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Dateline: New Kensington, Pennsylvania    January 31, 2012

This unpublished photograph, buried for decades in the archives of the defunct Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, might be the “smoking gun” to the strange mystery of that B-25 Ghost Bomber.

Fifty-six years ago today, the World War II vintage TB-25N twin-engine bomber, serial number 44-29125, swooped from the Pennsylvania skies, narrowly missing the afternoon rush hour traffic on the Homestead High Level Bridge, and made an emergency landing on the Monongahela River and sank. Curious divers have since scoured every inch of river bottom. All they ever got was wet. Everything from crude grappling hooks to modern detection devices have been employed over the years. It was as if it never existed.

The mystery deepened when a whistle-blower confessed in 1976 that he was one of three truckers handsomely paid by the Central Intelligence Agency to secretly haul the clandestinely recovered aircraft over to the secure Nike Missile base in Oakdale, Pennsylvania during the dead of night.

The search for the truth about the fate of 44-29125 has become as much a part of Pittsburgh history and lore as the mysterious disappearance of the aircraft itself. There are troubling inconsistencies about the details and destination of the flight, as well as the actual number and identities of the personnel aboard. These conflicts appear in official military and government records, in newspaper reportage, in statements made by the survivors, and in accounts given by both rescuers and eyewitnesses.

Robert A. Goerman was the catalyst for the investigative efforts that followed on the heels of the trucker’s admission on the Perry Marshall KDKA radio program. Robert H. Johns served as Aviation Consultant.

“On one hand, we have Air Force promises that there was no secrecy here,” Goerman says, then he points out things like the testimony and obituary of towboat Captain Carol E. Long. “Honest individuals have placed federal and military authorities in places not confirmed by official records.”

This Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph newspaper photograph (identified as Plate Number G-8) was taken on January 31, 1956. The tag on the back of this print carries a very interesting comment by the photographer who is acknowledged only as Brunek: “Brass from Air Force leaving Montefiore Hospital after talking to survivors of plane crash. These men made the hospital policy of ‘to hell with newspapers’ a lot stronger.”

That visit to Montefiore Hospital by four officers is never mentioned in the official United States Air Force documentation which reads:

“31 January 1956 — Received word of a downed B-25 bomber from Base Operations approximately 1630 hours. Joined Major Pasacreta at Base Operations 1700 hours and drove to scene of aircraft accident in AF staff car. Arrived at AMOCO bulk storage plant south side Monongahela River near the Hays Street Bridge approximately 1830 hours, then proceeded to St. Joseph Hospital and interviewed M/Sgt Alleman. Returned to base.” Read the rest of this entry »

By Rosemary Ellen Guiley

FATE Consulting Editor

The horrible, demonic haunting that drove a family out of a house in Amityville, New York in 1976 ranks as one of the most famous cases in paranormal history. “The Amityville Horror,” as it is known – now a trade-marked term – has been the subject of books, sensational films – and unending lawsuits. Now, says Christopher Quarantino, one of the children involved in the case, there is much more to the story – occult practices conducted in the family — and he has decided to talk about it.

“This isn’t just me coming up with a new twist on the story,” Quaratino told FATE. “This is me telling what I really know.”

Aerieal view of former Lutz home in Amityville. From police files, courtesy of Tim Yancey.

Quaratino, forty-three, was seven years old when his family moved into the cursed house on Long Island, New York, in December 1975 with his recently wed parents, mother Kathy Lutz and stepfather George Lutz, and two siblings, Daniel, nine, and Melissa, five. All three children were Kathy’s by a previous marriage. The Lutzes purchased the empty house because it was a bargain, and they knew the reason why: In 1974, horrible murders had occurred there. A twenty-three-year-old man named Ronnie DeFeo went through the house one night with a .35-caliber rifle and shot to death his parents and four siblings while they slept in their beds. De Feo was convicted of six counts of murder and sent to prison.

Almost immediately after moving in, the Lutz family experienced oppressive and unpleasant phenomena that rapidly escalated over time.  They called in a Catholic priest to bless the home, and unknown voices told him emphatically to get out. Family members were plagued by bizarre swarms of flies, apparitions, noises, weird phenomena, nightmares and depression.

In the late afternoon of January 14, 1976, only twenty-eight days after they moved in, the family was so terrified that they left in a hurry leaving all their belongings behind, with the exception of a few changes of clothing.

The case was investigated by Hans Holzer, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren, members of the American Society for Psychical Research in New York City, and others. The Warrens pronounced the activity demonic in nature.

In the aftermath, book and film rights were sold, and the story became a best-selling sensation. Lawsuits were filed over claims and rights, and went on for years. Skeptics and debunkers criticized the case, but George and Kathy Lutz, who are both deceased now, stuck to their story to the end of their lives. Amityville became a paranormal juggernaut, generating more books and films. As the original story became exhausted, fictional elements increased.

