▁assistant ▁to ▁Thomas ▁Ed ison . ▁In ▁his ▁later ▁years , ▁Ed ison ▁attempted ▁to ▁develop ▁a ▁device ▁for ▁communic ating ▁with ▁the ▁dead . ▁Michael ▁studied ▁communication ▁theory ▁at ▁Pur due ▁University , ▁University ▁of ▁Notre ▁D ame , ▁American ▁University ▁in ▁C airo , ▁Egypt ▁and ▁Governor ' s ▁State ▁University . ▁During ▁the ▁G ulf ▁War ▁Michael ▁was ▁a ▁Ps y - ops ▁officer ▁in ▁Ira q . ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁years , ▁under ▁the ▁Ph antom ▁Air w aves ▁institution , ▁Michael ▁has ▁participated ▁in ▁hundreds ▁of ▁par an ormal ▁investig ations ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁world . ▁He ▁has ▁conducted ▁extensive ▁research ▁at ▁many ▁active ▁locations ▁and ▁has ▁developed ▁a ▁great ▁deal ▁of ▁unique ▁theory ▁and ▁de vised ▁many ▁unique ▁experiments ▁within ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁E VP . ▁F oc using ▁primarily ▁on ▁E VP ▁research , ▁he ▁has ▁collected ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁E VP s ▁and ▁video . ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁had ▁numerous ▁television , ▁radio ▁and ▁newspaper ▁appearances . ▁ ▁Working ▁extens ively ▁with ▁E VP ' s ▁relationship ▁to ▁experimental ▁music , ▁Michael ▁comb ines ▁E VP ▁with ▁field ▁recording ▁and ▁related ▁frequency ▁t ones ▁of ▁research ▁sites . ▁Michael ▁is ▁currently ▁published ▁by ▁Touch ▁( UK ). ▁ ▁Selected ▁Disc ography ▁▁ ▁Un s ure ▁( 2 0 0 6 ) ▁ ▁Perry ville ▁Battle field ▁( 2 0 0 7 ) ▁ ▁The ▁Summer house ▁( CD ) ▁w / ▁Le if ▁El g gren ▁( 2 0 0 7 ) ▁ ▁Fire ▁Station