‘Haunted Lies’ shares life-changing story
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<p class="p1">Ellen Newton-Driscoll, a former resident of Anna, has recently published her first non-fiction book, which is titled “Haunted Lies.” She lived in Anna for eight years and graduated from Anna-Jonesboro Community High School.</p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">Newton-Driscoll is familiar with writing novels. She is the author of the Candlewood fiction series.</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">“Haunted Lies” is an account of her encounters with the paranormal.</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">A Ouija board is what peaked her fascination of the paranormal when she was very young. She said she also lived in a haunted house for nine years.</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">Years later, Newton-Driscoll and her husband Tom started Parker County Paranormal, a ghost hunting group. Their two sons, Michael and Cody and their girlfriends, now wives, were in the group.</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">After about three years in the group, Newton-Driscoll said she received a message from God to stop ghost hunting. </span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">“I remember I had three friends in the same day say, ‘I’m worried about you.’ It shook me to my feet,” Newton-Driscoll said.</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">Newton-Driscoll says she still believes there is an afterlife, but that people need to stay away from the “dark side” of paranormal.</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">“I got so enamored with the dark side and I didn’t realize it. . .I was overlooking the most paranormal: God,” Newton-Driscoll said.</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">It was very hard for her husband to accept her sudden halt in ghost hunting. Eventually, he quit.</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">Her sons tried to continue Parker County Paranormal, but it eventually ceased to exist.</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">Now, Newton-Driscoll is getting more comfortable with her new lifestyle.</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">“It’s been hard for my family to figure it out – to see if the change in me will be permanent,” Newton-Driscoll said. “I changed my life and my outlook.”</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">A goal of hers is for people to understand what they are dealing with when it comes to ghost hunting.</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">“I’m not judging and I hope I’m not preaching, but I am warning that confronting spirits may open doors that dangerous entities can come through,” she said.</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">Newton-Driscoll currently resides in Azle, Texas, with her husband Tom.</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">“Haunted Lies” can be purchased through her site at www.candlewoodbooks.net or through Tate Publishing at www.tatepublishing.com.</span></p><p class="p2"><span class="s1">If anyone contacts Newton-Driscoll through her site and tells her they’re from Illinois the cost of the book will be $10. Otherwise the book sells for $12.99.</span></p>