In June of last year, after more than 18 years of frustration and disappointment in the

field of paranormal investigation, I released word through this niche research community

that I was making an offer of $100,000, which was all the money it could possibly ever

raise for documented proof of the supernatural.

Now offers like this have been made by others before in the past, of course, and mine was

no different, and I didn't expect it to raise any eyebrows or be seriously considered.

But on December 6th, I received a static e-payphone call, a little past 11 p.m., from a man

who announced his name several times as Raymond Raynitz.

He was responding to my offer as he'd understood it from one of his business associates.

What was amazing about our conversation is that he had no interest in taking my money.

Instead, he essentially wanted to pay me to travel to him and observe a phenomenon

which he believed would satisfy my yearning for an authentic paranormal experience.

He urged me to research him on the web to establish who he was and the validity of his

offer, and he told me he called me back in 24 hours.

Before he hung up, I asked him where he was currently located, and the one word he said

caught my attention, like no other did, Cabell.

Cabell had just in the past two weeks become a household word.

It was this insignificant town in Western Michigan with a population of maybe 5,000.

Since September, though, it had become the hunting ground of a prolific serial killer

who was now responsible for 16 murders.

The victims had spanned all age groups, genders.

The rate of the killings had so horrified that people of Cabell that they'd installed

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