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The Morris Pratt Institute was built to study the spirit world—but in Whitewater, some believe it opened doors that were never meant to be unlocked.IN THIS EPISODE: Whitewater legend says that the bizarre experiments conducted at the Morris Pratt Institute of Spiritualism in Wisconsin, to communicate with the dead, have left the town cursed by witches and haunted by restless spirits. It's no wonder it has garnered the nickname of “Second Salem.” (Whitewater: The Second Salem) *** The Wild West had many drifters with troubled pasts. One found himself at the heart of one of the most infamous crimes in American history. Ben Kuhl went from horse theft, to stagecoach robbery, to murder – from notoriety to infamy – all in pursuit of elusive riches. Finally arrested and convicted due to a bloody handprint (The Last Stagecoach Robbery) *** Fred West was just a regular boy, or so it seemed. But behind closed doors, in reality, he was becoming evil incarnate. And upon meeting his future wife Rose, it only expanded his predatory predilections. Fred and Rose descended from petty crimes to unspeakable horrors of rape and murder – even of the most young and innocent. From their "House of Horrors" the depths of their depravity was acted out — hidden from site. But as the walls closed in and the truth emerged, the true horror of their crimes was laid bare. (The Evils of Fred And Rose West) *** AND MORE!CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Lead-In00:02:38.498 = Show Open00:04:51.531 = Whitewater: The Second Salem00:24:08.642 = The Evils of Fred And Rose West00:40:15.583 = The Last Stagecoach Robbery00:54:13.236 = Bygone Gluttons01:06:56.754 = Show Close, Verse, and Final Thought SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Whitewater: The Second Salem” by Charlie Hintz for Wisconsin Frights: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9bktup“Bygone Gluttons” by Ben Gazur for ListVerse: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p99hjxj“The Evils of Fred and Rose West” from Biography: https://www.biography.com/crime/fred-west“The Last Stagecoach Robbery” from Creative History Stories: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdh3h8h5=====Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateInfo on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScreamInfo on the next WEIRDO WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TV=====(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: April 16, 2024EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/HauntedWhitewater

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IN THIS EPISODE: Whitewater legend says that the bizarre experiments conducted at the Morris Pratt Institute of Spiritualism in Wisconsin, to communicate with the dead, have left the town cursed by witches and haunted by restless spirits. It's no wonder it has garnered the nickname of “Second Salem.” (Whitewater: The Second Salem) *** The Wild West had many drifters with troubled pasts. One found himself at the heart of one of the most infamous crimes in American history. Ben Kuhl went from horse theft, to stagecoach robbery, to murder – from notoriety to infamy – all in pursuit of elusive riches. Finally arrested and convicted due to a bloody handprint (The Last Stagecoach Robbery) *** Fred West was just a regular boy, or so it seemed. But behind closed doors, in reality, he was becoming evil incarnate. And upon meeting his future wife Rose, it only expanded his predatory predilections. Fred and Rose descended from petty crimes to unspeakable horrors of rape and murder – even of the most young and innocent. From their "House of Horrors" the depths of their depravity was acted out — hidden from site. But as the walls closed in and the truth emerged, the true horror of their crimes was laid bare. (The Evils of Fred And Rose West) *** AND MORE!SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Whitewater: The Second Salem” by Charlie Hintz for Wisconsin Frights: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9bktup“Bygone Gluttons” by Ben Gazur for ListVerse: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p99hjxj“The Evils of Fred and Rose West” from Biography: https://www.biography.com/crime/fred-west“The Last Stagecoach Robbery” from Creative History Stories: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdh3h8h5Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = =Originally aired: April 16, 2024PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/whitewater-the-second-salem/

Rev. Dr. Rosemary Calderolo is an evidential medium, a trance medium, and a healing medium who works at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which endeavors to prove the reality of spiritual experiences through science. She has a doctorate in adult education and works in nonprofit organizations on resource development, has served spiritualist churches throughout the USA and internationally, she is currently the General Secretary for the International Spiritualist Federation, and she is also an ordained minister for the National Spiritualist Association of Churches, known as NSAC. Rosemary is also a member of the Morris Pratt Institute, which provides educational opportunities in Modern American Spiritualism, a member of the Lily Dale Assembly, which is Western NY's home for Mediumship & Spiritual Healing, and she is a graduate of the first class of the two-year mediumship program at the Inner Spiritual Center, located in Fairfield, NJ. Give a listen to this enlightening and very fascinating interview! IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THINGS LIKE:The specific information Rosemary received from her deceased father at a very stressful time in her life. What it is important to understand, while we are still in our bodies, that can support our ongoing development as souls.What inspired Rosemary to become a trance medium, and what it is like to give oneself over to a spirit or group of spirits. What Rosemary has learned about life, the world, and the universe from the perspective of the Spirit people who speak through her. All mediumship is about healing our core wounds. The difference between a spiritualist church and a traditional church. SOME QUESTIONS IRENE ASKS ROSEMARY:What was your focus in healing that brought you to a Spiritualist church in 2006?How did you first become aware of communicating with your deceased father? What is it like to give yourself over to a Spirit or group of Spirits, and where does Rosemary go?Have you ever had to protect yourself from a Spirit or group of Spirits with negative or evil intentions? Connect with Rev. Dr. Rosemary Calderalo on FacebookInternational Spiritualist FederationNational Spiritualist Association of ChurchesInner Spiritual CenterMorris Pratt Institute

Geof Jowett is an intuitive spiritual medium, author, and educator. He has a comprehensive science education and, for many years, pursued an academic career in the natural sciences. His intuition works well with his analytical mind to bring through messages from spirit and help recipients interpret what is often deep symbolism. He received certification from the Morris Pratt Institute in Mediumship and became an ordained minister through the New Thought Spiritual Center of Palm Springs. Through his work with spirit, Geof feels privileged to support healing and a greater sense of contentment, joy, and peace. Website www.geofjowett.comTo listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv.The current edition of The 'X' Chronicles Newspaper is available at www.xchronicles.net.This episode of The ‘X' Zone with Rob McConnell is brought to you by BEAUTIFUL MIND COFFEE - For the coffee that your brain will love, visit Beautiful Mind Coffee, www.beautifulmindcoffee.ca. It's Brainalicious!

In this episode, the Boozy Bitches discuss Whitewater, Wisconsin, whose history is so full of eerie occurrences and tales of witchcraft, that it is now also known as the Second Salem.   From the Morris Pratt Institute of Spiritualism to the eerie triangle of cemeteries, join the BBs as they try to separate fact from fiction.For more info, visit our website>>>   https://boozybanterwithfriends.comConnect with us on Instagram>>>    https://www.instagram.com/boozybanterwithfriends/

C.J. and Kent finish their discussion on the haunted history of Whitewater by discussing the numerous urban legends about the town and the handful of events that helped to inspire them. News: Barnes says RoJo threat to U.S., MKE election official to be charged, and local man's Hitler Halloween costume.

C.J. and Kent begin their discussion about the haunted history of Whitewater, Wisconsin, by talking about the history of the Morris Pratt Institute, one of the only Spiritualist schools in the United States. News: Culture wars policies plague WI school boards, Brooks found guilty, and Van-Orden's prayer breakfast comments.

