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About Andrea Perron My name is Andrea Perron. I am the eldest daughter of Roger & Carolyn Perron. My birthdate: October 10, 1958...the only one of five siblings to be born in Rhode Island. I was just two months old when my parents bought our first home in Willimantic, Connecticut, where all my sisters came into the world. A burgeoning family required more space so we bought a larger home in Cumberland, R.I. when I was six. Living in a suburb of Providence proved disquieting. After six years my mother decided her girls required a place in the country in which to grow and thrive. In June of 1970 she found a glorious farm, then she and my father moved mountains to buy what was known as the old Arnold Estate; two-hundred acres of land with a big barn and a farmhouse; plenty of space to spread out and explore Nature. It was the perfect place to raise a family, according to the owner, though he failed to disclose a crucial element of the experience he endured as an occupant. The day we moved in, he told my father: "...leave the lights on at night." A rather cryptic message. Thus began an incredible odyssey; a supernatural excursion through dimensions of time and space as the history of its characters from the ages began to reveal themselves to seven mortals who could not conceive of and never anticipated such events transpiring in our lives. For almost a decade our family lived among the dead. There we came to understand that we are not alone and there is something beyond mortal existence. I graduated from high school in 1976 and attended Chatham College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Graduating in 1980 with an interdisciplinary degree in Philosophy and English, it was during my senior year when my mother announced the sale of the farm was pending. I was heart broken. In spite of the trials, it was "home" and I loved it. Returning to Rhode Island, we were there only a few weeks before relocating to Georgia; long enough to pack and say goodbye. It was over. Though we abandoned our place in the country, it never left us. Memory is powerful. I've spent my life since engaging in a variety of endeavors. Georgia did not suit me. After seven years I went home to R.I. Though I have always been a writer, I have likewise explored my own creative abilities. As a professional singer, songwriter, musician and actor, my time has been full of adventures and interesting characters. For more than twenty years I was a cast member with The Theatre Company of Rhode Island, performing on the stage of The Assembly Theater, the historic centerpiece of Harrisville. For the last ten years I lived in R.I. I was employed as a youth counselor at Harmony Hill School in Chepachet and lived in the village of Harmony, in a quaint cottage on Waterman Lake, also known as paradise on a pond. In 2007 I began writing the manuscript which has now evolved into the trilogy "House of Darkness House of Light" and relocated (again) to Georgia to be with my family while embarking on such a major project involving all of them as well. It has proved to be quite an excursion in its own right, spawning some nightmares while exhuming our memories of the dead. Often painful, it has been a healing process as well, as each revisited a past impacting our present, clearly mapping the future of a family. There was no escaping unscathed, though we thought we has successfully done so at the time. This is a story whose time has come. Many have spoken or written about fragments of the story for decades. Now is the time to tell the whole truth about what happened in a house alive with death as we lived an illuminating decade of life. It is a tale worth telling because it is true. Time has come because we are ready to disclose our secrets and the world is ready to receive them. Website https://www.amazon.com/Andrea-Perron/e/B0071MIRNM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Grant Cameron https://linktr.ee/whitehouseufo

Episode 591: September 4, 2022 playlist: The Flesh Volcano, "Bruisin Chain" (Slut) 1987 Some Bizzare Andy Moor, "Perseverance" (CLAP. An Anatomy of Applause) 2022 Unsounds Dan Friel, "Thrash Compactor" (Factoryland) 2022 Thrill Jockey Bitchin Bajas, "Amorpha" (Bajascillators) 2022 Drag City Christopher Willits, "Regrowth" (Gravity) 2022 Ghostly Duster, "Making Room" (Together) 2022 Numero Group Alpha and Omega, "Another Moses Dub" (Another Moses) 2022 self-released kyle bobby dunn, "Surrounded in Your Fire" (WGR) 2022 self-released Entourage Music and Theater Ensemble, "Sleazy Sue" (The Mermaid's Purse: Live at Chatham College, 1976) 2022 Smithsonian Folkways Steve Roden, "Dark Over Light Earth (excerpt) (w/ Jacob Danziger)" (Dark Over Light Earth) 2022 Room40 Romeo Poirier, "Muscle de sable" (Living Room) 2022 Faitiche The Sonora Pine, "Long Ago Boy" (II) 1997 Quarterstick / 2022 Husky Pants Email podcast at brainwashed dot com to say who you are; what you like; what you want to hear; share pictures for the podcast of where you're from, your computer or MP3 player with or without the Brainwashed Podcast Playing; and win free music! We have no tracking information, no idea who's listening to these things so the more feedback that comes in, the more frequent podcasts will come. You will not be put on any spam list and your information will remain completely private and not farmed out to a third party. Thanks for your attention and thanks for listening.

