The Journal

These are my field notes from the Candle Face investigation, dated as the events happened, beginning in October 2023. They track the Lost Souls, the Fugitives and Isabel. The newest entries appear first. To follow the case in order, go to the last page, read from the bottom up, and work back one page at a time. If you catch something I missed, tell me.

The Journal

Sad clown with rainbow wig and ghost-hunting gear holds an EMF meter while two cartoonish ghosts loom in the smoky background.

Paranormal Groups Ignore Candle Face Just to Sell Merch

This entry is about nearly two years of asking the paranormal community for help and getting sales pitches back. Out of the 62 groups I...

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Split attic scene showing glowing corked bottles and parchment on one side, and boxes of rolled documents in shadow on the other.

Candle Face's Fugitives vs. the Remembered: The Difference

This entry explains the two groups of spirits in my care. The Fugitives are the 31 souls who escaped Candle Face's lair through my upstairs...

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Outstretched open hand emerging from darkness, softly illuminated against a shadowy background, suggesting an offer of help or protection.

How to Become a Guardian of Candle Face's Fugitive Souls

This entry explains what it means to become a Guardian of a Fugitive. Their energy is sealed in scrolls where the Master Shadow can't track...

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Stack of aged, wrinkled parchment sheets with torn, darkened edges resting on a richly grained wooden tabletop.

Sealed in Ink: Mr. Smoe's Scrolls of Souls Found in an Attic

This entry recounts the discovery of thirteen boxes in Mr. Smoe's attic, each filled with scrolls wrapped in yarn. Unlike his earlier notes and map,...

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