Category: State of the Watchmen

State of the Watchmen – 2011

2011 started off on a high note, coming back from our Gettysburg trip in December in which we were the FIRST to do do DUAL investigations at Jennie Wade House Museum & Solider’s Museum/Orphanage! Thats both places in the same night same time, we did it for nights in a row! A big thank you to our Friends Chris and Kendra from Spirit Realm Investigation who helped fill out our numbers. This was just the first of many interesting things for us. We spoke at Delaware Valley College to students in March about the paranormal, which was awesome and I hope we are invited back again! We attended our first expo in June at the Historic Bolton Mansion, in levittown. July brought a tandem investigation with NJSPR.  In August Bekah Liz decided to leave the group and we wish her the best in her future paranormal plans, she is now over at Parahistory. We welcomed Mandi Simone in September to our family as our new researcher. October has been jam packed with changes & Events! We welcomed officially a long time friend and awesome person Christina Smith to our ranks. We attended our 2nd ever Expo at the historic Fort Mifflin, in Philadelphia. Our first local event we helped promote and had a table at was the Tylersport Firehouse Haunted Hayride, which was a blast! We also had our first public meet and greet at the OBR Hotel (Old bethlem Road Hotel) in Quakertown & Scheduled our FIRST public reveal of our findings of the OBR Hotel for sometime in 2012!! Should be a very fun filled night! We also have a few  Open Positions available, Video person (2), Photographer, Researcher (2), and a marketing person to help with logo designs/other marketed related things.

All in all we the Midnight Watchmen are growing towards more then just ghost hunters, we are explorers of the unknown and as such I expect 2012 to really be an interesting year. We plan on having our first DVD of cases available for sale early in the first quarter of 2012! In the works is a public ghost hunt at a historic tavern and the year will also be filled with joint cases with other groups, a few new members and more importantly we’ll be shedding some light onto the dark… Knowledge and helping people is the core of our “business/hobby/field”.  And That is what we do best!

In closing I’d like to thank my team from our current members to the ones who are no longer with us, as all of you have had an influence on what the Midnight Watchmen have become and will be tomorrow.  Their are not words for me to express my joy and happiness in doing what we do, for me it was a dream since I was child to be a “ghostbuster”, this the next best thing to that, only thing we’re missing is an Ecto-1, but if that’s all we’re missing that ain’t too bad….

Peace,
Cedric
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Looking Ahead to 2011 & Beyond

Looking back on 2010, it has been a year full of changes with not just group members, but also with philosophies here at Midnight Watchmen.  My vision has always been to seek truth and knowledge. We have started down this path with a scientific “prove it to me” attitude. We’ve since included more metaphysical ideas to balance out the things that we do.  There has been very interesting results with pendulums, franks box, ovilus, etc. and honestly, until we can prove that these objects work it is considered just a coincidence.  We will have to continue to use these tools to prove the validity and accuracy of them. The same concept of truth finding applies for investigating histories, gut instincts, and searching for hard evidence (E.V.P.’s & Pictures & Video).

              Moving forward has come with some things that excited and saddened us.  We’ve lost members to the increasing demands of the group. We have had TV exposure fall through and I won’t go into details here. But have no fear my friends! We will have a web show soon, as we are working on the early episodes as I type this. One of our strongest skills is making things work out the best way possible for our clients and us.  I have a great dedicated team that listens, learns and more importantly respects the people/places we go.  Also in 2011, we will have our first fundraiser in the local community planned. Details on this will be coming in the next few months.  This is what separates us from a lot of the other groups, the time and dedication that we devote to investigating as well as going beyond the paranormal… That is why I am stoked to see what the New Year brings, as every year we up the ante.

           In closing I’d like to thank all of you who have supported and helped us. Without any of you we would not be where we are today or will be tomorrow.

Peace,
Cedric
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Looking Forward, Looking Back

Time_HorizonsThe goal of the Midnight Watchmen is simply put – knowledge, help and education.  To these goals we’ve added some new members and guests, which I hope will allow us to move forward on my vision for the group. What that means is more experiments on EMF, audio, and video are coming.  As well I’m working on starting an open house in Bucks County, Pennsylvania for people to sit and talk about the paranormal monthly.  Ask us questions, come for help if needed.  I want us to be community involved as much as possible.

Our first case was at Jennie Wade House in Gettysburg, PA. Something I will never forget. A year later in Gettysburg a friend who I met for the first time that night said to me “Enjoy the ride…” About the world of paranormal she’s been part of and welcoming me to this new world with eyes open.  And while the review can be tedious and boring, when you find a piece of audio or video evidence that blows you away… It is the greatest joy in the world and validation of what we do.  I personally love the reactions from people who see and hear the stuff we found.  Jaws drop, eyes widen, and I see the fear/excitement in their stance, keep in mind that’s just us in the group!

The world in which we live is not always as it seems.   Just like a neighbor hides secrets, the world around us hides theirs only to show to a select few now and again… Some run away from it screaming others walk towards it with wonder and wanting to see more.  We here at Midnight Watchmen I’d like to think are the ones walking towards these secrets saying “show me more! I want to share them with others!”  All of us in the group have had experiences that are paranormal in nature or above the norm.  Some of us have seen a ghost, U.F.O., or something else strange and wonderful enough for them to go I want to see/learn more.

I do not know where this year will take us, nor do I know what’s next… But I know one thing. We’ve missed a few opportunities, lost a few members.  Taken advantage of few surprise cases and we’ve faced the unknown and pierced the veil of darkness that covers it. Sure that last part was a little theatrical, but while I take what we do seriously I want to have fun still. We don’t make money of this, probably never will… after all I’m too busy enjoying the ride….

Won’t you join us??

Peace,

John C. Fowler

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