This week the books I am reading from are 'Lasting Impressions: A Medium's Cherished Messages from Spirit' by Geoffrey Jowett and 'Abducted & Furious: How I Fought Back and How You Can Too' by Lisa O'Hara.Geoffrey JowettThe natural and supernatural worlds are deeply intertwined. And though many of us may have difficulty accessing the spirit world, there are those among us who have the ability to sense and connect with the unseen world of spirit, bridging the gap and linking them together for us.In Lasting Impressions, author and medium Geoffrey Jowett invites us on his remarkable lifelong journey serving the spirit world, where he accepted the honor and reverence of being a mediuma voice for beings who have crossed the bridge into spirit. From his earliest memories of staring with awe and wonder at the luminescent entities that would visit him as a child, to his life of training and cultivating his interest in spirituality and higher consciousness, Geoffrey shares his calling and joy to be communicating messages from the higher vibrational plane of spirit.The main purpose of spirit communication is to support the natural law that life is continuous and eternal! Therefore, consciousness survives the death of the physical body. Beyond that, spirits have many reasons to give messages, such as those of encouragement, direction, appreciation, and wisdom. Hear in Lasting Impressions these compelling messages, and be a part of the link between the natural and the spiritual.BioSince childhood, Geoffrey Jowett has had the ability to sense and connect with the unseen world of spirit. It wasn't until later in life, however, that he chose to make a career of spiritual mediumship. First, he cultivated his affinities for the biological sciences and natural law. He obtained a Bachelor of Biology from the State University of New York at Brockport and a Master of Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Buffalo. For a decade after college, Geof pursued a career in biotechnology as a molecular biologist, project manager, and biotech instructor. He then followed a unique career path in higher education: first, as a college biology and anatomy instructor at four traditional colleges and universities; then, as dean of students at an art and design college; and finally, as vice president of student affairs at a university of alternative medicine.Behind the scenes throughout these years, Geof nurtured his interest in spirituality and higher consciousness. He received certification from the Morris Pratt Institute in Mediumship and became an ordained minister through the New Thought Spiritual Center of Palm Springs. In a stroke of divine serendipity, he was fortunate to grow up just miles from Lily Dale Assembly, the international center of modern spiritualism in upstate New York. Here, he refined and learned to better understand his skill as a spiritual medium and intuitive.Geof now finds his greatest calling and joy to be communicating messages from the higher vibrational plane of spirit. He also provides readings of individual soul progression and personal Akashic records. In these endeavors, he integrates his logical, scientifically trained mind with his intuition and spiritual insight. For over ten years, he has used his organizational and teaching skills to facilitate workshops in spiritual development, intuition, chakra balancing, meditation, karma, and reincarnation. Linking natural science with spirit is his passion.Geof is the author and creator of three other books and two meditation CDs, including:• The Power of I Am: Aligning the Chakras of Consciousness• What's Cooking in Heaven, Grandma?• Hope for Parents Who Have Lost Children: A Medium's Communication with Children in Heaven• Allowing Peace: Self-Guided Meditations with Your Spirit Guides (Meditation CD)• Harmonizing the Chakras of Consciousness (Meditation CD)Through all of his endeavors, Geof helps others on their journeys of enlightenment to recognize that each of us is an eternal and infinite part of God, and that our most important purpose in life is to perpetuate divine love. It would be Geof's joy and privilege to help you communicate with your loved ones in spirit and better understand your soul's purpose and progress. For more information or to schedule a reading, workshop, or presentation, please see his website or feel free to connect with him.https://www.amazon.com/Lasting-Impressions-MediumS-Cherished-Messages-ebook/dp/B079HBHYDF/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1665137006&sr=1-1https://geofjowett.com/Lisa O'HaraThe reasons I wrote this book are three fold. First, to write about myexperiences, second to raise awareness, and third, to help anyone that hasbeen abducted by ETs or the military. I wanted to be able to share the information from my spirit guides on how to fight back against being abducted to as many people as possible, as quickly as possible. As more and more people awaken to the truth, they will need resources. We need more people to speakout, but we also need tools to fight back. Once I found tools, used them and they worked, I knew that I could not keep them to myself. I had to find my people and share the tools. Sounds easy, but it is difficult in a world where no one talksabout being abducted by ETs.When I discovered in 2017 that I was being abducted by Grays every single night, I freaked out. My world was turned upside down and I felt scared to death and unsafe. It made me question the bucolic feeling of Earth. There is a safety that we all feel being here. Nothing is perfect, but we can often feel relatively safe. We feel we can pin down the fears and see them—robbers, criminals, etc. But, when we know something is happening to us that we don't understand, or that we can't see or remember—what a helpless feeling! Those of us in this position know well how they felt when they first found out. When those feelings of fear wore off, I felt outraged and furious. I was so angry that they had the nerve to take me, it served as a catalyst for my journey to figure out how to stop it. I wrote this book to help and inform as many abductees as possible who are having negative experiences, whether by ETs or military abductors. I have not had any success in finding people like me with negative ET experiences. Here is my story, the tools I use, and the procedures I use. Let's unleash our fury on all abductors, ET and military.BioLisa O'Hara has a B.S. Degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University in California where she lived until 2011. She worked for many years in law firms, starting as a floater legal secretary and ending up in Information Technology and went on to work for engineering companies in Silicon Valley. She is now enjoying retirement. Since retiring, she discovered she was a psychic medium and that knowledge was the catalyst for many discoveries about herself, one of which was that she was an ET abductee. After reading Terry Lovelace's book, Incident at Devil's Den, she wrote to Terry Lovelace and he encouraged her to write her own book, detailing her ET experiences as an abductee. She now lives in Chandler, Arizona with her husband and two Maine Coon cats.Website: www.lisaoharaonline.comFacebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AbductedandFuriousFacebook group: https://facebook.com/groups/240754443711246/?ref=pages_profile_groups_tab Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1734560908/ref=cm_sw_r_oth_api_glt_fabc_ijgdGb5JX2WTXhttps://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.pastlivespodcast.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/alienufopodcasthttps://www.patreon.com/pastlivespodcast

