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PARANORMAL RONIN SHOP

Welcome to the Shop. New items will be added all the time.

Each Month, some proceeds will be going to support a different charity. Each purchase will come with what charity your purchase will help support. Example: St. Jude's children's hospital The Other half of the proceeds goes to support paranormal research.


While the store is under constructions, all orders can be placed at jrockusradio@gmail.com and payments made through paypal.

BOOK: Ghost in the Coal Cellar -  on sale for $10 (Shipping $5)
 

The spirit world can be heartwarming, intriguing, and frightening. Follow the Paranormal Ronin on actual cases from mysterious lights to a dark entity.

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CD: Paranormal 101 - $10 (Shipping $3.50)


1 hour and 16 minutes of an introduction into the paranormal, the types of hauntings, and examples of EVPs from the perspective of Andrea Mesich, the Paranormal Ronin - author of "Ghost in the Coal Cellar". Great to have on hand if you're interested in the paranormal, are looking to become an investigator, or are afflicted by paranormal issues.
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SHIRT - Paranormal Ronin Team Shirt

T-Shirts - Short sleeve unisex, Men's fitted, Women's fitted, sleeveless - Round neck or V-Neck S-XL $20 2X+ $25 ($8.00 shipping)

T-Shirts - Long Sleeves - S-XL $25 2X+ $30 (Shipping $8)

Sweatshirts - pullover - S-XL $30 2x+ $35 (Shipping $10)

T-SHIRT COLORS AVAILABLE IN GREY, PINK, BLACK


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Ghost Tour shirts - 

Paranormal Ronin Ghost Tours is currently hosting tours and private investigations at the historic Wakefield Museum in Wakefield, MI. More locations will be added soon. If you have been on the tour or plan on attending the tour/investigation, pick up this tee as a souvenir.


T-Shirts - Short sleeve unisex, Men's fitted, Women's fitted, sleeveless - Round neck or V-Neck S-XL $20 2X+ $25 ($8.00 shipping)

T-Shirts - Long Sleeves - S-XL $25 2X+ $30 (Shipping $8)

Sweatshirts - pullover - S-XL $30 2x+ $35 (Shipping $10)

T-SHIRT COLORS AVAILABLE IN GREY, PINK, BLACK

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Baseball Caps (one size fits all) - In both Team and Tour designs... $10 (shipping $6)





SUPPORT RIBBONS OPTIONAL - Available upon request. Most common:

Pink for breast Cancer

Pink, Yellow, Blue for all cancers 

Purple for Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolisms

Red for Heart disease.

Orange with paw print for animal rights


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Please make us aware of whether or not you want a support ribbon added to your shirts or hats.

These products are made upon order. Shipping could take 7-10 days

Ghost Tours

Tickets are $20

The Upper Peninsula of Michigan is a beautiful place full of wonder. Waterfalls, endless lakes, great fishing, camping, hiking trails, winter sports... it's also home to unique places like The Mystery Spot, Da Yooper Tourist Trap, you can step back in time to the 1800s and visit the beautiful (and Haunted) Mackinac Island, or visit the mysterious Paulding Lights.

Now you can also take a ghost tour at the haunted Wakefield Historic Museum in Wakefield, MI... Investigated extensively by myself and 3 different teams I partnered with... this is an interestingly active location. Come learn the tools of the paranormal investigation trade, and see what evidence you can walk away with. Bring your own equipment, or leave your email to receive copies of any evidence found. 

Some proceeds of ticket sales will be donated to the museum and a no-kill animal shelter called HOPE. Tickets are by reservation only, no walk-ins.

Tours have started. They run every Friday from now till the 2nd Friday in August. More dates may be added starting September - October. However that is not a guarantee, so if you want to go on a tour, be sure to call and arrange your reservations.

Come for the beauty of the Upper Peninsula by day... stay for the hauntings at night. Just be careful if you come camping. Bigfoot has been seen all over the UP in recent years.


 

Hats and shirts are available for order. Email jrockusradio@gmail.com 

Include size, shirt/lettering color, and style (if a t-shirt)


Hats are $12.00 + 6 shipping

Shirts are $20 for S-XL, and $25 for 2X+

Sweatshirts, hoodies and long sleeve tees are available. Prices vary. 