oin Kristie and Mike as they welcome special guest, Andrea Perron! Beautiful inside and out, she has so much life experience to share. She travels the county teaching and sharing her story and gifts. Learn more about Andrea... Andrea Perron is the author of "House of Darkness House of Light", a supernatural trilogy which is the true story behind the 2013 feature film "The Conjuring". She has also co-authored the historically-based mystery / thriller "In a Flicker" with George R. Lopez. During her frequent travels, she lectures about spirituality, metaphysics, and all phenomena considered paranormal, concentrating her research in Ufology, a lifelong curiosity and fascination. It is her passion, bearing new fruit in recent years. Her latest release is entitled, “A Wonder to Behold: Guideposts for Intergalactic Engagement with Humanity”, a true labor of love, honoring the Galactic Family of Light. Earning a B.A. in Philosophy and English from Chatham College in 1980, she has since worked in several fields, as an entrepreneur, youth counselor and actor, pursuing a variety of eclectic interests over the decades. Currently, Andrea is writing the screenplay of her haunting family saga, collaborating within the film industry to bring their true story to light on the silver screen. As an outspoken human rights advocate and animal rights activist, all she does, she does with love, always the best of intentions. It is her fervent desire to spread her positive message to as many as possible, hoping it will resonate with like-minded mortals as she relentlessly strives to dispel fear, bring peace to our troubled planet, and do her part to help heal the world of its woes. Extended information: Our family lived among the dead for nearly a decade. There we all came to understand that we are not alone, and there is something beyond our mortal existence. Having graduated from high school in 1976, I attended Chatham College in Pittsburgh, PA. Graduating in 1980 with degrees in Philosophy and English, it was during my senior year when my mother announced the sale of the farm was pending. I was heartbroken. In spite of the trials, it was “home” and I loved it. Returning to Rhode Island, we were there only a few weeks before relocating to Georgia, long enough to pack and say goodbye. It was over. Though we abandoned our place in the country, it never left us. Memory is poignant and powerful.I've spent my life since engaging in a variety of endeavors. Georgia did not suit me. After seven years, I went home to R.I. Though I have always been a writer, I have likewise explored my own creative abilities. As a professional singer, songwriter, musician and actor, my time has been full of adventures and interesting characters. For more than twenty years, I was a cast member with The Theatre Company of Rhode Island, performing on the stage of The Assembly Theater, the historical centerpiece of Harrisville. For the final ten years I lived in R.I., I was employed as a youth counselor at Harmony Hill School in Chepachet, and lived in the village of Harmony, in a quaint cottage on Waterman Lake, also known as paradise on a pond.In 2007, I began writing the manuscript which later evolved into the trilogy “House of Darkness House of Light”, and I again relocated to Georgia to be with my family while embarking upon such a major project involving all of them, as well. This task has proved to be quite an excursion in its own right, spawning several nightmares while we exhumed our memories of the dead. Often painful, it has also been a healing process, as each of us revisited a past impacting our present, clearly mapping the future of a family. There was no escaping unscathed, though we thought we had successfully done so at the time. This is a memoir whose time has come. Many have spoken and written about fragments of our story. Now is the time to tell the whole truth about what happened in the farmhouse alive with death. We spent an illuminating decade among the spirits. It is a tale worth telling because it is true. We are prepared to disclose our secrets, and more than thirty years hence, the world is finally ready to receive the message contained within our experience. It is nothing less than a revelation.

