Podcast appearances and mentions of don allison

My mind was spinning at this point. Here I was – someone who grew up not believing in ghosts, a veteran journalist used to questioning everything – apparently having a conversation with a captain who fought at Gettysburg more than 150 years ago. Was it really possible? Was this some gigantic, wildly ingenious incredible hoax, or was this conversation somehow real? And what was it that brought me – a once dyed-in-the-wool paranormal doubter – to this haunted bridge in search of ghosts? - Don Allison After years of experiences that he could not rationally explain -- experiences that many people encounter, and do shrug off or rationalize - award winning newspaper editor and columnist Don Allison decided to search for answers. Experiences that Don and his grandson experienced in Gettysburg in the spring of 2015 finally convinced Don to present this serious look at the paranormal.. This is what noted paranormal investigator and historian Mark Nesbitt, author of the "Ghosts of Gettysburg" series of books, has to say about "I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg": "A great read. Very entertaining ... I think you've created an "Everyman's" explanation of paranormal experiences. Most people ignore or rationalize away true paranormal events. Your book covers the many types of paranormal events AS paranormal events, and explains how you came (reluctantly, in some cases) to those conclusions."

Website -https://fadedbanner.com/ Website -https://imetaghost.com About the Author Don Allison, a veteran journalist and author, is a lifelong resident of Williams County, Ohio, where he shares a historic home with his wife, Diane. A 1976 graduate of Stryker High School, Done earned a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from the University of Toledo in 1980. As a high school student in the early 1970's Don got his start in journalism as a sports writer and photographer with the weekly Advance Reporter newspaper, now known as the Village Reporter. He joined The Bryan Times in 1981, where he served many years as news editor and currently is semi-retired and is senior editor. He has received numerous Associated Press and United Press International awards for his news, feature and column writing and special section design. Don's weekly column “On My Mind” is a Bryan Times fixture. Drawing on knowledge gained from a lifetime of studying the Civil War, Don has written extensively about that conflict. He and Diane are the founders of Faded Banner Publications, which publishes books on the Civil War and Northwest Ohio history, as well as the paranormal. Currently Don is co-authoring, with fellow Northwest Ohio historian Richard Cooley, a book on the 38th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. For nearly four decades Don has served on the Williams County, Ohio, Historical Society Board of Trustees, and through the years he has held various offices with the organization. He spearheaded the successful effort in which the society acquired and preserved the 1845 Society of Friends Meeting House in western Williams County. Don also is a founding member and past trustee and officer of the Stryker Area Heritage Council. Currently Don serves as an interpreter with the Sauder Village, Archbold, Ohio. Don's previous books include “I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg: A Journalist's Journey Into the Paranormal,” “Hell on Belle Isle: Diary of a Civil War POW” and “The Best of On My Mind: The Bryan Times Newspaper Columns of Don Allison.” Each is available for $16.95 plus $3.50 shipping and handling from Faded Banner Publications, PO Box 101, Bryan, OH 43506. In addition, copies may be ordered online at www.fadedbanner.com. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

Can you imagine what it must be like as a professional journalist of over 40 years? A journalist with great credibility to their name, and one who has won numerous journalistic awards. Who is very well known in their community, and a sceptic of all things paranormal - that is until moving into a haunted house. Then afterwards encountered a specific spirit on the battlegrounds of Gettysburg. Not only that but being able to verify all the information given to you by that spirit in that encounter. How would that leave you feeling? This is what faced my guest Don Allison as he struggled to come to terms with his experiences... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/walking-the-shadowlands/message

Author and paranormal researcher Don Allison joins me again to discuss instances of paranormal activity at Gettysburg Battlefield. Get his books on Amazon. Veteran journalist and historian Don Allison serves up a very personal exploration of the paranormal in "I Met More Ghosts at Gettysburg: A Journalist's Paranormal Journey Continues."Don relies on keen insight honed through decades of newspaper writing and editing as he shares his own encounters with the paranormal. In the down-to-earth style he employs in his award winning and long running newspaper column "On My Mind," he shares what he encountered, and his very human reactions.In layman's terms Don also takes a look at the forces of nature he believes are behind these unexplained occurrences, as well as some of the scientific theories that have been proposed.In short, this skeptic is convinced we have something to gain from studying those fascinating occurrences in this world we currently do not understand."A great read, very entertaining … I think you've created an ‘Everyman's' explanation of paranormal occurrences,” is how Mark Nesbitt, “Ghosts of Gettysburg” author and paranormal investigator, describes Don's earlier work “I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg."As Don relates in the preface to "I Met More Ghosts at Gettysburg,""It's a great enigma, really. Human cultures across time have expressed a belief in ghosts, yet there is no conclusive, generally accepted scientific proof that they exist. And what exactly is a ghost, anyway?"It seems if ghosts do exist, science would have found irrefutable evidence by now. Yet countless people throughout history – up to and including the present day – have experiences they cannot explain, and believe they have encountered what we commonly consider to be a ghost. "At some level most of us are afraid of our own mortality, and paranormal occurrences can be taken as a sign of encouragement, that perhaps death does not end our existence. We can see unexplained communication as evidence that our consciousness can indeed live on after our physical departure. Deep down we may want to believe, and this can alleviate at least some of that fear of taking our final breath."On the other hand, some people are terrorized at the possibility of encountering a spirit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In "I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg: A Journalist's Journey into the Paranormal" veteran award-winning journalist and author Don Allison shares his own eye opening and life changing experiences. Don looks at his personal experiences in the context of what humans have experienced throughout history, and modern theories regarding it all.Allison's career as a journalist spans more than four decades, much of that time with the daily Bryan Times newspaper in northwest Ohio. To be successful as a writer and editor with a community paper requires accuracy, truthfulness and trust. Simply put, if Don had not been painstakingly accurate and built a culture of trust with his readers, he could not have survived and thrived as a journalist for so many years.Beyond his work as a daily newspaper editor, Allison has displayed his ability as a journalist by covering stories ranging from hard news such as murders and politicians' wrongdoings, touching personal interest stories and feature topics. His work as an editor, page and section composition and columnist has been recognized with numerous Associated Press awards. Allison has authored and contributed to books on the American Civil War and Northwest Ohio history, in addition to his books on the paranormal. Don and his wife are the founders and publishers of Faded Banner Publications,Websiteimetaghost.comBooksI Met a Ghost at Gettysburg: A Journalist's Journey into the ParanormalI Met More Ghosts at Gettysburg: A Journalist's Paranormal Journey Continues

