Cookeville Ghost Hunters

09/02/2024

Loved my time at Waverly Hills.

08/29/2024

An awesome shoutout to the podcast from the page “Hipper Cookeville”!

08/18/2024

I’m truly grateful for us having come this far: over 300 followers. I would like to thank every follower, as well as welcome our new followers!

07/25/2024

It’s been a while since I’ve posted an educational topic, and the primary reason for my absence is that I’ve been deeply engrossed in writing a book—a culmination of three years of research on a specific subject. During this time, I have also been studying the fascinating world of magick under the guidance of my mentor. Today, I want to delve into an intriguing discussion about the differences between Magic and Magick.

Many people lump everything together under the term “magic,” but this isn’t accurate. Magic (spelled without a ‘k’) refers to performances like card tricks or illusions—essentially, entertainment acts like those of David Copperfield. It’s all about creating wonder and amusement.

On the other hand, Magick (spelled with a ‘k’) is something entirely different. Magick is the highest, most absolute form of divine knowledge rooted in natural philosophy. It encompasses natural laws (distinct from legal laws) such as World-Views and Synchronicity. Under the umbrella of magick, we find rituals that include the Eucharist from Catholicism and Communion. Furthermore, authentic divination, in its original form, is also considered a form of magick.

It’s important to understand that magick is neither inherently good nor evil. It does not align itself with one side or the other. Instead, it is a neutral force that can be harnessed by practitioners for either benevolent or malevolent purposes.

If you’re interested in exploring this fascinating subject further, or if you’re curious about other topics, feel free to follow the link below. Not only will you have the opportunity to study various subjects, but you’ll also be supporting a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping others:

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06/30/2024

I had the privilege of investigating with 𝕲𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝕿𝖊𝖓𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖊𝖊 at the Thomas House yesterday. We had a lot of activity, and captured one of the best EVPs I’ve heard.

Shoutout to members Bruce and Sheila!

06/28/2024

I saw this from another paranormal group.

06/04/2024

Here’s a good read from my mentor on demonology and demonic possession. I’d highly recommend it:

Evil is more than a figment of the imagination but a real concept

05/21/2024

I’m very excited for the progress going on at the Gaines House. If you haven’t investigated there and want to; I’d highly recommend getting in touch with April through her Curious Things Investigations page to schedule your investigation!

05/10/2024

Here’s something I don’t think I have addressed yet, at least in detail. It’s something that every investigator encounters, and it also sparks debates that still go on to this day. And that is the topic of orbs.

Orbs, or at least the authentic ones, are a spirit’s attempt at manifesting or establishing energetic cohesion. The vast majority of ‘orbs’ captured on film however, can be explained away as dust or insects or other anomalies.

There was a case we had assisted with in the past where the client sent numerous ‘orb’ videos, which is no exaggeration. Of the multiple videos (I would say between 15-20 that I personally watched), maybe only 1 caught my attention that required further investigation.

So how can you tell the difference between a genuine orb anomaly and dust/insects? Generally speaking if you pay close attention, you can see that the ‘orb’ isn’t really so much an orb, but a partial apparition. Almost always, a genuine orb manifestation is part of a greater whole. If an orb is perfectly round or out of focus- I would be led to believe it’s just an insect, dust, etc.

A rule of thumb that I follow when it comes to ‘orb’ evidence: if the anomaly appears off screen, and flies or darts off screen, then I would write that off as an insect or dust. If however, I can clearly see the anomaly appear on screen and has a type of shimmer effect, and disappears on screen: that will catch my attention to further analyze the video. I will call it a genuine orb manifestation only after I’ve exhausted all means to debunk it.

04/26/2024

There are many things I’ve learned on this journey of researching the paranormal. There are something’s I’ve gotten right, and something’s I’ve gotten wrong. With studying this field, it’s a lot like science; the understanding of something changes overtime. So today, I want to correct a position I’ve had since I started investigating, and that has to do with ouija boards.

