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Peter James

ED WARREN "The Demonologist"

Ed Warren, age 79, renowned paranormal researcher and religious demonologist, died quietly on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at his home in Monroe, Connecticut with his wife of 61 years, Lorraine Moran Warren by his side. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on September 7, 1926. Ed Warren was a U. S. Navy veteran of World War II having served in both the Pacific and European Theatres. After military service, he attended art school in New Haven and later sold many of his paintings, mostly depictions of haunted houses and New England winter scenes. Often billing themselves as "Seekers of The Supernatural", Ed and Lorraine Warren lectured extensively throughout the United States and enjoyed particular fame in Japan and Australia. In their capacity as psychic investigators the Warrens were among a select handful of professionals asked to investigate the Amityville Horror Case, and were consultants on the first Amityville Horror film. Behind it all, Ed Warren was in fact a demonologist, and in fact one of only seven religious demonologists in the country. He was also an avid animal lover and advocate, having rescued and raised numerous orphaned animals over the years. When once asked if he feared death, Ed Warren remarked, "No, I don't fear it, not one iota, I know I'll be going to a beautiful place, a place so spectacular it defies words. In addition to his wife, Ed Warren is survived by a daughter, Judy Spera and her husband, Tony of New Milford; two grandchildren, Heather Valentine and her husband, Greg of Conestoga, Pennsylvania; and Christopher McKinnell of Lititz, Pennsylvania, four great grandchildren, Cory, Kyle and Brianna Denlinger and Michael McKinnell and numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Funeral Information Funeral services took place on Saturday, August 26, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church, Trumbull, in a Mass of Christian Burial. Internment with full military honors followed in Stepney Village Cemetery, Monroe.

  D. Scott Rogo 1950-1990

ONE OF the most widely respected writer-journalists covering the field of parapsychology. He was born February 1, 1950, and began publishing articles on psychical research while still a teenager, including some in scientific journals. His first book appeared when he was only 20. Scott attended the University of Cincinnati and then San Fernando Valley State College from which he graduated in 1972 summa cum laude with a B.A. in music. He played the English horn for two seasons with the San Diego Symphony and also played occasionally for the Honolulu Symphony. He played the oboe as well. Unlike many authors, Scott was an active scientific investigator. He served as a visiting researcher at both the Psychical Research Foundation (then in Durham, North Carolina) and the (former) Division of Parapsychology and Psychophysics of Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. He published three papers reporting experimental research on the ganzfeld (Rogo 1976, 1977; Rogo, Smith, and Terry 1976) and conducted a study on personality factors of successful ganzfeld subjects (Rogo and Sargent 1982). Scott was also active in field investigations of hauntings and poltergeists (e.g., Rogo 1974, 1982, 1987). Not only did he produce many books and popular articles, but in addition he published full papers in all of the professional, English-language, refereed parapsychology journals. Scott was also a leading authority on the history of psychical research. Perhaps Scott's greatest ability was to effectively communicate the complex findings of psi research to a larger public. I have met many people with a moderate interest in psychic phenomena whose only contact with scientific parapsychology was via Scott Rogo. He reached an immense number of people. One of Scott's contributions was that of consulting editor for Fate where he wrote a regular column on parapsychology. He also recruited a substantial number of prominent researchers and sceptics to write articles for the magazine, bringing a high level debate to the attention of the public. Tragically, on August 18, 1990 Scott was found stabbed to death in his home. He died aged 40.