Character Interview: Dr. James Pellitere from Micheal Rivers' "Verliege"
I'm very pleased to welcome back Micheal Rivers, this time with an In World interview with Doctor James Pellitere from his new release, Verliege!
The interview today is part of the blog tour!
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Q: Ah, it's been a while since I've seen you, my friend. What have you been keeping yourself so busy with?
A: Yes, it has been two years to the day since we last talked. I have been living in the castle Verliege in Germany. The day after we had lunch together I was given a new patient. I took the patient as a favor from his childhood friend. As a psychiatrist I would have never guessed his story would take me from West Virginia to Europe.
I am sure you read about him in the papers, his name was Adrian Bolt. His fame as an author was almost as well known as his crime. I really can't understand the reasons behind it, but his story never had the ring of someone living in a delusional world.
Q: Yes, the name is familiar. I had no idea that you'd taken him on as a patient. That must have been quite the experience, traveling to a castle in Germany! What was it like?
A: I dare say it would have been very nice if it had been for a vacation, but very important business lay before me with no way to get out of it. The castle is beautiful, in some ways beyond compare. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live with history? That is the life at Castle Verliege. I was there to investigate who was responsible for the death of Adrian's wife. He swore he did not kill her and I believed him.
There is something you should know about the castle. Adrian said it was haunted beyond reason. I have never had any experience of any kind with ghosts or the paranormal until I walked through the castle doors. I can honestly say that now I truly understand fear. I learned very quickly time is a relevant thing and should not be taken for granted.
Q: Is there anything such as haunted within reason, I wonder. It sounds like a frightening place, indeed. Can you tell me a little of what happened to you there?
A: I took a team of paranormal experts with me and we also had a representative from the German government to assure us there would be no interference from the outside to hinder the investigation. The local populace was not happy with us being there.
For a while I felt I knew who was responsible for the murder. As time progressed the ghosts in castle became more and more aggressive as well as threatening. You were seldom alone and having the team with me made little difference. Our mistake was discovering some of the secrets of the castle. This was when the ghosts decided we were not going to be allowed to leave.
We were under almost constant attack. I witnessed a battle between the living and the dead with injuries to us that were very real! What I saw happen to a member of my team should never be seen by anyone. It was incredibly cruel.
Q: Oh my! I'm not sure if I want to hear what happened. It sounds terrifying. I'm glad to see that you're home safely after all that. Was Bolt with you when you went?
A: Adrian Bolt was murdered while he was under my care. I was the last one to see him alive. Unfortunately I received the blame for it, but they had no evidence against me. The legacy I inherited was to clear his name and mine as well. That is the reason I went to the castle. The entire story is hard to believe, but the evidence speaks for itself. The story will never end in my lifetime or yours. One thing I have discovered for fact. There are things hidden in this world we never knew existed. These are the things that change us in ways we never knew were possible.
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Author Bio: Micheal, an American author, was born in Ahoskie, North Carolina in 1953. He served his country during the Vietnam War in the USMC. Later, his travels provided over thirty years of investigating and collecting stories of the paranormal. His genres include horror and thriller with an element of paranormal in all of his novels. The Smokey Mountain Ghost Trackers of Western North Carolina was founded by him and he is the lead investigator. Micheal currently resides in the mountains of North Carolina along with the love of his life and his Boxer he fondly calls Dee Dee.
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