This week I'm talking to Geoffrey Jowett about his book 'Lasting Impressions: A Medium's Cherished Messages from Spirit'.The natural and supernatural worlds are deeply intertwined. And though many of us may have difficulty accessing the spirit world, there are those among us who have the ability to sense and connect with the unseen world of spirit, bridging the gap and linking them together for us.In Lasting Impressions, author and medium Geoffrey Jowett invites us on his remarkable lifelong journey serving the spirit world, where he accepted the honor and reverence of being a mediuma voice for beings who have crossed the bridge into spirit. From his earliest memories of staring with awe and wonder at the luminescent entities that would visit him as a child, to his life of training and cultivating his interest in spirituality and higher consciousness, Geoffrey shares his calling and joy to be communicating messages from the higher vibrational plane of spirit.The main purpose of spirit communication is to support the natural law that life is continuous and eternal! Therefore, consciousness survives the death of the physical body. Beyond that, spirits have many reasons to give messages, such as those of encouragement, direction, appreciation, and wisdom. Hear in Lasting Impressions these compelling messages, and be a part of the link between the natural and the spiritual.BioSince childhood, Geoffrey Jowett has had the ability to sense and connect with the unseen world of spirit. It wasn't until later in life, however, that he chose to make a career of spiritual mediumship. First, he cultivated his affinities for the biological sciences and natural law. He obtained a Bachelor of Biology from the State University of New York at Brockport and a Master of Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Buffalo. For a decade after college, Geof pursued a career in biotechnology as a molecular biologist, project manager, and biotech instructor. He then followed a unique career path in higher education: first, as a college biology and anatomy instructor at four traditional colleges and universities; then, as dean of students at an art and design college; and finally, as vice president of student affairs at a university of alternative medicine.Behind the scenes throughout these years, Geof nurtured his interest in spirituality and higher consciousness. He received certification from the Morris Pratt Institute in Mediumship and became an ordained minister through the New Thought Spiritual Center of Palm Springs. In a stroke of divine serendipity, he was fortunate to grow up just miles from Lily Dale Assembly, the international center of modern spiritualism in upstate New York. Here, he refined and learned to better understand his skill as a spiritual medium and intuitive.Geof now finds his greatest calling and joy to be communicating messages from the higher vibrational plane of spirit. He also provides readings of individual soul progression and personal Akashic records. In these endeavors, he integrates his logical, scientifically trained mind with his intuition and spiritual insight. For over ten years, he has used his organizational and teaching skills to facilitate workshops in spiritual development, intuition, chakra balancing, meditation, karma, and reincarnation. Linking natural science with spirit is his passion.Geof is the author and creator of three other books and two meditation CDs, including:• The Power of I Am: Aligning the Chakras of Consciousness• What's Cooking in Heaven, Grandma?• Hope for Parents Who Have Lost Children: A Medium's Communication with Children in Heaven• Allowing Peace: Self-Guided Meditations with Your Spirit Guides (Meditation CD)• Harmonizing the Chakras of Consciousness (Meditation CD)Through all of his endeavors, Geof helps others on their journeys of enlightenment to recognize that each of us is an eternal and infinite part of God, and that our most important purpose in life is to perpetuate divine love. It would be Geof's joy and privilege to help you communicate with your loved ones in spirit and better understand your soul's purpose and progress. For more information or to schedule a reading, workshop, or presentation, please see his website or feel free to connect with him.https://www.amazon.com/Lasting-Impressions-MediumS-Cherished-Messages-ebook/dp/B079HBHYDF/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1665137006&sr=1-1https://geofjowett.com/https://www.pastliveshypnosis.co.uk/https://www.patreon.com/pastlivespodcast

In a town surrounded by graveyards, one man had a dream to build the ultimate spiritual institute! He did just that!! He knew what was up!! Join us as we discuss the happenings around Morris Pratt Institute!!::Show Hosts::Joshua BynumShane CarlsonTommy GreenLet us know what you think!!Check us out on all major podcast platforms and YouTube as well!!Like, Subscribe, Follow, and Roundhouse kick your way into our love!!!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTzJxDwoxjPE1oJThR9koagYou can also find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ParanormalMindsJST/Instagram: https://instagram.com/parnormalmindsjst?utmTwitter: https://twitter.com/jstparanormalPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/ParanormalMindsJST

Jeffrey Harris is back talking about Tea Leaf Reading and Palmistry✨

Jeffrey Harris is back talking about Tea Leaf Reading and Palmistry ✨

Episode Notes America's “Second Salem,” you say? We're on it! Aaron and Samantha dive in to explore the legends surrounding the town of Whitewater, Wisconsin. When they got down to the sources did they find evidence of witchcraft, cursed books, murder, and spiritualists? You'll have to tune in to find out. The pair put their history skillz (yes, with a ‘z') to the test  in “Were There Witches in Whitewater?”.  Intro- 00:20 Whitewater Background- 02:15 The Legends- 04:29 Morris Pratt- 09:40 Pratt's Spiritualist Temple- 12:27 Midway Break- 17:58 The Morris Pratt Institute- 23:26 Spiritualism 101- 26:21 Mary Worth- 38:38 Real Murder in Whitewater- 46:13 Wrapping It All Up- 52:45 National Spiritualist Association of Churches: https://nsac.org/ Swedenborg Foundation: https://swedenborg.com/ Whitewater Historical Society: https://www.whitewaterhistoricalsociety.org/ Morris Pratt Institute: http://www.morrispratt.org/ Visit our website and follow us on... Instagram Facebook Twitter Youtube Like the show and want more? Subscribe to our Patreon! Great Lakes Lore is produced by Cheeso Media.

Liza Fenster is a life long Witch who works as Reiki Master Teacher, tarot educator and reader, and ordained minister. She combines her intuitive gifts with 20 years of extensive spiritual and metaphysical practice and study from places including the Morris Pratt Institute, Southeastern School of Neuromuscular Massage, and more.As a Reiki Master Teacher, she offers attunement classes as well as individual healing sessions. Her background in neuromuscular massage therapy also provides comprehensive knowledge of anatomy and physiology – and lend itself to her integrated approach to gentle somatic therapy and healing in both the physical and spiritual realms. She’s also an ordained minister who sacred life events and sits for spiritual counseling sessions.Acting in this way as community servant, she is committed to both ecological and community healing on local and global levels - and with that, deeply committed to social justice and the healing and reparation of BIPOC communities and to the decolonization of wellness. She works in service of the Crow Mother Kachina.On this episode, Liza discusses how to combine divination practices of the body and the spirit, recent magical messages from the tarot, and her journey to reconnect with her Indigenous roots. Pam also talks about witchcraft and the body, and answers a listener question about rituals for transitioning out of an old home and into a new one.Our sponsors for this episode are Lindsay Mack’s Rewilding the Tarot workshop, Mithras Candle, Luna Lux Botanicals, BetterHelp, and the Magic Monday podcast.

Geof Jowett is an intuitive spiritual medium, author, and educator. He has a comprehensive science education and, for many years, pursued an academic career in the natural sciences. His intuition works well with his analytical mind to bring through messages from spirit and help recipients interpret what is often deep symbolism. He received certification from the Morris Pratt Institute in Mediumship and became an ordained minister through the New Thought Spiritual Center of Palm Springs. Through his work with spirit, Geof feels privileged to support healing and a greater sense of contentment, joy, and peace.Website www.geofjowett.com

Medium, Spiritual Teacher - Joe Higgins is an Amazon bestselling author, Medium, Spiritual teacher and Intuitive counselor. He has had the ability to communicate with those who have passed on since an early age. Joe has completed and taught classes in mediumship and advanced mediumship as well as becoming a Certified Reiki Master. He has completed the Morris Pratt Institute training and a residential course in Pastoral Skills in Lily Dale, NY. Mr. Higgins's first book, Hello...Anyone Home? : A Guide on How our Deceased Loved Ones Try to Contact Us through the Use of Signs, has been well received for helping people understand the process of contact. Mr. Higgins's second book, The Everything Guide to Evidence of the Afterlife: A scientific approach to proving the existence of life after death, has just been recently published by Adams Media and is available worldwide. Mr. Higgins's latest book, Always Connected for Veterans: Deceased Vets Give Guidance From The Other Side, focuses on questions veterans and families are asking about their involvement in war. Mr. Higgins has become a leading authority on Signs. Mr. Higgins offers channeled, intuitive, and mediumistic readings in person or on the phone as well as seminars and workshops. - www.joehiggins.com

