Interview Tonight at 9pm ET- Rob Gutro on Ghost Box Radio: Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead!

Tonight LIVE i t 9pm ET - Rob Gutro on GhostBox Radio with Greg Bakun returns 

TONIGHT - LIVE on the KCOR Digital Radio Network! TONIGHT we are excited to be talking with Rob Gutro - Ghosts and Spirits Author, Medium, Paranormal Investigator and we are going to be talking about his book “Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead” as well as Pets in the Afterlife and so much more. Get ready for a highly charged hour!

Join us and be a part of the conversation with Rob! We have a chat room and a call in line to ask your questions! GhostBox Radio is on the air LIVE TONIGHT at 6pm PST/8pm CST/9pm EST. You can join us live on www.kcorradio.com and also on the Tune-in app!

 

England’s most haunted house Borley Rectory went up in flames

Borley Rectory in Essex, England, after the 1939 fire.

My most recent book is about my experiences with earth-bound ghosts in England while I was on vacation. It's called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation." Although I didn't visit the Borley Rectory's remains, you can read about the ghostly activity there, thanks to this article from the Daily Telegraph. 
  It's a haunting that continues to happen at the Borley Rectory and how a ghost started a fire that severely burned the structure. 
  Here's the story:
 
Fire did not stop ghosts when England’s most haunted house Borley Rectory went up in flames

Source: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/journalists/troy-lennon
Troy Lennon, History Editor, The Daily Telegraph February 26, 2019 8:00am

Captain William Hart Gregson had recently taken possession of the creepy house in Essex, knowing full well its reputation for spooky, unexplained events. Although he had renamed it simply “The Priory” most people knew it as Borley Rectory, the most haunted house in Britain.

Gregson planned to turn the mysterious manse into a tourist attraction. The strange occurrences at the property continued. Doors left locked were suddenly found unlocked. A large cover placed over a well in the cellar was later found tossed aside.

Borley Rectory in 1892.

Then, according to Gregson, on the night of February 27, 1939, 80 years ago today, the ghosts
got up to their usual mischief — but with more serious consequences.

While sorting through some books at the house Gregson saw a stack of them fall, despite being firmly placed.

The books knocked over a paraffin lamp, spilling oil across the floor, which then ignited.

Unable to do anything about the fire, which quickly became too big to control, the captain phoned the local Sudbury Fire Brigade. By the time the fire engines arrived the house was well alight. The firemen extinguished the flames but not before they had destroyed the upper storey and damaged most rooms on the ground floor.

A policeman who had attended the fire later questioned Gregson about the identity of the “lady and gentlemen, in cloaks” he had seen leaving the house as it was burning. He assured the policeman he was the only person at the rectory.

It was a spooky end to the infamous house, which had been scaring people since the 19th century.

The building had even attracted the famed psychic investigator Harry Price, who had spent a year researching the ghosts of Borley.

But after the fire the building would never be rebuilt.

Undated photo taken after the fire

The rectory was built in 1862 as a home for Reverend Henry Dawson Ellis Bull, the rector of Borley. It was constructed on the site of a former Georgian rectory that had burnt down. Bull had the remains demolished to make way for his house, designed by Frederic W. Chancellor. There the reverend raised his family of 14 children.

The first records of hauntings date from the 1860s when servants and locals reported hearing footsteps and seeing ghostly figures in the grounds. Bull’s daughters said they often saw a nun walking through the garden. When they tried to approach she faded away and vanished.

A legend grew that a monk from a 14th century monastery that once stood near where the rectory was built fell in love with a nun from a convent in Bures, 13km away. When they tried to elope they were caught. The priest and an accomplice who drove the monk’s coach were executed and the nun bricked up in a cellar.

The story was later shown to have no basis in history and was most likely the concoction of Bull who liked to tell his children ghost stories. But the stories inspired people to report seeing headless priests and coachmen as well as a wandering nun. A particular path through the garden became known by locals as “the Nun’s Walk”.

Ghost hunter Harry Price (at desk) with unidentified man about to conduct a seance, circa 1940

When Bull died in 1892 his son Harry took over as rector. The sightings continued but didn’t seem to bother Harry, who is said to have built a summer house with a view of the Nun’s Walk so he could look out for the nun taking a stroll. He stayed in the house until his death in 1927.

 

When a new rector, Guy Smith, moved to the house in 1928 he found a package in a cupboard containing a small female skull. No explanation of where it came from was ever found. Smith and his wife also reported hearing strange noises and seeing ghosts. The Smiths got in touch with a newspaper which contacted the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) who sent Harry Price. Once a magician who specialised in uncovering fraudsters, Price had taken to endorsing psychics he believed were genuine. He had also become one England’s pre-eminent ghost hunters.

Price first visited the house in 1929. He was unable to do anything about the ghosts and the Smiths moved out. It was a year before Reverend Lionel Algernon Foyster was found as a replacement for Smith. Foyster was also troubled by ghosts and left in 1937.

