What Lurks Within

What Lurks Within chronicles true case files from John Zaffis, noted demonologist and paranormal researcher, and Reverend Larry Elward, independent priest and exorcist and his wife Debbie Elward, paranormal researcher and psychic. This book delves into the more intense cases that the three have been involved in over their thirty-some years of working together in the paranormal field. John and Larry met while both were involved in a case for the famous ghost hunters, Ed and Lorraine Warren. Debbie would later meet up with John and her future husband while also on a case for the Warrens. A few short years later, the three would team up to work on their own cases separate from the Warrens. The three have continued working together and have put their combined knowledge together in co-authoring this book.Before you begin this book, you may wonder why we began doing what we do in the first place...it's not easy to explain.Each one of us has our own reasons why we would want to expose ourselves to possible retaliation from an unseen foe. John grew up in a family that was already in the work of eradicating spirits from people's lives. Although he was in his late teens early twenties when he started actually going on his first case and helping people, he still showed an early interest in the subject matter. Larry became interested in the subject of exorcism after watching the movie The Exorcist. He began studying about the subject and eventually went on his first paranormal case and witnessed a possessed man being sprayed with Holy Water. When the water hit the man's arms, it caused the skin to burst open as if he were slashed with a knife. Debbie chose to do this work as a psychic, being able to see spirits her whole life. She often wondered what she could do to use her God given gifts. She now believes that these gifts were given to her to help people. By chance or sheer luck, the three came together with a common goal to help people who are being beleaguered by these spirits. In What Lurks Within, we have highlighted only a few of our many cases that we have dealt with over our many years as a team. Still today, we continue helping people deal with their spiritual conflicts.