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Carol Saarimaki: I am from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. I am a journalism grad from Georgian College in Barrie, Ont., and also a Broadcasting grad from Confederation College in Thunder Bay. Most recently I am an Office Administration grad from Con. College. I began my journalism interest in high school, (several decades ago) having the opportunity to write for my school newspaper, and my city’s weekly paper, Lakehead Living. More recently I have been writing articles for The Thunder Bay Historical Museum, called Looking Back, which are published in my city’s daily newspaper, The Chronicle-Journal. In 2016, I was chosen to be a contributor in the first Scarefest literary journal, Bloodtypes, and participate on an author’s panel. I have had an interest in the paranormal since I was a child.
What does $1,237.33 US dollars, 39 people, and two ghosts have in common? Well, the long and the short of it is people were swindled out of their money by a ghost promising treasure and access to a rare elixir.
In the May 8, 1815 edition of the Kentucky Gazette, appeared an item from The Philadelphia Democratic Press, about the case of Commonwealth v. John Dady. Mr. Dady was indicted and convicted of conspiracy to cheat.
I thought, that having spent the past 25-plus years advocating, promoting, encouraging and educating about the prevention of HIV, and how important protection is, surely the subject of protection and the paranormal wouldn’t be very complex, right? Well was I wrong!
I found during my research on this subject that protection within the world of the paranormal takes on a whole new meaning, one filled with wide-ranging theories and perspectives. The rites and rituals practiced by investigators are as varied as the investigators themselves. Read more