For the past 2 and a half years, I’d often be asked what the difference was between dowsing and using an ouija board. I would respond with by dowsing, you’re essentially communicating with what’s already there, while an ouija board: you are summoning. After taking part in the previous episode of Vestiges After Dark, along with multiple questions and discussions with my mentor, and my own private research; I have concluded that I was wrong. Essentially there is no difference between the two.

While the tools themselves are different, the application or usage of them are not. What my research has concluded is you’re actually communicating with your subconscious when using either device (at this point in my research, I will not say that is the case 100% of the time. Just the vast majority). I’ve dowsed for just about my entire time as an investigator. I’ve demonstrated to several people, and many get excited or are surprised. But when ouija boards are discussed: instant fear.

Not to quote verbatim from the show, but it takes a person with spiritual, emotional and mental maturity to use these tools, including ouija boards. If you have those qualities, the chances of you having a positive session are much greater than those who lack them (especially lacking in the spiritual department). And fear also plays a factor. If you have all those qualities, and you do not fear an ouija board (and you don’t act like a fool), then your session generally will be positive.

04/12/2024

I’ve published several posts about possessions, but none specifically about what I’m about to discuss: the details behind possession. What people call ‘possession’ is actually the negative aspect of a more broad phenomena. This phenomena is more accurately called ‘archetypal possession’, and is far more common than what you might think.

A religious example of the positive aspect of archetypal possession is in the Catholic faith, during the Sacrament of Reconciliation/Confession, the priest acts ‘in persona Christi’. If you talk with a priest who takes part during this sacrament, it’s an overall consensus that they typically don’t remember the transgressions of the individual, because it wasn’t “them” during the process. A non-religious example would be method acting. The first actor that comes to my mind when talking about archetypal possession would be Heath Ledger when he played the Joker in the Dark Knight. Reading about behind the scenes footage, and how Ledger would lock himself in his hotel room days to weeks on end to prepare for the role would be a prime example of archetypal possession.

If anyone is interested in learning more about possessions, we will be discussing possession movies, debunking what they get wrong, and talking more in depth about the process and what all happens this coming Tuesday on Vestiges After Dark at 7p central/8p eastern.

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04/05/2024

The past couple weeks, I’ve been watching possession movies and taking notes for an upcoming episode of Vestiges After Dark where we will discuss what actually happens during possessions, and debunking several things that Hollywood has inserted in many movies. So today I wanted to discuss 2 things in particular.

The first is a question I’ve answered in the past, but now I can answer it in my own words. That question being “can watching paranormal tv programs conjure demons in my home?”. The answer is no. As of this post, I’ve researched 11 different possession movies, and I’ve yet to conjure one demon in my apartment. It isn’t the program, but the fear people have of the program, that has the ability to conjure demons.

The second thing; out of 11 possession movies, only 1 has the demon possess the victim by means of an ouija board. I won’t reveal which movies I’ve researched until Vestiges goes live on Tuesday, April 16th. The reason I mention this is because according to the research we’ve conducted, it seems like a plausible theory that when using a ouija board, you aren’t actually communicating with spirits, but instead your subconscious. When a person gets possessed from an ouija board, it seems the person is possessed by their own inner demons.

More research is needed before I am 100% convinced. But if this is the case, you aren’t communicating with your grandparents, for example, but your subconscious memory of them. Likewise, you aren’t communicating with an ancient demon from a different culture across the ocean, but one of your internal demons (such as lust, anger, etc). And if you aren’t mentally, physically, and spiritually strong enough, it’s quite possible your internal demons will take over (aka: possession).

03/29/2024

Today’s topic is quite an interesting one, as many people would have to rethink about what they understand the paranormal to be, and that is a dybbuk.

“Dybbuk” is essentially the Jewish term for what we would call a wrathful spirit. While I’ve posted a few times about wrathful spirits, what makes Dybbuks more interesting is how Jewish priests resolve a problem where a dybbuk is involved. Often times, a rabbi has to negotiate with a dybbuk.

“A rabbi who is specially trained and commissioned to perform exorcism, employs a series of various rites that make known whatever unresolved issues the spirit has while the rabbi makes assurances to rectify them if the spirit leaves.”