Andrea Perron is the author of "House of Darkness House of Light", a supernatural trilogy which is the true story behind the 2013 feature film "The Conjuring". She has also co-authored the historically-based mystery / thriller "In a Flicker" with George R. Lopez. During her frequent travels, she lectures about spirituality, metaphysics, and all phenomena considered paranormal, concentrating her research in Ufology, a lifelong curiosity and fascination. It is her passion, bearing new fruit in recent years. Her latest release is entitled, “A Wonder to Behold: Guideposts for Intergalactic Engagement with Humanity”, a true labor of love, honoring the Galactic Family of Light.Earning a B.A. in Philosophy and English from Chatham College in 1980, she has since worked in several fields, as an entrepreneur, youth counselor and actor, pursuing a variety of eclectic interests over the decades. Currently, Andrea is writing the screenplay of her haunting family saga, collaborating within the film industry to bring their true story to light.As an outspoken human rights advocate and animal rights activist, all she does, she does with love, always the best of intentions. It is her fervent desire to spread her positive message to as many as possible, hoping it will resonate with like-minded mortals as she relentlessly strives to dispel fear, bring peace to a troubled planet, and do her part to help heal the world of its woes. ANDREA: Our family lived among the dead for nearly a decade. There we all came to understand that we are not alone, and there is something beyond our mortal existence. Having graduated from high school in 1976, I attended Chatham College in Pittsburgh, PA. Graduating in 1980 with degrees in Philosophy and English, it was during my senior year when my mother announced the sale of the farm was pending. I was heartbroken. In spite of the trials, it was “home” and I loved it. Returning to Rhode Island, we were there only a few weeks before relocating to Georgia, long enough to pack and say goodbye. It was over. Though we abandoned our place in the country, it never left us. Memory is poignant and powerful. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scott-wise9/message

When Esther Barazzone took over Chatham College in 1992, it was in danger of closing – selling off property each year surrounding its beautiful in Pittsburgh, PA campus to cover its budget shortfall. In this episode, she describes the first stages of her remarkable 24-year tenure that transformed Chatham from a small, all women's liberal arts college of fewer than 600 students into a thriving 2200+ university with three campuses and innovative online doctoral degree programs. She discusses the educational and career experiences that gave her the capabilities needed to save Chatham and some of the difficult decisions to make this possible – including cutting 20% of faculty and staff in her first year to free the resources needed to launch graduate programs and the first NCAA women's ice hockey program in Pennsylvania, and phasing out tenure to replace it with long-term, renewable contracts. David Finegold is the president of Chatham University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Esther Barazzone took over Chatham College in 1992, it was in danger of closing – selling off property each year surrounding its beautiful in Pittsburgh, PA campus to cover its budget shortfall. In this episode, she describes the first stages of her remarkable 24-year tenure that transformed Chatham from a small, all women’s liberal arts college of fewer than 600 students into a thriving 2200+ university with three campuses and innovative online doctoral degree programs. She discusses the educational and career experiences that gave her the capabilities needed to save Chatham and some of the difficult decisions to make this possible – including cutting 20% of faculty and staff in her first year to free the resources needed to launch graduate programs and the first NCAA women’s ice hockey program in Pennsylvania, and phasing out tenure to replace it with long-term, renewable contracts. David Finegold is the president of Chatham University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

When Esther Barazzone took over Chatham College in 1992, it was in danger of closing – selling off property each year surrounding its beautiful in Pittsburgh, PA campus to cover its budget shortfall. In this episode, she describes the first stages of her remarkable 24-year tenure that transformed Chatham from a small, all women’s liberal arts college of fewer than 600 students into a thriving 2200+ university with three campuses and innovative online doctoral degree programs. She discusses the educational and career experiences that gave her the capabilities needed to save Chatham and some of the difficult decisions to make this possible – including cutting 20% of faculty and staff in her first year to free the resources needed to launch graduate programs and the first NCAA women’s ice hockey program in Pennsylvania, and phasing out tenure to replace it with long-term, renewable contracts. David Finegold is the president of Chatham University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education

This episode we are joined by Mike O'Grady - Head Coach of Chatham College. We talk about what it takes from his POV to get to the college level and what his program is all about at Chatham.

On this episode, I speak with Dr. Lynette Charity about How Families Can Maintain Their Mental and Emotional Health During COVID-19. Dr. Lynette Charity is a Board-Certified Anesthesiologist with over 35 years of experience. She is also an author, humorist and award-winning international speaker who graduated with honors from Chatham College for Women and received her MD degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Charity has practiced nationally, internationally and maintained a long private practice career. Please subscribe nd rate our show!

