Karl Petry

Karl Petry is known for his accurate CLAIRVOYANCE, ability to tune into the past via RETROCOGNITION,, and ability to read objects and photographs via PSYCHOMETRY. He participates in paranormal investigations, working with paranormal investigators to assess haunted locations and photographic evidence of paranormal phenomena.

Karl was born in Newark, New Jersey and the youngest of two children. The family lived in the Ironbound section of Newark, so-named because of the railroad lines that surrounding the neighborhood.

He had unusual psychic experiences from childhood. He saw Ghosts of the dead and scenes from the past played out in front of him as though in real time. He did not confide in his parent regarding these images. He would feel transported to distant locations, where he sometimes saw retro cognitive visions of the past.

The visions were difficult to comprehend, and he did his best to ignore them by keeping busy in jobs and activities. While still in high school, he cleaned and stacked iron pipes for a plumbing company, delivered numbers for a local bookie, and did dispatcher work at a trucking company.

After high school graduation, he enrolled in an automotive technical school, then enlisted in the United States Air Force. After his discharge he returned to Newark where he worked for the Federal Pacific Electric Company, holding various positions, including marketing manager for one of the divisions.

In 1985 he began making independent films. Several have paranormal themes: The Ironbound Vampire (1999), The Ghosts of Angela Webb (2004), and The Larksville Ghost (2005), He formed a partnership with Independent film producer John Orrichio and produced Requiem for a Vampire (2005), and The Haunting of Danbury House (2007).

Karl was in his forties before he started talking publicly about his psychic ability. For years, he gave informal readings to friends and associates. He helped solve crime cases involving homicides, missing persons, and kidnappings. He sharpened his ability with training provided by Ingo Swann, the New York City psychic who created the foundation for the U.S. government's classified program in remote viewing.

When Karl tunes into the past via retro cognition, the sounds of the present fade and images of the past appear in the place of what exists in the present. He is able to describe details from the past with high degree of accuracy. Similarly, when he experiences GHOSTS, he sees and hears them as though in real time. If they are imprints, they replay scenes from the past that he observes and hears.

Karl is a believer in SURVIVAL AFTER DEATH, proven to him by the ghosts he has experienced. On occasion he works with other psychics. When psychics "feel" something at a site, they look to Karl for more information, for he is able to see the entities with a high degree of clarity. He is able to communicate with some of the entities via TELEPATHY. Some resist communication, while still others gesture and point or just stare as if lost.

His most memorable ghost case was his investigation of a haunted house in Milford, New Jersey, with Paula Roberts of New York City, known as "The English Psychic." Karl explained, "You didn't have to look for the ghosts in this house, because they greeted you at the door." A woman ghost walked freely throughout the house, while another who kept out of sight threw things around and made noises. The case and its aftermath were so compelling that Karl decided to produce a docudrama to try to capture and share his personal experience-The Ghosts of Angela Webb.

Karl is cautious about the use of high-technology in PARANORMAL INVESTIGATIONS. Too much can interfere with the phenomena rather than reveal it, he says.

Further reading:
Guiley, Rosemary Ellen. "He Sees the Dead: The Spirit World Through the Psychic Eyes of Karl Petry" FATE, (March 2007):224