Big Seance: My Paranormal World

What do cemeteries, vintage fashion, and spiritual connection have in common? For Sarah Neoma, they all tell stories. In this delightful conversation, Sarah joins Patrick to talk about Grave Matters, her work preserving cemeteries, and her deep reverence for the past. Along the way, she shares personal experiences, stories from being a fourth-generation seamstress, her boutique Spellbound, and a chilling ghost story from her lovingly restored historic cabin. Whether she’s water witching forgotten graves, diving deeper into what she calls cemetery mediumship, or curating and romanticizing little things in life in ways that bring her joy, Sarah inspires us to remember—and to be remembered. Visit BigSeance.com/260 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 Meet Sarah Neoma of Grave Matters! :45 More on Sarah’s Creative Work. 4:34 Grave Matters and Sarah’s love for historic cemeteries. “They’re kind of magical places. I don’t just see them as the resting place of bodies or just hunks of stone. I see them ass this treasure trove of stories.” 6:13 Preservation and physically caring for a grave. 9:14 Gumbo, the cemetery on a hill. 11:03 “I think the thing that human beings overall collectively fear, never more so than now, is being forgotten, is fading from collective memory.” 13:32 A misunderstanding of cemeteries. 14:25 Lore and how we want to be remembered. Sarah and Patrick consider what their death wishes might be. 18:20 Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, and cemeteries in the snow. 20:51 “I’m a big fan of curating your life, or romanticizing it. Romanticizing things in little ways that bring you joy.” 24:15 Sarah is a fourth generation seamstress, loves vintage fashion, and owns Spellbound Boutique. 27:44 Vintage fashion patterns and Patrick’s childhood memories of his grandmother’s fabric shop. 32:33 Missouri artist Lowell Davis and his Red Oak II, and Sarah’s adorable historic cabin that she’s restoring. 34:29 A touching but heartwrenching ghost story from the cabin. 43:03 “I get a glimmer.” Sarah’s cemetery mediumship. 51:01 Water witching and dowsing rods. 53:25 A forgotten and endangered cemetery in the middle of a farmer’s private pasture. 59:57 Final thoughts and where to fina Sarah Neoma. 1:02:05 Outro 1:05:08 Resources: Facebook: @SarahNeoma Instagram: @Sarah.Neoma Grave Matters Facebook Instagram: @GraveMattersMO Spellbound Boutique 401 S Main St, Carthage, MO 64836 (800) 296-5926 Spellbound.Boutique Instagram: @SpellboundBoutiqueCarthage The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

Patrick reconnects with the spirited crew behind CREEPZ Ghost Commandos—Alec and Adam Tillery, and Gideon Coyle (absent Caleb Tillery)—who reveal how a shared childhood fascination with the unknown turned into a full-fledged paranormal investigation team. Patrick and the CREEPZ reflect on their recent collaboration at the 2024 Missouri Paracon, dive into creepy encounters including ghostly handprints and unexplained scratches, and discuss how their beliefs have evolved over time. With tales of growing up in a haunted house, debunking high EMF, a brand new EVP from the bunker at Belvoir Winery, and some paranormal pet peeves that only seasoned investigators could dish! Visit BigSeance.com/259 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 In 2008, brothers Alec and Adam Tillery, along with good friend Gideon Coyle, formed a paranormal exploration and investigation team called the the City and Rural Explorers Examining Paranormal Zones, or C.R.E.E.P.Z. Ghost Commandos. The Tillery brothers and Gideon began venturing to many historic and haunted locations throughout the greater Kansas City area and the Midwest. They’ve since been joined by Caleb, who is a nephew of Alec and Adam. Together, they research a location’s history and its ghost stories, while documenting any potential evidence of ghostly activity. They also host The Other Side of the Other Side on YouTube. :45 Patrick met and had the opportunity to collaborate with the CREEPZ at the 2024 Missouri Paracon. 2:26 Meeting Alex, Adam, and Gideon. 3:41 Reflections from the very first Missouri Paracon. 5:29 “Let me tell you my own ghost story.” 11:07 “Adam and I grew up in a haunted house together.” More on the origins of forming the CREEPZ. 12:54 Gideon saw a ghost at the Tillery house at the age of sixteen. 14:20 “Adam brings up this crazy idea to Gideon and myself, and he’s like, ’Let’s go ghost hunting.’” 18:07 “The Commandos” club. 18:59 Adam is also the author of Mischievous Ghost Stories and Illustrations. 20:58 Mike Ricksecker’s ears must be burning right now. 22:28 Patrick and the CREEPZ reflect on their collaboration on leading group investigations in the bunker at Belvoir Winery. 23:44 Skepticism and our changing beliefs on the paranormal over time. 27:02 Handprints and Getting Scratched. 34:29 Private vs. Public Investigations. 39:32 Classic Debunking and High EMF. 43:15 Spilling the "T" and Dishing About Paranormal Pet Peeves. 44:55 A clip from the last session from the very cold bunker at Belvoir and a possible EVP response of “A domino” from the SB7. Patrick asked, “Can you tell me what’s in my hand?” 54:49 Patrick is reminded of and retells his “Ouija Board” EVP story. 1:00:54 The popularity of the spirit box and the “Estes Method.” 1:02:19 The Other Side of the Other Side on YouTube and Final Thoughts from the CREEPZ. 1:06:26 OUTRO 1:12:47 Resources: YouTube: @CREEPZ Facebook: @CREEPZGC Instagram: @CREEPZGC TikTok: @CREEPZGC Mischievous Ghost Stories and Illustrations by Adam Tillery Adam's Personal Instagram: @AdamTillery7 Missouri Paracon Belvoir Winery The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