Today we spoke with Don Allison, author of "I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg: A Journalist's Journey Into the Paranormal".  Mr. Allison has had quite a few paranormal experiences at Gettysburg, which led him on a journey from a naturally skeptical journalist to a hesitant believer in the supernatural. This podcast covers some of that journey, his book, and subsequent follow-up "I Met More Ghosts at Gettysburg: A Journalist's Paranormal Journey Continues".For more information about these books, and future projects of Mr. Allison, please visit www.imetaghost.com

In this show, I welcome my guest Don Allison as we talk about ghost of the civil war and his books.

My special guest is paranormal researcher Don Allison who's here to discuss his experiences with spirits in his home and how he met one at Gettysburg battlefield. Get his book I Met A Ghost At Gettysburg right now on Amazon. Visit our website: ParanormalFears.com Don't forget to "follow" the show so you never miss an episode! My mind was spinning at this point. Here I was – someone who grew up not believing in ghosts, a veteran journalist used to questioning everything – apparently having a conversation with a captain who fought at Gettysburg more than 150 years ago. Was it really possible? Was this some gigantic, wildly ingenious incredible hoax, or was this conversation somehow real? And what was it that brought me – a once dyed-in-the-wool paranormal doubter – to this haunted bridge in search of ghosts? - Don Allison After years of experiences that he could not rationally explain -- experiences that many people encounter, and do shrug off or rationalize - award winning newspaper editor and columnist Don Allison decided to search for answers. Experiences that Don and his grandson experienced in Gettysburg in the spring of 2015 finally convinced Don to present this serious look at the paranormal.. This is what noted paranormal investigator and historian Mark Nesbitt, author of the "Ghosts of Gettysburg" series of books, has to say about "I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg": "A great read. Very entertaining ... I think you've created an "Everyman's" explanation of paranormal experiences. Most people ignore or rationalize away true paranormal events. Your book covers the many types of paranormal events AS paranormal events, and explains how you came (reluctantly, in some cases) to those conclusions." Ghosts busted: Beyond the Fear Testimony throughout recorded history proves beyond a reasonable doubt that ghosts, or energy giving us the impression of ghosts, do indeed exist. People of impeccable reputations, with no reason to lie, have sworn to paranormal encounters. For whatever reason – perhaps fear, perhaps superstition – many people refuse to even consider the possibility of ghosts. In fact, they will go on the attack against those who do share their experiences. Veteran award-winning daily newspaper editor Don Allison used to be among those devout skeptics, even going so far as to doubt his own grandmother's claims of experiences in a haunted house. But after encountering the unexplained many times, he reluctantly concluded he indeed had experienced the paranormal. Eventually, after what he described as a mind-blowing paranormal encounter at Gettysburg, Pa., he could contain his curiosity no longer. He decided to write about his experiences, and to go a step further – to share the science behind what he had encountered. The result is the latest volume from Faded Banner Publications, “I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg: A Journalist's Journey into the Paranormal.” Allison said fear of people's reactions to a book on this topic made him think long and hard before tackling this project. “Once I decided to proceed with this book,” he explains, “I realized I could hold nothing back. I am treating the paranormal as I would any other topic. I am sharing my own experiences and what I have learned from research. I am passing on what other people have told me about the subject and in some cases their own perceptions of what I have experienced.” Contact Don Allison at “I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg: A Journalist's Journey Into the Paranormal” 128 pages; Illustrated Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My special guest is paranormal researcher Don Allison who's here to discuss his experiences with spirits in his home and how he met one at Gettysburg battlefield. Get his book I Met A Ghost At Gettysburg right now on Amazon. Visit our website: ParanormalFears.com My mind was spinning at this point. Here I was – someone who grew up not believing in ghosts, a veteran journalist used to questioning everything – apparently having a conversation with a captain who fought at Gettysburg more than 150 years ago. Was it really possible? Was this some gigantic, wildly ingenious incredible hoax, or was this conversation somehow real? And what was it that brought me – a once dyed-in-the-wool paranormal doubter – to this haunted bridge in search of ghosts? - Don Allison After years of experiences that he could not rationally explain -- experiences that many people encounter, and do shrug off or rationalize - award winning newspaper editor and columnist Don Allison decided to search for answers. Experiences that Don and his grandson experienced in Gettysburg in the spring of 2015 finally convinced Don to present this serious look at the paranormal.. This is what noted paranormal investigator and historian Mark Nesbitt, author of the "Ghosts of Gettysburg" series of books, has to say about "I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg": "A great read. Very entertaining ... I think you've created an "Everyman's" explanation of paranormal experiences. Most people ignore or rationalize away true paranormal events. Your book covers the many types of paranormal events AS paranormal events, and explains how you came (reluctantly, in some cases) to those conclusions." Ghosts busted: Beyond the Fear Testimony throughout recorded history proves beyond a reasonable doubt that ghosts, or energy giving us the impression of ghosts, do indeed exist. People of impeccable reputations, with no reason to lie, have sworn to paranormal encounters. For whatever reason – perhaps fear, perhaps superstition – many people refuse to even consider the possibility of ghosts. In fact, they will go on the attack against those who do share their experiences. Veteran award-winning daily newspaper editor Don Allison used to be among those devout skeptics, even going so far as to doubt his own grandmother's claims of experiences in a haunted house. But after encountering the unexplained many times, he reluctantly concluded he indeed had experienced the paranormal. Eventually, after what he described as a mind-blowing paranormal encounter at Gettysburg, Pa., he could contain his curiosity no longer. He decided to write about his experiences, and to go a step further – to share the science behind what he had encountered. The result is the latest volume from Faded Banner Publications, “I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg: A Journalist's Journey into the Paranormal.” Allison said fear of people's reactions to a book on this topic made him think long and hard before tackling this project. “Once I decided to proceed with this book,” he explains, “I realized I could hold nothing back. I am treating the paranormal as I would any other topic. I am sharing my own experiences and what I have learned from research. I am passing on what other people have told me about the subject and in some cases their own perceptions of what I have experienced.” Contact Don Allison at “I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg: A Journalist's Journey Into the Paranormal” 128 pages; Illustrated

