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Bill Corey – Goliad’s Ghost Man

Our close friend Bill Corey has made the cover of the Victoria Advocate newspaper. Here’s a link to the scanned newspaper article, or just read the typed version below! As you may know, Bill met with us in Goliad, Texas when we conducted our investigation at the Presidio La Bahia. We have stayed in contact with him ever since. He sends us recorded messages on cassette tapes because he doesn’t like worrying about his grammar & spelling. It’s always exciting to receive his packages in the mail. He sends us everything from articles on the latest ghost gadgets to the ForteanTimes. He even super glued a matchbox car to an old elegant gold candle holder and simply wrote “OS” on the hood of the car. At first we were like… “Huh?” Until he explained on the tape that it was our homemade “OS-CAR” trophy for the production of our first full length documentary at the Presidio La Bahia! Bill Corey is our Paranormal Grandad! We feel very fortunate to have met him. Luckily Bill is going to be attending the Ghost show in Beamont, Texas on March 13th! We can’t wait to hangout with him again and hear all the latest stories! Keep an eye out for a new documentary covering our adventure and journey to the Texas Ghost show! If you have not yet seen the Presidio La Bahia featuring Bill Corey check it out!

Presidio La Bahia – Aether Paranormal Investigation

GOLIAD’S GHOST MAN
The thought of ghosts and spirits roaming through town may scare some, and others may doubt, but it is what prompts other residents in Goliad to go to Bill Corey, the city’s unofficial paranormal investigator. Born on the south side of Chicago, Corey said he did not always believe in the paranormal. “I’m from Chicago, you have to see it,” said Corey, who moved to Rockport to escape the cold and open his own business. Corey began to volunteer at the hospice following his wife’s death. “It changes your outlook on life,” said Corey. He began helping patients deal with death in their last days, he said.

“You just go on to the next level,” said Corey. He recalls a patient asking where he was from, and she simply said, “Bethlehem” as she passed away. Corey has explored the Presidio La Bahia for paranormal activities and taken photos to look for orbs once developed. “I always have my camera,” said Corey, who carries his disposable camera everywhere.

The paranormal investigator also uses an Electronic Voice Phenomena recorder to detect sound that may not be able to be heard by the naked ear, he said. Corey is a character, said Debra Barker, events coordinator, and Mona Foust, managing director for the Goliad Chamber of Commerce. “He brings us breakfast when we’re working on Market Days, “Barker said. Barker said she remembers Corey from when she was younger.

“My brother and his son used to be in a band together,” said Barker, who has grown accustom to his visits. Corey, who gave up his car after the price of gas increased, rides his bike to the chamber. “He has been riding a bike for five years,” said Jodi Farrior, Corey’s daughter. Barker said many know Corey because of his bike and his investigations of the paranormal. “He’s got a lot of good stories,” Barker said. Foust, however, knows Corey for his polished rocks.
“He sometimes leaves us polished rocks in the paper if he gets here before I do,” said Foust. He started buying polished rocks when his wife was in the hospital dying of cancer. He would give them to her caretakers in gratitude for their work.

Since her death almost six years ago, he has continued to give rocks to friends. It’s part of Corey’s personality. “I try to make one new friend a day,” said Corey. Barker adds that his charisma comes from his humor, but wasn’t sure what to say recently when he called with a serious message. He called me and left a message saying he was having quadruple bypass surgery,” said Barker. Corey suffered a heart attack while at church more than a month ago, but has not let that slow him down. “He’s free spirited,” his daughter said. Corey said you have to know your own limits and listen to your doctors.

The 68-year-old told his late wife he wants to live to be 120 because there are many people he wants to meet. But there is one person Corey says he wants to meet most of all, but who that is, he keeps to himself. Article info via the Vicoria Advocate, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010.