By Kirby Robinson
This is a Special Report. The cancer that was and still is Paranormal
State, Ryan D. Buell and the Paranormal Research Society – Part I.
NOTE: The staff of the American edition of the Eye on
the Paranormal was not responsible for the production or posting of this blog.
The staff of the Eye on the Paranormal – European Edition – is solely
responsible.
Paranormal State’s lack of credibility as well as the
questionable practices of Ryan D. Buell and the organization known as the
Paranormal Research Society (PRS) were topics that I had hoped would fade away
from my memory as well as the memories of the public. But due to the fact that Ryan
and PRS have been scamming people over the sale of tickets for events or
webinars that never happen (mind you these problems aren’t new, they were
occurring as far back as 2008 when the show was still on the air.) Ryan and PRS
are responsible for the cottage industry that was created by misinforming TV viewers
of what happens during a paranormal investigation. Far worse was the false
perception of what goes on during a demonic case. It motivated certain people
with less than honorable motives to copy such actions and continue to damage
both the credibility of the paranormal community and the public who turn to
these fakers for help and knowledge and get neither in return.
Some of the cast have turned their appearances on the
program into other media gigs. Others have not been so lucky. One such cast
member is a gentleman now known as Michael Young. Back when he appeared on the show,
he was known as Topher Michael Young.
To be fair we need to give you some back story. Topher
was a very dedicated lad while affiliated with the PRS and was eager to please Mr.
Buell. Topher used to help with monitoring the PRS board to make sure that no
one questioned the validity of the show. He even appeared on a few episodes. In
October 2008 when the first client told her story on the Eye on the Paranormal,
raising questions about the show’s validity, he and a rabid band of attack dogs
went on the warpath trying to destroy the client’s credibility. They even went
so far as to say she was crazy or had her own credibility issues. Funnily
enough, they felt her case was credible when they filmed it. Topher’s mother,
who was promoting events in Las Vegas at the time, even approached myself as
well as members of the Ghost Divas with offers to speak at an event that had
something to do with vampires, S&M, leather, bondage, and kinky sex if we
dropped our reporting on the subject. None of us accepted.
Topher was never close to the top of the food chain.
He was never a fixture on the show and after a few years he left claiming that
his views changed over time and that he became disillusioned with Buell.
Becoming disillusioned with a mentor is something I
can understand, as I experienced that with one of my mentors, Dr. Gene Scott. His
PhD was earned from Stanford University years ago and the school library had a copy
of his doctorate dissertation. While I was around him, I watched a man go from
a great teacher to one who no longer taught on any subject other than give me
all your money. The last straw came when one Sunday he had the front row of the
Los Angeles Theater, the home of his church at that time, filled with
playmates, hookers, porn stars and exotic dancers. He later went onto marry one.
After his death, Melissa Scott became the leader of the church. Here’s a link
about Pastor Melissa Scott:
As I grew older and a little wiser in the Lord, my
eyes began to see warning signs. Dr. Scott was a big fan of Ed Warren and
communicated with him. Things that were shared from the conversations were
things that every beginning demonologist should know. I was always like yeah
everyone knows that was the meat from Ed Warren’s teaching. So I can understand
his struggles but it seems that Mr. Young speaks and thinks with a forked
tongue and mind.
On one hand he disagrees with Mr. Buell’s views and
management style, on the other hand he claims that everything was on the up and
up on the show and it just might have been exaggerated a little bit.
Exaggeration is when you tell your date that the McDonald’s
she is being taken to for dinner is fine dining. Lying is when you tell a
client and the viewing public that there are GHOSTS and DEMONS around every
corner and in every basement and attic.
He claims that if an error is found in the show that
has been all explained away and the record is clear. If you question his or PRS
versions of events then you’re jealous, you want your own reality show or you have
some kind of agenda.
All are talking points that PRS has used for years.
But Topher is a very dangerous sort of animal as the
spiritual cancer that affected the show and all those around it has affected
him.
For a while, he has run a Facebook page called Worst Paranormal.
Anyone with paranormal and supernatural claims better be able to back them up,
which is all well and good. Does he go after well known paracelebrities? No,
only mom and pop paranormal groups. Does he go after all Psychics and Mediums including
those well known in the paranormal field? Those featured on Paranormal State?
No. Only those that the media has decided are far game. It’s like Theresa Caputo,
the Long Island Medium, if it had not been for Ron Tebo and Radar Online we would
still only get feel good stories about her. Now it is cool to go after her.
Does Topher go after big named TV show hosts like Zak Bagans and Amy Allan? No.
He does go after minor internet hosts. Now he says demons do not exist. Does he
go after some of the big named demonologists and pastors that take on demonic cases?
No. He goes after small fry like myself who do not claim to be in the paranormal
at all.
Topher suffers from a disease known as Facebook
Paranormal Nobody Syndrome. It affects many folks. You get a Facebook page, call
it paranormal something or other, get a few hundred friends, maybe a small
website, and then your ego starts to grow and you think you’re somebody.
And if you refuse to play along with Topher and PRS,
then you have something to hide.
In the future parts of this series we will take a
deeper look into the cancer that was and is Paranormal State, Ryan Buell, and
PRS. We will show that Mr. Young’s world falls apart when the light of the
truth is shined on it.
Parts 2 and 3 will run July 4 and 5.