Patrick sits down with one of the new friends he met at Missouri Paracon, Raven Knight from the Darkwoods Paranormal Podcast. Raven considers herself an empath, and her interest in both the paranormal and true crime goes back to childhood. We discuss the Villisca Axe Murder House, the importance of finding your group, reflections from the paracon, paranormal pet peeves, and her recent interview with paranormal investigator, Dustin Pari! Visit BigSeance.com/258 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 Patrick recently returned from Missouri Paracon, where he met today’s guest, Raven Knight from the Darkwoods Paranormal Podcast. :45 The podcast, where Raven shares the microphone with co-host Gabriel Von Graves, delves into the eerie and unexplained. They bring a mix of short fiction stories, as well as first hand accounts from those who have lived them. Exploring everything from ghosts, to UFOs, to all things mysterious. They’ll bring you spine chilling stories from around the globe. 2:50 The story of how the Darkwoods Paranormal Podcast began. 6:10 “You find your group.” Raven’s reflections of Missouri Paracon. 8:43 “I think it’s really important for people to have people out there willing to listen to them, that say, ‘You know what? We believe you.’” 11:03 Raven’s interest in both the paranormal and true crime goes back to childhood. 16:15 A matter of being open to experiences. 21:42 Raven considers herself an empath. 26:22 The Villisca Axe Murder House. Plus more on the Darkwoods Paranormal Podcast. 30:46 Loving being in your 40s! 37:55 Possible future episodes. 38:52 Paranormal pet peeves. 40:46 Raven’s final thoughts, lots of upcoming events, and where to find more Darkwoods Paranormal content, including interviews with Dustin Pari and Richard Estep! 43:17 Outro 46:12 Resources: darkwoodsparanormal.com YouTube: @DarkwoodsParanormalPodcast Instagram: @DarkwoodsParanormalPodcast Facebook: Darkwoods Paranormal Podcast MissouriParacon.com The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

Dr. Olivia Cacchione, a musicologist, sat with Patrick in the parlor to discuss her current work and study of music and sound in Victorian seances. Olivia also shared about years of uncomfortable out-of-body experiences and hearing voices that led to her being diagnosed with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Plus skepticism, haunted listening, enchantment, possibility vs. disbelief, Victorians and the accordion, the channeled music of Rosemary Brown, and asking the question, “How does music haunt us?” Visit BigSeance.com/257 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 Dr. Olivia Cacchione studies the sounds of ghosts and hauntings throughout history. She’s a musicologist who earned her PhD at Northwestern University and received a Mellon Fellowship to conduct her extensive archival research across England and America. She is currently working on a book that highlights the role of music and sound in Victorian seances. Olivia’s dissertation examined the cultural history of hearing, questioning how music haunts us, with an emphasis on the lived experience of the Victorian-era spiritualist séance. She covered Daniel Dunglas Home's accordion, the Davenport Brothers' musical cabinet, and lesser known mediums like Jennie Lord, who practically invented the musical seance. And Olivia wants you to know that she has a cat who is proudly named Madame Blavatsky. You can learn more about Olivia Cacchione and her work by visiting welcometotheseance.com. :45 What is a musicologist? 2:02 From harp performance to a PhD in musicology. 3:44 Patrick once again nerds out about the theremin. 6:12 More on where this interest in Victorian Spiritualism came from, and the pushback from her colleagues regarding her chosen area of study. 7:32 Hearing Voices. “When I was 15, I began ‘hearing things.’ It took me ten years to receive a diagnosis of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.” 10:51 Olivia’s voices and out-of-body experiences. Are they paranormal? Or are they just symptoms of her diagnosis? 15:24 Enchantment. 16:45 “[The episodes were] very dark and quite scary, actually.” 18:05 Possibility vs Disbelief. 19:03 Victorian Spiritualists and Seances. For Victorians, it was really dark at night! 21:49 Haunted Listening. 27:56 Patrick reminisces about experiences years ago with his “rapper” from doing EVP research and experiments. 29:28 “How does music haunt us? What does it mean to be haunted, mesmerized, enchanted, or spellbound by a work?” 32:24 Check out Jerry Goldsmith’s score for the 1985 film, The Explorers. 35:40 “[Victorians] simply had a different relationship with music.” 39:09 Music as a trigger. 41:11 Victorians and the accordion. 42:47 Residual music from the Bird Cage Theatre. 43:57 A Musical Seance featuring Rosemary Brown, who claimed to channel music from the great composers. 46:01 Alfred Russel Wallace. 48:28 “Before I was diagnosed, I absolutely thought, ’Maybe I’m psychic.’ I wanted to lean in that direction with it.” 50:07 “People hear what I’m studying and they immediately want to tell me their own ghost stories. And you realize just how many people have ghost stories, and I love hearing them.” 51:12 Olivia’s final thoughts. 54:40 Outro 56:27 Resources welcometotheseance.com The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

Brad Blair of the Upper Peninsula Paranormal Research Society and Jesse Leimkuehler from Belvoir Winery and Inn, join together to create the Missouri Paracon, which will take place at Ameristar Kansas City from February 28th to March 1st 2025. Patrick gets the scoop on what’s in store for those attending. Plus conversation on topics such as psychics, apparitions, people who flee haunted locations, drones and alien invasions, and changes in the paranormal space since the boom that started with Syfy’s Ghost Hunters. Visit BigSeance.com/256 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 Brad Blair is co-founder of the Michigan Paranormal Convention, co-founder of the Upper Peninsula Paranormal Research Society, and he’s also the co-host of Creaking Door Paranormal Radio. Jesse Leimkuehler is a previous guest of the Big Seance. He’s the owner of the haunted Belvoir Winery and Inn in Liberty Missouri. Together, Brad and Jesse have put together an exciting NEW event — the Missouri Paracon. It’s held from Feb. 28th to March 1st, 2025 at Ameristar Casino Kansas City. :45 Welcome to the parlor! 2:10 Getting to know Brad Blair. 3:45 How has paranormal investigation changed, good or bad, since the first season of Syfy’s Ghost Hunters and the rise of paranormal TV shows? 7:42 Jesse Leimkuehler announced that My Haunted Hometowns, another paranormal TV production, just wrapped filming at Belvoir Winery and Inn. 15:51 When people flee the Inn. 18:31 Before taking ownership of Belvoir, Jesse wasn’t really a believer in ghosts. And now? “I’ve only seen about five apparitions.” 21:10 Planning and organizing Missouri Paracon 2025. 24:00 The benefits of a winter paranormal event. 26:17 Getting tickets! Plus more of what to expect and some of the celebrities that will be there! 28:00 Patrick will be there with his vendor table, and will also be leading investigations again at an add-on event at Belvoir. 31:10 Brad on concerts, psychics, and the gallery readings offered at Missouri Paracon 2025. 33:00 Is Ameristar Kansas City haunted? 35:50 Mysterious drones and an alien invasion? 39:05 The things you can learn at the casino bar after midnight. 40:49 Getting a room for the event. 42:31 Outro 46:00 Resources: missouriparacon.com missouriparacon@gmail.com belvoirwinery.com Creaking Door Paranormal Radio yoopernaturalhaunts.com The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

