I See Dead People

Sometimes I wonder if people who live in houses they eventually find out they're sharing with troublesome paranormal beings ever realize how many ghosts are hanging around. This is especially true if the home has never had an in-depth, thorough cleansing. It takes a lot out of me, and my SRT crew members, also, to go in a place like this and do a good job. Talk about being "dead-ass" tired!

This was the case last week. The homeowner was totally traumatized and extremely fearful of what was going on. She'd tried to cleanse herself with sage, etc., and it hadn't worked. There were knocks, footsteps, kitchen cabinets slamming and other kitchen items sounding like they were moving around or being tossed here and there. The worst was a ball of energy that kept coming back when she was in bed, paralyzing her.

The entities were feeding off her fear, which was growing daily until I could clear my schedule and get up there. By then, the place was totally inundated.

On a side note, another thing I ran across during this situation ticked me off. Some other "supposed" paranormal team more or less shoved their way in to "investigate" the house. From what I could find out, this was a fairly "newbie" group. They tried to make the homeowner sign a four-page contract assuring no other paranormal team would come in until they were done "investigating," and "mess up their investigation." The homeowner didn't fall for it and sent them packing. However, I just wonder how many other people this team has treated like this. If anyone else encounters this, my advice is to say: "Leave me a copy of the 'contract.' I'll have my attorney look it over and get back to you." Sheesh and double sheesh.

Anyway, back to our SRT trip, about an hour and a half from my own home.

My cleansings are different from an investigation. We usually have fun amidst the seriousness during an investigation. A cleansing is totally serious; there's nothing fun at all about it. We're there to send the troublesome ghosts either into The Light or banish them from the property, so they can't continue to upset and scare the homeowner. We're there to leave peace behind.

I met two of my SRT team members there: Sarah and Floyd. They made me very proud of them. But then, my entire team is turning into the best paranormal investigators I've ever worked with. They're caring and respectful, responsible and seriously compassionate about the lost souls we deal with. I couldn't ask for any better teammates.

We accomplished our goal of peace at this home, and I didn't even try to count the number of ghosts we crossed over until the house was ghost-free. There were a couple interesting ghosts who stood out, though.

The homeowner had found a large red teddy bear and brought it home. She had a feeling herself that something just wasn't "right" about the bear. Sarah found a child attached to the bear, a child who had died from a disease. Of all the crossovers we did that day, this one gave us the most satisfaction.

There was a bench against one window. It had drawn me on my initial walk-through, and I'd already used some holy water on it. When Sarah arrived, she looked at it and remarked: "That used to be a bed. The headboard is the back of the bench. Someone made the bench from the headboard."

I could see immediately she was right. Sarah also felt a woman had died in childbirth in that bed. I sat for a minute and got the information this had happened in the 1950's. With our help, the woman severed her attachment to that bed and crossed into The Light.

When we were nearly done with the cleansing, my Lonestar Paranormal friends, James and Armando, arrived with another one of their team members. They quietly observed the rest of the ceremony, and after we did some further work outside the house, SRT left. From what I understand, Lonestar confirmed the peacefulness of the home after our departure. I also called the homeowner a couple days later. She was like a different person: calm and happy and very grateful for what we had done.

I do so enjoy using my gifts to help others, people living their lives now or lost souls who are trapped here.

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I've been watching Dead Man Talking climb the charts at Amazon this week. Thanks so much to everyone who went out and got the book, as well as my friends and fans who helped spread the word. I'm still on track to get the next volume of true ghost stories up by the first part of May, working hard. In the meantime, if you missed Dead Man Talking, I only set the price up to $.99 to introduce folks to my Dead Man Mystery Series. So you can still grab a copy for that price. I'll get it back on Nook and elsewhere as soon as my Amazon ninety days expires on May 24. However, you can still get Dead Man Haunt, my naked ghost story, and Dead Man Hand, the wild west shoot-em-up, for all e-book devices.

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Enjoy! And….

Boo!

T. M.

We had a fantastic overnight investigation April 2 at the Beckham Hotel in Mineola, Texas. I'll be writing this up for Volume V, and it will be a looooong diary. We encountered many, many ghosts and chatted with some, just glimpsed others. One of our friends from Lonestar Paranormal, Armando, had a frightening experience with a ghost on the second floor. Floyd and Sarah, SRT members, had an extremely intense session with two teenage ghosts, a brother and sister, inside the huge old vault under the stairwell. We're still reviewing evidence to see if we caught anything on film or evp, but we'll have that completed soon.

