Subjects of Interest:
Candle Face Chronicles
The Lost Souls
November 14, 2024
Two nights ago, I experienced something that I still can’t shake off. Even now, as I sit at my desk, the drumbeat remains in my mind. It follows me wherever I go, relentless and haunting, as if it’s trying to tell me something that I just can’t grasp. Or perhaps Candle Face has implanted the sound in my head to drive me insane as she does with so many of her victims.
I now know that the lost soul’s name is Jacob. But who was he, really? The name alone doesn’t reveal much. I’m convinced he was the creator of that drumbeat—the one that resonated through my chest and synced with the kitchen lights. But I need to know more. Who was he? What drove him to that encounter with Candle Face and her shadows?
Comparing the two encounters, one from March 22 and the other from November 12, 2024, I notice how they both align and diverge. The first time Jacob came to me, back in March, he was desperate, speaking of shadows pursuing him relentlessly. It was a terrifying account, but back then, I could only hear his words. I knew nothing about remote viewing at the time. I felt his fear, but there was a distance between us—a separation that’s no longer there.
This time, everything was different. The connection was deeper, more real. I wasn’t just listening to his testimony; I was living it. I felt what he felt, saw what he saw. And when Candle Face referred to me as “Jacob,” I was initially confused. At first, I thought she had mistaken me for him, or perhaps she was trying to manipulate me. But as the vision progressed, it became clear: I wasn’t myself in that moment—I was him. I had become Jacob.
The realization hit. I was witnessing Jacob’s final moments—the day he was taken by Candle Face and her shadows. The vision revealed glimpses of his terror, the frantic drumbeat that was both a creation of his own hands and a signal of his demise. But why did Candle Face target him specifically? What was it about Jacob that caught her attention? According to his March testimony, she killed him because he didn’t follow her orders. But what were those orders? In other cases, the lost souls have shared that they were supposed to kill nonbelievers but refused. Was that Jacob’s fate too? Did his defiance seal his doom?
As I try to piece together more details, I’ve scoured my journal entries and the scattered clues he left behind. Jacob spoke of shadows in the woods, of a perfect rhythm that called to him—a sound he could never quite replicate. This obsession drew him into the forest, where he ultimately met his end.
Now, I feel an urgent need to know more. Was he from Central Texas, like so many of the other lost souls who have reached out to me? Was he a local musician, perhaps, whose drumbeat was a signature sound that somehow led him to Candle Face? I believe that learning Jacob’s identity is crucial—not just for Jacob and my own understanding, but for the other lost souls who continue to reach out, desperate for help.
I’m turning to the internet, hoping to figure out who Jacob was and where he came from. If you, my readers, have any information or can help me piece together Jacob’s story, please reach out. Together, we can solve this case, find out where he lived, and perhaps discover what ultimately led him into the woods.
In the meantime, I’ll keep listening to that drumbeat—not that I have much of a choice. Maybe, just maybe, it will reveal the answers we need.
Is Candle Face real?
This is a complex and deeply personal question. On the one hand, there's the possibility that Candle Face is a manifestation of my childhood trauma, a figure created by my mind to cope with fear and emotional turmoil. On the other hand, the consistent details, physical evidence, and shared experiences with others suggest that Candle Face may be a genuine supernatural entity. Whether Candle Face is real or a creation of my psyche, her impact on my life has been undeniably profound. Ultimately, the answer to this question is up to you.
How are you able to communicate with the dead? Are you a psychic or medium?
I don’t consider myself a psychic or medium, although many in the paranormal community believe I have some kind of gift, perhaps one that I haven’t fully tapped into yet. Unlike those who claim to communicate with any spirit, my ability seems limited to connecting with Candle Face’s victims and Candle Face herself. While I’m not sure how this works, the connection is strong and focused on these particular Lost Souls, allowing me to share their stories and seek justice for them.
Do you use AI to create your content?
From October 2023 to around March 2024, I personally wrote the short descriptions you see on Google and social media platforms when my web pages or journal entries are shared or found in search results. These descriptions are those brief, 160-character summaries that pop up beside the URL. It was challenging to condense complex ideas into such a small space.
