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f By ANDREE-HICKOK. Jerry-F.. Sawyer, .22!, of 36 Co-, burn street, Fairfield, who -has been supporting himself as a parking attendant at the Strat-fisld Motor hotel has written a book, Deliver Us from Evil, a compilation of cases taken from the files of Edward and Lorraine Warren of Monroe. The Warrens have been investigators of haunted houses and ghosts for the past 28 years.The young writer is tall and slim. A sensitive face is framed by shaggy brown hair, a heard and mustache. He has hazel eyes and a quick, ready smite.He has long been interested in matters of the occult, he explained.He left Boston university three years ago after studying and majoring in theater arts for two years.Left College to Writet stayed home and wrote short stories and articles of this nature; true cases of haunted houses written up in short story form.”“Deliver Us from Evil” was published by the Phillips Publishing company, Westfield, Mass,Since publication, Jerry plans to leave his parking job shortly. He has worked there for the past four months, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.“I have saved enough money, from my parking lot job to last me several months anyway,’’ fie said, “I am going back to writing and want to work on other stories nntL articles, -'Sunflay pholn—Keifh MinionAUTHOR WITH BOOK - Jerry F. Sawyer, 22, of Fairfield, holds b^s -new book, “Deliver Us from Evil,” about ghosts,; spirits'- mtt/denjons. It took book and six months before Jie foundshrimp, made with special seasonings,Jerry feels that his book, “Deliver Us from Evil,” will appeal to anybody who’s at till curious about the supernatural, “which is a large percentage of the public. A iot more people are interested in the subject than most people real be. As 1 said, these are true stories. Therefore, it should attract a lot more, readers than If they wer.|; .-just fiction. There are 12 stpipl^-'in the book, mainly cases insNew England.” iSBackground on Exorcist*/;’; “There is also an article oftitl.if: true case behind the bonk, ‘The;;, Exorcist,’ ” the young man add- \ ed. The book, which has been made into.a movie,uvas released j.laet month, he sold.How did he come jo write this/. [ /particular -hook? - : /“Ed and J.orrame Wnrren, the ,,--:;fs'ew England, ghost hunting couple, contacted, rhe an.d;.asked me to write a bonk abqutithsir cases sifter I met them/a/dinbir. They gave me tapes; of -interviews ihfiy had with people involved in, /- these cases from whi{j£^Siig|i£ the/stories. I also aehojn'pam’fd ':-them on many ^F'TKe'ifi-vestigations. From the various things that I experienced, I came definitely to believe in psychic phenomena and ghosts.” Interest In Occult. ■ He- is currently wbrkmg/pn/a cookbook which combines.gourmet recipes with short.storiesof supernatural cases he^has 'investigated. / -:“i know a lot about cooking,”r us irum r.vn, “““‘.-f '-s-'j • • . , , . ,,him a year to write, beqn.mteres ed m the1 a publisher. , .'Wfe occt,!l^e. ^ai;f becau-se 1 am a Scorpio/* and they, are very.,L..r t mi tot' thlavaof All' in* I Ko oooull Tlby being a chef, I ani'4'h$y£.fooling around with.foofi. buymg cookbooks and cxperltileiitfrig../Ife-is already..''faijipU?,'' said;'with friends arta members of the family fopjbiA/mgrinafed he grinned. “I almost ended,'upjnushrooms and ijpked,/ituffed. Frank .T. Sawyer, .said/that/'dlihough bis impther and/fathfermuch interested' iii the occult, .ferry explained: .'He has read-many- bouks-about the supernatural.The writer, who lives atjhomc 'with his parents,, Mr, and/Mrs.//jye.re a little 'hesitant- to/accept• 'vhis; beliefs at/firS? /they/havec.prrte to believe'' aftjjr.-h'eaflhg me.irel.ate my .experiences and ;V ?he -experiences Of,others;’/, r\-/Jerry 'Has/^two,,-siste/s;- Mrs. ,-S k i r m a h t ris.;'/::R'aStas of .'•Bridgeport, and Patricia, I(!, a /student a I Andrew Warde High /school.- His sisters also have an -interest in the occult, be said. .■‘'Both believe. They have come ' to-accept my belief,”do believe that there.is a / supernatural. world,” bcv.; said; ii: where;; many of our fiint’asTes,;• vghpstgi demons, poltergeists ,ex-jflKlr'. ifc,,A'.,woi'ld tha ti has/had'' -^^ijfti^vestigatl^I^Wl;',# defmiiSjjH^Veeds muci'//:m6ve ruschrcii'l.'-bticausu. as [ scy in thb-book. inStrSis’^a.lvyays (i'yjtig;.-tq. learn eve fy tin bg-/l) d / Cfi rv ’.a bo ift ’ his earthly life.' Wbuldn’i it be ai-o ucr;!..\inle tv ,r ic barn v*1i,I v can .igr.i.l ,i'-- c’.er-na! :ifc:”Book I uni' A Voar It :ook ,'cn v Sawyer n year to wu:v Pie l.xiak. .mil si\ nnr'iisSPOOK-SEEKERS — Edward fessionai ghost liuntcrs with 28 Jerry Sawyer wrote his hook.vard and Lorraine Warren of Mbpjiic h.n.* been described ns pro- Soviet Shortage vests of 'experience.' It Is Sronv ewes taken Srom iheif flies thatV-' V ........... Al 13/vKkxr -Pine
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Bridgeport Post
Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Sun, Jan 06, 1974
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