Psychics and mediums
Mind reading, mediums, and seeing things at a distance, when not covered elsewhere.
Atlanta house, dog avoiding the bedroom, and a black dog seen during an out-of-body experience
A caller who gives their first name as [name withheld] describes a house they bought in downtown Atlanta in the early 1990s. Their Jack Russell Terrier refused to sleep in the bedroom. They say that after practicing out-of-body experiences for several months, they saw a small black dog during one of them. It was lapping at the floor beside the wall where the dog’s mouse blood was regularly splattered. The dog and any liquid were gone when they returned to their body. Years later, as they sold the house, a next-door neighbor told them of a couple who lived there in the 1950s and of a suicide in that bedroom. She said the couple had owned a small black dog.
Red eyes in a tree, a transforming figure, and a drive-by rescue
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld], from Birmingham, Alabama, describes to Art Bell events they say they have shared with their best friend [name withheld] since they met. They report a nighttime encounter in Huntsville: barking dogs, red glowing eyes in a tree, a neighborhood blackout, and a white tiger-like shadow that they say changed into an Egyptian man who promised protection. They then describe a Christmas incident in which they say they and [name withheld] were thrown back from a door shortly before a drive-by shooting passed the house. The call ends with [name withheld] saying they and [name withheld], now in Germany and at home, are still having the same strange dreams.
Palm reader relays a family’s story of a dead mother’s warning to rescue [name withheld]
A caller who identifies themselves as [quote withheld] a palm reader, describes a reading they gave in a small town between Salt Lake City and Yellowstone Park. They say the client told them that the client’s dead mother had appeared separately to the client’s girlfriend and to the client’s father, urging them to [quote withheld] The family found [name withheld] in an alley at a gas station with a motorcycle gang. The story ends with [name withheld] describing how the ages shown by the palm lines matched the ages at which the ghosts were reported. The host then reflects on whether the dead can send a message.
Gray mist at the foot of the bed before a woman’s illness
A caller who gives their location as “Cape Junction, Oregon” tells Art Bell that several years earlier they woke at about 3 a.m. at their mother’s house and saw a gray mist at the foot of the bed. The caller says it looked like the Grim Reaper. The caller says their “would-be wife” also woke and saw it before it went away. The caller reports that she became seriously ill a week later and was eventually found to have a ruptured appendix after two misdiagnoses. The caller adds that they have made predictions that came true. The host ends the call and comments on the body’s ability to heal.
A bell heard in the car and a puff of air in the shower after a boyfriend's death
A caller who gives their name as [name withheld] tells Art Bell that a boyfriend was killed about fifteen years earlier. After that, they say, they repeatedly heard a bell-like sound from the passenger side of their car, and a friend also reported hearing it. The caller also says they once felt a puff of air enter their ear in a locked bathroom. The caller puts both down to the dead boyfriend, partly on the advice of a psychic. The host cuts the call off at the top of the hour.
Letter describing a spirit beckoning in a cemetery and a photograph
Art Bell reads a letter from an unnamed listener who says they are a student of religious demonology and photographs spirits in cemeteries. The writer says they followed a spirit they sensed telepathically to a freshly dug grave, took photographs, and sent one photograph to Art. The letter ends with a request to check Art’s website for the image.
Voice telling a caller to leave a room in a London cathedral
A caller whom the host introduces as [quote withheld] tells a “church ghost story” set in London. In 1994, on a Glee Club tour from Michigan, the caller entered an upper-floor room in a dark Gothic cathedral, and says they heard a voice telling them to get out. The caller says two companions waiting in the hallway looked past them and told them to turn around. The caller found a plaque beside the door stating that someone had been beheaded in that room. The host says he believes the caller and links the message to an earlier EVP program.
A girl figure seen twice in a sister’s house; a later vision of a murder-suicide
A caller the host introduces as [quote withheld] tells of seeing a girl standing behind their sister in the doorway of her bedroom, in the family’s three-bedroom house, during the day. The girl walks past the caller and disappears, and the door she seemed to enter is found shut. About a month later, they say, a worker named Guy reported seeing the same figure walk through the same door and vanish into the room across the hallway. The call is cut off as the caller describes a later “vision” of a murder-suicide that they present as explaining who the girl was.
Two fortune tellers’ warnings and a 1945 dream of a factory explosion
A caller who gives their name as [quote withheld] tells Art Bell a story they date to 1945, when their newly married husband had just left for Navy service. The caller reports that two separate fortune tellers, weeks apart, gave them the same message: their husband would be fine, but they should take care of themselves. The caller says they later dreamed of an explosion at the factory where they worked, then were hurt in a real explosion about a week afterward. The host cuts the call off for time before they finish.
Caller describes seeing their own spirit during an out-of-body experience
[name withheld] from Auckland, New Zealand, tells Art Bell they often have out-of-body experiences and once saw their own ghost. They say part of them separated while their vision stayed in their physical body, and they saw themselves walking across the room from a third-person view. They report no lasting effect and say they have had more hair-raising experiences.
Caller senses their late father, phone problems, photo found in hallway
A caller tells Art Bell that they have felt close to their late father, who died almost two decades earlier, especially since their own near-death experience and neurological surgery. On the night James Vaughn (as spoken) was a guest, they say they felt their father's presence strongly and tried repeatedly to phone the show. They experienced dead lines and bells on the phone. Later they found an old photograph of their father, normally kept in a drawer, lying in the middle of their hallway. They present the incident as comforting rather than frightening.
Attempted “astral projection” and seeing his own body in bed
A caller who is addressed in the story as “[name withheld]” tells Art Bell about a single attempt at what his mother called astral projection. He made it while lying on his bed, missing home. He reports feeling himself sit up, seeing his own body, and being able to see through his legs. He says a friend then came in and greeted him, and he felt himself being pulled back into his body. He says the experience frightened him and that he never tried it again.