uncle, Ed and Lorraine Warren -- served as technical adviser to the film starring Virginia Madsen that opens Friday.Zaffis has been so busy with his own work -- including a speaking engagement that will take him to Gettysburg, Pa., on Friday, the movie's opening day -- that he hasn't been able to see an advance screening."It's killing me," he said in an interview last week. "I really want to see it."The names have all been changed in the movie drawn from the Southington case investigated by the Warrens and Zaffis in the summer of 1988, after Carmen Snedeker sought their help for supernatural disturbances affecting her son. It turned out that Carmen, her husband, Al, and their three children had moved into a former funeral home.

For Zaffis, this was a scary introduction to the field of paranormal research. It was the first case Zaffis worked on in which he had an encounter "with a full formed demon." "It was absolutely horrifying. I haven't seen anything else to that degree since then," the researcher added.The Southington case has already inspired a book by Ray Garton and a documentary on The Discovery Channel that was called "A Haunting in Connecticut."
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Ed Warren died in 2006 and his widow, Lorraine, was not involved with the film.Zaffis assumes the movie will take some liberties with the facts of the case. "You know how Hollywood is," he said. "I basically gave them information on my experience in the house ... the nine-and-a-half weeks of investigation."Even the two-hour documentary on The Discovery Channel shifted things around a bit for storytelling purposes. "Instead of coming down the stairs, it came up from the basement,"DISCOVERY CHANNEL Re-creation documentary about real-life haunting in Connecticut. Zaffis said of the sequence in the TV show involving the demon.

The case was a turning point for Zaffis."I made the decision not to work anymore because it scared the crap out of me," he recalled, adding that eventually he decided the only way to get a handle on his personal anxiety was to keep "looking for answers." "What causes energy to do these things? Where the heck does a spirit or soul go?" he said of two of the biggest questions faced by anyone researching the paranormal. "There is just so much we don't know. I've been doing it for 36 years and I still have so many questions," he said.The public is even more interested in the subject of ghosts and the paranormal now than it was in the 1980s. The FICTION Lionsgate films releases a fictionalized telling of the haunting this week.
Discovery Channel and other cable channels continue to produce specials and series such as "Ghost Hunters" devoted to the supernatural. "People are more eager to talk about their experiences when they see someone talking about it on television," Zaffis said."I do a lot of campus and library lectures," he said. "In the past couple of years the popularity of the subject has taken off. People are interested in it and they're talking about it. I've never been so busy."

In years past, interest in Zaffis as a lecturer would spike in the weeks leading up to Halloween."Now it's like October all year round," he said with a chuckle.

Staff writer Aaron Leo contributed to this story.

"A Haunting in Connecticut" opens nationally on Friday. John Zaffis maintains a Web site at www.johnzaffis.com

THE SKEPTICAL REPORTER
Several sources have claimed that the story of The Haunting in Connecticut is actually a fabrication. With regards to the accuracy of his portrayal of the events that the movie is based on; the writer of In A Dark Place, Ray Garton, said, "Elements of Carmen Snedeker's story clashed with elements of Al Snedeker's story, and it seemed everyone was having a problem keeping their stories straight. Frankly, I didn't notice until I had nearly finished all my interviews and began going over my notes, then I started having trouble matching up the details." When Garton approached the investigators about the inconsistencies mentioned, they told him, "make it up (the story) and make it scary."

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The Haunting in Connecticut provides palpable chills

By Katherine Monk, Canwest News ServiceMarch 26, 2009

VANCOUVER - Almost everyone, at some point or other, has felt an otherworldly presence or experienced a cold shiver for no climatic reason, because of this, the idea of a haunting will always prove a tantalizing lure for moviegoers.Even decades into the genre, after all the Amityvilles and Hill Houses and Poltergeists, there's no shortage of fresh corpses to dig up in the cellar or body parts to pierce through walls, and The Haunting in Connecticut exploits this perpetually fertile fear terrain at every turn.Allegedly based on the true story of the Snedekers, a regular American family that found itself living in a former funeral home, The Haunting in Connecticut opens with every parents' worst nightmare — a sick child.

Teenager Matt Campbell (Kyle Gallner) has been diagnosed with cancer. His loving mother Sara (Virginia Madsen) is desperate to do whatever she can to help him, despite the great expense of special treatment, but he keeps getting sicker.The family decides they should move to Connecticut to be closer to the hospital, but they can't find a good home for the right price — until they spot the creepy, ill-kept Victorian mansion in the middle of the woods.The rent is unbelievably low, and within a few moments, every member of the Campbell family — save the boozy patriarch (played with venomous verve by Martin Donovan) — moves into the home.

Matt is the first to feel the chill, and soon, he starts manifesting a slightly altered personality. The family thinks his changed mood is the result of medication and radiation, but when they start seeing and hearing strange things — such as the sight of charred human remains, a box of human eyelids and necromantic scribbles on the walls, the Campbells accept the fact they're living in a haunted house.Instead of leaving immediately, however, they decide to stick around to see if they can free the four walls from their unwanted visitors.Like all movies crafted in the twilight world between the dead and the living, The Haunting in Connecticut ramps up suspense by pulling these two dimensions as close together as possible — with Matt becoming the human junction point.
Because he's close to death, Matt can see what happened to the spirits gathered in the house, but he still doesn't understand what he's seeing until another cancer patient, a wise old priest played by Elias Koteas, starts spouting terms from the Ghostbusters glossary, such as "ectoplasm" and "possession."On screen, this translates into countless images of white-eyed corpses, a recurring spirit with a charred face, and a string of shock shots that take full advantage of inherently creepy features such as dumbwaiter's and morticians' tables.Most of it is suitably scary, but for horror to be more than a gratuitous parade of empty eye-sockets and decomposing flesh, you really have to care about the human characters at the centre of the story — and in this film, there's no shortage of emotional touchstones.

Kyle Gallner has the right mix of standoffish teen angst and boyish vulnerability to play the empathetic sick kid to a T, and thanks to Madsen's loyal mom figure who refuses to cave in to fear, the two central players deliver everything we need for the story to function: Namely, intelligence and sympathy.Director Peter Cornwell is lucky enough to have talent in every corner of the frame, and even smaller parts such as Amanda Crew's aunt Wendy and Koteas's priest bring added emotion to the mix — which turns out to be the film's saving grace because after a while, the angry corpses get a little tired for everyone.It's not that they aren't scary or anything. Any dead body that insists on face-time will set a hair on end, but fear is draining, and you can't make a successful movie that saps your audience's collective energy.Manufacturing great chills is more like a dance, where you dip and spin your partner through some horrific landscapes, but pull them back from the floor in the nick of time.

The Haunting in Connecticut hardly rewrites the book on horror, but it understands what it's supposed to be, and it concocts enough cobweb-filled frames to fill the bill with chills, ensuring anyone along for the ride will feel a hint of dread next time they head into the basement.
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