Titanic expert James Penca joins Patrick in the parlor for this unique episode of the Big Seance. James is a spokesperson and researcher for RMS Titanic, Inc., Creative Director for Titanic: Honor and Glory, and host of the Witness Titanic podcast. He only recently returned from the exciting 2024 Titanic Expedition that made headlines. Have you ever wondered what can be learned about a passenger or crew member, just from recovering a single artifact from the wreckage? Other topics include the re-discovery of the statue of Diana, the debate on whether the famous wreckage is a gravesite or in dire need of preservation, the last song played by Titanic's quartet, witness interviews, the truth about Bruce Ismay, premonitions of the disaster, the Titanic musical, and of course, the James Cameron film! Visit BigSeance.com/255 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link Resources: RMS Titanic, Inc. - discovertitanic.com Titanic: Honor and Glory - titanichg.com Titanic: Honor and Glory (YouTube): @TitanicHG Witness Titanic Podcast Witness Titanic Podcast (YouTube): @WitnessTitanic In this episode: Intro :00 James Penca has studied TITANIC and her incredible story for 25 years--an interest sparked by a school field trip to an RMS Titanic Inc. artifact exhibit. Today, he serves as spokesperson and researcher for RMS Titanic Inc., Creative Director of TITANIC: HONOR AND GLORY, and host of the WITNESS TITANIC podcast. James recently joined the exciting 2024 Titanic Expedition to lend his knowledge and passion for this legendary ship. :45 RMS Titanic, Inc. is the company that was granted salvage rights to the wreck of the RMS Titanic by a United States Federal Court order in 1994 and reconfirmed again in 1996. The court award includes the exclusive rights to recover the artifacts from the wreck site. They’re the ONLY group allowed to do that. Using Titanic’s artifacts in concert with scientific data and social history, RMS Titanic, Inc. brings to life TITANIC: The Artifact Exhibition. Their mission is to preserve the legacy of Titanic’s maiden voyage, subsequent sinking, and the memory of her passengers and crew through care and display of our recovered artifacts, comprehensive educational programs, innovative exhibitions, research and recovery initiatives, wreck site imaging and analysis, and ongoing Titanic collaborations. Welcome to the Big Seance parlor, James Penca! 3:05 April 14th - Patrick’s Birthday, the evening Abraham Lincoln was shot, and the night Titanic struck the iceberg. 4:00 What Patrick thinks about when the topic of the Titanic comes up. 4:29 In the afterlife, James hopes to be able to go back to 1912 and enjoy time on the Titanic. 6:12 The Nomadic, the last remaining ship from the White Star line. 7:15 The beautiful virtual recreations of Titanic: Honor and Glory at titanichg.com and on YouTube. 8:20 James’ introduction to the world of Titanic. 11:20 RMS Titanic, Inc. 13:04 When you have your dream job! 16:09 James was invited to join the 2024 Titanic Expedition that took him to the wreckage site, plus discovering the Statue of Diana. 16:45 The potential of what can be learned about a passenger or crew member, just from recovering a single artifact. 23:39 Is it a gravesite? “Leave it alone” vs. Preservation. 28:30 Shoes on the ocean floor. 36:36 The United States Senate Inquiry. 38:57 The Witness Titanic podcast. 41:00 Ella White and other witnesses. 43:49 The last song played by the Titanic quartet? It’s quite possibly Songe d'Automne (Dream of Autumn) by Archibald Joyce. 47:09 Howard Irwin’s sheet music and other incredible stories of delicate artifact discoveries! 49:33 The truth about Bruce Ismay. 52:40 W.T. Stead, an important figure in the Spiritualist movement, died on the Titanic. Plus Titanic premonitions. 58:38 Martin Moran and Titanic the musical! 1:05:04 James is a beautiful singer! Plus Titanic exhibits and where to find everything James is a part of....

Earlier this year, psychic medium Jeni Juranics released an episode of her Spirit Call podcast where she opened up about what she described as a heartbreaking experience at a mediumship conference, where on more than one occasion she witnessed a fairly well-known physical medium faking seances. She decided to call out his fraudulent behavior. He’s been called out before, but Jeni’s story seems to have struck a chord with many in the community. In this important and sometimes emotional conversation, Patrick and Jeni discuss what this means for the mediumship community, as well as the wider spiritual community. And what does it mean for our faith, our trust, and our belief? Visit BigSeance.com/254 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link Resources: The episode of Jeni's Spirit Call podcast titled, "Exposing the Fraudulent So Called Physical Medium" Jeni's follow-up episodes: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Fraudulent Seance Video from 2016 Psychic News from July 2016 Psychic News from October 2016 Fraudulent Medium Explains Himself in 2016 In this episode: Intro :00 On April 10th of this year, Jeni Juranics released an episode of her Spirit Call podcast, where she opened up about what she described as a “heartbreaking experience” at this year’s International Physical Mediumship Conference in Albany, NY. Jeni, who has quite a bit of experience sitting in development circles and seances, witnessed a fairly well-known physical medium faking seances, and she decided to call out his fraudulent behavior. If you’re wondering if this is the medium who in 2016 was caught faking evidence at the Banyan Retreat Center in the UK, that’s the one. :45 Our guest today is Jeni Juranics, who is a psychic medium who resides in Odessa near Kingston, Ontario, Canada with her husband and two children. She’s been offering readings since 2016 and maintains a vibrant and genuine link to the Spirit World. Her personality and reading style have been described as down-to-earth and comforting and she brings a sense of calm to all of her sessions. 3:17 Jeni's episodes regarding this fraudulent medium have struck a chord in the community. 4:27 “I’ve just been working hard to protect people from being a victim to what I experienced. And you know, I have to say, I was more a student, but I know a lot of the people that are going to these seances are grieving mothers and fathers and children that have lost their parents. And so it’s not just entertainment. It’s not just a cool experience. People are seriously looking for their loved ones, and they’re being deceived.” 11:03 Jeni saw the red flags with this medium for months in several seances and workshops before it finally clicked. 12:29 Normalize being okay with questioning and using your brain. 16:15 How has this experience changed the way Jeni works moving forward within her own mediumship? 19:38 When you’re already a bit skeptical. 23:30 "If you're being told what you're going to see, is that what you're going to see?" 26:16 “Is it time to say that from now on, physical mediumship needs to happen with the lights on, no exceptions?” 29:48 The 2016 video. 32:11 When it sounds like someone describing a cult. 33:04 Positive responses to the message is getting out there. 39:55 Let’s do physical mediumship differently now. 43:14 Red Flag: When a physical medium's seances are the same every time. 48:54 Clear intimidation from a medium in a mask. 54:36 Patrick’s thoughts on individuals enabling this medium, and he commends Jeni for her bravery in speaking out on her own platform, as well as this one. 59:40 Jeni’s final thoughts. 1:03:51 Outro 1:06:18 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 1:07:35 For more on Jeni Juranics jenijuranics.com Facebook Instagram YouTube The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and...

