Michael Preisinger (born 26 March 1962 in
Rheinbach
Rheinbach is a town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis district (Landkreis), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It belongs to the administrative district (Regierungsbezirk) of Cologne.
Geography
Situated south-west of Bonn and south of Cologne, Rheinbac ...
) is a German consultant, journalist, author and TV host. He also writes under the pseudonym Mig Feuser.
Life
Preisinger, son of a glass technician, grew up - beside a two-year stay in eastern
Bavaria
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, in the city of
Düren
Düren (; ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne on the river Rur.
History
Roman era
The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the territory of the Eburones, a pe ...
in
North-Rhine-Westphalia. After graduating at the Wirteltor-High School in 1981 he started to study sports sciences at the
German Sport University in Cologne. In 1986 he graduated as ''Diploma-Sports-Teacher''. In the very same year he started as an officer of the reserve cadet at the tank Battalion 533 in
Düren
Düren (; ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne on the river Rur.
History
Roman era
The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the territory of the Eburones, a pe ...
and finished his trainings in
Munster
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following th ...
/Lower Saxony.
Since 1989 he worked as track & field coach und studied history at the
University of Cologne
The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...
. In 1990 he published his non-fictional book ''Sprungwettbewerbe der Leichtathletik - Die Entwicklung Mittelalter bis 1896'' (''Jumping contests of Track & Field - The Development from the Medieval Ages until 1896''), before he was working as scientific employee at the Institute for Sports History of the German Sports University. 1993 he organized an exhibition on the History of Track & Field Athletics in the city hall of
Stuttgart on the occasion of the T&F World Championships.
Beside his writing activities for different magazines, he was working for the tourism industry and among other places lived in
Nassau, Bahamas
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. There he wrote his book, published after his return to Europe, ''Das Bermuda-Rätsel gelöst'' (''The Bermuda Riddle Solved'') about the
Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an urban legend focused on a loosely defined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under myster ...
, in the meantime translated in several languages like Italian, Romanian or Polish. 1997 Preisinger received his doctor's degree at the
German Sport University Cologne
German Sport University Cologne (German: Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln, DSHS, Spoho), is a sport university in Cologne, Germany.
History
The Sport University Cologne was founded in 1947. After the Sport University had changed its name to " ...
in History and Sociology.
From 1998 until 2003 Preisinger worked as freelancer and later editor for the
Schwäbische Zeitung
''Schwäbische Zeitung'' (eng. "Swabian Times") is a daily newspaper published by Medienhaus Schwäbisch Media, Schwäbischer Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Drexler, Gessler in Ravensburg, Germany. It was first published in Leutkirch im Allgäu on December ...
(Swabian Newspaper), in this time he also published his third non-fictional book ''AUTEC-Navy-Basis - Offizieller Kontakt zu einer anderen Welt?'' (''AUTEC-Navy-Base. Official Contact to another World? '')
2004 he started his investigations for his fourth non-fictional book, which was published in the end of 2005 under the title ''Voodoo, Orisha & Co - Eine Reise zu den afrikanischen Religionen und Kulturen der Karibik'' (''Voodoo, Orisha & Co - A Voyage to the African Religions and Cultures of the Caribbean'').
Since moving from
Lake Constance
Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Lak ...
to the
Baltic Sea
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The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and fr ...
in 2005
[s. Portrait in the ''Ostsee-Zeitung'', 11 January 2006] Preisinger was working for different media, among other projects he hosted together with Aiman Abdallah an episode of the
Pro7
ProSieben (, ''sieben'' is German for "seven"; often stylized as Pro7) is a German free-to-air television network owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media.
It was launched on 1 January 1989. It is Germany's second-largest privately owned television compa ...
-Show ''Galileo-Mystery'' on the Bermuda-Triangle.
In 2016 Preisinger moved to the United States, since then working as an author, consultant and journalist, working among others for the German television station ''WELT Nachrichten'' and several print media.