I'll also be passing along updates as I receive them, since the hotel is planning on opening for guests in September 2013. It's going to be an awesome place to stay, and the owner, Connie Meissner, is a fantastic, knowledgeable hostess. Her son, Shawn, is a really cool man, nice to be around. He joined us for most of the night, and we all enjoyed his knowledge and company. As soon as Connie's ready for reservations, I'll let y'all know how to contact her. She's restoring the hotel to its former grandeur, which you can see under all the dust and construction. There are going to be fifteen two-bedroom suites available, and the town of Mineola has wonderful little shops to browse.

Don't worry about finding food, either. The problem is choosing. Burgers at East Texas Burger Company are great. Next door to the Beckham Hotel is A Taste of Italy, where I met Laura, one of the waitresses, who I actually knew from my hometown. Talk about scrumptious Italian food and great service! Breakfast was at Taste Buds, owned by Darlena Watson. Really neat breakfast stuff on the menu and everyone was raving about how good it was. Very good coffee to wake up with, also. Plus, Aunt Belle and I communicated with the two ghosts there, identifying them for Darlena and answering some of her questions about them.

You can bet SRT has some future trips already planned, with Lonestar's James and Armando included. Seems Connie just bought another building there, a former saloon with an upstairs brothel, and we're excited about investigating that. Plus she will have a Grand Opening we will attend, and we already have plans for an post-opening investigation to see how the paranormal residents are handling folks dropping by to visit with them.

One rather interesting incident: I won't call it strange, because strange things happen all the time to Aunt Belle and me. We'll leave it at interesting. Anyway, on the walk-through at the Beckham, I ran into a ghost named Thomas. The week before, Angela, Amanda and I were meeting here at my house. I walked into the dining room, then returned to the living room, where we were sitting around.

I skidded to a halt, nearly dropping my re-filled iced tea glass. My husband wasn't home, and there were only three of us women in the house. Living souls, anyway. Over by the TV was a man. A ghost!

"Wow!" I said, and looked over at Angela and Amanda. "Did you see him?"

"Uh huh," Angela said. "It was a man."

Amanda shook her head. She's still growing, but she's showing signs that soon she'll be able to see what Angela, Aunt Belle and I do.

"Yeah, wearing a white shirt," I told Angela, who nodded a confirmation. "He's telling me his name is Thomas."

I sat back down, and a moment later, Angela laughed. "What?" I asked.

"Thomas is playing hide and seek with me," she replied. "He's over behind the TV, and he's popping his head up to look at me, then back down again."

"What's he look like?" I asked. "I saw mostly his body and clothing. He's not real tall."

"No, he's rather short. He's got a somewhat darker complexion and his hair is black and slicked back."

Thomas stayed around for a while, and we even got Raggedy Ann out, but she never lit up. Thomas seemed fascinated with Amanda, too, and even sat beside her. We did a couple evp sessions, but got nothing recognizable.

Then when we ran into the ghost named Thomas at the Beckham, Angela got the feeling he was the same Thomas as at my house. Was he visiting from Mineola when he came to see me? Maybe he'd heard we were coming out soon? I'm not sure, but he "felt" like the same ghost. We'd heard of a ghost at the Beckham who was a gambler. Supposedly, he walks around with a deck of cards in his hand. This man didn't have any cards, but his attire and hair style could have indicated that type of profession back in the early 1920's.

Then Aunt Belle showed up the day before our overnight, and we were again sitting around the living room. Someone came up behind me, a very strong presence.

"Wow," I said. "There's someone behind me and it's one of the strongest presences I've felt here in the house in a long while. Do you see it, Aunt Belle?"

At first, Aunt Belle said she didn't. Then she said, "Oh, now I see her. It's a rather small woman, maybe in her thirties."

"Are you getting her name?" I asked.

"Marie," she said firmly. "Her name is definitely Marie, and you're right. She has really strong energy." She listened a moment, then, "She's looking for Thomas. She's very serious about it. She needs to find Thomas."

We never did find out why Marie wanted to contact Thomas, but as far as I know, she wasn't successful. Thomas wasn't here that day. Or if he was, he was hiding from Marie. Maybe again playing peek-a-boo?

I didn't find Thomas among the numerous ghosts at the Beckham on the overnight investigation. Still, I was super busy that night and could have missed his communication. I also didn't make it into the room where I met Thomas during the original walk-through. Perhaps Marie finally found him and hauled him away. Who knows?

I have fun with my resident ghosts, as well as the visiting ones. And yeah, sometimes it's a little strange or … interesting.

If you're reading this Saturday before midnight, Dead Man Talking will still be free for Kindle. Go grab a copy, because at 12 midnight April 6, Amazon will remove it from free. I'm excited that a lot of people are downloading this book, since it has already climbed to #23 on the Amazon Top 100 List. Happy dance on my end!

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My Dead Man books are pretty special to me. Alice and Twila are fictional heroines based on Aunt Belle and me, and the books are set at some of the places we have actually visited. Hope you enjoy!

Boo!

T. M.