Here’s the part I was referring to in the first paragraph. There are two main camps of belief when it comes to this specific topic. One camp believes that ghosts can come back from which ever afterlife they’re in. The other camp, which is mostly made up of those with the Christian belief, believe that there is no coming back once one dies. And this second belief is used to ‘confirm’ that all ghosts are really demons.

To an extent; the second camp would be correct. Those who have passed on, cannot come back. However, that doesn’t always mean everything is demonic. Often times, the deceased never left which is exactly what the Wrathful Spirit is.

Every culture I’ve researched understands death to be a process (Buddhism being one of the more excellent ways to understand death). In my personal life, only a few denominations found within the protestant belief hold that a person “ instantly” goes to heaven or hell, which is not true. The process of death involves the deceased being given time to release themselves from earthly attachments (Buddhism requires a minimum of 3 days minimum for this to happen).

03/22/2024

When someone says that something is demonic, what do they mean? What does ‘demonic’ even mean? Given that I am not only a student under an exorcist Bishop, but am also taking steps to be ordained into the minor order of exorcist within the church; I would be expected to know what ‘demonic’ means.

I will start this by saying people who use the word ‘demonic’ seem to not understand what the word means, given how they use the word in certain contexts. I came across some people who held the belief that yoga is demonic. Their reasoning was that “it has middle eastern ties to worship of false deities. The poses are open doorways for the ‘gods’ to enter into your body” (copy/pasted).

When you search up ‘demonic’ on Google, it will say “of resembling or characteristics of demons or evil spirits”. While that definition isn’t wrong, I personally would say that’s a pre-K/Kindergarten level understanding of what ‘demonic’ means. More accurately, demonic would be defined as “personifications of the Reabsorption Principle distilled through the fallen nature of mankind”. Energy aligned with the Reabsorption principle; we would call demons ONLY when filtered through what’s called our ‘Yetzer hara’ (Judaism defines this as humanity’s inclination to do wrong).

To accurately understand what demons are (as I’ve said many times), one has to understand the cosmic functions that are the Creative and Reabsorption principles. Things like yoga could be considered occult-like in nature, but occult does not equal demonic. Tarot cards would be another example of occult in nature, but not demonic. And as I’ve said before; it also has a lot to do with your intention. Would you take part in yoga to worship “false deities” as this person claimed, or because of its many, scientifically proven, health benefits?

And we cannot forget the post from a couple weeks ago, that the word ‘demon’ (“δαίμων“) evolved throughout history, having originally been used to speak of gods, guardian spirits, ghosts, etc. So if an exorcist, who deals with demons more commonly than the average person, doesn’t say things like yoga are demonic: I would take their word over someone else’s.

03/17/2024

So Is this a way to basically say that everything leads to demonic possession? If so, that’s not entirely correct 🤔

Comment below on which one blows your mind 😉

(I do not own this, thank God)

03/15/2024

Out of all the equipment and investigator can use, one I would consider to not be fully known or understood is dowsing rods. While the history of dowsing rods goes back to at least 400 BC. Many use these instruments to find underground sources of water (commonly known as ‘water witching’), and in the 15th century, the Roman Catholic Church saw the dowsing rods as ‘the work of the devil’, and so it was outlawed.

How exactly does this equipment work? One of the few experiments we’re conducting actually involves dowsing rods. Many that attempt to debunk dowsing say the same affect used to explain ouija boards is at play; where the body makes small movements that the person is unaware of, thinking it’s a spirit moving it rather than the person themselves. But what is interesting is the current results of our experiment that we’re conducting may say something different.

The experiment I am referring to, is by having one person dowse, and have another person ask a question. However: the person asking the question asks it in their mind, and see how the dowsing rods respond. This is something we’ve been trying recently, and it seems we have a decent success rate. We are at the part in our experiment where we’re trying to come up with a logical explanation as to how the dowser can accurately answer a question that is never asked out loud.

As we continue with this experiment, we would like to eventually go live and show people.