FREE READINGS TONIGHT! Sunday 9 PM CST   LISTEN LIVE Call-in Number: (914) 205-5698 https:/ /www.WhispersFromTheHeartRadio.com Topic: "Let's Talk Spirits"  Guest: Psychic Medium~ Graham Williamson Graham works with and for Spirit. Since being an infant he has been aware of his abilities with and for Spirit. All his life, he has used all the Gifts he was born with together and without limitation, in order to do his best in proving Spiritual continuity of life with loved ones after the change called death. Graham comes from England and was trained as a Medium by his mother who did Spiritual Rescue work. Graham was with the SNU in England and has also trained in the U.S.A. with various registered Spiritualist Associations. Graham also is a past student with the Morris Pratt Institute. He is also a Wedding Officiate. If you wish for a Reading, call, text, video, or face to face. (352) 409 - 1060 https://www.facebook.com/Dare-to-Dream-111525067296707/ Host: Join Ericka Boussarhane, International Psychic Medium, weekly for “Whispers from the Heart Radio” as she speaks with some of today's best psychics, mediums, holistic experts, authors, teachers, and visionaries of our time. Awaken your senses and explore your world. Call in for messages of hope, love, and empowerment. At whispers from the heart radio, we bridge your heart with the spirit world. "Radio for your Heart, Mind, and Spirit" https://www.coldcasepsychic.com/