Moving into a haunted house can be challenging, yet Don Allison and his wife actually seem to enjoy their other residents! Don also does paranormal investigations in Ohio and, with an interest in all things US Civil War, also ghost hunts at Gettysburg. An ex-newspaper editor, he now writes for a living and has two spooky volumes out already. A fascinating conversation with Don Alison.Find out more about Don- https://fadedbanner.com/ and https://imetaghost.com/. Find his book at Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Don-Allison/e/B06XJ8JSHL?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1613931985&sr=8-1).Best listened to in headphones......Support this podcast at https://www.patreon.com/gmichaelvaseyFollow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GMichaelVaseypodcastVisit me at https://www.garymvasey.com and my blog at www.garymvasey.net.Submit your paranormal experience at https://www.myhauntedlifetoo.comMy new book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08X3PD4QD/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=watched+from+the+shadows&qid=1613932293&sr=8-1Intro music - It's not right by G. Michael VaseyOutro music - It's my Life by G. Michael VaseyAll music and sound effects - G. Michael Vasey. Music is available at iTunes, Spotify, and other music stores.© G. Michael Vasey

Don Allison, a veteran journalist and author, is a lifelong resident of Williams County, Ohio, where he shares a historic home with his wife, Diane. A 1976 graduate of Stryker High School, Don earned a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from the University of Toledo in 1980.Drawing on knowledge gained from a lifetime of studying the Civil War, Don has written extensively about that conflict. He and Diane are the founders of Faded Banner Publications, which publishes books on the Civil War and Northwest Ohio history, as well as the paranormal.Currently Don is co-authoring, with fellow Northwest Ohio historian Richard Cooley, a book on the 38th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War.For nearly four decades Don has served on the Williams County, Ohio, Historical Society Board of Trustees, and through the years he has held various offices with the organization. He spearheaded the successful effort in which the society acquired and preserved the 1845 Society of Friends Meeting House in western Williams County. Don also is a founding member and past trustee and officer of the Stryker Area Heritage Council. Currently Don serves as an interpreter with the Sauder Village, Archbold, Ohio. Don's other books include “I Met More Ghosts at Gettysburg: A Journalist's Paranormal Journey Continues,” “Hell on Belle Isle: Diary of a Civil War POW” and “The Best of On My Mind: The Bryan Times Newspaper Columns of Don Allison.”

Can you imagine what it must be like as a professional journalist of over 40 years? A journalist with great credibility to their name, and one who has won numerous journalistic awards. Who is very well known in their community, and a sceptic of all things paranormal - that is until moving into a haunted house. Then afterwards encountering a specific spirit on the battlegrounds of Gettysburg. Not only that, but being able to verify all the information given to you by that spirit in that encounter. How would that leave you feeling? This is what faced my guest Don Allison as he struggled to come to terms with his experiences.... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/walking-the-shadowlands/message

Time to step back into Gettysburg. The famed haunted hallow grounds that hold sacred to all Americans. Generals and privates, the seasoned fighter to the fresh young boy from the farm died together in one of America's bloodiest battles. Some are still fighting the war. Caught in and endless loop reliving the fighting day and night, some seeking answers, some unaware the are dead. Some cry for their mothers, other roam the fields and forest search for the enemy. One man has encountered these spirits time and again. Don Alison, author of I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg, returns the the show with his new book, I met More Ghosts at Gettysburg. An incredible story of his ghost encounters in the Pennsylvania province. Listen in to Episode #148 of the 222 Paranormal Podcast. Get Don's books here:  https://www.amazon.com/Don-Allison/e/B06XJ8JSHL/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1 https://www.facebook.com/222paranormal/?eid=ARAc4u7YBDJUQXuoMakj5YEp1kTN_6SHgRCTKjOTWk3xXYbKOnGRQTC3tPhSKbP5ssaowitbAOQcmye3

  EPISODE 111: PARAPSYCHOLOGY Paranormal investigator, writer and journalist Don Allison chats with horror author T. Fox Dunham about myriad techniques and devices used in the pursuit of parapsychology. Don investigated the battlefields of haunted Gettysburg with dowsing rods and a ghost box, and he shares his insights about these ancient and modern devices. Don also tells new ghost stories from one of the spookiest battlefields from the American Civil War. He is the author of I Met More Ghosts in Gettysburg, and English folksinger David Walton narrates another of his stories, a tale about how he contacted the spirits from different states who fought and died at Gettysburg. And to set an eerie mood, Fox plays some indie songs from singers McCafferty and Tasseomancy, and they finish the show talking about alien life in the universe and the meaning of everything.    

