Leah Haley (Lost Was They Key) and Jim Sparks (The Keepers)

Both of these people wrote books. Jim Sparks wrote The Keepers and Leah Haley wrote Lost Was The Key. One detail I found interesting that matches in both stories are small black boxes with what looks like test tubes made of pewter. In Jim Sparks case, he describes these during his experience of supposedly having the tar from heavy smoking removed from his lungs. Leah Haley did not specify the contents, only that she saw what looked like test tubes made of pewter in a small black box. Curious...