Jeff Durosko Communications (JDC) is a communications firm based in Pittsburgh, offering strategic communications consulting and writing services to local and national clients. Get the basics of crisis communications and how to be an honest communicator. Jeff's clients including DeVry Inc. and DeVry University, Sherpa Software, Star Career Academy, Quark Inc., Brentwood Bank, Chatham College, Sisterson & Co., Phipps’ Conservatory’s Dale Chihuly Show and Pittsburgh’s David L. Lawrence Convention Center. 

This is the first episode of season 2 on Esoteric Thoughts.It brings me great pleasure to start this season with an interview of Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar.Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar has a BA in History from Chatham College in Pennsylvania, an MA in Philosophy, an MA in Counseling Psychology and a Ph.D. in Educational Foundations. She is also a Nationally Certified Counselor.​Dr. Bakhtiar has been practicing Islam for over 30 years under her teacher, Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr. She is author of many books on Islamic unity, architecture, psychology, psychoethics, and moral healing through the Enneagram and the 99 Most Beautiful Names of God. Dr. Bakhtiar has translated over 30 books on Islam and Islamic beliefs into English, and has lectured extensively in both religious and academic institutions. Her vocation as a practicing Muslim, psychologist, book publisher and editor and scholar gives her an indispensable role in the Muslim community.Thanks to Kazi Publications & Liaquat Ali for graciously opening its doors to host me.Please visit these links to connect and Support Dr. Bahktiar.www.bakhtiar.orgwww.sublimequran.comwww.sufienneagram.comhttps://www.amazon.com/Laleh-Bakhtiar/e/B001K7RCPS/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=laleh+bakhtiarWant to connect? Reach out to is@ibrahimsharkas.com or on Instagram

Dr. Lynette Charity grew up in the 1950s in the segregated South, and was one of the first black students to attend her high school. She faced plenty of doubt when she announced she was planning to become a doctor, but ultimately she succeeded. Dr. Charity graduated with honors from Chatham College for Women in Pittsburgh, PA on a full academic scholarship, and earned her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. She became an expert in anesthesiology, working in hospitals and for the U.S. army. But after a 35-year career, she was ready for a change. When she knew she was looking for something else, Lynette turned to SEAK for help. But none of the alternate career paths they had set out really appealed to her. Luckily, through SEAK she met career coach Heather Fork, who was able to roll with Lynette’s unconventional dreams for her career change. When Lynette said, "Heather, I want to be a stand-up comic, lounge singer, voiceover actor," Heather didn’t back down. Instead, she convinced Lynette to sign up for Toastmasters, so she could take the first steps toward becoming a professional speaker. Lynette was resistant at first. After all, she’d given lectures and presentations for years. But she learned quickly that lecturing to a room full of medical students and residents was a far cry from the kind of public speaking she needed to learn. So she dove in, and started making Toastmasters speeches, using their programs to learn confidence, communication and the elements of storytelling. And, as it turned out, she was actually pretty good at it. Learning to Shine Lynette’s mentors at Toastmasters were seriously impressed with her talent, and they encouraged her to compete in speaking competitions. Her very first year, she won the competition in her district. She competed again the following year and made it all the way to the World Championships of Public Speaking finals held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She was able to share her story about growing up in the South with a completely new, international audience, and she placed third worldwide. It wasn’t first prize, but it was a huge success—and it felt good. “I was a rockstar! I felt really good walking around with my big old trophy. And this was a foreign country, and I was telling a story about the fact that I had grown up in the segregated South in the 1950s… And I did it using the Wizard of Oz, because a lot of foreign people don't know anything about segregation in America, so I tried to relate it to that, and I sang, I danced. I did it all in that speech! And people came up to me later on, wanting to know more about that part of history that they didn't know anything about.” Lynette knew she’d found what she wanted to do: speak, connect, and make people laugh. Now she just needed to find out how to make it into a career. Listen to the entire episode to hear the rest of Lynette's story. And go to the show notes at vitalpe.net/episode062 for links to all of the resources mentioned duing our conversation.

Andrea Perron is the author of the supernatural trilogy, "House of Darkness House of Light", the true story behind the 2013 feature film "The Conjuring". She has also co-authored the historically-based mystery / thriller "IN A FLICKER" with George R. Lopez. In her travels she lectures frequently about spirituality, metaphysics and all things considered paranormal, concentrating her research in Ufology, a lifelong passion bearing new fruit in recent years. Earning a B.A. in Philosophy and English from Chatham College in 1980, she has since worked in several fields, as an entrepreneur, youth counselor and actor, while pursuing a variety of eclectic interests over the decades. Currently, Andrea is writing a screenplay of her haunting family saga and is collaborating within the film industry to bring the true story to Light on the silver screen. As an outspoken human rights advocate and animal rights activist, all she does, she does with Love and always the best of intentions. It is her fervent desire to spread her positive message to as many as possible, hoping it will resonate with like-minded mortals as she relentlessly strives to dispel fear and bring peace to a troubled planet.