Evidential Medium, Jeffrey Peck, returns to the show with advice and inspiration for developing mediums. Does the structure of a medium's training help or hinder them? How does one get over fears and imposter syndrome? And what is considered great evidence? Plus lots of laughs and news about some exciting Sedona retreats! Visit BigSeance.com/253 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 Some notes about today’s conversation with Jeffrey Peck, including that of a big belly laugh and delicious simmering homemade soup! :49 Bio for Jeffrey Peck 2:28 Catching up! 4:47 Lessons, growth, YouTube, and looking back on the last year. 5:58 On the precipice of a shift! 9:29 Jeffrey has planned and will be leading two upcoming retreats in Sedona, Arizona! 10:09 Big belly laughs ahead! 16:13 Looking back on the journeys and inspirational stories shared by so many of Jeffrey’s guests on both his podcast and livestreams. 17:13 “Were you trained to structure a reading in a certain way, a certain process or formula or pattern? And if so, does that help or hinder you?” 24:05 Fears and Imposter Syndrome. “What was the hardest inner work you had to do to go public with mediumship and feel comfortable with the responsibility that comes with it?” 31:00 “What do you consider great evidence?” 34:22 Patrick recently had what seems to be a premonition dream about the helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and foreign minister. 38:45 Giving yourself grace and taking a break from the “spiritual gym.” 42:35 Final thoughts from Jeffrey Peck. 46:45 Outro 49:59 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 51:16 For more on Jeffrey Peck Jeffrey's previews appearances on the Big Seance: Episodes 224 and 185. JeffreyPeck.com The Something Super Spiritual Podcast YouTube: @JeffreyPeckMedium Facebook: @JeffreyPeckMedium Instagram: @JeffreyPeckMedium The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

In anticipation of an exciting private overnight at the historic and haunted Lemp Mansion with Australia's Anne and Renata, Patrick shares an episode of their True Hauntings Podcast. In this 2021 episode, titled "Case 17: The Curse of Lemp Mansion", Anne and Renata cover the tragic history and lore of the Lemp family and their famous St. Louis home. Visit BigSeance.com/252 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 Patrick has been getting excited for Anne and Renata’s next trip to the US from Australia. This fall they’ll be spending a few days in his area, which will include a private, overnight stay at the historic and haunted Lemp Mansion in St. Louis. Check out this episode from 2019 where Patrick and Karen A. Dahlman stayed overnight at the Lemp. But in looking forward to their upcoming visit, in today’s show, Patrick shares the 2021 episode of Anne and Renata’s True Hauntings podcast, titled Case 17: The Curse of Lemp Mansion. :45 The tragic history of the Lemp family and their home. 4:11 The Hauntings. 39:54 Debunking. 57:12 “Oh my freaking God! Did you hear that?!” Patrick’s funny story from one of his stays at the Lemp. 1:03:10 Is this a true haunting or not? 1:06:42 Outro 1:10:09 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 1:11:26 For more on Anne and Renata: Anne and Renata's previous Big Seance appearances: Episodes 214, 163, and 122. GhostGrannies.com Facebook: Anne and Renata: Frightfully Good Twitter: @anneandrenata Instagram: @anneandrenata Tiktok: @anneandrenata OzParaTech.com NewcastleGhostTours.com.au The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

Join Patrick in a truly interesting conversation with author and psychic medium June Lundgren, who refers to herself as a demon seer whose specialty is getting rid of demons. Along with detailed descriptions of what she sees and how she works, June also covers archangels and tells stories of working with Zak Bagans and the Ghost Adventures crew! She is the author of the forthcoming book, Dark Encounters. Visit BigSeance.com/251 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 June Lundgren is a psychic, medium, demon seer, healer, animal communicator, international author, and nurse. She is descended from a long line of women with psychic and spiritual gifts. Raised by her grandmother, she communicated with spirits, animals, and angels. She is called a demon seer because she can see, hear, communicate, and has the ability to remove and destroy negative entities. She has been helping people with their paranormal problems and animal issues most of her life. Her first book, A Mediums Guide to the Paranormal, was released in 2009. Since then, she has written several more books, including the forthcoming Dark Encounters. She is the founder of Ghosts and Girls Paranormal. June has appeared on Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures, Coast-to-Coast AM, Midnight in the Desert, and The Unexplained with Howard Hughes, to name a few. She served in the military where she trained as a nurse and EMT. After returning from the military she has continued to work in the medical field as a nurse. You can learn more about June by visiting demonseer.com. :49 What is a demon seer? 3:35 Patrick admits his skepticism. “Most people don’t go out of their way to read about or discuss or even think about negative entities until either they meet someone who has an issue, or they have one themselves. Then it’s a whole different situation. I run into that quite a lot.” 5:07 After an accident, June had a near death experience where Michael the Archangel explained to her that her soul belongs to Auriel the Archangel, the demon slayer. 7:03 Detailed descriptions of demons, archangels, and the battles between them. 11:12 “Look for the eyes.” 13:49 On the topic of ghosts, June says she laughs when she watches the show the Ghost Whisperer, because that character conveniently sees one ghost at a time. “I basically draw a crowd.” 17:55 June also does her work through photographs. 19:22 Weekly meetings with the Legion of Light. 20:25 More on Auriel the Archangel, plus one of the only other archangels living in physical form now. 21:32 June has never run into a situation or a problem that was too big for her to handle. 24:57 June’s experiences with Zak Bagans and the crew of Ghost Adventures. 26:05 Patrick retells the story of investigating with Amy Bruni and Adam Berry and having the footage from 3 different video tapes mysteriously erase themselves. 29:27 More on June’s experiences with the Ghost Adventures crew and a conversation she had with Zak regarding an investigation and his provoking a particular entity. “This demon has a message for you and you'd better listen, because this is an old demon, and they don’t do messages. You’re lucky. Usually they just strike and you’re screwed. So you'd better listen to what he has to say.” 30:32 A Ghost Adventures producer to June: “Don’t take the demon out until after we’ve done our investigation.” 33:05 In 2018, June says she cleaned out Zak Bagans’ famous museum of demons. 33:48 Being a demon seer and a nurse at the same time. 35:34 June’s perspective of what life is like on the Other Side. 36:35 Hell 38:45 Final thoughts from June and more on her forthcoming book, Dark Encounters. 40:31 Ghosts and Girls Paranormal, June’s paranormal team. 43:38 Outro 45:15 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 46:35 For more on June Lundgren DemonSeer.com JuneLundgrenAuthor.com GhostsAndGirlsParanormal.com June on...

