Clairvoyant medium’s message and apparitions of deceased aunt and uncle
A caller who says they are a clairvoyant medium tells of visiting a spiritualist church in Toronto. A guest medium gave them a message about their dead aunt “Bert”/“Bertha.” The caller later saw their dead uncle [name withheld], and then their aunt and uncle together, hanging in the air. They say the aunt fell, was hospitalized, and died of pneumonia between the visions. They take the final vision to mean the couple came to say goodbye.
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The story as told
The caller begins by saying they have a funny story. They describe themselves as an artist, a night person, and an actual clairvoyant medium. The caller says that for years they did not know what to do with their experiences, so they went to a spiritualist church in Toronto that had been there for many years, though they were skeptical. During the service, a guest medium, an elderly lady who did not know them, put a hand on their shoulder and said she had a message from an aunt, a “vibration aunt,” whose name was Bert. The medium then corrected it to Bertha and asked if the caller had an aunt they called Bert. The caller said yes. The message was: [quote withheld] The caller says they had an idea what it meant but were not sure. On their way home, while waiting on a subway platform, they say something made them turn around. They saw their aunt’s dead ex-husband, Uncle [name withheld], hanging in the air, more than life-size, from the arms up, arms folded and smoking a big cigar. They say they often see things like that but it always startles them. A few weeks later, at work, the caller’s mother telephoned to say that the aunt who lived with her had fallen and broken her hip and would not let anyone call an ambulance. The caller rushed to the house and got the aunt to the hospital. The caller says the aunt survived the fall but died of pneumonia. A few weeks later, standing at the kitchen in their apartment, they felt a sensation on the back of their neck, turned, and saw the same thing: their uncle and aunt together, hanging in the air and smiling. The aunt wore an old nursing cap and a blue nursing cape she had not worn for years, the kind worn by young nurses in the 1930s or 1940s. The caller says they had come to say goodbye. The caller notes that the two had not been friends for years and had been divorced for years.
Reported events, in order
- 0:07
The caller says they are an artist, a night person, and an actual clairvoyant medium.
- 0:15
The caller says they went to a spiritualist church in Toronto, skeptical but wanting to understand their experiences.
- 0:35
A guest medium comes up to the caller and says she has a message from an aunt whose name is Bert/Bertha.
- 0:59
The medium says the tears the caller has shed for so long will soon be over.
- 1:23
On a subway platform, the caller turns and sees their dead uncle [name withheld] hanging in the air, arms folded and smoking a cigar.
- 2:11
A few weeks later at work, the caller’s mother calls to say the aunt who lived with her had fallen, broken her hip, and refused an ambulance until the caller came.
- 2:34
The aunt survives the fall but dies of pneumonia. A few weeks later, in their apartment kitchen, the caller turns and sees their uncle and aunt together hanging in the air and smiling.
- 3:05
The aunt appears in an old nursing cap and blue nursing cape she had not worn for years, the kind worn by young nurses in the 1930s or 1940s.
- 3:22
The caller says the two had come to say goodbye, though they had been divorced and not friends for years.
Claims
Each claim is labeled as something the person telling the story noticed (observation), what they made of it (interpretation), something others told them (hearsay), or something the host said (host statement).
- interpretation· 0:07
The caller says they are an actual clairvoyant medium.
- hearsay· 0:35
A guest medium at a spiritualist church said she had a message from the caller’s dead aunt, named Bert/Bertha.
- hearsay· 0:53
The guest medium gave the aunt’s name as Bertha, which the caller recognized as their aunt Bert.
- hearsay· 0:59
The medium’s message was that the tears the caller had shed for so long would soon be over.
- observation· 1:23
The caller saw their dead uncle [name withheld] hanging in the air on a subway platform.
- observation· 1:48
The uncle appeared with his arms folded and smoking a large cigar.
- observation· 2:52
After their aunt’s death, the caller saw their uncle and aunt together hanging in the air and smiling.
- observation· 3:05
The aunt appeared wearing an old nursing cap and blue nursing cape from her younger years.
- interpretation· 3:22
The caller concluded the final vision meant the couple had come to say goodbye.
