As I mentioned in the introduction, this book was never intended to be specifically about the Martin case in Mississippi. I wanted to present a realistic picture of what perspective investigators might encounter while working in the field on private cases.
It would have been easy to dramatize the Martin case and to write a book much like those I read in my youth: scary! But while doing that may have made for an entertaining read, it would have been a grave disservice to everyone who wants to know what it’s really like to investigate a haunting.
Now that you have read Devil in the Delta, I encourage you to visit the website of my group, Paranormal Inc (www
.paranormalincorporated.com). In the right sidebar of the website is a list of many of the investigations we have done over the years—just click on one you want to check out and you can read case details, listen to EVPs captured during our investigation, and sometimes even see photographs and videos from the case.
Many of the cases mentioned in this book (such as those detailed in chapter 4) are on the website, so you can actually check out some of the evidence mentioned here in this book. In addition to this, I have added a link for the Martin case. If you go to that particular link, you will get to see more photographs taken at the location, hear the audio files I reference in this book, and get even more details about the case and my investigation there.
I hope this book serves as a friendly warning to everyone who is contemplating investigating the paranormal—but I also hope it does not scare you off completely from the venture! As I have written in this book, as well as the other books I have written for Llewellyn Publishing, there are lots of great haunted locations open to the public that you can visit and enjoy. Possibly even investigate. So have fun and let me know how your investigations go. Cheers!