EPISODE 110: HE MET MORE GHOSTS IN GETTYSBURG Journalist, civil war historian and ghosthunter Don Allison returns to What Are You Afraid Of? to talk about his new book, I Met More Ghosts in Gettysburg. Mr. Allison shares his many paranormal experiences while exploring the ghost capital of the United States, Gettysburg. English folksinger David Walton narrates a creepy ghost story from the book, In My Mind’s Eyes and a new story from Don about connecting to an old friend that passed on: Jack Bryce, Old Friend. Gettysburg is a beautiful city rich with American history, folklore and ghost stories. DON ALLISON: Don Allison, a veteran journalist and author, is a lifelong resident of Williams County, Ohio, where he shares a historic home with his wife, Diane. He has received numerous Associated Press and United Press International awards for his news, feature and column writing and special section design. Don’s weekly column “On My Mind” is a Bryan Times fixture. Drawing on knowledge gained from a lifetime of studying the Civil War, Don has written extensively about that conflict. He and Diane are the founders of Faded Banner Publications, which publishes books on the Civil War and Northwest Ohio history, as well as the paranormal. Don’s other books include “I Met More Ghosts at Gettysburg: A Journalist’s Paranormal Journey Continues,” “Hell on Belle Isle: Diary of a Civil War POW” and “The Best of On My Mind: The Bryan Times Newspaper Columns of Don Allison.”  You can find more information about his books and work at his website: www.fadedbanner.com  

EPISODE 107 BEST HAUNTS OF 2018 Tonight’s episode features the best ghost stories and interviews done by horror authors T. Fox Dunham & Phil Thomas in 2018. This is a great episode for current fans to enjoy or new fans to get an idea of what this dark audio magazine is about. On this show of highlights, the Philadelphia horror hosts feature ghost stories like I Met a Ghost in Gettysburg from journalist and author, Don Allison; The Suicide House, told by paranormal investigator Tina Marie Ronan; and T. Fox Dunham’s personal tale of an encounter with a ghost bus that hunts for the lost in Philadelphia. Chris Roy pens a remarkable noir story set in the south, Marsh Madness, narrated by British folksinger, David Walton. Fox interviews horror-baker Andrew Fuller, who was on Food Network’s Halloween Baking Championship, and psychic Michael Bodine, who discusses his supernatural abilities and his encounter with real vampires. Then Fox & Phil close the show with paranormal investigator Bill Reap who shares an unusual EVP that he gathered from the grave of a famous personality in children’s television. It’s been a wonderfully spooky year at What Are You Afraid Of? And the hosts are planning some compelling and scary content for the coming season.

In this episode of the TruthSeekah Podcast TruthSeekah speaks with Don Allison about communicating with departed spirits and a particular ghost that he met during a visit to Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Don speaks about a ghost speaking with him through what is called a spirit box which communicated through a EVP. This after other encounters in an house that was haunted led him down a path that he never imagined, a path beyond his wildest dreams. My mind was spinning at this point. Here I was – someone who grew up not believing in ghosts, a veteran journalist used to questioning everything – apparently having a conversation with a captain who fought at Gettysburg more than 150 years ago. Was it really possible? Was this some gigantic, wildly ingenious incredible hoax, or was this conversation somehow real? And what was it that brought me – a once dyed-in-the-wool paranormal doubter – to this haunted bridge in search of ghosts?- Don Allison | Author, I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg From a Biblical perspective we have covered this topic on many occasions and from many perspectives and ghost and departed spirits are definitely something of biblical proportions. Spirits of the past have spoken kings of old sharing wisdom and Jesus and his disciples have met with the saints of old communicating the secrets of the spirit. With these example before us we must think it not strange when the veil between out realm and the spirit world connect. It is possible that we entertain spirits unawares and many spirits are in our lives on a daily basis and we don't even know it. Although there is some question when it comes to spirit contact the scripture is clear that it is possible and permissible and many modern ministers are starting to have spiritual contact with their predecessors that have come before them.

In this episode of the TruthSeekah Podcast TruthSeekah speaks with Don Allison about communicating with departed spirits and a particular ghost that he met during a visit to Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Don speaks about a ghost speaking with him through what is called a spirit box which communicated through a EVP. This after other encounters in an house that was haunted led him down a path that he never imagined, a path beyond his wildest dreams. My mind was spinning at this point. Here I was – someone who grew up not believing in ghosts, a veteran journalist used to questioning everything – apparently having a conversation with a captain who fought at Gettysburg more than 150 years ago. Was it really possible? Was this some gigantic, wildly ingenious incredible hoax, or was this conversation somehow real? And what was it that brought me – a once dyed-in-the-wool paranormal doubter – to this haunted bridge in search of ghosts?- Don Allison | Author, I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg From a Biblical perspective we have covered this topic on many occasions and from many perspectives and ghost and departed spirits are definitely something of biblical proportions. Spirits of the past have spoken kings of old sharing wisdom and Jesus and his disciples have met with the saints of old communicating the secrets of the spirit. With these example before us we must think it not strange when the veil between out realm and the spirit world connect. It is possible that we entertain spirits unawares and many spirits are in our lives on a daily basis and we don't even know it. Although there is some question when it comes to spirit contact the scripture is clear that it is possible and permissible and many modern ministers are starting to have spiritual contact with their predecessors that have come before them.

    EPISODE 77: DON ALLISON: GHOST JOURNALIST & SKEPTIC   On episode 77 of What Are You Afraid Of? Horror & Paranormal Show, paranormal journalist and ghost hunter Don Allison returns with more stories about his haunted house and his supernatural experiences in the ghost capital of the world, Gettysburg. Don tells us what it’s like to be sensitive to the spirit world, but he’s also a skeptic, a psychic scientist trying to explain these paranormal happenings. He shares two more passages from his book, I Met a Ghost in Gettysburg, read by British folksinger, David Walton.  And yes, a ghost really did snap his underwear and played mandolin on request.