Preisinger lives with his wife Karen Elaine Preisinger, née Hornback, in
Adair County, Kentucky, USA, where he presently is also writing for the local newspaper ''The Adair Progress''.
Works
* ''Sprungwettbewerbe der Leichtathletik - Die Entwicklung Mittelalter bis 1896'', Frankfurt/Bern/New York/Paris 1990,
* ''Das Bermuda-Rätsel gelöst. Taucher finden Beweise auf den Bahamas und Florida Keys'', Munich 1997, (also as soft cover Munich 1999, )
* ''Ursprünge der Leichtathletik. Laufen, Springen und Werfen von den Philanthropen bis zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts'', Doctorate at the Sports University Cologne, as microfiche at all German universities
* ''Zagadka trójkta Bermudzkiego Rozwizana. Po raz pierwszy potwierdzone dowody istnienia wrót do innych wymiarów i wiatów'', Warsaw 1998,
* ''Il Triangolo delle Bermude. Una spedizione svela il mistero dell' "archipelago maledetto"'', Casale Monferrato 1999,
* ''Bermudu. Trijstura Mikla Atmineta'', Riga 1999,
* ''Triunghiul Bermudelor. Elucidarea Enigmei'', Bucharest 1999,
* ''AUTEC-Navy-Basis. Offizieller Kontakt zu einer anderen Welt?'', Obergünzburg 1999, Verlag UFO-Nachrichten
* ''Voodoo, Orisha & Co - Eine Reise zu den afrikanischen Kulturen und Religionen der Karibik'', Norderstedt 2005,
* ''Das Krokodil im Salzhaff'', in ''Ostsee-Anzeiger'' 2007
* ''Voodoo, Orisha & Co - Eine Reise zu den afrikanischen Kulturen und Religionen der Karibik'', 2. erw. Aufl. Psi Pro Media 2022,
* ''Voodoo, Orisha, & Co - A Voyage to the African Cultures and Religions of the Caribbean'', Psi Pro Media 2022,
* ''AUTEC Navy Base - Secret Contact to Aliens? Or Crazy Conspiracy Theories'', Psi Pro Media 2022,
* ''Staying Alive With Intuition - How the Sixth Sense Helps in Everyday Life and Critical Situations'', Psi Pro Media 2022,
Appearances on TV
* 1995 Hosting a track & field broadcast for ''ZNS Bahamas Television''
* 1998 ''Sat1 Frühstücksfernsehen'', interview with Andreas Franke
* 1998 ''Schiejok täglich'' at ''
ORF
ORF or Orf may refer to:
* Norfolk International Airport, IATA airport code ORF
* Observer Research Foundation, an Indian research institute
* One Race Films, a film production company founded by Vin Diesel
* Open reading frame, a portion of t ...
'', interview with Walter Schiejok
* 1998 ''Vera am Mittag'' on ''Sat1'', expert on the subject ghosts at Vera Int Veen
* 2001 interview on the subject ''Bermuda Triangle'' in an episode of ''Encounters with the Unexplained'' by ''Grizzly Adams Productions'' for the complete US-market
* 2008 Co-hosting of ''Galileo-Mystery'' at ''
Pro7
ProSieben (, ''sieben'' is German for "seven"; often stylized as Pro7) is a German free-to-air television network owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media.
It was launched on 1 January 1989. It is Germany's second-largest privately owned television compa ...
'' on the Bermuda-Triangle on 11 July
* 2008 - 2016 hosting fake-documentations on ''TV Rostock'', up to now broadcast resp. shot: ''The Crocodile in the Salzhaff'', ''From Schmarl into the Bermuda-Triangle'', '' The Duce's Treasure on Wustrow'', ''The Werewolf in the Kühlung'', ''The Witch-Burning of Nienhagen''
Notes
External links
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Michael ''Mig'' PreisingerPsi Pro GroupMig Feuser
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1962 births
Living people
People from Rheinbach
German journalists
German male journalists
German television presenters
German male writers