One question often asked is, were the family members targeted as innocent victims by dark forces related to the house, the murders and even the land, or was there something more behind it all? In 2005, upon the release of a remake of the original The Amityville Horror film, Quaratino alluded to an undisclosed paranormal problem brought on by occult rituals and practices, which may have attracted dark forces that followed the family from the Amityville home. “George Lutz brought the troubles on himself (and our family) by dabbling in the occult, it wasn’t just the house that was the problem,” he said. “That’s why ‘it’ followed us.”

Some of the principals involved beyond the family, including some of the investigators, were aware of the occult practices, but the information was never widely known.

Quaratino said he felt compelled to speak out in the wake of announcements of three new Amityville sequel films by three separate movie companies, each adding twists to the story.  However, he will not discuss details while the new films are in production.

Hannibal Classics is making Amityville Legacy in 3D.  The Weinstein Company is developing The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes for theatrical release in January 2012. The Asylum will release Amityville Haunting on DVD in December 2011.  The Asylum is advertising that footage is “real.”  The theme of the film is, the family did not survive, but “recordings” did.

Qauratino said he is weary of Hollywood taking fictional liberties with the story, lives of the family, and his own experiences. He plans his own feature length film to tell the real story as he sees it, especially to a generation probably not familiar with the original case and to the masses that have before them been exposed to the story with all the inaccuracies.

He  is raising funding for his film, starting this Halloween Eve, October 30, with an online pay-per-view “fireside chat” event in which he will tell one real-life creepy story, about the “demons of his past” and his frightening experiences in his present home in Phoenix, Arizona, which seems to be haunted because of a suicide on the property.   The live webcast will air 9pm Eastern, 6pm Pacific, and will thereafter be available on demand.

Quaratino said he has challenged Hollywood that he can tell a creepier story, and is asking the public to weigh in with votes.  For more information, visit www.amityvillehorrorchallenge.com or www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Amityville-Horror-Challenge/164647713600246.

FATE has not contacted others originally involved in the case, pending further disclosures from Quarantino.

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ROSEMARY ELLEN GUILEY’S STRANGE DIMENSIONS NEWSLETTER

September 2011  www.visionaryliving.com

In this issue:  Books news… classes and workshops… upcoming events… article on a haunted mattress!

First, my prayers and thoughts go out to all who have been impacted by Hurricane Irene.  Fortunately I got through it all right here in Connecticut.

NEW BOOK: “TALKING TO THE DEAD”

My book on spirit communications, co-authored with George Noory, the host of Coast to Coast AM, is available on pre-order on amazon.com at http://amzn.to/oQwbpq.  The book will be released in October in hardcover from Tor Books.  George and I explore the technological side of spirit communications, including the “ghost box” real-time, two-way conversations.  Controversies, startling evidence, and the implications of hard proof of the afterlife are just some of the topics in this comprehensive examination of the cutting edge of paranormal research.

CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS

Due to demand, I am resuming giving classes and workshops on a variety of paranormal and spiritual topics.  For the past few years, most of my work has concentrated on research, media and conferences.  I have been getting increasing requests for teaching in different formats.  I have designed programs on angels, dreamwork, psychic and intuition skill building, fairies, meditation, Shadow People, the Djinn, psychic protection, and spirit communications.  These programs will be offered in a variety of formats and locations.  The events schedule below includes them, and of course advance listings are given on my website, also listed below. Read the rest of this entry »

STRANGE DIMENSIONS NEWSLETTER

Rosemary Ellen Guiley

August 2011

In this issue:  REINCARNATION is in the news with the Kindle release of one of my books… adventures On the Paranormal Road… upcoming events… Article on author Michael Talbot’s past-life recall that inspired his vampire novel.

I’m back in New England after an extended summer stay in the Pacific Northwest.  Just before I departed, I paid a visit to the ECETI Ranch (Enlightened Contact with Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) near Mt. Adams, located in a paranormal hot zone.  My report on that, and my interview with owner James Gilliland, will be in a future issue of Strange Dimensions.

NEW BOOK RELEASES

I have updated my book on reincarnation and republished it as an e-book titled Rosemary Ellen Guiley’s Soul Journeys: Past Lives & Reincarnation.  It is available in Kindle format only at http://amzn.to/p5sIev

The original title was Tales of Reincarnation. Robert Michael Place designed the smashing new cover from one of his spectacular Tarot cards in his Tarot of the Sevenfold Mystery.

The book has many dramatic reincarnation stories, including quite a few original ones given to me in exclusive interviews.  In addition, it provides a comprehensive, thorough examination of beliefs about reincarnation, scientific investigations, the karmic holdovers of past lives, and how the past can help us lead better lives today and build better lives for the future.  I added a new chapter on spirit communications and psychophysical research to document reincarnation. Read the rest of this entry »

Located on the West Coast, this isolated lighthouse has a beautiful story to share.