- host statement· 3:20
The host suggested the figures were there to show they were together and happy.
Scores, with reasons
An AI model gave these scores using a fixed set of scoring rules (scoring-v1). They are editorial judgments and rough guides, not the odds that anything paranormal happened. How scoring works.
This is a firsthand, detailed story that is consistent within itself, with named relatives, places, and a clear sequence. But it relies on the caller’s own visions, and ordinary explanations such as suggestion, coincidence, and grief-related imagery are not really addressed.
Evidence for and against
- The caller reports the events directly: [quote withheld]
- Specific names and settings are given: [quote withheld] and [quote withheld]
- The sequence is coherent: church message, subway vision, mother’s call, final vision in the apartment.
- No second witness or document is presented.
- Ordinary explanations fit: a general message from a medium, later matched to illness and death, and vivid imagery reported by a self-described medium.
- The caller says they often see such things, which may point to a familiar way of reading experiences rather than independent verification.
- No outside check or records.
- Some transcript wording is garbled, for example [quote withheld]
- 1:23
- 0:59
- 2:52
What the model inferred (not said on air): I am treating the story as the caller’s word, not as evidence that spirits were present. The score reflects its detail and coherence, while marking it down for lack of verification and the available ordinary explanations.
The story rests solely on the caller’s word. No second witness, recording, photograph, or examined document is presented on air. Some names and places are given, but they cannot be checked here.
Evidence for and against
- The caller gives named people and places: “Bertha,” “Uncle [name withheld],” and “Toronto.”
- No independent witness speaks, and no physical evidence is described.
- The guest medium’s message is reported secondhand and is not verified.
- First names only, with no dates or records.
- 0:53
- 1:54
What the model inferred (not said on air): Names and places can be checked only in principle, and none is checked in the transcript. So evidence strength stays in the lowest range.
The story is more comforting than frightening: the figures are described as smiling, and the final message is one of goodbye. The hanging, life-size figures and the uncle’s cigar add mild eeriness.
Evidence for and against
- The figures are described as [quote withheld]
- The final reading is [quote withheld]
- No threat, harm, or hostile presence is reported.
- The message is reassuring: [quote withheld]
- The aunt’s death between the visions could be read as ominous, but the caller does not frame it that way.
- 2:52
- 3:22
What the model inferred (not said on air): Creepiness is judged as a listener’s response to the story, not as a claim about the events.
The setup is a familiar ghost story: a medium’s message and dead relatives appearing. It has distinctive details: the uncle hanging in the air smoking a cigar, and the aunt in an old nursing cap and cape.
Evidence for and against
- Unusual visual details: [quote withheld] and [quote withheld]
- The couple had been divorced and unfriendly for years yet appear together.
- The core elements (a medium, dead relatives, ghosts) are common in the archive’s kind of story.
- Comparison with the rest of the archive is not done here. This is a first estimate by the model.
- 1:48
- 3:05
What the model inferred (not said on air): I am scoring distinctiveness from recurring themes, not from the value of the evidence.
Scoring confidence 0.80 · analysis confidence 0.85 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: The caller’s firsthand word.; A secondhand message reported from a guest medium.; No physical evidence or confirmation on air.. The originality score blends the model's score (55) with how rare the story's details are across the archive. This method is still provisional.
Ordinary explanations to consider
These are possibilities only. None is a finding about what happened.
- A general spiritualist message may have been linked after the fact to later family events. · The medium’s message fits many situations and could be matched after the fact to the aunt’s later illness and death.
- The figures in the air could be vivid mental images, imagination, or a familiar way of reading experiences rather than a ghost outside the caller. · The caller says they are a clairvoyant medium and that they often see such things.
- Coincidence and grief may have linked an earlier image of the dead uncle to the later death and final vision. · The aunt’s fall, hospital stay, and death came between the two reported visions.
What stands out
The story combines a message at a spiritualist church with two later visions of figures hanging in the air. The caller notes that the dead couple had been divorced and unfriendly for years yet appeared together. Distinctive details include the uncle appearing with a cigar and the aunt in an old nursing cap and blue cape.
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