You can also choose to add a "support ribbon" to show support for various causes.

(Example: On my sleeve I have a purple ribbon for DVT/PE (bloodclot) awareness since I am a survivor of both DVT and PE)

Again, some proceeds will be donated to various charities. 


  

Exorcism Live

No Grade

 So, this was a much highly hyped Halloween special. Exorcism LIVE at the "Exorcist House".

"The Exorcist" is a popular horror movie that defined not only the horror genre, but also brought to light a very real phenomenon. Demonic Possession and the Roman Catholic Rite of Exorcism. The ultimate fight between good and evil.

Of course the movie does a lot of exaggerating... but the battle is very real, sometimes very violent and dangerous. A lot of supernatural phenomenon will occur during an exorcism (levitation, unnatural voices coming from the possessed, things moving on their own, unnatural strength of the possessed). 

Besides the fact it brings actual demonic possessions to light... it's based on a REAL case. 

Roland Doe AKA the Haunted Boy, was the inspiration for the movie. He was the inspiration for Linda Blair's character Regan. It is said the author of the book "The Exorcist" that proceeded the movie, spoke to the priest who performed the exorcisms of Roland Doe, and to protect Roland Doe (who went on to lead a normal life when free from the evil), they changed the boy to a girl and of course changed some of the story.

Now, If you want to know more about Roland Doe, I would highly highly recommend "The Haunted Boy" by the Booth Brothers. 

It is a chilling and accurate look at the actual case, and of the places that were effected by the case. The house, the church, the hospital. They speak to those who know the case and do investigations.

You can get the DVD from their website SpookedTV.com

You can also get it for instant download or on DVD from Amazon.com

I Highly recommend this documentary if you're looking for the truth about the Exorcism of Ronald Doe.

Christopher Saint Booth also has a book out called "the Exorcist Diary" which speaks of the actual diary found about the real case of the exorcism of Roland Doe. (Thanks to Christopher Booth who has promised to hold a copy for me until Pay Day.)

Anyway

Okay - now that I've gone through all of that, lets get to The Exorcism Live.

This show mainly features Chip Coffey - a psychic medium most famous for his shows "Paranormal State" and "Psychic kids", the crew of Ghost Asylum and Bishop James Long.

It was misconstrued that this was sanctioned by the Catholic Church.  It was not by the Roman Catholic Church. In fact, the Roman Catholic church admonished this event as playing with evil for entertainment. 

Bishop Long is from a group called the "Old Catholic Church", which is not related to the Roman Catholic church. The Old Catholic church separated from the Roman Catholic Church over certain doctrines, including papal authority. They are not in union with the Holy Sea. 

So that was a media misrepresentation.

There were many issues with this particular production. For one... the commercial time was ridiculous. It was a 2 hour show... but the commercial cut that time in half, so it felt extremely rushed. You just don't rush an alleged exorcism. This should have been a limited commercial event. Charge the clients more for the ad space. They would have paid because with limited space had it been limited commercials, they'd have wanted to be one of the few that got on... so money would still be made.

Another problem with the Exorcism of that particular house... they got a LOT of the history wrong. For example: They believe the boy became possessed after using the Ouija Board and participating in seances at that house. The seances did NOT happen at that house as claimed. There were a few other inconsistencies they obviously did not fact check.

Then we had the investigation itself. I've never had Destination America until yesterday. just purchased the tier it was on for my cable program. So I'm not familiar with Ghost Asylum. All I know, they talked waaaaaayyyyyy too much. In fact, at one point, they even claim they heard a disembodied voice telling them to "shush". I joked that it was my psychic energy reaching out to them through the television.

They talked so much I couldn't understand how they kept hearing things. They'd talk among themselves, they would ask question, then immediately ask another or talk to each other without giving a spirit time to reply... yet amazingly they kept hearing things.

Another issue I had was the fact that in the dining room, their K-IIs and Mels kept going off immediately in the same place every time. I didn't see them do baseline readings of the home before hand (unless it was done off camera) so I'm a little surprised and disappointed they didn't think of looking at the lighting fixture above them to see if it were natural EMF from the wiring of the fixture.

Another thing that bothered me was the use of a Ouija board and Seance at the location where they claim demons are inhabiting. Um... did you even read the history of this case??? it's believed that the Ouija and Seances CAUSED the possession, and you're bringing that crap there??

