Spiritualism and the Paranormal

I’ve always wanted to go on a haunted tour. I'd like to see a couple of people get touched my unseen hands, accuse the person next to them of trying to talk to them and what not. When I was in Las Vegas, we had a mind to take the Haunted Vegas Tour , but decided against it as we were having paranormal experiences in our hotel room. But, when I got back, I started asking around for something similar and what I found were tours in Seattle: "The Spooked in Seattle Tour" , which took place in historical Pioneer Square and the “ Market Ghost Tours and Espresso ”, in the Pike Place Market . When I brought this up to Eric he suggested that we bring along a few friends, too. He’d already told his co-worker Sam, who was also interested. I let a few of my friends know, but there were no other takers. So, I was just the three of us: Same, Eric and I.  We talked about each tour decided upon the Spooked in Seattle Tour. We booked the 8:15PM tour. It started at the Ye Olde Curiosity...

I met Toni when I shared a booth with her and another psychic at Northwest Women’s Show at the CenturyLink Event Center (formerly the Qwest Event Center). Ever since then, she and I have kept in contact over the past few years.   Toni Ever since she was a child, Toni has been clairvoyant .  When she was young, she would receive impressions by touching someone or something that they own. For example, when she was about nine-years old, she and her parents were moving out of their apartment in Gardena, CA . At the same time, the new tenants, a husband and wife, were moving in. The man had a treasure chest that he wanted to part with, so he offered it to Toni. When Toni touched the chest as the man was giving it to her, a flurry of images entered her mind. She tried telling the man that he would be dying, but her mother was so embarrassed that she ordered Toni to be quiet and to go inside the car. Sadly her prediction came true - the man died in the apartment within t...

In the early 80s, I lived with my aunt and grandmother on a small, 5 acre berry farm in Port Orchard, Washington . I moved in with them to fulfill a promise that I had made with my late uncle. He asked if I would like to live with my aunt if something were to happen to him. Being a child of three or four I didn’t know what death was, so I agreed. One rainy day he was tending to the berries and caught cold. He died of pneumonia a few weeks later. Living there, I always had an uneasy feeling going to the bottom floor of that split-level house. It was my uncle’s refuge, his “man cave” as they could call it now, where he spent much of his free time in his recliner watching basketball games on his large Zenith TV when he wasn’t tending to the berries. After his death, my aunt had the TV moved up to the living room on the upper floor sometime after I starting living with them. A small jar of Vick's VapoRub One night my aunt and I were watching...

I started watching Celebrity Ghost Stories when its first season aired on the Biography Channel a few years ago. And, since then I have tried to watch each new episode because most have caught my attention in one way or another. The show is a reality-base where celebrities narrate a paranormal event that they had experienced. Celebrities include actors, Corbin Bernsen ( L.A. Law ), Joan Collins ( Dynasty , The Colbys ) and Christopher Knight ( The Brady Bunch );  musicians, Vince Neil ( Motley Crue ), Marilyn Manson ( Marilyn Manson ) and Jermaine Jackson ( Jackson Five );  sports stars, Sugar Ray Leonard (Olympic Boxer); and other personalities, the late Phyllis Diller (Comedienne), Paul Shaffer ( Late Night with David Letterman ) and Margaret Cho (Comedienne). In each hour-long episode, each celebrity segment lasts between 15 to 20 minutes. The only exceptions have been the “Scariest Moments” episode where they show the most frightening scenes from previous episo...

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"... The first thing to hit me was the strong scent of vanilla. I commented to Mike about the vanilla scent asking if it were a new car freshener. That's when Mike just came out with it: He had an attachment!" In this story, a friend had a paranormal experience in his early twenties under a bridge known for suicides. Fast forward years later, he wants to experience the same "thrill" of having a paranormal encounter, but this time he makes a serious mistake and the spirit attaches to him. Another Trip to the Bridge Last year, I hosted a small impromptu dinner of a few friends. It was October with Halloween drawing near. Our discussions around the table centered around ideas of what costumes we were going to wear on the 31st, if we were going watch the latest Paranormal Activity movie and the retelling of ghost stories. As usual for this time of year I told the story of the uninvited passenger to my guests, and how it was the closest encounter with the p...