EPISODE 76: HE MET A GHOST IN GETTYSBURG   Journalist Don Allison went to Gettysburg and met a ghost, and the bucolic Pennsylvania town where the American Civil War reached a turning point is the perfect haunted battlefield to meet a spirit. On episode 76, horror authors T. Fox Dunham & Phil Thomas spend some time with an amazing scholar, sensitive and paranormal journalist from Ohio, Don Allison. He authored a book about his paranormal experiences called I Met a Ghost in Gettysburg. Don shares stories from his book, telling ghost tales from both his house and his trips to Gettysburg. For years, the ghosts of his new home called to him. First, they nearly killed him in a car accident. Then, after he renovated the house, they kept rolling marbles upstairs or pulled pranks like changing radio stations, forcing him to listen to Bowling Green State University play basketball, which was a horror-in-itself because Don’s a Toledo graduate! Don shares his many stories with the paranormal, and British singer David Walton narrates two selections from his book. Also, we bring you music from a folk-singing talent and social protestor, David Rovics: The Last Lincoln Veteran & If I Die Tomorrow. On episode 76: He Met a Ghost in Gettysburg. Download now or listen on PARA-X Radio. Philadelphia’s Home for Horror! www.whatareyouafraidofpodcast.com @pfwhatafraidof  

Audrey Dwyer has been a theatre artist, teacher and mentor for over fifteen years. She was a mentor for the Summerworks Leadership Program and led the program in 2012 and 2013. She was the Assistant Coordinator and Educator for Nightwood Theatre’s Write from the Hip program from 2008 to 2010. She has taught improvisation with TIFF and leads screenplay courses for young women. Her theatre credits include: Blue Planet (YPT), One Thing Leads to Another (YPT – Dora Awards for Outstanding Ensemble and Outstanding New Play), Patty’s Cake (Carousel Players – Dora Award Outstanding Play), Danny, King of the Basement (Roseneath Theatre). She won The Cayle Chernin Award for Theatre (Playwriting) in 2015. Audrey was the Associate Artistic Director of Nightwood Theatre and was the Artistic Director of Cow Over Moon Children’s Theatre. Audrey graduated from The National Theatre School.Calpurnia A hilarious and provocative look at class, race, and appropriation, Calpurnia invites us into an outrageous and unexpected evening at the home of a wealthy Jamaican-Canadian family. As Justice Lawrence Gordon (Andrew Moodie) prepares for an important dinner to introduce his son Mark (Matthew G. Brown) to a Senior Partner at a prominent law firm (Don Allison), his daughter Julie (Meghan Swaby) grapples with her new screenplay. Seeking to redress To Kill a Mockingbird through the perspective of Calpurnia – the Finch family maid – Julie, privileged and disconnected from domestic work, turns to her long-term Filipina caregiver Precy (Carolyn Fe) for research on servitude. But as Julie examines mammy culture from the inside out, her tactics are met with explosive results.A Nightwood Theatre and Sulong Theatre Co-production Written and directed by Audrey Dwyer January 14 – February 4, 2018 Tickets: buddiesinbadtimes.com/show/calpurnia/Stageworthy:http://www.stageworthypodcast.com Twitter @stageworthyPod Facebook: http://facebook.com/stageworthyPod

Visit us at www.paranormalunderground.net to read Paranormal Underground magazine! In this episode of Paranormal Underground Radio: In The Dark, we talk with Don Allison, author of I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg: A Journalist's Journey Into the Paranormal.​ Veteran award-winning daily newspaper editor Don Allison used to be a devout skeptic, even going so far as to doubt his own grandmother’s claims of experiences in a haunted house. But after encountering the unexplained many times, he reluctantly concluded he indeed had experienced the paranormal. Eventually, after what he described as a mind-blowing paranormal encounter at Gettysburg, PA, he could contain his curiosity no longer. He decided to write about his experiences, and to go a step further – to share the science behind what he had encountered. The result is the latest volume from Faded Banner Publications, I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg: A Journalist’s Journey into the Paranormal. Allison said fear of people’s reactions to a book on this topic made him think long and hard before tackling this project. “Once I decided to proceed with this book,” he explained, “I realized I could hold nothing back. I am treating the paranormal as I would any other topic. I am sharing my own experiences and what I have learned from research. I am passing on what other people have told me about the subject and in some cases their own perceptions of what I have experienced.” Air Date: January 12, 2017 Topic: Haunted House, Haunted Gettysburg, Paranormal Investigation, Paranormal Phenomena, Paranormal Research Guest: Don Allison Correspondent Segment: Maria Anna van Driel Hosts: Karen Frazier, Chuck Gotski Producer: Cheryl Knight-Wilson

Sunday, December 27, 2015 - Week #5 - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Orangeville site with Don Allison)

Visit us at www.paranormalunderground.net to read Paranormal Underground magazine!In this episode of Paranormal Underground Radio: In The Dark, we talk with Don Allison, author of I Met a Ghost at Gettsyburg: A Journalist's Journey into the Paranormal. Don was a devout skeptic, even going so far as to doubt his own grandmother’s claims of experiences in a haunted house. But after encountering the unexplained many times, he reluctantly concluded he indeed has experienced the paranormal.Eventually, after what Don described as a mind-blowing paranormal encounter at Gettysburg, Pa., he could contain his curiosity no longer. He decided to write about his experiences, and to go a step further – to share the science behind what he has encountered.Don is a lifelong resident of Williams County, Ohio, where the historic home he shares with his wife, Diane, is located. A 1976 graduate of Stryker High School, he earned a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from the University of Toledo in 1980.As a high school student in the early 1970s, Don got his start in journalism as a sports writer and photographer with the weekly Advance Reporter newspaper, now known as the Village Reporter. He joined The Bryan Times as county editor in 1981, where he later served as editor and currently is senior editor. He has received numerous Associated Press and United Press International awards for his news, feature, and column writing.Drawing on knowledge gained from a lifetime of studying the Civil War, Don has written extensively about that conflict. He and Diane are the founders of Faded Banner Publications, which publishes books on the Civil War and Northwest Ohio history.Don’s previous books include Hell on Belle Isle: Diary of a Civil War POW and The Best of On My Mind: The Bryan Times Newspaper Columns of Don Allison. For more information on Don and his work, visit www.fadedbanner.com.Air Date: December 10, 2015Topic: Paranormal Investigation, Haunted Gettysburg, Paranormal ExperienceGuest: Don AllisonHosts: Karen Frazier and Chuck GotskiProducer: Cheryl Knight

