Poltergeists & Ghosthunting / Open Lines
Date
Friday - July 31 2020
Host
George Noory
Guests
John Fraser, Open Lines
John Fraser is currently a member of the Spontaneous Cases Committee and the Council of the Society for Psychical Research. He has previously been Vice Chair of the Ghost Club (founded in 1862) and joined the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena in its founding year. In the first half, he discussed his experiences with ghost hunting, apparitions, and poltergeists. After watching a television program at age 13 where the participants were "taking things seriously," Fraser decided to start investigating hauntings and other strange paranormal occurrences. Surprisingly, Fraser remarked that real vampire cases involve beings that are apparently similar to what are known as poltergeists, or "noisy ghosts," which he said "behave like a child with ADHD." In Latin America, he said, vampires are known as "'duendes,' which essentially means 'goblins.'"
Fraser spoke of a location called "the Cage" which is one of the most active haunting sites he has ever seen. It is an old prison and place where witches were persecuted and punished. He has investigated the site for many years and interviewed "dozens of witnesses to the same things," which include doors closing on their own, people pushed down stairs, and most frighteningly, scratches that appear spontaneously on the arms and legs of witnesses. He concluded that "there’s some kind of atmosphere there that triggers some very unusual experiences," as far as hauntings or in particular, poltergeist events. Fraser said that he sees all paranormal phenomena as similar and inhabiting "one big box" of strangeness.
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Open Lines occupied the second half. Chris in Iowa related a story of his spirit companion who apparently talked to his girlfriend’s deceased father who committed suicide, and passed along a message to his wife apologizing for missing the birth of their unborn son. Chris said he was unaware of this situation when he told his girlfriend about it. Joe from California said he heard a noise in his home which he was able to record. A male voice, which he recalled was "not very distant, but not very close," said "wake up" in Italian. He recorded it again later and the voice said the same thing, but was now a female voice. Michael in Kansas told George he believes that "there are a lot of dark forces in the world using the COVID and the race stuff and pitting people against one another."
Gheg in Idaho called in great agitation and said that he believes a ghostly woman is following him, and who makes him feel like he "went through a town and killed everybody there." George tried to give him some advice calm him down. Eric in Indiana asked if the legend of the "giants" killed in caves near Lovelock, Nevada by Native Americans in the ancient past "not in fact humans, but bigfeet" because they supposedly had red hair as reported in many Bigfoot sightings. Jim in Texas told the story of an imaginary friend from his childhood who still talks to him and who he believes saved his life more than once in the Army. She also told him (at age 73) that a woman he met is "the one" and he is now engaged to her. Her advice not to marry in the past was not heeded and Jim says the marriages ended in divorce. The last half hour featured an encore interview excerpt on angelic guidance with Barbara Y. Martin and Dimitri Moraitis of the Spiritual Arts Institute.
News segment guests: Christian Wilde, Peter Davenport, Tim Binnall.
Website(s):
spr.ac.uk/about/people/john-fraser
Book(s):
Poltergeist! A New Investigation Into Destructive Haunting
Bumper Music:
Bumper music from Friday July 31, 2020
The Chase
Giogio Moroder
Wind of Change
The Scorpions
I’ve Gotta Be Me
Sammy Davis Jr.
Swan Lake
Blackalicious
Light My Fire
The Doors
Bur Said
Cusco
Hold Your Head Up
Argent
Tupac Amaru
Cusco
Living On A Prayer
Bon Jovi
TNT For The Brain
Enigma
Time After Time
Frank Sinatra
Dancing Queen
ABBA
Fanfare For The Common Man
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Gravity Of Love
Enigma
When You Come Back To Me
World Party
Inca Dance
Cusco
