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Bill Bean, January 6, 2008

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Book Review: Dark Force by Bill Bean
Blogger News Network - Posted on July 27th, 2009
Review by Simon Barrett

The Terrifying And Tragic Story Of The Bean Family

Dark Force is the story of one family’s experience living in a house shared by
some very dark forces. For a period of 10 years Bill, his brother and sister, and
parents resided in a small three bedroom house in Glen Burnie, Maryland. Likely
built in the 1940s the Bean family purchased it in 1970. From the outside it was a
perfectly normal dwelling, a house like any other in the area.

Almost immediately after the family moved in strange things started to occur. It
started off with noises late at night, tapping on the walls, the sound of footsteps
in the attic, and doors opening and closing on their own. This however was only
the beginning of a decade of terror for the family as the incidents grew more and
more menacing.

This was no playful ghost out for tricks and pranks. This was some very dark
force out for the kill.

Bill Bean’s story is indeed a strange one and it is clear that the decade that the family lived in this house had a profound
effect on them. His father started the decade as a caring and loving provider, and ended it as a bitter and anguished
alcoholic estranged from the family. Bill’s mother went from a fit young lady full of joy and life, to a tormented soul with
physical health problems, and finally death.

Bill’s sister unable to cope with both the entities in the house and the deteriorating family dynamics ran away from home
at age 16 to get married. It was her ticket to freedom. Interestingly the Bean’s extended family also suffered strange and
unfortunate events in their lives. It is almost as if the entire Bean family was under some curse.

The paranormal is a contentious subject, there are believers and disbelievers, and both sides are adamant in their views on
the subject. My view is not relevant, but I will share it anyway. I sit on the fence. I have had no personal dealings with it,
but to deny its existence would be akin to saying there is no such thing as winning the lottery, because I have never won!
Our understanding of our world grows in leaps and bounds every day, but we have by no means mapped everything there
is to map.

Even if you are a detractor I can still recommend Dark Force. It is a fascinating study into family dynamics while under
stress. Bill’s father found escape through alcohol, Bill’s sister through marriage. Bill’s mother had opportunities to escape,
yet chose not to. I have given this aspect much thought, and it certainly is a question that I will be asking Bill Bean when I
next speak with him. I see several explanations, she wanted her freedom, and to accept the kindness of others would have
made her beholden to them. Or maybe she felt that through dogged determination she could win the battle.

It does not matter how you slice and dice it Dark Force is a very disturbing book. Bill Bean concludes the book with a
section about the family members and their status. I found this the most disturbing section of all. His parents Patricia and
William both dead, Patricia from her various health issues, William Bean from gunshot wounds in 1987. His siblings Patti
and Bobbi are thankfully both alive and leading normal lives and trying to put the past behind them.
Bill Bean amongst this chaotic backdrop, that was his life, also found religion. His teen years were spent in turmoil, yet it
was his strong beliefs that saw him through the travails.

You can order your copy of Dark Force from Amazon.com, Bill Bean’s website: www.billbean.net, and the publisher’s
website www.voiceoftheangels.com.
 

"The voice thing was the freakiest thing that has happened to us during a show by far. Our studio is one of a pod of studios located inside one big building. Mariah, Trish and I were the only people inside the building and suddenly while you were talking a very loud male voice sounded out from somewhere just outside the studio. We all reacted to it. We video record every show, and I'll make sure to send you a copy of the video. In the video I'm sure you'll see all of us reacting to the noise. Mariah went out of the production booth to see who was in the studio. No one to be found. I cut to a commercial break so that I could step out into the building to see what was going on. Again nobody around. At the end of the show Trish told me that from her position in the studio, she saw a man run across the studio, dark in form, and go between the Pepsi machine and the refrigerator on the opposite side of the building. Problem is, the space between the two is only about four inches wide. That's what we witnessed. Trish isn't one to B.S. about this stuff so I believe her."

Tim Yancey, Co-Host
Encounters Paranormal Radio