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-306 – Jed's Life Changes (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4306.mp3] Link epi4306.mp3 Intro Bumper: https://www.crowdrise.com/TeamHoytBoston2015/fundraiser/christopherrussell Holy Moley and welcome to episode 4-306 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Man it's cold! I As I write this we haven't been above freezing for a month and have had 6 feet of snow up here!  I like winter as much as the next guy but I'm getting a bit weary of the continuous Blizzard-cane that is New England.  Since we talked last I did take trip to Atlanta and got some nice long runs in in Buckhead.  I came back from dinner one night and said ‘to heck with it, I'm heading out!'  and ran from Buckhead all the way up Peachtree to midtown.  I was out for a nice 1:45 minutes which is about a ½ marathon for me at an easy pace.   Everybody else was walking around in winter coats and hats and I was chugging along down the sidewalk in shorts.   Up here where I live I've been banished to the treadmill.  It's 12:00 noon when I'm writing this and it's a sunny 10 degrees F with a nice stiff breeze.  I have to put on so many clothes to run in that it's like a whole load of laundry.   It's super dangerous with the roads narrowed by drifting snow and the banks so high the drivers can't see over them.  You just have to pull out and pray.  Yes I've been doing a bunch of treadmill running.  That's why I have a gym membership! Believe it or not, I ran over three hours on the treadmill last Sunday.  It's crazy.   Buddy's going bonkers.  I think he's ready to revolt.  As Maryro says he's gone ‘shack whacky'! But the days are getting longer.  It will only be a couple weeks and we'll be back out in the woods splashing through the melting mud and breathing in the good earth.  So, my friends, I see you sitting on the couch in your pajamas in front of a warm fire eating a large jar of Nutella with a spoon.  You have to cut that out because we're only months away from Beach season! Get up! Let's go!  In today's show we have another guest interview.  Longtime friend of the show Greg Milbourne has an interview with one of his running friends Jed Carman.   Jed had one of those near death exercise experiences that we all fear and turned it into fuel for his life.   There's a lot to be learned from this conversation.  Why does it take a big impact occurrence like this to get us to see how lucky we are and get us to really appreciate a life?  This life is right there in front of you today (as you sit in your pajamas feeling sorry for yourself eating Nutella).  We don't have to wait for the firm touch of fate to shake us out of our reveries.  Greg and I have been corresponding since the beginning of the RunRunLive podcast many years ago. And since he's a mental health professional, I'm pretty sure it's part of some long term study on manic depressives.   In the running stuff section I'm going take a deep dive into some of the finer, veteran points on hydration and fueling.  In the deep thinking section I'm going to talk about fierce conversations.  Should be a great show.  We are 7 week's out or so from the Boston Marathon.  I've decided not to run another marathon in the intervening time. Too much going on.  I'm not going to be the fastest runner but I'm going to have a hell of a base built up.   I have signed up for the Eastern States 20 Miler put on by Don Allison, who we've spoken to on the show a couple times.  They fixed the bridge and we'll be back to running the old course that starts in Maine, runs the length of New Hampshire and ends in Mass.  Love that route.  Let's see if I can stay within myself and run it strongly.  Nice people among you have been trickling in donations for my Team Hoyt campaign.  Keep it up! I have some ground to make up to make my goal.  It matters.  I give you my stunning good looks and brilliance, you give me donations for my Hoyt campaign, and Frankly, I think you're coming out ahead on this deal!   It's hard to walk in the snow when it's this deep.  I had to dig a trench for the dog to get out and do his thing.  I had to dig a tunnel to my wood pile.  I had to dig a tunnel around the house so the Oil guy could deliver.  I'm hoping all this shoveling is good for conditioning.  The good news is that the zombies get stuck and you can just whack ‘em on the head with the snow shovel.  On with the Show!  Section one - Running Tips Hydration Deep Dive http://runrunlive.com/race-hydration-deep-dive Voices of reason – the interviews Jed Carman  Interviewed by Greg Milbourne.  Articles about Jed http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sportsdoc/Believing-in-a-way-back-Returning-to-running-after-a-spinal-cord-injury.html Speech by Jed http://youtu.be/Zz9gHfDOhMc   Section two – Life Skills Fierce Conversations http://runrunlive.com/fierce-conversations Outro Put that Nutella down.  We're at the end of another RunRunLive Podcast! This has been episode 4-306.  If you want to join us for the Groton Road Race on April 26th this year, but are unfortunately waylaid in some unfortunate place like Nome Alaska or Murmansk, it's ok.  I have set up a virtual race category so you can register, run with us in spirit and send us your time for the results.  We'll send you a bib and one of our super-popular ‘wearable art' shirts, that are by popular demand on a high quality tech shirt this year.   The web site has all the details www.GrotonRoadRace.com And if you're thinking, ‘aww, shucks, Chris, you're just shilling shirts.' Then you're missing the point.  You need to go find a local race that you can get involved in.  It's a privilege and an honor to be able to work with the community and the high-quality people of the race committee to bring this wonderful event out each spring.  It's an opportunity for us to create something that we can be proud of that supports the things that we believe passionately in.   And that's all I have to say about that.  Speaking of giving back I've got a present for you.  I want to give you a copy of my new book.  It's called MarathonBQ and it's my manifesto on qualifying for and running the Boston Marathon over the last 20 years.   I'm proud of this book and I want you to read it and enjoy it.  Here's the deal.  If you want a copy you can either join my email list, Make a donation to my Hoyt fund or leave me a book review on Amazon Kindle.  If you think that's something you'd be interested in doing shoot me an email and I will send you a copy.  Simple as that.   You can see all the details at my lovely website www.MarathonBQ.com.  Rules of thumb To take you out I want to geek out a little about ‘rules of thumb'.   Our lives are filled with rules of thumb.  An apple a day.  8 hours of sleep.  8 glasses of water a day.  20 mile long runs.  The 10% rule.  These are all rules of thumb to give you a ball park answers to complex problems.  You have to be careful because rules of thumb are not specific to you as an individual.  In optimization science rules of thumb are called heuristics.  People make up heuristics to simplify complex problems.  For any specific individual for example, “What is the optimal amount of sleep I should get?” is actually a very personal and complex answer that changes with time and health and age.  It's too hard to solve so we default to the rule of thumb of 8 hours.   Our brains build heuristics, or gravitate to existing heuristics to find short cut solutions to these complex problems.  Heuristics are valid solution approaches.  They don't find perfect solutions or the best solution but they get an answer quickly and it's usually a feasible answer. It works.  It's the 80% fit.  It's the ‘good enough'.  Mixed in with these heuristics are old wives' tales masquerading as rules of thumb.  They seem to make sense but there's no evidence either way.  Don't go out in the rain, you'll catch a cold.  I don't know if that's true or not but I love running in the rain.  My wife is full of these old wives' tales, (heh heh), parading as rules of thumb that she inherited from her mother and were passed down from witch doctors in the forest 50,000 years ago.   My point is that when we are spouting these rules of thumb and similar tall tales we announce them as fact and that can get you in trouble as an athlete.  What works for everybody may not work for you.  You need to test out those assumptions on your own machine and see what works and adjust accordingly.  Or, to summarize, as they used to say in the 60's “Question Authority” – in all its forms.  And as you are considering whether or not what you always believed to be true may or may not be I'll see you out there.  https://www.crowdrise.com/TeamHoytBoston2015/fundraiser/christopherrussell http://www.grotonroadrace.com/ Closing comments http://runrunlive.com/my-books  