In this episode we look back at highlights of two great interviews from 2017 and 2019. Roberta Grimes is an afterlife expert, author of The Fun of Dying: Find Out What Really Happens Next, and host of the Seek Reality podcast. Sandra Champlain is the author of We Don't Die - A Skeptic’s Discovery of Life After Death and host of We Don't Die Radio and Shades of the Afterlife. Visit BigSeance.com/250 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 A remastered look back at two afterlife experts! :49 Highlights from episode 83 with Roberta Grimes, afterlife expert and author of The Fun of Dying: Find Out What Really Happens Next. 2:28 Roberta has read a LOT of interesting books in her research. Check out the appendix in the back of most of her own books for recommendations. 5:58 A powerful experience and hearing a voice in 1955. 9:05 Writing books with the help of Roberta’s primary guide, Thomas Jefferson. 11:18 Reincarnation, growing up Christian, and simply listening to the words of Jesus. 15:30 Where does the dogma and false information in Christianity come from? 17:36 Jesus and the genuine God. 21:43 The importance of learning to forgive. 24:29 Why is communication between the dead and the living so difficult? Plus, the North American Station. 25:46 Roberta’s BIG TIP for what NOT to do when we die. 30:32 For more on Roberta Grimes RobertaGrimes.com Suicide and Crisis Lifeline In the US, you can dial 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. For international resources, you can visit Befrienders.org. 36:55 Highlights from episode 144 with Sandra Champlain, author of We Don’t Die: A Skeptic’s Discovery of Life After Death. 37:48 Grief and the fear of dying. 39:15 When you realize that we don’t die, everyone makes it to the Other Side, and our loved ones will be there to greet us. 42:04 Sandra’s tipping point was a course in mediumship and discovering Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP). 45:03 In 2011, while sitting in her car after a movie, Sandra recorded a video of herself after realizing it was time to share her story. 51:08 Sandra shares more from experiences while studying mediumship at the Arthur Findlay College. 57:44 Sandra has been a part of many seances, and she recounts some of the more fascinating physical phenomena that she has witnessed while sitting with physical medium, Scott Milligan. 1:06:35 For more on Sandra Champlain WeDontDieRadio.com Outro 1:16:14 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 1:17:32 The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

Psychic Medium Dana Stricker tells Patrick of the fascinating, yet strange experiences of her childhood that helped to shape her work, which began at the age of 15 when she gave tarot readings. Other topics include her "Battle Axe" of a spirit guide, a shared experience that left a handprint burned into Dana's leg, and what it really means to be a Witch! Plus, what's life like on the Other Side? Visit BigSeance.com/249 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 Dana Stricker’s Bio :46 Patrick and Dana met each other at Amy Bruni’s Strange Escapes event at Belvoir Winery in 2022. 2:26 After leaving the dirty, creepy bunker of the orphanage where Patrick led Dana and a small group in a paranormal investigation at Belvoir, she went home with a child’s handprint burned into her thigh. For more on the investigations from the bunker at that event, check out episode 215. 5:39 Dana is the Social Media Meme Queen! “I just have a very good sense of humor, and I think humor is very important right now in the world, and so I just keep doing it.” 10:48 Dana is a member of the Soulstice Sisters, along with Khristina Bowen and Kathy Feketik. 13:29 Ghostly physical contact in a jail cell at Ohio State Reformatory. 16:10 “I think a place, once a lot of people have gone through it, it seems like it loses something or it gains things that wouldn’t have been there initially.” 19:57 Some of the childhood experiences that shaped Dana’s psychic abilities and mediumship, in which utilized the tarot for many years. 21:55 The “Battle Axe” that is Dana’s spirit guide. 28:30 “I could hear a big band playing in our living room.” Other strange paranormal experiences from Dana’s childhood. 31:25 Help from a theatre class. 34:35 What’s life like on the Other Side? 36:31 “I do practice Witchcraft, but it’s my Witchcraft.” What it means to be a Witch. 42:53 Dana’s advice for young people who may be growing up with similar abilities and experiences, which includes reading Chip Coffey’s Growing Up Psychic. Hear more about this book in Patrick’s interview with Chip in episode 85. 49:32 Dana’s final thoughts. 53:43 Outro 57:55 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 59:13 For more on Dana Stricker PsychicMediumDana.com SoulsticeSisters.com Get Real with Deb and Dana Dana on Facebook Dana on Instagram The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

Have you received communication from a dead loved one? In this Part 2 episode, listeners Leslie, Kelly, Susan, Bruce, and Amy certainly have! From a physical and literal sign left on a desk to a comforting voice from the garden. Plus a spirit who communicates through an alarm system, the return of a beloved cat, and a lost and found bracelet. Visit BigSeance.com/248 for more info, and to learn how you can share your own story! Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 Patrick recently asked listeners to send in stories of messages from loved ones in the spirit world. The most recent episode, episode 247, was Part 1 where Patrick shared those stories. And so today is Part 2 of Stories of Messages from Passed Loved Ones. Patrick would like to thank those people who trusted him with their stories, because someone out there will be helped, or at least comforted after hearing them. :45 Leslie’s sign from her mother 1:41 “Soul to soul” stories from Kelly 10:04 “I’m here.” Susan Davy’s voice from the garden. 12:40 “The alarm system for my house would randomly go off.” 15:55 “I was able to draw the sketches from memory.” Patrick’s account of a spirit visitation. 19:00 More stories from Bruce 21:19 A lost and found bracelet 27:11 Amy Park Goeddeke’s connection with her cat, Mercedes 30:28 “Talk to me.” 38:04 Outro 43:05 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 44:23 HOW TO SHARE YOUR STORY IN YOUR OWN VOICE Have an iPhone? Open the built-in Voice Memos app to record your story. From there, email your audio to patrick@BigSeance.com. Have an Android? Depending on the phone, Android users will have a built-in voice recorder that should also allow you to send your recording to patrick@BigSeance.com. Record it Online! Visit SpeakPipe.com/BigSeance to leave your story. There's a 90-second limit, but you can leave multiple messages. Leave a Voicemail by calling (775) 583 - 5563. The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

