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Discover who Candle Face was, how she taunted me, and how she transformed my childhood into a living nightmare.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBased on True Events of a Haunting in Austin, Texas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe investigation into Candle Face didn’t start with \u003cem\u003eCandle Face Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e, it started with my childhood haunting. \u003cem\u003eThe Empty Lot Next Door \u003c\/em\u003eis my award-winning memoir that first introduced Candle Face, drawn from real experiences growing up in Austin in the 1970s and 80s. 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