Content note: mention of suicide, anti-semitism In this week's belated episode, I talk about the witches of Whitewater, the Morris Pratt Institute, and how traditional views of what's 'weird' shift throughout time. Don't forget to check out the True Crime Podcast Festival in Chicago. Look, I know it's not until July, but it was SNOWING today and I need something to look forward to in my new older age. Photo of the Morris Pratt Institute from Wisconsin Historical Images Resources Second Salem Whitewater college paper on hauntings Spine-tingling tales from a weird site Roots of Whitewater's witch lore Whitewater Historical Society on the Morris Pratt Institute WPR piece on the MPI MPI site In Frightening Times, Witchcraft Rediscovers Its Political Roots You can’t control the government—but you can hex it Why millennials are ditching religion for witchcraft and astrology Intimate photos of modern-day witches across America 9 Myths About Witchcraft That Modern-Day Witches Like Me Are Tired of Hearing Anti-Semitic Legends Why Do Witches Wear Pointy Hats? Transcript Welcome to another edition of the Spooky Sconnie Podcast, the podcast that talks about everything, wonderfully creepy, spooky, criminal, and weird in the state of Wisconsin. I'm your host, Kirsten Schultz. And before we dive in to today's very interesting topic, I do just want to remind everybody that I will be at the true crime podcast festival in Chicago that's coming up in July on the 13th. It's a Saturday, it's just the one day, but it's like all day. We did get some more details that um, there's going to be a meet and greet portion of the event with a kind of a relaxed atmosphere and that podcasters are going to be around in the main hall, um, so that you can come meet with us and hang out. So you know, come hang out. The website for that is tcpf2019.com and you can get your tickets and see all the cool stuff going on. I apologize for this episode being late. Um, yesterday was my birthday and I chose to go get drunk and eat a hamburger instead of recording my podcast. But also I have just started a new full time job and my schedule's been a lot busier because of that and because of some of the other volunteer stuff I'm doing. So I just didn't have time to record. I mean I probably did, let's be honest, but I didn't really. ----more---- So, um, for today's episode we're going to be talking about the witches of Whitewater and as I was digging into this, it's really interesting and it's part of why I do a lot of research on the topics I'm covering because if you just kind of take a cursory Google search, um, things you'll find are, you know, like haunted stories of, of people relaying information from another person about like the campus of UW-Whitewater or being haunted and things like that. And a lot of that stuff is actually not entirely true - surprise. And so what I'm going to be talking about today is more about not only, you know, things that are supposedly haunted but also debunking some of the other issues like I do. In the late 19th century, whitewater began being referenced to as the Second Salem and why water is really interesting because it's about an hour from both Milwaukee and Madison. So it's a little bit more south of both of those cities. Um, and it's right at the edge of the kettle moraine state forest. So there's kind of a lot of greenery and a lot of stuff that's already kinda spooky. Anyway, so the tales about Whitewater being haunted popped up. Um, as I said, it was the late 19th century - the late 1800s hundreds - and that was about the same time that the Morris Pratt institute was built in town. The institute was known for Teaching Spiritualism, and that was a really popular belief during the 1800s and incorporated things like seances and mediums and a lot of the spooky stuff we discuss today, Ouija boards, et Cetera. So there were regular lectures at the institute about, um, paranormal items, psychic items, and they also taught people how to be better and mediums, which is interesting. The building supposedly also had an all white room that was used to conduct seances and, um, a couple of the articles that I found had some really influential people involved, um, within Whitewater itself. So as somebody who's an archivist or historian for Whitewater, another person who's a historian that really focuses on the area as well. Um, so I'll be quoting them throughout this episode too. Morris Pratt was someone who was born in New York and he built the institute in Whitewater in 1899 ish is what it was finished. It wound up being a three story building, had two auditoriums and one of those was big enough to hold 400 people. Morris Pratt's dive into spiritualism was interesting. It was around 1840s and 50s when he became interested in it. And that's a pretty popular, um, subject for that time period. There have been a lot of podcasts to kind of go over what spiritualism is, what it isn't the rise of spiritualism so I'm not going to go into that because this would be another really long episode. Um, but during that time period, not only did Pratt get really interested in spiritualism, he really got serious about practicing it. In the 1880s, he met with a medium here from Wisconsin named Mary Hayes-Chynowith and she really focused on using her skills to heal and then also give advice to rich people naturally. She had, um, told Pratt to invest in land in northern Wisconsin and that land turned out to have some of the richest iron ore in the state. And Pratt got super rich. Um, naturally it probably didn't take her to, to convince him to do this. The state of Wisconsin was really going through a large population boom at the time. People moving in, a lot of lumber jack-related things and companies getting set up here and you know, people were finding iron ore already in the far north part of the state. So yeah, Pratt took the time to find land and uh, and bought it and had an iron ore mine and became extremely rich. And I guess in those conversation with Chynowith, he promised that if he ever like made it rich because of her assistance that he would somehow invest in teaching spiritualism to others. So he began building what he referred to often as the 'temple of science' in Whitewater using the profits from the sale of his mining stock. Of course the residents of Whitewater weren't super enthused like at all. And then would always refer to as Pratts folly, which I think is interesting. In April of 1888, um, that's when the, they broke ground and began to actually construct the building. And by December the building was getting closer to completion and editor, an editor of a local paper, the Whitewater Register, got a grand tour. So, um, he was really very hush hush about what this building was actually supposed to be for - a lot of rumors began circulating throughout the community and you know, people knew he was very into spiritualism, but a lot of people didn't really understand what that was. And so there were a lot of rumors flying around, a lot of gossip about what does this man, what is he doing here? What is he doing to our town? Who is he going to windup inviting into the town? And even as he's giving this newspaper editor the tour, he's really vague about it, right? So what he says is that he 'hopes it may prove a useful factor in the education, morally, mentally, scientifically, and philosophically of that class of society that needs it most.' The editor summarized it as 'let us give him the credit he deserves of making the splendid improvement, which adds to the beauty and business of our city. And having done it without a selfish motive,' which I think is a nice touch. But of course the following year, um, when it opened, things were not as great. And I just want to go back. I think I said 1899 when it opened was 1889. Um, so April of that year they published an opening - Um, you know, a little thing that said they were opening in the register. So it was the opening and dedication of m Pratt sanitarium and hall of Psychic Science. And actually what's happening this weekend, April 26th, 27th and 28th, the announcement didn't wind up being written by the editor of the newspaper, but it was something that like Pratt and his pals had submitted and had publish. The next issue though of the newspaper talked a bit about the dedication of the building and it wasn't great. It didn't go well. Um, the dedication wound up being buried within the newspaper was very short and the editor was not thrilled with what he'd heard of the ceremony. He was really critical about the spiritualists that were speaking there and of how, um, critical they were of organized mainstream religion at the time. So that was kind of, I think, their motive behind hiding really the, the report on the dedication. So, you know, that wasn't a great start. Things were still really tense. In December of that year, Pratt had issued a challenge to the clergy within the city, um, and wanted to debate them on religious issues and he publishes it in this newspaper that isn't thrilled with him and I don't know how he keeps being able to do that. Um, he proposed a debate topic and it was 'resolved that the so called teachings of Jesus Christ as found in the new testament are immoral and their tendencies.' So, you know, no one really jumped into that debate. So you can imagine in January of the next year, he again issued an invitation for people to come to the institute and see what it was like. He was a lot more friendly at this point though, probably realizing that he had come off real standoffish the year earlier. So his call this time was to 'both young and old, the president and professors of our schools, the clergy, lawyers, doctors, and business men to meet . . . for a social and intellectual feast, and if they see fit to lay out a plan for future work to build up and maintain a higher state of civilization.' Yeah. Other than that, there really wasn't much within the newspaper about what was going on at the temple. Um, it was either because Pratt was being really reserved and quiet or because of the editor and their run-ins. Given the way the building was set up, it wound up being used for a lot of lectures and meetings and it really wasn't at the time set up as a school or a college, but more like where spiritualists from around the country you could come through as they were like going on speaking tours and um, that people could come and meet them and hear what they had to say, or that spiritualist relatively locally, you could also come and meet and mingle together. There was always an evening lecture on Sundays that was open to everybody, so that tended to be then those kinds of lectures were scheduled. By early 1902 Pratt was now 80 years old and the temple wasn't sure it was going to do. He decided to about that time period form something called the Morris Pratt Institution Association and then gave the temple to them and they made plans to run the temple, um, as a more formal spiritualist school that not only had classes on spiritual isn't, but also general education. And they did this rather quickly. So by late June of 1902, the newspaper reported that the meeting of the trustees was really successful and that public interest was really high, um, about turning the building into a school. And so at that time is when it was actually formally, um, renamed as the Morris Pratt Institute. The full course of study consisted of two different areas. So the first area was general education stuff - so grammar, rhetoric, writing, lit, history, geography, all the good stuff, right? And that was pretty typical of what people were expected to learn at secondary schools throughout the country. Um, and was really helpful, I think at this point because there really wasn't an extended organized school system. The second area of study was only open to people who were practicing spiritualists and it included things like psychic research, comparative religion, evolution. And Bible study as it relates to the principles of spiritual wisdom. Like, dude, I want to take those classes. Tuition was really, really reasonable. It's $50 a year. Um, and then plus you got a room that was $1.50 to $2 a week. Only girls were allowed to board at the meeting or at the building, excuse me - while dudes were boarded in private homes instead. And even though there was a separation between Gen ed and um, spiritualism - it didn't give degrees. Um, you could not get a college degree from the institute. It was more set up like a, like a boarding high school. They could become really well versed in being a medium, um, giving lectures, working as a spiritualist, but also could, you know, have a really nice firm background in their studies from which to um, ease into college or something else later on. And this was really, they saw themselves as offering ways for people to pursue self improvement activities. That was, whether they were spiritualists or not. And I couldn't find anything about how many people actually took the institute classes to become mediums and to just go through, um, you know, the Gen ed curriculum. But, um, there was an article in 1917 that reported students that had come to the institute, um, from all parts of the United States. The, the, the current number was about 25 people in the school of the time, mostly coming from the Midwest. As I said earlier, the community kind of just keeps being really unsure about how they feel about the institute. Um, you know, on the one hand it was this really helpful space and provided needed education and was relatively low cost a boosted the city's economy. And on the other hand, you know, it was still weird. It was not normal. Um, one thing I saw some of the students at the State Teacher's College, which was also in Whitewater, would go to the Sunday services just to like make fun of everything. And it seems like the institute became kind of a running joke throughout the town During the Great Depression in the 1930s, the institute really struggled and wound up closing its doors, but it did move to Milwaukee. There's a local historian named Carol Cartwright and I found several interviews with her about the institute and about like haunted Whitewater. And she thinks that Whitewater residents were distrustful of the Institute for a couple of reasons. So one is that spiritualism was much more popular in larger cities than isolated kind of rural areas. And Whitewater, even though it's grown to a sizable city, at least in Wisconsin, which is not saying much, um, it's still really rural. It's still pretty. And you know, if people want to do something cultured or something fancy, they would just drive to Milwaukee or Madison. Like the Whitewater is not a fancy place. Um, it's still today. So, and then the fact that only spiritualists could go to seances or attend certain programs made everybody wonder what was actually happening. Like what is going on? Are they devil worshipers? Are they sacrificing babies? All of those kinds of things. And of course, once the school stopped operating there, everything became embellished. It turned into like, oh yeah, like some of the other students at other places would come and mock this place too. Oh yeah, no, we totally saw witches from that place, like practicing witchcraft. So I dunno. Um, this building was torn down in 1962 but before that it served as a women's dorm and the forties and 50s. Um, Cartwright said “You can imagine how those stories picked up steam. There’s a lot of confusion between who the spiritualists were and what they were doing as opposed to other occult practices. Many of the spiritualist mediums were women. They were engaging in nontraditional activities for women, so making that step from mediums to witches was easy for some people to take." Before the institute was established, there were actually already rumors of witches throughout Whitewater. I mean, it's probably true of just about everywhere. Gotta be honest. Um, but one of the legends, um, talks about the fact that there was an active coven in the late 19th century that had ceremonies and tunnels and kept an altar either in the field behind, um, one of the dorms at university or in one of the cemeteries. And supposedly all these things are like buried where they once stood. So like the altars buried where they were, that once stood. And then like there's several dead coven members that are supposedly buried around there. I don't know. Um, it's an interesting place. One of the other legends talks about the three cemeteries in Whitewater and proposes that they form a triangle known as the witches triangle. A home buildings and land on the sides of the triangle are supposedly haunted and um, one of those cemeteries called Calvary Cemetery has Gates that supposedly close on unsuspecting freshmen that sneak in at night? So there's, um, Calvary Cemetery, Oak Grove Cemetery and Hillside Cemetery are the ones that are supposedly positioned in a perfect isosceles triangle. Um, there are stories from Oak Grove Cemetery. Um, it said that it was the final resting place of this ax murderer named Mary Worth. And legend says on Halloween night she can be spotted among the tombstones. And it's interesting because that's supposedly from Oak Grove and then Cartwright shared that according to another legend, she's buried in an unmarked crypt in Hillside. And the problem is though, there's literally no evidence she ever existed, not in city directories, not in the census, no birth or death certificates, nothing. And that's not - it's hard, right, because it's not that uncommon for people to like not have many written records during that time period by Wisconsin actually did pretty well with some of those things. So Cartwright believes that the stories circulated for so long that like eventually a composite of somebody named Mary Worth just kind of popped out of them. Another story is about the stone water tower in Stairin Park. Stories say witches would surround the tower at night and perform rituals in the park. An iron fence was put up around the tower with barbed wire spikes pointed inward as if it was trying to keep something in rather than people out. The tower sits just south of Wells Hall, which is also said to be super haunted since being built in the late sixties. And that's actually not the only student housing hall that has questioning stories. Um, in 1981, the Alpha Sigma Sorority heard loud noises coming from their basement while they ate dinner. Bricks of the basement floor were scattered around everywhere when they went to check it out, revealing a tunnel that had never been seen before. Story of that goes on to talk about the tunnel system having been used by witches as a way of traveling between the town's oldest mansion sized homes without being spotted by civilians. And here's the other interesting thing, right? That actually exists. Um, the tunnels are probably, um, from the underground railway, from hiding people from them, um, from, from, you know, slave owners trying to find these people and, um, and as a part of the system that moved them up towards Canada, it's just really interesting. Um, yeah, everything I saw said that, you know, those exist. I don't know. I'm going to take that with a grain of salt. The most recent story about witches took place in 1982, three students supposedly witnessed a late night ritual on the beach, near Whitewater Lake, and during the ritual it appeared as if a huge object was coming out of the lake and when they saw that they split naturally. Another interesting, um, rumor is that there's a locked book in the special collections section in the basement of Anderson Library. We're immersed say that the dark contents of the book have driven three students and a professor to commit suicide. Supposedly one person who borrowed the book wound up being locked in an insane asylum. Because of that, the book is not hidden under locking key at there is now hidden under locking key at the library. If you ask to see the book, supposedly you'll be expelled. Um, and a librarian at the, this location [acutally an historian named Weston] helps clear that up: "The only locked book we own is actually a Catholic hymnal. We think the stories about it come from the fact that up until 1989, 100 years after the Morris Pratt Institution was founded, the storage we used for the book was a locked cage because it’s the only storage unit we had. A locked book in special collections got this image of being dangerous. However, none of the people who have ever talked about this Catholic hymnal have given us a publisher, a title, an another, no date, nothing.” It's unknown if this mysterious book remains unlabeled for reasons or if it's just a coincidence. In 1909 there were large ice flows in the lake in June. There's a lot of weird stuff that happens in Whitewater. In 1923 some fishermen said their boat turned over and they were dragged underwater by a creature with large tentacles. They had a really hard time getting back up and when they came back up, they were supposedly covered with small bite marks. In fall 2003 while hiking the trails near Calvary, a professor and several other people supposedly saw a strange flying objects. They were sure it was an alien and posted fliers asking others who had seen it to let them know. Of course it wouldn't be, uh, a story full of shitty haunting rumors if I didn't share that supposedly many of this, these disturbances are caused by the development of the city and the ruining of Indian burial grounds. We've already talked about this, right? How that's bullshit? And some fucking colonialist narrative that does not need to be continually perpetuated by anybody? Okay, cool. One of the interesting things I found too, um, in articles that I read were some personal story is related to these hauntings and spooky things. So I wanted to share some of them cause I thought they were interesting. This first one is from someone named Jeff: "I live in Whitewater, and according to legends, the whole town is haunted. The university that is in town was originally built as a school for mediums and research into the paranormal. I have been told that all possible ways to leave town require going over running water and that the cemeteries form a five-pointed star when looked at from above. There is a hill behind the student dorms that is supposed to where a coven of witches (evil ones, of course) meet. Also, an apartment building was once the residence of a guy who fancied himself a master of the black arts, and is haunted. Whitewater has been referred to as the "Second Salem." I can attest that some areas of town just really give me the creeps. The problem is this: There is reputed to be documentation telling about the weird things in town. However, the town council has made sure that none of that exists in town anymore." I don't know. I just seems to me that sometimes some of these people don't question anything they hear like at all. I don't understand that. Anyway, I like this, this next story a lot better. There a man named Dave Saalsa - It's s a a l s a - and he remembers walking his dogs one evening across the wooded lawns of Whitewater's Hillside Cemetery. The animals completely stopped and stood extremely still, and Dave looks up to see what the dogs are looking at, but he doesn't see anything - until he sees it, right? He says “Right across from a crypt, I saw this full-bodied apparition of a woman. She was floating up the hill.” The owner of the Quiet Huts Sports in Whitewater - That's Dave's job - wasn't sure what it was he saw, but people who come to his store have shared really similar stories of encounters at that cemetery. “I don’t know,” Dave said. “I don’t discount it. I’ve talked to people who have seen firsthand some strange things. There are logical explanations for things, but there are also legitimate goings-on that can’t be explained away.” His longtime interest in local history really became ignited when he was a student at Whitewater in the 1970s he was working on this class project and wound up interviewing a local historian for it and heard a lot of local budgets, including the head of Mary Worth, who we've already talked about. Um, you know, one of the articles that I found earlier that I referenced like earlier in the podcast was that she was an ax murderer. Here, she's supposedly a self proclaimed witch, and Dave learned in this conversation with the historian that Mary Worth put a curse on a Whitewater manufacturer of wagons, and the company's owners died not long afterwards. People now living at the former house of one of those owners named Lucius Winchester have reported here in footsteps without seeing anyone and light switches mysteriously turning on and off. Dave has heard of a coven that still supposedly practice and local cemeteries according to local cemetery workers, circles of stones can be found around the properties and a pyramid shaped cap that topped the monument on the gravesite of Morris Pratt was stolen at some point back. “Back in 1971 when I was still a student, on Halloween night, one of the students broke into the crypts at the cemetery, stole a coffin and brought it to the fountain on the mall. We have to admit we have a rich history in Whitewater of all kinds of things, from stops along the Underground Railroad to a school for spiritualism, whose founder promised to connect people with the departed," Dave said, and there you have it. Is Whitewater haunted? Are there still really witches? I have no idea. I think it's plausible. Um, I think that most places probably have more occult-related activities than anyone realizes. But I also think that the notion of which is being creepy, people with pointy hats who were all black and hang out in cemeteries is outdated. That's not what a witch is anymore. Witches are everyday people. Witches are people who use their powers for good and for evil. And you know, the mark of a witch is not necessarily the ridiculous, the overdone antisemitism of, you know, witch drawings of days past. And I think too, one thing to note as we talk about witchcraft is that within the last few years, More women and other femme people have gotten involved in witchcraft. And it's not anything like, it's not a bad thing. Um, for them, it represents a way to take control of your life. In a way to honor nature sometimes. Um, like for people who engage more in Wicca related activities. It's also I think, um, a giant fuck you to people like Donald Trump, um, who dislike the idea of women having power or of, of anybody of any, um, gender identity that is not a cis male having power. And it's really helped people find others who are likeminded, right? Just like listening at creepy podcasts, um, you run into somebody and you're like, oh, I love purity podcasts, do you, and that's an instant bond, that's instant shared experience that you have. And it's the same with being on a running team or going biking with the same friends every week. Oh. Um, you know, being a part of online patient activity groups or you know, things like that are all ways to build shared experience and community. And just some of us take weird routes to it, or I shouldn't say weird, I should say nontraditional routes to finding community. And I think we have to remember that those, those ideas changed throughout time, right? Back during Morris Pratt stays, they probably never would have thought of the Internet. They would never have thought that anybody would be listening to like a podcast. Um, so what seems nontraditional in society's view - and something maybe impossible in the views of people around when Morris Pratt was still alive - that's changing and that changes with every generation. And as we grow and we figure out what we like and don't like, um, we, we tend to push society the way that we're thinking depending on how many numbers we have to, to influence that push. But, um, all of that is to say which is they're not at all like the sisters from Hocus Pocus, they are not all like the wicked witch. Um, they can be everyday people that just liked to do cool things. I'm not a witch, but also like I have friends who are, and you know what, that's kind of awesome and we just have to step back and realize that being a, which isn't anything different than, you know what it's been for the last several hundred years because I, for the fact that it's a lot more different than the societal ideologies related to being witches are right, the stigma associated to being a witch. So I'll put some links in the show notes. Um, not only the links I referenced and pulled a lot of texts from, from the episode like I always do, but also some links about witchcraft and about what witches look like now and what they do now. Um, and more people becoming witches in the wake of Donald Trump's election. So that's, that's Kirsten's rant corner for this episode. Um, I'm not sure what I'm going to do next week. I'll probably try to pull another cryptid out. I think The Beast of Brey Road looks like a good possibility, although I have a busy couple of weeks, so we'll see how that goes. Maybe something slightly shorter again, but stay tuned. Make sure you checkout the true crime podcasts festival in Chicago. If you are in the Midwest. Um, I would love to see you and hang out and I'm going to try to get some goodies to have at the table. If I have a table, I don't know exactly what's happening with that yet, but you know I'll have some goodies on me with the logo on it. Um, so that you can maybe win some, maybe purchase some, however you'd like to handle that. And um, the other update I have is the thing I'm going to be doing a couple of minisodes a month, maybe if I could swing it after this month is over and call them badger bits. Um, and just do like a really quick, not like biography but kind of have some influential Wisconsin related people. I think that Kinda sounds fun and I stole it from my husband, so I tend to stay a lot of things from him, but he freely offered it, so whatever. So you know, stay tuned for that if that's something you're interested in. And for now, have a wonderful couple of weeks until I speak with you again. You just listened to the Spooky Sconnie podcast. It is produced every two weeks by me, Kirsten Schultz. The intro, outro music is from Purple Plant. You can find show notes and more over at spookysconnie.podbean.com, including a transcript in case you missed anything. Take a minute and rate and subscribe if you can. You'll help more people see the show by rating and you won't miss a single episode if you subscribe, and that's pretty dope. You can support the show over at patreon.com/spookysconniepodcast and you can email me anything you'd like me to know at spookysconniepodcast@gmail.com. Meantime, sleep tight. Don't let the badgers bite. Bye.