The main exorcism of Roland Doe happened at a Church and Hospital. In fact, the demon was expelled at the now destroyed hospital... while there was an exorcism in that house of Roland, he was not rid of the demons there. The demons followed him until he was rid of them at the hospital after the final exorcism. In fact, at that hospital, once it was demolished, the concrete part of what what became a parking lot, under where the room of Roland use to be, cracked and no repairs have been successful to that area.

I can't remember if that was properly explained. 

That said, the actual exorcism - well, that seemed called in to be honest. Chip Coffey walked around with a Crucifix, and Bishop Long repeating the Our Father and Hail Mary over and over, occasionally expelling evil spirits in the name of Jesus Christ and sprinkling Holy Water.

now, I've participated in house cleansings to rid evil spirits, and not only do they last much longer than this lasted (in fact, a real cleansing of a home would have probably taken about the whole special)... they were much more involved.

Briefly: (this is not all that is involved) there are special prayers said in each room - each corner of the room is blessed with holy water, the room is anointed with holy oil above the door and on the windows, the evil spirit is compelled to leave the room for a special room in the home. (in the last cleansing I assisted in, the exorcist, a Roman Catholic Priest, admonished the spirit to the basement.)

This was repeated in every room of the house. Bathrooms, bedrooms, hallways, entry ways, attics, living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens. Then he wound go to the room in which he has forced the spirit or spirits (in my last case, the basement) and perform the final right of exorcism to expel the spirit/spirits back to hell... and free the spirits who died in God's grace to where they belong. (Purgatory for further purification, or straight to Heaven.)

Windows, cabinets, and even the outside of the home is blessed and cleansed. During a Roman Catholic Rite, the priests have placed Medals of St. Benedict in entryways, over windows, as protection against evil spirits reentering. (St. Benedict is the patron Saint of exorcists.) 

The last time I was involved in a cleansing, we prayed a divine mercy chaplet once the Rite was completed. Sometimes the Rite needs to be performed more than once, sometimes if it is a lesser Demon on the demonic hierarchy, once is sufficient.

It is a long process (sometimes dictated by the size of the house and the seriousness of the infestation) that often leaves a priest quite spent by the end. I only participated in the prayers of cleansing, and after I was exhausted. The effects can be long lasting too.

I am not familiar with the Rite of exorcism of the Old Catholic Church... but from the Booth Brothers Documentary... I would assume it's not much different from the Roman Catholic ritual, especially, as Long claims in the documentary "Haunted Boy", he actually studied to become a Roman Catholic priest and studied the Rite of exorcism. In fact, Long mentions the process on "the Haunted Boy"

So how this came about... I have no clue... bit it was merely a blessing of a home - It wasn't even a blessing, because again, they did not appear to enter each room, as is normal even with a regular blessing. I don't believe they entered the attic during the "exorcism" part. This was Live, so it wasn't as if it was edited to fit into the allotted time slot where parts are cut out (minus what went on during commercials. Even with commercials though, it was awfully short for a cleansing.)

It was nowhere near involved enough to be an actual cleansing of evil spirits. Not the type used in an actual case of demonic hauntings. It just felt all for show.

And, nothing really happened except what I'd call "Personal experiences" because significant happened for the audience to see. Some believe they saw or heard things... but I didn't see anything personally that could be explained as supernatural, or if it were... that it was demonic in nature. 

Although, I keep saying, they were playing with fire. Doing something like this, so publicly, going as far as to do seances using a Ouija board... wouldn't be surprised if an evil spirit took that as a challenge.

Oh speaking of that... they kept talking about the flickering candle during the seance... CANDLE FLAMES AREN'T STATIONARY. They FLICKER. No they don't always all flicker the same. Sometimes one reacts more dramatically than others for various reasons. That is NOT evidence.

That said

I felt it was quite a dangerous stunt. Basically a "mock exorcism" for entertainment purposes because it's Halloween... a seance using a Ouija board in the house where a possessed boy (possessed after participating in seances using Ouija boards mind you) lived... 

it's a recipe for trouble. The biggest reason the Roman Catholic Church admonished this event was because - they're playing with fire at the expense of those that own that house, and reside in that neighborhood.