Millions of you came out to see THE CONJURING in movie theaters in 2013! Now hear from one of the original inhabitants of the farmhouse the movie was based on! Join Christopher as he welcomes Andrea Perron to the show for the very first time! Andrea Perron is the author of the supernatural trilogy, "House of Darkness House of Light", the true story behind the blockbuster film "The Conjuring". She is likewise the co-author of the historically-based thriller "IN A FLICKER" with George R. Lopez. Andrea travels extensively, lecturing frequently about spirituality and metaphysics. She concentrates her research in Ufology, a lifelong fascination bearing new passion fruit in recent years. Earning a B.A. in Philosophy and English from Chatham College, she graduated in 1980 and has since worked in several fields, as an entrepreneur, counselor and stage actor / singer while pursuing various eclectic interests over the decades. Currently, she is writing a screenplay of her haunting family saga and is collaborating with people in the film industry to bring the true story to Light on screen. As an outspoken human rights advocate and animal rights activist, all she does, she does with Love. It is her fervent desire to spread her positive message to as many as possible, hoping it will resonate with like-minded individuals as she strives relentlessly to dispel fear and bring peace to a troubled planet.

Harriet Tramer has worked as both a journalist and a (college) instructor. And although the links between these two professions might not be immediately obvious Ms. Tramer has learned that they have much in common: They both demand highly-developed communication skills. People in these two lines of work must not only learn to express themselves well (either verbally or through written words). They must also become adept at listening.  In writing Rounding the Circle of Love: Growing Up As She Grows Old Ms. Tramer called into play everything she learned during her more than thirty years as a journalist/ teacher. Her experience guided her as she interviewed experts in various fields - the law, medicine, exercise therapy, enabling her to present technical information in an approachable manner. Ms. Tramer graduated with an Bachelors degree from Chatham College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And she has Masters Degrees in Communication and Urban Studies from Cleveland State University. She has written for a variety of newspapers - "The Cleveland Press," "The Cleveland Plain Dealer," Crain's Cleveland Business - and has taught both at Cleveland State University and the New School (in New York City).

Emerald Tablet Radio- Vanessa Hope   Within the Chaos-Andrea Perron is the author of the trilogy "House of Darkness House of Light". These books chronicle the childhood she shared with dead and living alike in a Colonial era farmhouse in Harrisville, R.I. during the 1970's. A collective memoir, the books detail the encounters experienced by every member of her family. Andrea received a B.A. in English and Philosophy from Chatham College, graduating in 1980. Andrea is a human rights advocate, an animal rights activist and an outspoken member of the global community. "House of Darkness House of Light" is no ordinary ghost story. Andrea describes their old home place in the country as a portal cleverly disguised as a farmhouse. The feature film "The Conjuring" portrays elements of the story in broad, sweeping strokes, painting a motion picture of the struggle between good and evil as the triumph of love over fear. Many aspects of the film were fictionalized but the books tell the whole truth. "The Conjuring" was based on the investigative case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren. For more information, please visit her website: houseofdarknesshouseoflight.com or visit their YouTube channels. She and George can also be found on Facebook (the "official" home of the paranormal) at "A World Awakening" and "House of Darkness House of Light".

