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Review: LaSpirits (Part 1 of Who Knows)

I heard about LaSpirits while browsing the September 26th edition of SWIFT on the JREF website.  The article discussing LaSpirits written by Alison Smith, titled “LSU Ghost Hunters?”, mainly focused on the leisure course run by LaSpirits founder Brad Duplechein.  I’m not going to get into the specifics of the course here, as I was not able to attend it, which is rather [...]

October 5th, 2008

Diabetic Child Dies of Faith Healing

For Kara
March 23, 2008, 11 year old Madeline Kara Neumann died of diabetic ketoacidosis, a fate that could have been prevented had her parents decided to seek medical treatment for the girl. According to experts, Madeline “had probably been ill for about 30 days, suffering symptoms like nausea, vomiting, excessive thirst, loss of appetite [...]

July 28th, 2008