Author Joe Higgins has been a working Medium for over 20 years. He has also taught classes in mediumship and is a Certified Reiki Master. He has completed the Morris Pratt Institute training and a residential course in Pastoral Skills in Lily Dale, NY.  Joe has brought relief and comfort to countless people over the years and he has worked on missing person cases, cold cases, and murder investigations, as well as connecting clients to their loved ones, who have passed to the other side. Joe is the author of 4 books: "Hello...Anyone Home? : A Guide on How our Deceased Loved Ones Try to Contact Us through the Use of Signs" "The Everything Guide to Evidence of the Afterlife: A scientific approach to proving the existence of life after death"  "Always Connected for Veterans: Deceased Vets Give Guidance From The Other Side" 
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Paul G. Meckes is an ordained metaphysician. He received his Ph.D. in metaphysical science Summa Cum Laude and Ordination in the spring of 2014 under the authority of the Institute of Metaphysical Humanistic Science of Florida, Sarasota. While in his doctorate studies Paul founded and headed Clermont Paranormal & Metaphysical Research Society a noetic science coalition and network of diverse scientific disciplines. Paul’s mission being the scientific research for the advancement of further knowledge of consciousness, the human condition, paranormal and anomalous phenomena has gained attention with the spiritualist and scientific communities as a revolutionary in his investigative approach in the field. He has conducted public lectures and workshops at Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp in Lake Helen, Florida and the Chapel of Spiritual Light in Orlando. Dr. Meckes has lecture with the Institute of Noetic Science (IONS) of Central Florida. Paul has lectured for the 2nd Annual “Treasure Coast Para-Unity Conference” in Fellsmere, Florida on the subject of “Quantum Physics and the Paranormal.” He is the founder, host and producer of Conscious Radio Network a live internet radio broadcast that examines a wide range of scientific research on consciousness, earth mysteries, and anomalous phenomena. Paul currently resides in Clermont, Florida where he continues his radio show, consults clients as a certified paranormal investigator, parapsychologist, and certified EVP/ITC technician with Clermont Paranormal. He also is a student medium with the American Spiritualist Association (ASA) under the direction of Rev. Benjamin R. Cox of the Chapel of Spiritual Light in Orlando where he practices his gifts as a claircognizant, clairvoyant, and a clairsentient. Dr. Meckes has also continued his education with the Morris Pratt Institute in psychical research. Recently he has been working on a new project for all 1st Responders called “FRAPS” or First Responders Alliance for Paranormal Studies. This organization brings together law enforcement, fire, EMT, and all branches of the military to focus on studying scientific data of anomalous phenomena as these individuals are on the front line on the most challenging and fearful part of the human condition.