03/14/2024

So that’s pretty cool! It’s been quite a while since I paid our TikTok any attention (I’ve been distracted with other things, research and investigating), and so I checked it, and as of this post; we’re at 860 followers. Not quite sure how that happened, but I’m grateful! In the near future, I might use the TikTok account to answer questions, similarly to how I already do it on this page.

03/08/2024

Just about every culture has some sort of understanding when it comes to ghosts. While they’re described slightly differently between cultures, the general consensus is the same. And so today, I want to look at different culture’s perspectives on one of the 4 “demons”: wrathful spirits.

In ancient Mesopotamian tradition, it was believed that at the time of a person’s death, this process created what is called a “Gidin”, which was believed to be an imprint of the deceased that retained the individual’s memories and personality. Interestingly enough, this belief isn’t far from the Wine bottle analogy, where the stain in the carpet was the imprint of the deceased person. At times, it was believed that a gidin could escape their underworld of Irkalla, as they believed it to happen because the deceased person wasn’t given proper funerary rights.

In Japanese culture, you have the Onyrō, which are mostly depicted as traumatized spirits of women, that have the potential to be very dangerous. This belief of the Onyrō is said to be traced back to the 8th century. It’s also a belief that a person’s spirit exists naturally when it’s in balance or stable. When a person has too much hatred or resentment, the spirit could become separated from the body, resulting in an Onyrō.

In Jewish folklore, ghosts are present in the form of a dybbuk. While the Hebrew Bible has little examples of ghosts (1 Samuel 28 being one example), the Talmud addresses the topic of the paranormal a lot more. It seems there’s distinctions between dybbuk and the Ibbur, which is described as a more positive soul, verses the more negative dybbuk.

In Ancient Greek culture, the topic of ghosts was quite popular, being a theme in many of the plays, such as “The Ghost”, which was written by Philemon back in 262 BC. Another play write named Aeschylus wrote “The Libation Bearers” in which the protagonists summoned a ghost. The belief in ghosts was so prominent in Greek culture that they even categorized ghosts into 3 categories: “ataphoi”, “aōroi” and “biaiothanatoi”.

Even Native American cultures had belief in ghosts. While the belief deferred between regions and tribes on if ghosts were good or bad, the general consensus was that ghosts did in fact exist.

03/01/2024

I recently had a conversation with someone, talking about what I do when I said what I do is not against the Bible because the Bible never speaks of what I do. This individual responded with, “well the Bible talks about demons”. This perspective is one that many share, and since we live in the Bible Belt, I’m sure many other investigators deal with this. So that’s what I’ll be talking about today.

Reading the Bible and studying it are two different things. Speaking from personal experience, studying involves using multiple versions, asking questions from those who are knowledgeable, and bonus points when you have access to the original language it was written in. Yes, the Bible does speak of demons. But dive deeper. The Bible, when speaking of anything, is basing the understanding of the topic with the understanding of the time. It would be like a person writing of the Black Death when it first hit in 1346, and us as a modern society still using the ancient’s understanding of the plague. The understanding of topics change over time.

The NT uses ‘demon’ approximately 80 times. The English word demon derives from the Greek word “δαίμονας” (daímonas), which was the ancient word for ‘god’ (not ‘God’) or ‘guardian spirit’. The word daímonas evolved over time, from ‘god’ to ‘evil spirit’. But the demons the Bible is referring to would be classified as the Satanic/Fallen Angels. In my almost 3 years of studying the paranormal, I’ve yet to encounter one. And to say for example, when we do encounter one; we aren’t going to hold hands by a campfire. Our goal is to help people by eradicating them.

The demons we mostly encounter fall into the Created or Wrathful Spirit category. The most common is the Created, as we essentially deal with the externalization of people’s internal demons. This happens more commonly through the usage of ouija boards when used improperly. Wrathful Spirits, are basically the imprint of a deceased person that decomposes over time.

So to be clear, while the Bible does talk of demons (particularly the Fallen Angel variety), it doesn’t speak of investigating the paranormal (spirits), simply because this activity did not exist back then.