Have you received communication from a dead loved one? Listeners Ayla, Melissa, Bruce, and Sherri have! From a gentle and reassuring touch by invisible hands, to a Christmas wish, and even a missing ingredient for a recipe from the afterlife! Visit BigSeance.com/247 for more info, and to learn how you can share your own story! Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 Patrick recently asked listeners to send in stories of messages from loved ones in the spirit world. And many of you followed through! This episode is Part 1 of Your Stories of Messages from Passed Loved Ones. There’s still room for more stories too, and Patrick is even considering a Part 3 if there is enough response. So if you’ve been dragging your feet or trying to decide if you want to send in your story, he’d love to share it. The instructions for how to do that can be found just below the show notes. :58 Thanks to Ayla, Melissa, Bruce, and Sherri for sharing their stories today! 2:01 Ayla’s stories of visitations from her father. 2:38 Melissa shares stories of two generations of loved ones returning to communicate. 33:08 Stories from Bruce, an Evidential Medium. 35:25 Sherri’s story of a missing ingredient for a recipe from the afterlife! 46:10 Consider sharing your story! 48:43 Outro 49:35 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 50:53 HOW TO SHARE YOUR STORY IN YOUR OWN VOICE Have an iPhone? Open the built-in Voice Memos app to record your story. From there, email your audio to patrick@BigSeance.com. Have an Android? Depending on the phone, Android users will have a built-in voice recorder that should also allow you to send your recording to patrick@BigSeance.com. Record it Online! Visit SpeakPipe.com/BigSeance to leave your story. There's a 90-second limit, but you can leave multiple messages. Leave a Voicemail by calling (775) 583 - 5563. The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

Building on the work of Friedrich Jürgenson and Marcello Bacci, Tony Rathman, along with wife Cherie, Ron Yacovetti, and Lourdes Gonzalez, has taken EVP and Direct Radio Voice to a brand new level. They've developed the technology and an exciting new method that they call Staticom! In this episode, Tony, who is also the founder and lead investigator for Entity Voices Paranormal Investigation (or EVPI), tells Patrick how it works, and even shares several fascinating audio samples of the method in action! Visit BigSeance.com/246 for more info! Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 Do you have a special story of receiving communication or signs from a loved one who has crossed over? Patrick would love to hear from you! Check out episode 245 for the details, or just go to BigSeance.com/245. :48 Follow @BigSeance on Instagram and Facebook! 1:39 With 14 years of paranormal investigation experience, Tony Rathman is the founder and lead investigator for Entity Voices Paranormal Investigation (or EVPI), and he’s investigated hundreds of locations across the country, as well as overseas in Japan and the Philippines. He is also an EVP/ITC Specialist and along with his wife Cherie Rathman, Ron Yacovetti and Lourdes Gonzalez, they’ve developed an exciting new spirit communication technology known as Staticom. Based on the 40 years of work from Marcello Bacci, the Rathman’s continue to evolve and refine DRV (or direct radio voice) techniques for both longer, clearer and more understandable communication. They’ve since removed radio from the process, and so that’s why they’ve given this baby the new name — Staticom, which now communicates with only Broadband white noise. 2:03 Patrick shares with Tony some of his background with EVP and how Staticom reminds him of how excited he was in those early days of discovering EVP research! 3:42 What is Staticom? 7:08 Taking radio out of the picture! 12:43 Staticom is a Method and uses VST (Virtual Studio Technology). 13:57 How does Staticom compare to the Portal, Wonder Box or Echovox? 17:30 The Ovilus, Pizza, and Rainbows… 19:06 Remember the old, traditional, time consuming way of holding an EVP session? Our expectations (or maybe our attention spans) have changed! 20:31 Tony has always been fascinated by electronics, and built spirit boxes for years. 24:10 Marcello Bacci’s message through Patrick’s clock radio! 25:21 “I’ll say glad to meet ya!” — Marcello Bacci 27:11 Water, Rain, and Wind! 27:43 Communication Stations on the Other Side 29:13 How do spirits communicate through Staticom? 31:33 What’s it like on the Other Side? “It’s complicated.” 34:05 Staticom Example: “Energy of your mind, actually.” 38:10 Staticom Example: “Three hundred” 43:43 Interpreting Messages 46:21 Staticom Example: “And Tony Rathman can see.” 48:45 Staticom Example: “Extraterrestrials” 50:57 Final Thoughts from Tony Rathman 55:22 Outro 57:56 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 59:15 For more on Staticom and Tony Rathman EntityVoices.com YouTube Twitter: @EntityVoices Tony Rathman on Facebook The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

Have you received messages from a dead loved one? Are you open to it? Do you encourage it? And how does it come through? Does it come through in dreams, signs, or symbols? Inspired by a beautiful conversation among a group of strangers, Patrick invites you to share your stories for an upcoming episode of the podcast. Visit BigSeance.com/245 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 While working on a library reorganization project, Patrick was reminded of a presentation he gave at a local library and the conversations he had with a small group of people who stayed after to share their stories. Vita, who attended with her daughter, shared several experiences. :51 A safe place to share stories and experiences. 3:09 “I had a dream and it came true two weeks later.” 4:42 “I had been praying that my mother’s sisters would come and help her get to the Other Side.” 7:30 A purple daisy. “You have to look for a sign to know a sign is there.” 9:25 An Open Mind. “You’ve got to open your mind. You’ve got to open up and think it can happen.” 11:39 “I felt like my father was giving me information.” Flight 370 and premonitions from a dream. 12:55 What signs or communication have you received from your own loved ones? Are you open to it? Do you encourage it? And how does it come through? 16:43 An example of audio feedback sent from Keli, a listener who contributed to episode 162, our Daily Communication with Spirit episode. 17:52 Send in your stories! 19:25 Here’s how to get your stories to Patrick! 20:09 Outro 22:48 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 24:05 HOW TO SHARE YOUR STORY IN YOUR OWN VOICE Have an iPhone? Open the built-in Voice Memos app to record your story. From there, email your audio to patrick@BigSeance.com. Have an Android? Depending on the phone, Android users will have a built-in voice recorder that should also allow you to send your recording to patrick@BigSeance.com. Record it Online! Visit SpeakPipe.com/BigSeance to leave your story. There's a 90-second limit, but you can leave multiple messages. Leave a Voicemail by calling (775) 583 - 5563. The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