July 2011

by Rosemary Ellen Guiley

Mary Pesonen was only six months away from a brand new life, but even that short amount of time seemed too long for the pain and hopeless that had engulfed her.  Early one morning, she decided to bring an end to everything by hurling herself off a cliff into the Pacific Ocean.  Did she have second thoughts and regrets as she made her fatal plunge?  Perhaps, for her ghost is believed to haunt the grounds where she lived and died, at the North Head Lighthouse near the fishing port of Ilwaco, Washington.

The life and tragic death of Mary Watson Pesonen in 1923 caught my attention during a summer trip to the southwest Washington Coast with my sister, Linda, and brother-in-law, Ted.  Ilwaco lies near the base of a long spit of land on the north side of the immense mouth of the Columbia River, which forms the border between Washington and Oregon.  The coastal waters are treacherous and the bar has dangerous currents and sand bars.  The area is known as “the graveyard of the Read the rest of this entry »

One man’s scientific achievements making a positive difference on both sides of the veil.

June 2011
by April Slaughter

For most of you reading this blog – especially within the paranormal community – the term Instrumental Transcommunication (or ITC) will be a familiar one. To explain it in the simplest of terms, ITC is communication with ghosts/spirits via use of electronic devices. This differs from Electronic Voice Phenomenon (or EVP) in that the communication is not only heard upon playback of a session recording, but in real-time as it occurs.

Frank’s Box, the Radio Shack Hack, the MiniBox, the Ovilus, and others are among the most commonly known and referred to ITC devices in the field of paranormal research today. Over the past several years, I have collected and personally used each one of these devices in my own research.

Nearly three years ago, I was contacted by an individual by the name of Andy Coppock who had somehow come into possession of a piece of investigative equipment of mine (a K-II meter) that had gone missing. My last name was written on the device, and therefore made the search for its owner a fairly simple task. At the time, I had no idea who he was. Today, I consider him a trusted colleague and friend.

Andy is a biomedical research scientist and laser physicist currently working just outside of Los Angeles, California. His day job consists of designing neurovascular stents (for stroke therapy) and artificial heart valves, but he also happens to be an inventor of several different audio/visual devices used to capture some of the most fascinating phenomena I have ever come across in the paranormal field.

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First hand account of the mysterious Men in Black excerpted from Nick Redfern’s forthcoming book.

Raven Meindel, a cryptozoologist, writer, radio host, and Wiccan priestess who resides in Michigan and, in 2010, was featured on the History Channel’s Monster Quest series pursuing bloodthirsty werewolves, says, “I’ve been interested in paranormal things and UFOs for years, but when I got involved in doing it more seriously, with research and writing, and in a career-like manner, that’s when really strange things started to happen, including a Men in Black experience in April 2008.” Read the rest of this entry »

Biological Warfare and Animal Die Offs— Is There a Connection?

The recent wave of deaths of animals around the world – of fish, birds and hundreds of cattle – has generated a wealth of theories for the deaths that range from perfectly natural “die-offs” to a coming apocalypse of Biblical proportions, and just about anything and everything in between.

An issue that has not been addressed at length, however, is that relative to concerns that elements of the government may have with respect to these events. Is there official, behind-the-scenes worry about what is presently afoot? Very possibly.

And I say “very possibly” because Read the rest of this entry »

The power of the mind influences the way that we perceive reality and therefore remember it.

May 2011

by Robert A. Goerman

Eyewitness testimony is a common form of evidence in law and the legal system has mechanisms to test witness evidence for reliability or credibility. Examples of approaches to testing and assessment include the use of questioning, evidence of corroborating witnesses, documents, photographs or video and forensic evidence.

This testimonial evidence is sometimes also described as anecdotal evidence.

In science, anecdotal evidence is defined as casual and non-scientific observations which do not provide proof but may assist research efforts.

The formal study of eyewitness memory is usually undertaken within the broader category of cognitive processes. Cognitive processes refer to Read the rest of this entry »

In this issue: Private Session with MAX the Crystal Skull, Field Testing of New Portals Equipment at Three Chimneys B&B in New Hampshire, New Mexico Research, and New Book on Haunted Salem.

May 2011

by Rosemary Ellen Guiley

My newsletter has a new name, Strange Dimensions, and soon will have a new look as part of my ongoing efforts to bring you news and information about my work in the paranormal.

I Finally Meet an Ancient Crystal Skull

Wow, was April a fantastic and busy month!  It’s often hard for me to pick a favorite from the variety of my activities, but this time I do have to vote for my experience with the famous crystal skull, Max.  My good friends, Jayne and Chuck Feldman, who live in Maryland, host Max and his guardian, JoAnn Parks of Houston, every year for a day of Read the rest of this entry »