ASCENT FROM DARKNESS
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JOSH FRANER
MICHAEL LEEHAN / jonni hare
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SYNOPSIS / AFTER TWO DECADES OF SERVING SATAN THROUGH BLOOD RITUALS AND A MURDEROUS ASSIGNMENT, A MAN FACES A CHOICE — REMAIN CONSUMED BY DARKNESS OR RISK EVERYTHING TO BREAK FREE.
THIS IS THE GRIPPING TRUE STORY OF MICHAEL LEEHAN’S ASCENT, NAVIGATING BLURRED LINES BETWEEN THE PSYCHOTIC AND SUPERNATURAL.
A CHILLING TRUE CRIME CASE
ON AUGUST 29, 2014, CHRISTINA MORRIS VANISHES WITHOUT A TRACE FROM A PARKING GARAGE IN PLANO, TX.
AFTER A NIGHT OUT WITH FRIENDS, MORRIS WAS LAST RECORDED FROM A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA WALKING WITH A MAN IN BLACK PANTS AND LONG-SLEEVES. ENRIQUE AROCHI AROCHI LEAVES THE GARAGE THAT NIGHT BUT CHRISTINA DOESN’T.
FRUSTRATED WITH THE SLOW RESPONSE OF THE POLICE, JONNI HARE (CHRISTINA’S MOM) CONTACTS MICHAEL LEEHAN TO ASSIST IN TRACING THE KIDNAPPING. ALTHOUGH JONNI DOESN’T BELIEVE IN PSYCHICS AND SUPERNATURAL FORCES, LEEHAN REVEALS AN EYE-RAISING A LIST OF 45 DETAILS RELATED TO THE KIDNAPPING OF HER DAUGHTER. MICHAEL TELLS HER THAT CHRISTINA HAS BEEN MURDERED.
JONNI HAS A CHOICE TO BELIEVE MICHAEL AND CONFRONT A NEW DEPTH OF EVIL, OR WRITE HIM OFF AS PSYCHOTIC.
A TROUBLED MIND
JIM KIMBROUGH RECOUNTS MICHAEL LEEHAN WAS LED TO A BIBLE STUDY AT HIS HOUSE ONE NIGHT BY DEMONIC FORCES. LIKE AN ACTIVE GPS SYSTEM, LEEHAN KNEW WHICH FREEWAY EXITS TO TAKE AND WHICH STREETS TO TURN ON. HE ARRIVES AS A STRANGER TO THE GROUP AND ACTIVELY TARGETS THOSE THAT WERE PRAYING.
KIMBROUGH FEELS A SUPERNATURAL VICE GRIP SENSATION ON HIS FOREHEAD AS LEEHAN ATTEMPTS TO DISRUPT THE MEETING.
LATER AS JIM WALKS MICHAEL TO HIS TRUCK, HE SPOTS UNDULATIONS UNDER MICHAEL’S ARM. HE DESCRIBES THE SENSATION LIKE SEEING A BEATLE TRAPPED RUNNING UNDERNEATH HIS SKIN.
RALPH ASCERNO HEARS 50 MILE-PER-HOUR WINDS IN HIS HOUSE ONE NIGHT AS MICHAEL LEEHAN STAYS WITH HIM. AT THE SAME TIME, SOMETHING PUSHES HIS WIFE.
RALPH GETS UP FROM HIS BED, LOOKS OUT THE WINDOW AND FINDS THE TREES OUTSIDE PERFECTLY CALM.
IN THIS STORY, WE’LL INTERVIEW MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT KNOW MICHAEL AND PROVE THE VALIDITY OF HIS ENCOUNTERS.
EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF mental health and spiritual capability
in this story, we’ll investigate leehan’s journey towards redemption and examine it through a lens of mental health and spiritual integration. HOW CAN WE NOT SHUN those who have been wounded LIKE MICHAEL? to do this we’ll interview thought leaders AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS.
WE’LL EXAMINE OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A SOCIETY IN HELPING THOSE WHO NEED DEEPER CONNECTION DUE TO TRAUMA AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