"Rev. John is the current President of TNSA. He is a certified healer and medium. Rev. John has completed the Morris Pratt Institute course in Spiritualism and has certificates in Spiritualism, Healing, Mediumship, and Seance leader. An ordained Spiritualist minister, Rev. John also holds ordaining credentials as a priest from the Reformed catholic Church International. He is very active at TNSA where you will often find him at the keyboard for Sunday services, speaking from the podium, presenting workshops, lectures, and various classes, offering private readings at TNSA Medium/Psychic Fairs as well as a medium at gallery reading events. Rev. John also leads Development circles in Adams, MA."

Join Michael as he welcomes to the show for the first time, Psychic Medium Winter Brook. Winter Brook is a psychic medium, Ordained Spiritualist minister and Reiki Master/Teacher. She holds a B.A. in English summa cum laude from Boston College and a Juris Doctorate cum laude from St. John’s University School of Law. She is a non-practicing attorney in good standing with the State of New York who chose to close her law practice to pursue Mediumship as a fulltime profession. Her mediumship training includes completion of the Morris Pratt Institute coursework on healing, mediumship and ministry, Pastoral Skills as well as multiple week long intensive workshops with leading international practitioners in the field of mediumship today at Arthur Findley College of Psychic Sciences (UK), Omega Institute, Banyon Retreat (UK) (including James Van Praagh, Tony Stockwell, Mavis Patilla and others). In addition, she has also taken seminars and trained with local mediums on Long Island and across the country. She has lectured and demonstrated mediumship at public libraries, civic groups, spiritualist churches, large fundraisers, colleges, historical societies and metaphysical groups both here on Long Island and across the country. She currently co-hosts an internet radio show called the Wisdom of Spirit with Rose & Winter Brook as well as been interviewed on other radio shows. She has been a contributing columnist to a professional on line newspaper and wellness websites. She also participates in fundraisers, house parties and long distance healing. She holds monthly meditation and healing circles as well as Reiki certification and attunement classes under the Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition. She was accredited and certified by ASSMPI as a mental medium and a Spiritualist minister. She is currently developing her physical mediumship and regularly sits for trance.