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-306 – Jed’s Life Changes (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4306.mp3] Link epi4306.mp3 Intro Bumper: https://www.crowdrise.com/TeamHoytBoston2015/fundraiser/christopherrussell Holy Moley and welcome to episode 4-306 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Man it’s cold! I As I write this we haven’t been above freezing for a month and have had 6 feet of snow up here!  I like winter as much as the next guy but I’m getting a bit weary of the continuous Blizzard-cane that is New England.  Since we talked last I did take trip to Atlanta and got some nice long runs in in Buckhead.  I came back from dinner one night and said ‘to heck with it, I’m heading out!’  and ran from Buckhead all the way up Peachtree to midtown.  I was out for a nice 1:45 minutes which is about a ½ marathon for me at an easy pace.   Everybody else was walking around in winter coats and hats and I was chugging along down the sidewalk in shorts.   Up here where I live I’ve been banished to the treadmill.  It’s 12:00 noon when I’m writing this and it’s a sunny 10 degrees F with a nice stiff breeze.  I have to put on so many clothes to run in that it’s like a whole load of laundry.   It’s super dangerous with the roads narrowed by drifting snow and the banks so high the drivers can’t see over them.  You just have to pull out and pray.  Yes I’ve been doing a bunch of treadmill running.  That’s why I have a gym membership! Believe it or not, I ran over three hours on the treadmill last Sunday.  It’s crazy.   Buddy’s going bonkers.  I think he’s ready to revolt.  As Maryro says he’s gone ‘shack whacky’! But the days are getting longer.  It will only be a couple weeks and we’ll be back out in the woods splashing through the melting mud and breathing in the good earth.  So, my friends, I see you sitting on the couch in your pajamas in front of a warm fire eating a large jar of Nutella with a spoon.  You have to cut that out because we’re only months away from Beach season! Get up! Let’s go!  In today’s show we have another guest interview.  Longtime friend of the show Greg Milbourne has an interview with one of his running friends Jed Carman.   Jed had one of those near death exercise experiences that we all fear and turned it into fuel for his life.   There’s a lot to be learned from this conversation.  Why does it take a big impact occurrence like this to get us to see how lucky we are and get us to really appreciate a life?  This life is right there in front of you today (as you sit in your pajamas feeling sorry for yourself eating Nutella).  We don’t have to wait for the firm touch of fate to shake us out of our reveries.  Greg and I have been corresponding since the beginning of the RunRunLive podcast many years ago. And since he’s a mental health professional, I’m pretty sure it’s part of some long term study on manic depressives.   In the running stuff section I’m going take a deep dive into some of the finer, veteran points on hydration and fueling.  In the deep thinking section I’m going to talk about fierce conversations.  Should be a great show.  We are 7 week’s out or so from the Boston Marathon.  I’ve decided not to run another marathon in the intervening time. Too much going on.  I’m not going to be the fastest runner but I’m going to have a hell of a base built up.   I have signed up for the Eastern States 20 Miler put on by Don Allison, who we’ve spoken to on the show a couple times.  They fixed the bridge and we’ll be back to running the old course that starts in Maine, runs the length of New Hampshire and ends in Mass.  Love that route.  Let’s see if I can stay within myself and run it strongly.  Nice people among you have been trickling in donations for my Team Hoyt campaign.  Keep it up! I have some ground to make up to make my goal.  It matters.  I give you my stunning good looks and brilliance, you give me donations for my Hoyt campaign, and Frankly, I think you’re coming out ahead on this deal!   It’s hard to walk in the snow when it’s this deep.  I had to dig a trench for the dog to get out and do his thing.  I had to dig a tunnel to my wood pile.  I had to dig a tunnel around the house so the Oil guy could deliver.  I’m hoping all this shoveling is good for conditioning.  The good news is that the zombies get stuck and you can just whack ‘em on the head with the snow shovel.  On with the Show!  Section one - Running Tips Hydration Deep Dive http://runrunlive.com/race-hydration-deep-dive Voices of reason – the interviews Jed Carman  Interviewed by Greg Milbourne.  Articles about Jed http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/sportsdoc/Believing-in-a-way-back-Returning-to-running-after-a-spinal-cord-injury.html Speech by Jed http://youtu.be/Zz9gHfDOhMc   Section two – Life Skills Fierce Conversations http://runrunlive.com/fierce-conversations Outro Put that Nutella down.  We’re at the end of another RunRunLive Podcast! This has been episode 4-306.  If you want to join us for the Groton Road Race on April 26th this year, but are unfortunately waylaid in some unfortunate place like Nome Alaska or Murmansk, it’s ok.  I have set up a virtual race category so you can register, run with us in spirit and send us your time for the results.  We’ll send you a bib and one of our super-popular ‘wearable art’ shirts, that are by popular demand on a high quality tech shirt this year.   The web site has all the details www.GrotonRoadRace.com And if you’re thinking, ‘aww, shucks, Chris, you’re just shilling shirts.’ Then you’re missing the point.  You need to go find a local race that you can get involved in.  It’s a privilege and an honor to be able to work with the community and the high-quality people of the race committee to bring this wonderful event out each spring.  It’s an opportunity for us to create something that we can be proud of that supports the things that we believe passionately in.   And that’s all I have to say about that.  Speaking of giving back I’ve got a present for you.  I want to give you a copy of my new book.  It’s called MarathonBQ and it’s my manifesto on qualifying for and running the Boston Marathon over the last 20 years.   I’m proud of this book and I want you to read it and enjoy it.  Here’s the deal.  If you want a copy you can either join my email list, Make a donation to my Hoyt fund or leave me a book review on Amazon Kindle.  If you think that’s something you’d be interested in doing shoot me an email and I will send you a copy.  Simple as that.   You can see all the details at my lovely website www.MarathonBQ.com.  Rules of thumb To take you out I want to geek out a little about ‘rules of thumb’.   Our lives are filled with rules of thumb.  An apple a day.  8 hours of sleep.  8 glasses of water a day.  20 mile long runs.  The 10% rule.  These are all rules of thumb to give you a ball park answers to complex problems.  You have to be careful because rules of thumb are not specific to you as an individual.  In optimization science rules of thumb are called heuristics.  People make up heuristics to simplify complex problems.  For any specific individual for example, “What is the optimal amount of sleep I should get?” is actually a very personal and complex answer that changes with time and health and age.  It’s too hard to solve so we default to the rule of thumb of 8 hours.   Our brains build heuristics, or gravitate to existing heuristics to find short cut solutions to these complex problems.  Heuristics are valid solution approaches.  They don’t find perfect solutions or the best solution but they get an answer quickly and it’s usually a feasible answer. It works.  It’s the 80% fit.  It’s the ‘good enough’.  Mixed in with these heuristics are old wives’ tales masquerading as rules of thumb.  They seem to make sense but there’s no evidence either way.  Don’t go out in the rain, you’ll catch a cold.  I don’t know if that’s true or not but I love running in the rain.  My wife is full of these old wives’ tales, (heh heh), parading as rules of thumb that she inherited from her mother and were passed down from witch doctors in the forest 50,000 years ago.   My point is that when we are spouting these rules of thumb and similar tall tales we announce them as fact and that can get you in trouble as an athlete.  What works for everybody may not work for you.  You need to test out those assumptions on your own machine and see what works and adjust accordingly.  Or, to summarize, as they used to say in the 60’s “Question Authority” – in all its forms.  And as you are considering whether or not what you always believed to be true may or may not be I’ll see you out there.  https://www.crowdrise.com/TeamHoytBoston2015/fundraiser/christopherrussell http://www.grotonroadrace.com/ Closing comments http://runrunlive.com/my-books  