Price had become fascinated by the house and continued visiting during Foyster’s time there. When Foyster left he rented the house for a year to conduct research. He later wrote a book about the property, but many of his findings are thought to have been fabricated.

Gregson had hoped to capitalise on the fame brought to the house by Price when it burnt to the ground in 1939. It was demolished in 1944 but people continued to report seeing ghosts.

What is Reiki and News from Ireland: What's it like to have the gift of 'the cure'?

Like most people with the gift of the cure, Rebecca takes no money Cr; BBC News

People use energy to heal every day. Energy healing is also known as the practice of Reiki. I've experienced it, and it works. Last month, BBC News interviewed a woman in Ireland who has been healing people for a long time. Although neither she, nor the article mentions Reiki, it seems to me that is what's happening here. What do you think?
   In today's blog, you'll read about her, and find out what Reiki is all about.

WHAT IS REIKI? Reiki is a form of alternative medicine called energy healing. Reiki practitioners use a technique called palm healing or hands-on healing through which a "universal energy" is said to be transferred through the palms of the practitioner to the patient in order to encourage emotional or
physical healing.

THE BBC ARTICLE: What's it like to have the gift of 'the cure'? 
On any given day, the phone calls start early and continue late into the night at Rebecca Hamilton's County Donegal home. From an initial hello, the caller quickly moves to ask is she "the woman who has the cure" .The question finishes depending on their ailment. The cure might be for shingles, ringworm or mouth ulcers. Rebecca is quick to ask those who ring what medical help they are getting - if they say none, she tells them they should. Once she was asked to cure a flock of sheep of the contagious ovine skin condition orf. "I never knew I had a cure for that," she told BBC News NI.

"But he rang back three days later to say it had gone," she said. She's had the gift of the cure for more than 40 years, after being given it by an Irish man she met on holiday.

 Right across Ireland, there are people like Rebecca, said to be able to cure a host of common ailments. This is a land where local belief suggests water from certain wells or even soil from specific graveyards has healing properties. The cure - seemingly part folk tradition, part faith healing - predates Christianity. In a world of modern medicine, many people's belief in the cure persists. The secret prayers and set of actions involved have been passed discreetly from one healer to the next. In spite the cure's pre-Christian origin, Rebecca's methods are based in prayer and a belief in God.

At her home in St Johnston, her family joke that "she says more prayers than the Pope". How she came to have the cure is a "long story", she says. "We were on holiday in Austria, maybe about 40 years ago, and we fell in with an older couple. "She had fallen and broken her elbow and her husband Jack couldn't help her into toilets or things like that, so I did. "We got talking, started to spend meal times with them and they told us Jack had the cure for shingles and ringworm. "My own husband Tom would often take people to a lady close to where we lived to get the cure. "It was something we had a belief in and knew all about. "

Jack was in his 70s then and they had no family - I said to him that he would have to pass it on before his time came. "He came down to breakfast the next morning and said: 'Rebecca, I've been thinking over what you said and I want you to take it.'"

Over the 40-plus years since, Rebecca has seen and spoken to thousands of people seeking the cure. In days gone by, she would visit people in their homes or they would come to her.

For shingles, she circled the infected area with a pen knife.

For ringworm, a lit candle was used in the same way.

It was what Jack had instructed her to do. All the while, she recites two secret prayers passed to her by Jack - they have been kept secret to this day. The only thing she needs to know to administer the cure is the person's name. Working with a lit flame close to human skin scared Rebecca initially. "I was scared to burn someone but one day a man that lived close to us told my daughter about his wee girl who had ringworm and she said to bring her up. "I didn't want to use the candle but I did, I saw him a few days later and asked how she was - I asked if she had been taken to a doctor. "He said: 'There was no need Rebecca, sure didn't you cure her.'"

 In the years soon after Jack passed on his knowledge, Rebecca's fame grew so much she "didn't have the time to get around everyone". "Mostly I do it over the phone now, it seems to work just as well," she said. But Rebecca insists the cure belongs to God. "You say the prayers, mention the person's name and then it is with God."

SOURCE: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-47297831

Big Event this Weekend in Salem, Mass at the Northeast Animal Shelter

The Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem, Massachusetts hosts Author/Medium Rob Gutro on Sunday, March 3 as he lectures about "Pets and the Afterlife: How they communicate from the other side." 