Dr. Joy received her undergraduate degree in International Business, Frenchand Music from Chatham College in Pittsburgh, PA and then worked for a few years in Project Management, first for The Carnegie and then for a language management firm. Through her mother’s experience with ovarian cancer Dr. Joy realized the limitations of a purely conventional medical model and was introduced to the notion that there are alternatives out there. Unfortunately, it was difficult to find a qualified ‘alternative’ healthcare pracitioner. Over time Dr. Joy’s job became unfulfilling and her desire to learn more about natural medicine continued to grow. She quit her business job and decided to pursue her passion to provide alternative care to those seeking it. Dr. Joy completed massage school and through that process discovered Naturopathic Medicine. This was what she had been looking for! After completing 2 years of pre-med courses, Dr. Joy was accepted into the reknowned Bastyr University in Seattle, WA and 4 challenging, yet rewarding, years later received her doctorate degree. In the years since then Dr. Joy has completed the Energetix College of BioEnergetic Medicine and is a certified BioEnergetic Medicine practitioner. Dr. Joy Sturgill is strongly motivated by the desire to provide compassionate care and natural alternatives to those seeking health care to complement conventional medical treatment. She honors the uniqueness of each individual and provides support to each patient’s own innate healing abilities by employing both modern medicine and the wisdom of traditional healing therapies. Although Dr. Joy is a licensable Naturopathic Physician, Pennsylvania does not currently license NDs. We are hoping this will change in the near future, however, as we have a bill going through the various levels of State legislature. You can support our efforts by visiting our State Association website at www.panp.org. Dr. Joy also has certificates in BioEnergetic Medicine, Reiki, Reconnective Healing, and Matrix Energetics. She is passionate about examining all aspects of mind-body-spirit for the realization of freedom in this journey of life. On a personal note, Dr. Joy was recently married to the most amazing man and enjoys a full life with her 2 daughters and her husband and his 2 sons! The focus of her own healing path right now is awareness. For more information, please visit her website at www.wellspringwholehealth.com. Visit: www.HobokenChiro.comEmail: info@hobokenchiro.com

Alberta Arthurs is an educator and noted writer on higher education, humanities, and women in society. She is the former president of Chatham College and is currently director for Arts and Humanities at The Rockefeller Foundation.

Lon, Amy and Eric are back from vacation this week to kick off the dog days of summer as we welcome Author and Haunted Survivor Andrea Perron. Andrea and her family survived 10 years living in a haunted farm house in Rhode Island and their story became the inspiration for the box office hit movie "The Conjuring." Tune in this Sunday night as we welcome Andre Perron and hear the true story of what her family dealt with for those 10 long years as we talk about her three books House of Darkness; House of light. This week, live on BTE Radio. About Andrea: Andrea Perron. is the eldest daughter of Roger & Carolyn Perron. She has four sisters: Nancy, Christine, Cynthia and April. the only one of five siblings to be born in Rhode Island. I was just two months old when my parents bought our first home in Willimantic, Connecticut, where all my sisters came into the world. A burgeoning family required more space so we bought a larger home in Cumberland, R.I. when I was six. Living in a suburb of Providence proved disquieting. After six years my mother decided her girls required a place in the country in which to grow and thrive. In June of 1970 she found a glorious farm, then she and my father moved mountains to buy what was known as the old Arnold Estate; two-hundred acres of land with a big barn and a farmhouse; plenty of space to spread out and explore Nature. It was the perfect place to raise a family, according to the owner, though he failed to disclose a crucial element of the experience he endured as an occupant. The day we moved in, he told my father: “…leave the lights on at night.” A rather cryptic message. Thus began an incredible odyssey; a supernatural excursion through dimensions of time and space as the history of its characters from the ages began to reveal themselves to seven mortals who could not conceive of and never anticipated such events transpiring in our lives. For almost a decade our family lived among the dead. There we came to understand that we are not alone and there is something beyond mortal existence. I graduated from high school in 1976 and attended Chatham College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Graduating in 1980 with an interdisciplinary degree in Philosophy and English, it was during my senior year when my mother announced the sale of the farm was pending. I was heart broken. In spite of the trials, it was “home” and I loved it. Returning to Rhode Island, we were there only a few weeks before relocating to Georgia; long enough to pack and say goodbye. It was over. Though we abandoned our place in the country, it never left us. Memory is powerful. I've spent my life since engaging in a variety of endeavors. Georgia did not suit me. After seven years I went home to R.I. Though I have always been a writer, I have likewise explored my own creative abilities. As a professional singer, songwriter, musician and actor, my time has been full of adventures and interesting characters. For more than twenty years I was a cast member with The Theatre Company of Rhode Island, performing on the stage of The Assembly Theater, the historic centerpiece of Harrisville. For the last ten years I lived in R.I. I was employed as a youth counselor at Harmony Hill School in Chepachet and lived in the village of Harmony, in a quaint cottage on Waterman Lake, also known as paradise on a pond. In 2007 I began writing the manuscript which has now evolved into the trilogy “House of Darkness House of Light” and relocated (again) to Georgia to be with my family while embarking on such a major project involving all of them as well. It has proved to be quite an excursion in its own right, spawning some nightmares while exhuming our memories of the dead. Often painful, it has been a healing process as well, as each revisited a past impacting our present, clearly mapping the future of a family. There was no escaping unscathed, though we thought we has successfully done so at the time. This is a story whose time has come. Many have spoken or written about fragments of the story for decades. Now is the time to tell the whole truth about what happened in a house alive with death as we lived an illuminating decade of life. It is a tale worth telling because it is true. Time has come because we are ready to disclose our secrets and the world is ready to receive them. http://www.houseofdarknesshouseoflight.com/