Aired Wednesday, 19 July 2017, 3:00 PM ET The Adventures of Timmy, A Reiki Bear Join us for this “WISDOM WEDNESDAY” at 12pm PST / 1PM MT / 2pm CST/ 3pm EST on INSPIRED LIVING RADIO as we welcome special guest, Robyn Wolf, Psychic-Medium, Artist, Photography and Author. LISTEN LIVE: http://omtimes.com/iom/shows/inspired-living/ OM TIMES INTERNET RADIO CALL-IN LINE: 1-202-570-7057 TOPIC: CALL IN FOR A PSYCHIC-MEDIUMSHIP READING; Healing from the loss of a loved one, Healing benefits of Reiki and the book: The Adventures of Timmy The Reiki Bear CALL-IN FREE GIVEAWAY: The first caller will receive a free copy of Robyn’s book and a Timmy the Reiki bear Psychic Medium, Reiki Master, artist, photographer, and author Robyn received her spiritual training at The Journey Within and Morris Pratt Institute, as well as Arthur Findlay College in the UK. Working towards being ordained as a NSAC Spiritualist Minister, Robyn has had the gift of communicating with those that have crossed over since a very young age. She is able to hear, see and feel, smell and taste – using whatever mode of communication that Spirit wishes for her to use. Connecting with your guides and your loved ones in the Spirit World for the purpose of emotional healing or bringing unfinished business to a close, Robyn also gives guidance regarding relationships, career, family, health, and other issues of importance. Comforting people before they cross over is also very important. A practicing healer, both Spiritual and Reiki, Robyn does absentee healings as well as hands on and will pray for those that request prayer. A presentation designer, illustrator, and photographer – Robyn uses her artistic gifts to draw Spirit, healing mandalas, and auragraphs. Her first book, The Adventures of Timmy, a Reiki Bear was just published. Robyn is available for private appointments, energy healing, meditation classes, art workshops, phone readings, message parties, and intuitive development classes. CONTACT: robyn@nourishing-Journey.com

  Lynne Forget attended her first Spiritualist church in Hamilton, Ontario in 1987 and was totally fascinated with the demonstration of Mediumship she saw there.  After that she wanted to gobble up everything she could that had to do with Spiritualism.  Lynne is now a graduate of the Ministerial Program at Fellowships of the Spirit in Lily Dale NY, and has also completed the Morris Pratt Institute course on the History of Modern Spiritualism. Lynne says that what has KEPT her a Spiritualist these many years is the freedom Spiritualists have to explore and search for the truth; the fact that Spiritualists are free thinkers – not bound by dogma or creed – but free to explore life, great teachers and masters, great books and writings, even all the great religions, in their search for truth.  As a result of this great freedom, Lynne brings the perspective of both a practicing medium and a curious student to her Ministry. She has been a member of Lily Dale Assembly for 28 years, and has been a Registered Medium in Lily Dale for 15 years.  Lynne considers it a great privilege to be a registered medium in Lily Dale, and to be able to demonstrate evidential mediumship both publicly at the outdoor services and privately in her Lily Dale home. Lynne is currently serving her 9th year on the Lily Dale Assembly’s Board of Directors and holds the position of President of the Board and CEO of Lily Dale Assembly.  She feels very, very blessed to live and serve in the beautiful community of Lily Dale. Rev. Forget is also going to be doing on-line readings for people who will be calling into the show. So mark your calendar and call in to the show for a reading.  

Dr. Hugenot is a semi-retired, Naval Architect & Marine Engineer. He holds a Doctorate of Science in Mechanical Engineering, and is a nationally recognized expert in physics & engineering science. After surviving a near-death experience in 1970, he has made a 45 year, scientific study of consciousness survival and evidential mediumship. He now serves as research medium with the Consciousness Research Lab at Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS - http://noetic.org/ ) and with Dr. Gary Scwartz at University of Arizona. He is on the Board of Directors for both the International Association for Near Death Studies ( http://iands.org ) and the Academy for Spiritual and Consciousness Studies ( http://ascsi.org/ ). He is the author of the books, "The Death Experience: What it is like when you die”  ( http://amzn.to/2rcOk29 ) and "The New Science of Consciousness Survival and the Metaparadigm Shift to a Conscious Universe" ( http://amzn.to/2qpLZBC ) and is featured in a wonderful film on YouTube called “The Nature of Consciousness"  ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xug3tii0WaQ ) His website is http://afterlife.pro and he will be speaking at the Afterlife Research and Education Symposium Sept 15 -17, 2017 ( http://www.afterlifestudies.org/ ) On this episode you'll hear about the Dr. Quantum & the double slit test. Watch at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKdoE1vX7k4&list=PLFAABED27EE215001&spfreload=10    The Morris Pratt Institute: http://www.morrispratt.org/   The Arthur Findlay College: http://arthurfindlaycollege.org/   The film, What the Bleep Do We Know: http://www.whatthebleep.com/ *Enjoying We Don't Die Radio episodes? Consider donating to help operating costs of the show (I keep the show commercial-free on purpose) please visit: https://www.paypal.me/SandraChamplain **PLEASE JOIN US IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA AT THE AFTERLIFE SYMPOSIUM SEPT 15-17, 2017: http://www.afterlifestudies.org/ (Please come meet me in the lobby on the night of the September 14, 2017 – I'd love to meet you!)  -Sandra JOIN THE INSIDER'S CLUB to receive a free chapter of We Don't Die – A Skeptic's Discovery of Life After Death (also available at: http://amzn.to/2fCQPqs ) and the healing audio “How to Survive Grief” at http://wedontdieradio.com/

Dr. Alan Hugenot is the author of The Death Experience: What it is like when you die and he has made a life study of the scientific basis for the afterlife. The true nature of consciousness survival may always remain a mystery, but rigorous research shows death, like birth, may be a mere passing from one state of consciousness into another. An NDE survivor and a physicist, he has the knowledge, experience, and research data necessary to provide insight on these questions. Dr. Alan Hugenot (pronounced YOU – GAH – NO) is an Near-Death experiencer who has made a life study of the physics of the afterlife. After a graduating from college in Mechanical Engineering, he had a successful career as a Naval Architect, and today serves on several National Engineering Standards writing committees. But, today he is also an active Consciousness Researcher, and currently serves as a National Board Member for the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS.org) Since the fall of 2014 he has been working with the Consciousness Research Lab at the Institute for Noetic Sciences (IONS), (noetic.org)., where he is a test medium. He often speaks at conferences throughout the US on the science of the afterlife and mediumship. Besides his professional education in science and engineering, and 40 years of research into the Near-Death experience, he began the scientific study of Evidential Mediumship ten years ago. Since then he has graduated from Morris Pratt Institute’s four year course of study in Mediumship, and has studied abroad at Arthur Findlay College of Psychic Science outside London, where he will return in Late July for another two weeks of intensive mediumship training. He regularly serves as the medium demonstrating communication with the departed, during services at two Spiritualist churches in San Francisco, California To learn more about Provocative Enlightenment Radio, go to www.provocativeenlightenment.com