The Mourning Society of St Louis is a civilian reenacting group with an interest in mourning, death culture, Spiritualism, and the funeral customs of the mid-nineteenth century through the early twentieth century. This incredibly unique group, co-founded by Edna Dieterle and Katherine Kozemczak in 2005, plans educational events such as historically accurate funerals and wakes, and is the first of its kind. Join the conversation with Patrick, Edna, Katherine, and Sherri Morrow, a member since 2015. How do they build the atmosphere and set the scene? What can modern society learn from Victorian mourning customs? How does playing a character in mourning affect these ladies in their daily lives? Pour some tea, cover your mirror with a black drape, and hear about the inspiration, the research, and the planning behind events that even includes a live seance play based on documented moments in history! Visit BigSeance.com/244 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 The Mourning Society of St Louis is a civilian reenacting group with an interest in mourning, death culture, spiritualism and the funeral customs of the mid-nineteenth century through the early twentieth century. Their main focus is public educational events. The Mourning Society has participated in events with our partners at the beautiful and historic Bellefontaine Cemetery, the Campbell House Museum, the St Louis Public Library, Jefferson Barracks Historic Site, Missouri History Museum, the General Daniel Bissell House, the Field House Museum, Lafayette Park Conservancy, and the Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum at the Missouri Botanical Garden. :52 Guests for this episode are Edna Dieterle and Katherine Kozemczak, who co-founded the Mourning Society of St. Louis in 2005, along with Sherri Morrow, who joined the group in 2015. 4:15 Katherine tells the story of how the Mourning Society came about. Her and Edna were already volunteers on the board for a historic mansion in St. Louis. But the main inspiration started with Edna's trip to a home Mississippi. 4:55 Katherine and Edna’s growing collection of artifacts and accoutrement, including coffins! 6:03 In 2015 their educational mourning events expanded to include funerals at the beautiful and historic Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, and wakes at the the Campbell House Museum. 7:18 A truly unique group, and probably the first of its kind! 9:01 More on the Victorian funeral events at Bellefontaine Cemetery, including a service in the chapel, and educating participants on the cholera epidemic in 1865. 10:00 A striking and moving sight that includes an undertaker with a historic and period hearse. 12:21 The research and education that goes into the planning of events. 13:50 Sherri on why she joined the Mourning Society. “These are my people.” 14:47 Finding (or sewing) Victorian clothing! 15:23 Carpe Diem. Facing mortality and how playing the role of “mourner” affects these reenactors in their daily modern lives? 18:22 When people just don’t appreciate or understand it. 23:48 Tear Catchers and Wearing Black. Misconceptions about Victorian mourning customs. 27:14 “A lot of times, women did not attend the funerals at all, because men were like, ‘They can’t control their emotions and they’re going to cry in front of everybody.’” — Katherine 32:03 Black drapery, superstitions around mirrors, and marking the house to know a death has occurred. 34:03 The custom of placing coins over the eyes of the deceased. 37:09 Events at the Campbell House and the Magic Chef Mansion, including a wake, mourning customs, medical aspects of Victorian mourning (including live leeches!), and post mortem photography. 38:22 The Spiritualism event at the General Daniel Bissell House, which includes spirit communication devices, and a seance play which incorporates documented accounts of seances from the period! 40:03 Volunteering or joining the group. “It’s just like a bad...

Step into the Victorian era with an author and Victorianist, Steele Alexandra Douris. Steele specializes in Victorian crime, gothic fiction, and Spiritualism, and is the author of Spirits, Seers & Séances: Victorian Spiritualism, Magic & the Supernatural. In this episode you’ll discover the hidden gems of 19th-century newspapers, periodicals, and the women's magazines that helped to shape the Spiritualist community. Need a response to someone worried about the dangers of practicing any form of spirit communication? Try a timeless quote from prominent Spiritualist, W.T. Stead. Are you ready to try something new at your next party? Plan a Tableaux Vivant, the fascinating and long-lost Victorian party activity! You know that old curio “curiosity” cabinet in the corner? You can thank the Victorians for that. And criminal investigation, detective fiction, and psychometry? You can thank the Victorians for that too! Visit BigSeance.com/243 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 Steele Alexandra Douris is an author, artist, and Victorianist, specializing in Victorian crime, gothic fiction, and spiritualism. She is a PhD candidate in the English department at Stanford University, where she has taught courses on Victorian spiritualism, ghost stories, and the gothic novel. She holds an MA in English from Stanford University and a BA in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin. As an undergraduate, Steele observed the social behavior of lemurs, wielded a trowel as part of a central Texas archaeological dig, and learned to identify primate fossils and human bones. As a graduate student, she disappeared into the archives of Victorian Britain, and now emerges only periodically to collect new tarot decks, hunt for fossils, and hoard art supplies. Steele splits her time between foggy NorCal and sunny South Texas, towing her mountain of journals and sketchbooks with her wherever she goes. You can learn more about Steele by visiting SteeleAlexandraDouris.com :50 Steele’s book is Spirits, Seers & Séances: Victorian Spiritualism, Magic & the Supernatural. 2:36 What is a “Victorianist?” Plus Steele’s academic passions. 3:26 A passion for archaeology, art, and literature. 5:01 What did the newspapers have to say about it? “I work a lot in newspapers… 19th century newspapers, 19th century periodicals and early 20th century women’s magazines.” 6:38 In her research into Spiritualism, Steele was amazed by how many Spiritualist magazines, newspapers, and periodicals there were at the time, like The Medium and Daybreak. “The material really just gave me a glimpse into the entire engine of the Spiritualist community beyond just what I had pictured at the beginning.” 7:38 Steele includes really great “try it yourself” exercises at the end of each chapter! Examples include instructions for holding a traditional spirit circle, sitting for a solitary seance, meditating like Dr. Mesmer, automatic writing/automatic art, channeling blindfolded, sitting for a psychic portrait, practicing psychometry, channeling your inner folklorist, exploring your own shadow/reading a gothic tale, scrying, making a Halloween card, or holding a Christmas seance! 8:55 Patrick discusses some of the really cool fall issues of The Delineator, an American women's magazine of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 10:51 Tableaux Vivant, a fascinating, long-lost Victorian party activity. 12:02 “It’s hard to move in many modern occult circles without tripping over the Victorians. And yet, somehow, in the process of becoming ubiquitous, the Victorians have also become invisible.” 16:16 Patrick on one of his “a-ha” moments from the book: “Some of us dream of putting away our modern tools and technology to pretend we’re Victorian. But in reality, Victorians were all about becoming modern, with the huge advances in technology that was happening at the time.” 16:16 What economic class of Victorians are we usually...