Lon, Amy and Eric are back from vacation this week to kick off the dog days of summer as we welcome Author and Haunted Survivor Andrea Perron. Andrea and her family survived 10 years living in a haunted farm house in Rhode Island and their story became the inspiration for the box office hit movie "The Conjuring." Tune in this Sunday night as we welcome Andre Perron and hear the true story of what her family dealt with for those 10 long years as we talk about her three books House of Darkness; House of light. This week, live on BTE Radio. About Andrea: Andrea Perron. is the eldest daughter of Roger & Carolyn Perron. She has four sisters: Nancy, Christine, Cynthia and April. the only one of five siblings to be born in Rhode Island. I was just two months old when my parents bought our first home in Willimantic, Connecticut, where all my sisters came into the world. A burgeoning family required more space so we bought a larger home in Cumberland, R.I. when I was six. Living in a suburb of Providence proved disquieting. After six years my mother decided her girls required a place in the country in which to grow and thrive. In June of 1970 she found a glorious farm, then she and my father moved mountains to buy what was known as the old Arnold Estate; two-hundred acres of land with a big barn and a farmhouse; plenty of space to spread out and explore Nature. It was the perfect place to raise a family, according to the owner, though he failed to disclose a crucial element of the experience he endured as an occupant. The day we moved in, he told my father: “…leave the lights on at night.” A rather cryptic message. Thus began an incredible odyssey; a supernatural excursion through dimensions of time and space as the history of its characters from the ages began to reveal themselves to seven mortals who could not conceive of and never anticipated such events transpiring in our lives. For almost a decade our family lived among the dead. There we came to understand that we are not alone and there is something beyond mortal existence. I graduated from high school in 1976 and attended Chatham College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Graduating in 1980 with an interdisciplinary degree in Philosophy and English, it was during my senior year when my mother announced the sale of the farm was pending. I was heart broken. In spite of the trials, it was “home” and I loved it. Returning to Rhode Island, we were there only a few weeks before relocating to Georgia; long enough to pack and say goodbye. It was over. Though we abandoned our place in the country, it never left us. Memory is powerful. I’ve spent my life since engaging in a variety of endeavors. Georgia did not suit me. After seven years I went home to R.I. Though I have always been a writer, I have likewise explored my own creative abilities. As a professional singer, songwriter, musician and actor, my time has been full of adventures and interesting characters. For more than twenty years I was a cast member with The Theatre Company of Rhode Island, performing on the stage of The Assembly Theater, the historic centerpiece of Harrisville. For the last ten years I lived in R.I. I was employed as a youth counselor at Harmony Hill School in Chepachet and lived in the village of Harmony, in a quaint cottage on Waterman Lake, also known as paradise on a pond. In 2007 I began writing the manuscript which has now evolved into the trilogy “House of Darkness House of Light” and relocated (again) to Georgia to be with my family while embarking on such a major project involving all of them as well. It has proved to be quite an excursion in its own right, spawning some nightmares while exhuming our memories of the dead. Often painful, it has been a healing process as well, as each revisited a past impacting our present, clearly mapping the future of a family. There was no escaping unscathed, though we thought we has successfully done so at the time. This is a story whose time has come. Many have spoken or written about fragments of the story for decades. Now is the time to tell the whole truth about what happened in a house alive with death as we lived an illuminating decade of life. It is a tale worth telling because it is true. Time has come because we are ready to disclose our secrets and the world is ready to receive them. http://www.houseofdarknesshouseoflight.com/