*Edit*: for those who would be interested, I’ll provide a link to a highly reputable source that explains the evolution of demons. I use this particular source for many of my research.

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02/23/2024

I’m apart of several paranormal groups on Facebook, and in each group, there’s several thousand members. One group in particular has 277.8k members. With it being that large of a group, several people are bound to ask questions on that page, which many do. The most common topic I see questions asked on is demons. One person asked a question if the color eyes of demons mean anything, and a person answered with this:

“From what I gathered the red eye demons are crossed roads to see who is going to sell their souls. The white eye demons are the most powerful ones like Lilith”

It’s not hard to see that this individual didn’t actually do research, but turned to a tv show called ‘Supernatural’. This goes back to what I’ve been saying for months: people need to do their research. And since this particular “answer” was becoming popular within this thread, I’ll answer this.

The idea of selling one’s soul has almost become romanticized. This idea goes far back, and one prime example is a story written by Johann Faustus, a German scholar in the early 1500’s. This story involves the protagonist “selling his soul” to a demon named Mephistopheles. It’s quite possible that stories of people selling their souls can go even further back, but the idea that one can sell their soul is not correct. Esoterically speaking: you do not have a soul. A soul has you. When aura readers see color around an individual, that ‘aura’ they see is actually the person’s soul. Christian theology will state that we don’t have ownership over our souls, so we cannot sell what we don’t own.

The archetype of Lilith, like every other in mythology and religion, has evolved over time. The oldest depiction of Lilith is actually found in Mesopotamian culture, which is named Lamashtu. You could do an entire podcast episode dedicated to just the evolution of the Lilith archetype, but in general terms: “Adam’s first wife”, in the grand scheme of the world, is a newer rendition of the Lilith archetype, while entities Lamashtu/Lilitu are much older, and depict this character differently than what the general public knows.

Below is a link to my podcasting friend, JJ with Southern Demonology, who discusses Lilith

‎Show Southern Demonology, Ep Lilith the Night Hag - Feb 9, 2020

02/16/2024

I’ve said many times that automatically believing something to be demonic is problematic. One of the reasons is because the actions taken to resolve the issues is not the same for all the types of demons I’ve talked about.

With a true demon (a Satanic demon); a Fallen Angel, solemn right of exorcism is required as that’s essentially the only thing that will work. Elementals on the other hand, while an exorcism could be effective- there’s better ways to resolve it. Often times, negotiations tend to have more positive effects. The thing to remember is an exorcism, is basically declaring war on a spiritual entity. If one comes in contact with a Wrathful Spirit for example, the best thing to do is pray for it. Wanting an exorcism on a wrathful spirit is one of the last things that needs to happen.

I have often been asked that from a Christian perspective, doesn’t a person getting baptized give them authority over demons; essentially allowing them to perform an exorcism? Many believe that all you have to do is simply call on Jesus, or God, which I have already posted on how that is not the case, but allow me to make an analogy to explain this a bit more:

You can give the same type of sword to 2 different people. One of these people is very skilled with the sword, and the techniques required to properly wield said sword. The other has never held a sword in their life. Which of these two will more effective in using the sword? The sword in this analogy is the process of an exorcism. It takes a person skillful in the art of exorcism to effectively perform one. If a person has no experience; it will only end in disaster.

This is also why, despite my mentor being an exorcist; I am not qualified, nor will I say I am, to perform an exorcism or house blessing. Knowledge doesn’t equal experience. And so this is why I’ve said, and will continue to say: thinking everything spiritual is demonic, when it isn’t- can be very problematic.

Below is a link to a podcast of my mentor discussing this same topic far better than I can:

‎Show Vestiges of Christianity, Ep Demonology Series: The Four Types of Demons - Jan 4, 2017

02/15/2024

I couldn’t agree with this more. There are only those who are knowledgeable, and those who are not.

02/13/2024

Come join us tonight for the season premier! This season in particular will be a good one. As it’s also going to be the longest.

02/11/2024

I will keep this post pinned so that it isn’t lost among the other posts I make.

