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I watch very little TV so this video was a treat,
especially the parts with "real" ghost photos and videos. (There are some
re-enactments and the inevitable smoke machine, but it's mostly in good taste.) Barry Taft
discusses "The Entity" case, complete with photos of what may be psychic energy.
Sarah Estep, a motherly medium, demonstrates Electronic Voice Phenomena. (Personally I
didn't think the phraseology and accent recorded in Westminster Church sounded 18th
century). Manressa Castle, with its "energy vortex" in the turret as well as the
ghosts of a woman who fell from the window and a Jesuit priest who hung himself. Spirit
rescue at Scotland's Stirling Castle, ghostly Confederate soldiers at Point Lookout, and a
fascinating interview with the Doretta King family (see The People in the Attic on
p. 31). See if you can spot who/what was responsible for most of the manifestations. The
segment on the ghosts of Alcatraz was, to me, the least plausible, although I don't doubt
that the prison is haunted. Psychic Peter James, who claimed to know nothing about the
history of the Rock, walked through the fortress, pinpointing places with vague
generalities like "I'm trapped here....I'm forced to comply with their rules and
regulations...I sense killing here." Way too general and impossible to prove, except
until he went into the utility tunnel where three inmates died in an escape attempt. There
James gave a name and some initials, which--amazingly!--tallied with the historical facts.
Impressive, but not if he had done his homework. Still, this tape gets a
two-severed-thumbs-up rating. |
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