I was not impressed. From citing wrong historical facts, to a sloppy, rushed investigation, to a quick blessing of the home...

Meh. 

Again - get "Haunted Boy" on DVD or Instant Download - Buy a copy of "The Exorcist Diary" and get a real feel for the real story. Unlike this debacle... The Booth Brothers won't let you down.

Speaking of... I was shocked that they brought Christoper Saint Booth all the way there - only to talk to him for not even 3 minutes on air. And considering the Booth Brothers did all the research about this case for the book and documentary of theirs... why they didn't consult them about the facts so they wouldn't have so many glaring errors, is beyond me. 

It reminds me of my "Strangest Weather on Earth" disaster. They filmed me for 2 hours in the freezing cold, to use 10 seconds of footage... and then went on to just destroy the truth about the Paulding Lights.

Bah, 

Anyway. 

That's it. 

If you want to, feel free to watch it anyway if it ever replays.

I didn't grade this because I just didn't feel it added anything to the paranormal community, to the case of Roland Doe and to explaining the Rite of exorcism. 

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Insidious 3 Review

B+/A-


Insidious 3 was pretty good. (Spoilers)


It kind of brings everyone full circle. It explains that Elise (the psychic) predicted the events of her death in the first movie... she knew how she would die and by whom. It also showed how she came to know Specs and Tucker. There's even a cameo by Darth Maul (who is the main demon in Insidious 1 - you'll get the Darth Maul joke if you see the first Insidious.) lol

The movie was okay. if I had to rate the three films... I'd say:

1st - First movie
2nd - Third installment
3rd - Second chapter

They were all good in their own ways, but I feel 1 and 3 have a level of believability to it, where as the 2nd chapter kind of had a typical Hollywood feel. Though still done well, I wish it had the same flare the first movie had.

This 3rd installment was pretty good though, but it wasn't perfect.

It seemed a little rushed. Instead of giving you a taste of who the characters were... it just jumped right into the haunting. You never got a chance to really care about the characters. Elise, Specs and Tucker, sure - because they were from the other 2 installments... but the main family - no. Like the boy who lived next door that had an obvious crush on the main girl... he basically disappears as we start getting into the action - where any other movie would have thrown him into a "This is the girl I love, I'll help her" kind of role.

So that was a bit disappointing. However, when Elise was part of the movie, and we saw her back history, and got a glimpse into her future, and why she does what she does... it was interesting and entertaining.

I'm hoping next installment (if there is an Insidious 4) they go all out and not rush things. Give us a chance to get to know the characters, so what if the movie is 2 hours instead of 1:37?

It is still a solid movie and I enjoyed it a lot more than "Spy" which I saw the day before. "Spy" wasn't bad... it was just a lot of good jokes mixed in some really bad, unnecessary jokes and way too much swearing. Even rappers don't swear that much on their explicit lyrics albums. lol

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Poltergeist Review

Poltergeist Remake

B/B+



Remakes. They're not always a good idea.

But sometimes they're not as bad as you think either.

Poltergeist was okay as far as remakes go.

The 3D made me feel dizzy. It didn't work out that well. The parts that would have rocked in 3D were poorly handled. There was one scene where something breaks apart and is suppose to look like it's coming at you... but it instead became blurry specks.

The movie itself was pretty good... didn't have the charm of the original... but it was a decent movie.
(A few small spoilers without giving much away... If you know Poltergeist, there aren't too many surprises.)

There were a few things that were slight issues for me... for example: You'd think the family would have a much wider range of emotion, but even when the "father" had tears in his eyes it just didn't seem right. It was like his face was saying "emotionless" but his eyes were saying "emotion". A lot of scenes were like that with various actors. Dunno.

Then there's a scene when the little girl is "taken", the next morning the mom is in her robe casually walking out to meet the guy whose going to help get Maddy back, while the little boy (who was terrified of a squirrel and a clown doll mind you) calmly played with a drone. It's like... where's the panic? the kid panicked about a nightlight, but he's playing with his drone and mom is having a cup of coffee, while Maddy has been kidnapped by the Poltergeist!!?? K.

but all in all I say it was a pretty okay movie. I'd give it a strong B. Visually it was well done... storyline it was fairly close to the original... there was no gratuitous gore or violence or sex. That's something I like about horror movies like Poltergeist or Annabelle or The Conjuring... it's a psychological thriller that scares you with real scare tactics instead of slathering it with shock value tactics, cheapening the story.