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02/09/2024

As investigators, we often dream of going to actively haunted locations; the more notorious, the better. Some locations often have a very dark history, and in some cases- what’s been called a “portal to Hell”. The first that comes to my mind is Bobby Mackey’s Music World in Wilder, KY. There’s even a tv show that is titled “Portals to Hell”. What exactly are these “portals to Hell”?

I am very aware that there are still debates between theologians and biblical scholars on whether Hell is actually a location or a condition. But for this post, I will share what my mentor has answered, and I’ll discuss it further:

“There’s no such thing as a “portal” in the sense of a window to another dimension sort of thing. What people are calling portals are weak spaces within the vibrational alignment of a particular location and those weakness weaken to a lower frequency that is more compatible with demonic energy systems.”

To me, this answer makes a lot of sense. Often times, these “portals” are created by massive amounts of negative energy concentrated in a single area, and let me provide an example: Bobby Mackey’s. Researchers have speculated that in the late 1800’s, satanic cult activities took place on the grounds where a slaughter house formally stood (on the same grounds as Bobby Mackey’s would eventually reside on). In 1896, the headless co**se of 22-year old Pearl Bryan was found not too far from the slaughter house. Pearl was murdered and decapitated after an abortion gone wrong.

During Prohibition, a casino, nightclub and speakeasy was built on the grounds of where the slaughterhouse used to be. Mobsters would frequent the establishment, and in the 1950’s, performer Johanna took her own life after she poisoned her father for having her lover killed. And in 1978, the location was forced to shut down after several fatal shootings.

And before the bar was supposedly been set to be demolished early this year, many groups have hosted investigations there, and it’s quite possible ouija board usage has taken place there as well. And there you have, in a nut shell, over 100 years of tragic events, which led to negative energy bleed out (aka: a “portal to Hell”).

02/02/2024

Since this group is also dedicated to studying demonology, I’d like to talk about the history and evolution of one ‘demon’ in particular that many are familiar with by its name, but not so much about it particularly, and that is the ‘demon’ Beelzebub.

As I’ve said multiple times on posts and the podcast; what one belief sees an entity as good, another belief sees that exact same entity as bad. This is why I’m not so much explaining what demons are from a religious perspective, but more so metaphysical; and Beelzebub is a perfect example of what I am talking about.

Beelzebub is actually the more ‘modern’ name for this entity. Originally a Canaanite deity of healing, Beelzebub’s more ancient name was “Baal Zebul”, which translated to “lord of the heavens”. Beelzebub was worshiped in the city of Ekron, and is not to be confused with the deity Molech (which I’ll discuss at a later date).

Beelzebub is mentioned a couple times in the Bible; both Old and New Testament: Ba’al in 1 Kings 18:20-40, that speaks of a competition between Ba’al and his followers against God and the prophet Elijah. Where Beelzebub explicitly is mentioned in the NT in the books Matthew 12:22 and Mark 3:20-27. Although I said I would avoid demonology from a religious perspective, I’m quoting these to show the evolution. People see Beelzebub not only as a demon, but “Satan himself” because of this passage:

“But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “This Man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebub the ruler of the demons.”” (Matthew 12:24)

To the ancient Hebrews, it really didn’t matter the entity. If it wasn’t God; it was demonic/evil, and not to be followed. Beelzebub predates the Christian Devil. The worship of the Canaanite deities began around what’s called the Bronze Age, which is dated to be approximately 3,000-2,100BC (at least over 2,000 years before Christianity, and therefore the Christian Devil).

If you wish to study more on named demons, I advise extreme caution when choosing your sources. Allow me to provide an example of what I mean. Type out “Beelzebub” in a search engine, and Wikipedia will say, “in theological sources, predominantly Christian, Beelzebub is another name for Satan”. While this is factual that Christians do believe Beelzebub to be another name for Satan: this is false; incorrect. So while Beelzebub is a daemon (understood as a supernatural being), it is not a demon (understood as a follower of the Devil, as most of society believes demons to be).