Author and paranormal researcher Don Allison joins me again to discuss instances of paranormal activity at Gettysburg Battlefield. Get his books on Amazon.Veteran journalist and historian Don Allison serves up a very personal exploration of the paranormal in "I Met More Ghosts at Gettysburg: A Journalist's Paranormal Journey Continues."Don relies on keen insight honed through decades of newspaper writing and editing as he shares his own encounters with the paranormal. In the down-to-earth style he employs in his award winning and long running newspaper column "On My Mind," he shares what he encountered, and his very human reactions.In layman's terms Don also takes a look at the forces of nature he believes are behind these unexplained occurrences, as well as some of the scientific theories that have been proposed.In short, this skeptic is convinced we have something to gain from studying those fascinating occurrences in this world we currently do not understand."A great read, very entertaining … I think you've created an ‘Everyman's' explanation of paranormal occurrences,” is how Mark Nesbitt, “Ghosts of Gettysburg” author and paranormal investigator, describes Don's earlier work “I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg."As Don relates in the preface to "I Met More Ghosts at Gettysburg,""It's a great enigma, really. Human cultures across time have expressed a belief in ghosts, yet there is no conclusive, generally accepted scientific proof that they exist. And what exactly is a ghost, anyway?"It seems if ghosts do exist, science would have found irrefutable evidence by now. Yet countless people throughout history – up to and including the present day – have experiences they cannot explain, and believe they have encountered what we commonly consider to be a ghost. "At some level most of us are afraid of our own mortality, and paranormal occurrences can be taken as a sign of encouragement, that perhaps death does not end our existence. We can see unexplained communication as evidence that our consciousness can indeed live on after our physical departure. Deep down we may want to believe, and this can alleviate at least some of that fear of taking our final breath."On the other hand, some people are terrorized at the possibility of encountering a spirit. The thought of entering a supposedly haunted building can strike fear into their hearts."To a degree I believe we all fear that which we do not understand. Be it dreams or premonitions that defy the odds of being a coincidence, sights or sounds that our logic says simply cannot be, when we contemplate those things almost all of us experience some level of fear. It can be so much easier, so much safer, do so much for our peace of mind, to simply turn our heads and ignore it, wait for it to go away and forget it ever happened ..."After publishing “I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg” I didn't really expect to write another book on the paranormal. Instead I thought I was doing what I often do, explore a topic that has aroused my curiosity, write about what I learned and then move on to something new and different."But this time, instead of finding the answers to most of my questions and feeling satisfied with my research, each potential answer to my paranormal queries seems to raise a dozen or more new questions."In short, my experiences since publishing “I Met a Ghost at Gettysburg” have revealed an entirely new world to me, a reality that is truly awe inspiring. It's a quest I find I can't abandon, so it continues with this book."My goal here is to encourage people to put aside their fears and open their minds to exploring a world beyond our day-to-day understanding. Ignoring or denying the unexplained doesn't make it go away. If anything, by doing so we cheat ourselves out of the chance to better appreciate the world around us, and to more fully explore what may well be laws of nature that we do not yet understand. Why not continue to tackle that age-old question, what happens to our personalities, our souls if you will, after we die?"Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy