Subjects of Interest:
Candle Face Chronicles
The Lost Souls
August 9, 2024
I must announce the conclusion of the Candle Face Chronicles podcast after only six episodes. This decision hasn’t been easy, and it’s one that I’ve struggled with, but I believe it’s necessary.
Candle Face Chronicles has been a deeply personal mission for me to bring peace to the lost souls Candle Face has killed or ordered her followers to kill. This mission has consumed my thoughts, driven my actions—often at the cost of my peace of mind—and drained me financially. The seriousness of this endeavor demands a platform and an audience that are deeply in tune with the seriousness of the paranormal, far beyond mere entertainment.
Through the Get Haunted Network, I had the privilege of connecting with a community of incredible individuals—Rob, Sara, Courtney, Trevor, Stacey Tallitsch, Ernie and Denise Pack, Wade Kirby, Richard Breault, and many others who shared their passion and support along the way. The Get Haunted Network is a fantastic community, offering great shows that explore the paranormal with curiosity, enthusiasm, a sense of wonder, and, more often than not, a sense of humor. It’s a place for those who enjoy paranormal entertainment, and I highly recommend it. However, my work with Candle Face Chronicles has led me down a path that requires a different focus—one that investigates the lost souls’ stories and the serious nature of the paranormal. The lighthearted nature of the Get Haunted Network doesn’t seem like the right place for an entity that haunts and kills her prey.
Recently, I had a profound and heartbreaking experience that made me rethink my approach. The friends and family of a victim featured on my podcast reached out, asking that I stop discussing their loved one. The sorrow in their voices was intense. Listening to their cries for understanding was gut-wrenching. I was overwhelmed with guilt as I realized the pain my words had unintentionally caused. It was as if my heart broke alongside theirs, knowing that my search for truth had reopened wounds that had barely begun to heal.
I couldn’t sleep that night, haunted not by Candle Face, but by the voices of the living—those who are still here, still hurting. Their grief, their pleas for compassion, have made it clear that my approach must change. While the voices of the dead are important, the voices of the living must be heard above all.
This experience has confirmed a fear I’ve had since the beginning—that the sensitive nature of Candle Face Chronicles might be too much for those who knew and loved the victims. I’ve mentioned this concern in several of my podcast episodes, but it took this heartbreaking call to truly understand its impact. As a result, I’ll no longer provide the names of those I believe to be victims of Candle Face. My focus will now shift toward locating their remains without publicly identifying them, in an effort to spare their loved ones further pain.
I’m also deeply concerned about the possibility of mistakenly implicating innocent people as killers. The lost souls have been providing more detailed testimonies to me lately, including information about Candle Face’s followers who have killed in her name. However, there’s always the risk that these details could be inaccurate, leading to the wrongful identification of individuals as killers. Therefore, I’ll not publicly identify who the lost souls claim are responsible for their deaths. My focus will remain on helping the lost souls find peace without causing further harm to the living.
As I move forward, I plan to shift my focus toward understanding Candle Face herself, investigating her origins and methods in greater depth. To achieve this, I’ll work closely with paranormal investigators, psychics, and mediums in the Austin area—the epicenter of Candle Face’s terror. Additionally, I intend to explore historical records, folklore, and ancient texts, searching for clues that may reveal Candle Face’s origins. Understanding where she comes from may provide us with the key to stopping her.
Involving the broader community in this effort is also essential. While I plan to distance myself from the online paranormal community, which often focuses on entertainment, I’ll continue to crowdsource insights from those who have been following Candle Face Chronicles closely. Your theories, tips, and observations might offer valuable pieces to this puzzle, and together, we may be able to discover new ways to weaken or even banish Candle Face.
To broaden my perspective, I’ll also engage with religious leaders, seeking a more inclusive understanding of assisting the lost souls and ultimately stopping Candle Face. This mission will be about finding real solutions for those suffering from Candle Face.
At this point in my mission, I’m filled with regret and hope. Regret for any pain I have caused, and hope for a future where these lost souls can finally find peace. Though the podcast has come to an end, my work hasn’t. The search for answers and the mission to bring peace to the lost souls continues. I may periodically conduct live videos from the locations where the lost souls have guided me and conduct interviews, but these will focus on the journey and the process, not on identifying the victims or killers. This approach will allow me to continue the work respectfully and compassionately without causing further distress to the families of the lost souls or implicating possibly innocent people as responsible for their demise.
To the Get Haunted Network and everyone who has supported me—thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your encouragement and belief in this mission have meant more than words can express. I hope you’ll continue to walk with me as I find new ways to pursue this important work, always with compassion and respect at the forefront.
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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