Andrea Perron Andrea Perron is the author of the trilogy "House of Darkness House of Light". These books chronicle the life she shared with dead and living alike in a Colonial era farmhouse in Harrisville, R.I. The Perron family purchased the farmhouse in 1970 and spent the next ten years discovering that good and evil are in a perpetual state of war and there is something beyond our mortal existence. Born in 1958, at the age of twelve her parents purchased the Arnold Estate, beginning an incredible journey beyond the realm of reality as most perceive it to be. A collective memoir, it details the encounters experienced by each and every member of her family. Seven mere mortals spent a decade exploring the vast expanse of possibilities which exist beyond the five senses, employing the sixth for clarity. Andrea received an interdisciplinary degree in English & philosophy from Chatham College in 1980 and two weeks later, left the farm with her family, moving to Georgia in June of that year. She has since owned two businesses and spent nearly a decade as a counselor before abandoning her career to tell this story, to write the books she believes she was destined to write. She lives quietly with her mother in rural Georgia where she continues her work, as the final manuscript is poised for publication in October 2013. She is a human rights advocate, an animal rights activist and an outspoken member of the world community which she insists needs to be saved from themselves. Her story on which the film "The Conjuring" was based,  was in  the investigative case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren. Visit Perron's YouTube channel & website for more information.

Visit us at www.paranormalunderground.net! In this episode of Paranormal Underground Radio, we get the true story behind the movie The Conjuring. We talk with Andrea Perron, the eldest daughter of Roger and Carolyn Perron. She has four sisters: Nancy, Christine, Cynthia, and April. Andrea joins us to talk about the movie The Conjuring, the real-life events, and how the family lived through an extreme haunting. She also will discuss her book about the haunting, House of Darkness, House of Light. Andrea's own words follow: "In June of 1970, my mother found a glorious farm. Then she and my father moved mountains to buy what was known as the old Arnold Estate -- 200 acres of land with a big barn and a farmhouse, plenty of space to spread out and explore nature. It was the perfect place to raise a family, according to the owner, though he failed to disclose a crucial element of the experience he endured as an occupant. The day we moved in, he told my father: “Leave the lights on at night.” A rather cryptic message. Thus began an incredible odyssey -- a supernatural excursion through dimensions of time and space as the history of its characters from the ages began to reveal themselves to seven mortals who could not conceive of and never anticipated such events transpiring in our lives. "For almost a decade, our family lived among the dead. There we came to understand that we are not alone and there is something beyond mortal existence. I graduated from high school in 1976 and attended Chatham College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Graduating in 1980 with an interdisciplinary degree in Philosophy and English, it was during my senior year when my mother announced the sale of the farm was pending. I was heartbroken. In spite of the trials, it was “home” and I loved it. Returning to Rhode Island, we were there only a few weeks before relocating to Georgia, long enough to pack and say goodbye. It was over. Though we abandoned our place in the country, it never left us. Memory is powerful. "I’ve spent my life since engaging in a variety of endeavors. Georgia did not suit me. After seven years I went home to R.I. Though I have always been a writer, I have likewise explored my own creative abilities. As a professional singer, songwriter, musician and actor, my time has been full of adventures and interesting characters. For more than twenty years, I was a cast member with The Theatre Company of Rhode Island, performing on the stage of The Assembly Theater, the historic centerpiece of Harrisville. For the last 10 years I lived in R.I., I was employed as a youth counselor at Harmony Hill School in Chepachet and lived in the village of Harmony in a quaint cottage on Waterman Lake, also known as paradise on a pond. "In 2007 I began writing the manuscript, which has now evolved into the trilogy House of Darkness House of Light and relocated (again) to Georgia to be with my family while embarking on such a major project involving all of them as well. It has proved to be quite an excursion in its own right, spawning some nightmares while exhuming our memories of the dead. Often painful, it has been a healing process as well, as each revisited a past impacting our present, clearly mapping the future of a family. There was no escaping unscathed, though we thought we had successfully done so at the time. This is a story whose time has come. Many have spoken or written about fragments of the story for decades. Now is the time to tell the whole truth about what happened in a house alive with death as we lived an illuminating decade of life. It is a tale worth telling because it is true. Time has come because we are ready to disclose our secrets and the world is ready to receive them." Air Date: October 3, 2013 Topic: The Conjuring, Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Investigation Guest: Andrea Perron Hosts: Karen Frazier, Rick Hale Producer: Cheryl Knight