Candle Face Chronicles: The Journal — Victim #13 “Identified?” lost soul case file.

Identified? Candle Face Victim #13: Beneath the Surface

Written by: Arthur Mills

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A commenter tied the drowned boater from December and February to a real, unsolved Lake Travis disappearance from the late 1990s, a man who swam from his boat while his kids slept aboard and never came back. The detail that stops me: the name he used in the ghost story he told that night. I'm treating it as a lead, not a conclusion.

April 14, 2024


Main Subjects: Candle Face

  • Victim #13

My encounters with the spirit world aren’t slowing down. Today, a comment came in about Candle Face Victim #13. The commenter suggested that the nocturnal visitor who came to me in late December 2023, and again on February 13, 2024, might be William Crumpacker from Lake Travis, Texas.


That tip led me to search online for “missing person Lake Travis late 1990s.” I found a KXAN article titled “Unsolved: The Mysteries Lurking in Lake Travis,” which described several drownings, including the disappearance of William Crumpacker in 1998.


Read the KXAN article here: www.kxan.com/news/unsolved-the-mysteries-lurking-in-lake-travis


He was a Dell marketing manager who vanished under unclear circumstances after going for a late-night swim from his boat in Little Devil’s Cove while his children slept on board. His body was never recovered.


Read more about William Clark Crumpacker here: http://trackmissing.org/Cases/Details/913


The name William matches the one the spirit used in the ghost story he told during a boating trip, the same night he said he encountered Candle Face and drowned. Could the spirit who visited me really be William Crumpacker?


The spirit who came to me that December matched those details in both appearance and account. Unfortunately, I didn’t document his testimony the first time. When he returned in February 2024, he was furious about that failure. He struck me twice and vomited into my mouth before I finally wrote down his story. I also shared pieces of his first visit on January 11, 2024, during an interview on Beyond Believe Talk.


Watch the Beyond Believe Talk podcast interview here: www.facebook.com/kimmikorpse/videos/337451305770787


Now, as the visits continue, that question stays with me. And if it was him, what am I supposed to do with that? Direct communication has become dangerous because of Candle Face’s warnings, and I’m not eager to risk more harm by pushing further.


So I’m turning again to my readers. Have you had any encounters with Candle Face? Have spirits ever come to you demanding to be acknowledged? If they have, what happened? Any story, detail, or lead may help me understand what I’m dealing with and what may still be waiting in the darker corners of this house.

A formal comparison table matching news media reports against the spirit

The investigation continues in the three most recent entries below. Each adds to the record on Candle Face (Isabel), the Lost Souls, and the Fugitives. You’ll find every entry to date in The Journal.

Cartoon portrait of Arthur Mills with gray hair, wearing a tan polo shirt.

Arthur Mills

Arthur Mills served for more than two decades as an Army Intelligence Warrant Officer, specializing in piecing together what others missed: patterns, threats, enemy intent, and clandestine activity. He trained intelligence professionals, built threat models, and briefed commanders and world leaders on global threats and battlefield strategy. After retiring from the military, he moved into private investigation, focusing on missing persons, human trafficking, opposition research, and domestic terrorism. He holds a degree in Counter Terrorism Studies.


He has been writing books since 2006 and is an award-winning author. He publishes under his own name, though much of what he has written has appeared under pseudonyms. Readers may already know those titles without knowing they are his. The separation is intentional. His books invite readers to interpret what is hidden, and so does the way he publishes them.

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