By March 2024, I began letting Wix, my website host, handle this task for me. Their AI generates these summaries much faster and often with more precision than I could manage within that tight character limit. It was a practical decision to let the system take over this small aspect of my work, allowing me to focus more on my writing and investigations.
The web pages and journal entries themselves are entirely my own. My writing encompasses a wide range of topics, including the testimonies of the Lost Souls, my investigations into Candle Face/Isabel, my books like Isabel: The Forgotten Daughter of La Llorona and The Haunted Handbook, as well as other works and research. Everything I write is rooted in my decades of experience in writing (over ten books in 15 years) and my 30+ years of expertise in intelligence analysis, missing persons cases, and human trafficking investigations. The core content you read always comes from me.
By early March 2025, I decided to create a Shopify account to sell copies of Isabel: The Forgotten Daughter of La Llorona, The Haunted Handbook, and to look for caretakers for The Scrolls of Souls. It was a tremendous amount of work to manually transfer all 130 journal entries from Wix to Shopify and recreate the Google SEO titles and descriptions for each entry. Shopify’s blogging platform also required a summary for each journal entry. Summarizing my work was taking around 30 minutes per entry, which became overwhelming and unsustainable.
To streamline the process, I allowed AI to create the summaries for me by uploading each journal entry and letting the AI generate the SEO descriptions, summaries, and ALT text for images. Here's a clear breakdown of what is AI-generated:
- Some journal entry titles.
- Nearly all SEO journal descriptions (up to 160 characters).
- Nearly all summaries (which are only available in the backend and not visible to the public).
Everything else you read comes from me, whether it’s documenting testimonies from the Lost Souls, researching Candle Face/Isabel, or writing my books. The AI simply handles the tedious, mechanical parts of the process, leaving the writing, storytelling, and investigations entirely in my hands.
I review all AI-generated summaries and descriptions to ensure they accurately represent the essence of my writing. My decision to use AI for these backend tasks is about maintaining efficiency and allowing me to focus on what truly matters: writing, storytelling, investigations, and giving voice to the Lost Souls, protecting the Fugitives, investigating Candle Face/Isabel, and exploring new projects. Your experience as a reader is shaped by my work, not by AI.
Why did you end the podcast?
I decided to cancel the Candle Face Chronicles Podcast for two key reasons. First, while the Get Haunted Network is a fantastic community for paranormal entertainment, it wasn't the right fit for the serious and important nature of my work with Candle Face Chronicles. The network's lighthearted tone didn’t align with my mission.
Second, the friends and family of one of Candle Face's victims reached out and asked me to stop discussing their loved one on the podcast because it was causing them too much pain. Their request made me realize that my work, while well-intentioned, was unintentionally hurting those who are still living and grieving.
These reasons led me to end the podcast, but I remain committed to continuing my mission to uncover Candle Face’s origins and methods with a renewed focus on compassion and respect for the living.
Why did you stop using www.candleface.com and start using www.branchingplotbooks.com?
I have had the branchingplotbooks.com domain since 2012, but I transferred the domain to Shopify to use it as my storefront. I needed to do this because Isabel: The Forgotten Daughter of La Llorona can't be published or sold via Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing because of its spiral binding requirement. The same goes for The Haunted Handbook.
I decided to sell them, along with most of my other books, on Shopify because it allows me to provide a more streamlined and reliable experience for my readers. It also enables me to have full control over my work and how it reaches my audience. Additionally, all my books are still available on Amazon (paperback and Kindle), except for Isabel: The Forgotten Daughter of La Llorona and The Haunted Handbook due to their unique binding requirements.
I also chose to use Shopify’s blogging platform, keeping all books, my journal, and the shopping experience located in one place.
I plan on keeping www.candleface.com up for the interim, but it will likely go down as well, or at least be redirected to www.branchingplotbooks.com. In the end, I want my work to be more streamlined and easier for the paranormal community and my readers to find my work, read and help the lost souls, protect the fugitives, and care for the Scrolls of Souls.
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