The kids were pretty good actors for their age... and I liked Jared Harris' character of Carrigan. Carrigan replaces the character of Tangina played by the late Zelda Rubinstein. His character is a charismatic paranormal reality show celebrity who cleanses houses of evil spirits. I kind of wish his character was more present in the movie. He came in half way to the end. His character and the parapsycologists were very interesting characters. The one thing I did find odd however, was that the elder sister, who is a fan of Carrigan, and the brother were more interested in Carrigan's war wounds than panicked over the loss of their sister. Yet again - it seemed like they were too calm. The girl even seemed excited when she saw Carrigan show up uttering, "No... Way..." with a smile. Um... baby sister in danger, anyone? anyone?

All in all however, a decent movie if you don't spend too much time comparing it to the original. All things considered, as far as remakes go, this was fairly acceptable.

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Annabelle Review

Annabelle

A+


Annabelle is a prequel to "The Conjuring". It takes place before the Annabelle comes into the hands of famous paranormal researchers - Ed and Lorraine Warren.

As those of us in the paranormal field know... Annabelle is based on a true story of a Raggedy Ann doll that had a demonic possession. The doll was purchased at a thrift store by a nursing student's mother as a gift for her daughter's apartment... and that is where she started wreaking havoc on the nursing student and her roommates. Moving around, bleeding.. the demon even posed as a little girl in order to get the nursing student to invite "her" to stay with them... which is how the demon was able to do it's worst.

The story of Annabelle from the movie is a fictionalized account of where Annabelle came from before she got into the hands of the nursing student and her roommates.

Warning: This review contains spoilers

There is a young couple named John and Mia, who are expecting their first child. Mia collects creepy looking dolls, (well creepy to me), but one specific one has eluded her. As a gift for his expectant wife... John finds and buys the exact doll she's been looking for that completes her collection.

Their neighbors have a daughter (Annabelle Higgins) who disappeared to join a Charlie Manson type cult who worship demons. She and her boyfriend return to the house and killed her parents in a ritualistic fashion. hearing the commotion, John and Mia run to find their neighbors dead and Mia returns to call the police... and Annabelle has gotten into her house and attacks her. John and the police are able to kill Annabelle's boyfriend. Annabelle dies after slitting her own throat and using the blood to draw the symbol of the ram... which is used to summon evil. As she dies, her blood drips onto the doll, which she is seen holding.

From there we pretty much know the story. Demon attaches to the doll... the doll is thrown away but keeps coming back, it moves from room to room, is found rocking on a rocking chair... and then bad things start to happen. The demon attached to the doll causes a fire... taunts Mia by making the baby appear to disappear, even telling her the only way to stop everything is to sacrifice her soul.

Now onto the review

I actually found this movie to be pretty good. It's a psychological thriller more than a "horror" movie. There is no gore, no gratuitous sex, no excessive swearing... nothing really used for "shock" value. It moves forward solely based on the writing, acting, and plot of the movie. I personally like that. I am not interested in a bunch of hormonal teenagers' sex lives... I'm not a big fan of excessive use of gore... I find gore nauseating rather than scary... I enjoy the nervous feeling of anticipating what is going to jump out when they open the closet - only to breath a sigh of relief that nothing jumped out - only for something to happen when I was calm and not expecting it.

so it was nice to see a horror movie that relied on storytelling rather than shock value.

The story was pretty solid - While we don't know how Annabelle came to be - we only know the story after the nursing student's mother bought the doll from the thrift store - the story cultivated here is pretty plausible in realm of what could happen in the paranormal with demonic infestation... and they keep it relevant as in, they don't take too many liberties that violate the canon of the actual story.

I really enjoy this movie. I just wish Ed and Lorraine Warren, played by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga, were a part of the movie. I am hoping they make a sequel to the prequel which will actually take a deeper look at the actual story of the haunting of Annabelle that we know to be true, from the perspective of the nursing students and the Warrens who came in to help them.

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Investigations

INVESTIGATIONS

I am compiling some of my investigations together for you. Please be patient as this sometimes takes a while.

MISSION POINT RESORT - 2nd Investigation

more coming soon

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