Listen in as psychic medium April Roane, who can always be depended on for powerful insights, discusses the evolution of her journey since her last appearance on the Big Seance Podcast in 2016. She provides a unique perspective on the shifts in paranormal investigation and how psychic mediums contribute to them. Hear a powerful discussion on the dangerous side effects of paranormal investigation, including the chilling tale that led to the need for an exorcism. April candidly discusses her move to East Texas and the area’s complicated paranormal culture. Other topics include the 2020 pandemic and the positive shifts it brought to society. Visit BigSeance.com/242 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 April Roane has been transforming lives worldwide for over two decades. In 2009, she started by transforming her life first. She was guided to join a recovery program for food addiction. Using tools of recovery, she began her very personal and challenging journey of self, transformation, service, and faith. April is a channel and vessel for messages of truth, hope, light, and love. This creates a natural healing and alignment experienced through, from, and of Spirit, Higher Power, Universe, Gaia, Source, God, Angels, Guides, Loved Ones, The Collective Consciousness, Ascended Masters, and Light Beings. April receives messages from Spirit in the form of feelings, visions, thoughts, ideas, sounds, knowing, smells, and tastes. And she uses the ability of remote viewing with Spirit when working with others, specifically in paranormal and missing persons cases. April is the author of several books, including the Love Your Inner Empath workbook and her children's book, Goodnight Just the Same. She is the co-host of Spiritually Rogue Podcast with Braxton and April Roane. April is the president and founder of The Divine Association of Sacred Women and strives to impact the lives of children, women, and Empaths worldwide positively and powerfully. She’s been featured on A&E’s My Ghost Story Caught on Camera, the BIO Channel, CBS Radio, Rogue Talk Radio, The Hotel Cassadaga, The Historic Jefferson Hotel, and Pawtographs for Pooches Parafest. You can learn more about April Roane by visiting AprilRoane.com. :51 April was previously interviewed in episode 70 of the Big Seance Podcast in 2016. Topics included cruises, finding balance, awakening after addiction, abuse, coming out, depression, meditation and journaling, paranormal Investigation and the role of psychic mediums in that space, and what life is like on the Other Side. 3:05 An update on the improvement that April has noticed in the paranormal space when it comes to psychic mediums in paranormal investigation. 5:05 The two clips from April’s last appearance on the show that Patrick just loves and has used many times when promoting the show. “And my goal, in addition to being a psychic medium, is I’m April. I’m a person. And I have a family, and I have a life, and I have a path that I’m trying to figure out. And if I don’t balance myself--my mind, my body, my soul--sometimes I do a really good job. Sometimes I flub it up a lot. But if I don’t balance me, I’m not going to be a good intuitive.” “You know, they don’t ever want to talk about, ‘Remember that time you stole my money, you ass hole!’ You know, they never say that!” “They always talk about those moments that took our breath away, not the moments that we lost our breath.” 6:25 April has moved to Texas, she’s worked on missing person cases, but her work with balancing herself has not changed. 7:40 Those who are and are NOT pushing our species forward since 2016. 9:37 The 2020 pandemic and its effects on the world. “As a society, we still don’t know what it did to us.” 11:22 The positive effects of Covid. “It forced us as a species to look at things we refused to.” 18:21 The paranormal culture in Eastern Texas, the Azalea Inn Bed and Breakfast, and her work with...

Uncover the enchanting history of Yule and Christmas in this interview with Ellen Evert Hopman, master herbalist and Druidic initiate since 1984. Her book, The Sacred Herbs of Yule and Christmas: Remedies, Recipes, Magic and Brews for the Winter Season, gets beautiful reviews. The recipes, cocktails, and traditional Christmas meals from around the world will have you salivating. Ellen introduces you to mystical figures like Gully Gawk, Pot Scraper, Bowl Licker, Flora the Roman Goddess, Saint Lucia with the candles on her head, and of course, Krampus. Learn about the origins of putting candles in windows, and why we leave a place at the table for our dead loved ones, or leave our beds empty. Plus the history of mistletoe, the traditional red and green colors, and why you should absolutely NOT answer the door on Christmas Eve if a werewolf is on the other side! Visit BigSeance.com/241 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link In this episode: Intro :00 Call in or reach out with your holiday traditions for this time of the year, no matter the holiday, and particularly if it’s different from what we might think of as traditional American holiday activities. What are some of the interesting traditions that maybe have been passed down for centuries at this time of year? Email Patrick@BigSeance.com. There are also a couple of ways that you can leave a voice message, and to learn more about that go to BigSeance.com/contact. Patrick can’t wait to hear from you! :50 Ellen Evert Hopman is a master herbalist and lay homeopath, who has been a Druidic initiate since 1984. She is a founding member of the Order of the White Oak, the Archdruid Amerita and founder of Tribe of the Oak, a former professor at the Grey School of Wizardry, and a member of the Grey Council of Mages and Sages. She is the author of Celtic herbals and Druid novels, including Secret Medicines from Your Garden, The Sacred Herbs of Samhain, and Once Around the Sun: Stories, Crafts, and Recipes to Celebrate the Sacred Earth Year. She lives in Massachusetts. You can learn more about Ellen at EllenEvertHopman.com. 2:41 Reviews for The Sacred Herbs of Yule and Christmas: Remedies, Recipes, Magic and Brews for the Winter Season. 4:57 The similarities between our Halloween/Samhain traditions and Christmas. 6:20 Why do we put lights on trees? 8:20 Have goblins? Burn old shoes in the fireplace! 9:49 Have a persistent ghost that won’t go away? Burn a strip of leather! 10:21 Guising and Mumming 11:19 Memories of May Day 12:05 Are you bad or good? Mystical Icelandic figures, including Gully Gawk, Stubby, Spoon Licker, Pot Scraper, Bowl Licker, Door Slammer, Sausage Snatcher, and Doorway Sniffer, and yes, Krampus! 14:03 “This is really a life or death time of year.” Why have we been scaring children, for centuries, to get good behavior? 16:20 “Iceland is an unusually literate, book-loving society, and on Christmas Eve, Icelanders exchange books as gifts and then spend the night reading them, often while drinking hot chocolate or an alcohol-free Christmas ale…” 17:51 The Office (Dwight Christmas) and Belsnickeling 19:05 The Roman Goddess, Flora. “Bring a goat to the festival and liberate a rabbit.” 19:58 The Goddess of Winter 22:24 Ellen reads her Call in the Three Worlds of the Ancestors, Nature Spirits, and Gods, and the Petition for Healing, which is from the Rite for the Goddess at the Winter Solstice. 23:04 Recipes, Cocktails, and Christmas meal traditions from around the world. 28:47 The Irish tradition of Women’s Christmas 33:30 The spirit of Santa isn’t the only spirit that comes down the chimney! Plus, lighting candles, leaving beds empty, and a place set at the table with food for dead loved ones. 36:09 Libation and the Essence of Food 38:52 Saint Lucia, the Christian figure with candles on her head. 41:31 Did you know all of Santa’s reindeer were women? Plus, the red and white Amanita Muscaria mushroom. 44:15 Mistletoe...