Notes of Appreciation -About Messages I've Shared to Pet Parents

Getting a thank you note is the nicest thing that anyone could do. It's not that we look for thank yous, but it feels good to know that we've helped make someone else feel good in some way. Below are some nice notes of appreciation I received from folks (that they posted on my public facebook page - so I just copied and pasted them here) after I provided some messages from their pets in spirit. Make someone's day and send them a thank you note. I appreciate these notes and am so happy that my messages and the Pets and the Afterlife books have provided some comfort. - Rob Gutro 

NOTES OF APPRECIATION 

Rose Nails I lost 2 dogs (kids) within 48 hours of one another last month and I was devastated. I needed to know they were okay so I asked them to show me signs that they were still around so now they come visit me almost every night jumping up on my bed and snuggling up in their usual spots. I even got to see my Malley and she was so beautiful and young and didn't have that ugly tumor that took her life or gray hair! I now know that my dogs never left, are still with me and will be there for me when it's my time. I will be getting your books because I'm interested in learning to recognize other signs from them. Thanks Rob! 

Kimberley Walker Hasness Rob, you are indeed a wonderful gift to this world. I can never thank you enough for helping me to understand and connect with my Bailey. My life has truly changed because of you. ❤️ 

Pets and the Afterlife and Pets and the Afterlife 2 by Rob Gutro

Marisol Cordovis You helped me when my pet past and im truly thankful Dianna Kelley You are such a wonderful person. Thank you for doing this. 

Cindy Pickens You are awesome to do this for people and I appreciated my reading very much. Chippy shows me he is still around by keeping his little casket free of dust. 

Karen Bredenhann Thank you for caring. Thank you for helping us. And thank you for helping me connect with my Fudge. I miss him so much it hurts.

John Munoz Sr. Rob has helped us a whole lot. He's a good Man.

Friday Night Ghost Frights: Haunted House Paranormal Investigation Part 2 | Cheney Haunted Mansion

Here's part 2 of Mike Ricksecker's Haunted House Paranormal Investigation of the| Cheney Haunted Mansion in Jerseyville, IL!
     Society of the Haunted explores historic Cheney Mansion and discovers plenty of paranormal activity. Includes paranormal walkthrough footage, EVPs and evp recordings, and a strange presence oppresses Mike, a paranormal experience he hasn't has for quite some time. Part 2 of a multi-part paranormal investigation pits you deep inside the most haunted house in Jerseyville, originally built as a stop along a stagecoach route.
  Video: https://youtu.be/MXrZjs2Ahng 

Check the Book:  The paranormal experience in P.D. Cheney's bedroom was detailed in Encounters With The Paranormal Volume 4 on Amazon at : https://amzn.to/2Ov4OLc

Part 7: Haunted Devon, UK: Crazywell Pool has mystic powers

My latest book is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" (by Rob Gutro) and conveys
all of the ghosts I met as I traveled throughout England. There are a LOT more ghosts in England that I  did not (yet) meet, and here is the Seventh  of several postings from Devonlive in Devon, U.K about some of them.. - Rob

  Crazywell Pool has mystic powers at night but turns into a 'pop up lido' by day

PHOTO: Crazywell Pool, a Dartmoor beauty spot which was turned into a 'pop-up lido' for Devon's hardy wild swimmers

This pool in Dartmoor has been said to be bottomless with mystical powers. If you simply stare into the water on Midsummer’s Eve, legend claims you will see the next parishioner to die in the water. One Midsummer’s night the legend was being told in an inn and a challenge was laid to go to the pool. Two boys went, and died on their way home.

It is actually an old shallow-cast mine, which is fed by a natural spring and is now a popular spot for wild swimming. The pool is high up on the moors, so expect to be exposed to the elements, and be prepared for the water to be cold. The area enjoys uninterrupted views across the moors, making it the perfect place to get back to nature, floating in the breeze, listening to the birds.

 

In 2012 the Dartmoor beauty spot turned into a 'pop-up lido' for a group of Devon's hardy wild swimmers complete with an art installation consisting of a portable lifeguard's chair.
Between 50 and 70 people took part in the 'living artwork', setting up deckchairs and towels around the 'pool', swimming, picnicking and listening to their portable radios.

SOURCE: Devon Live: https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/viking-ghosts-still-haunt-bloody-2286420  

Hear the Podcast: Rob on House of Mystery Radio: Ghosts of England

Earlier this month, Host, Julie Sav of The House of Mystery Radio show had me, Rob Gutro on to discuss my book "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation." They also talked about my books "Pets and the Afterlife 1 and 2" in the beginning of the show.
  The show was just re-broadcast (and is a podcast) through Pippa, and now you can hear the 1 Hour podcast HERE:
https://player.pippa.io/5b7eee3536bf3f4166bc8c11/episodes/5b7eeeb736bf3f4166bc8c66?theme=default&cover=1&latest=1

Tarot Tuesday: 9 of Pentacles

Every Tuesday, my friend Joy Andreasen brings us Tarot Tuesday and today it's the 9 of Pentacles.

Joy says:  I love this card! To me this card speaks of women who are empowered, successful, and capable.We know who we are and we enjoy the finer things in life. This isn't just about wealth or "stuff". It is recognizing who we are and expecting the Universe to come into alignment. Be that.

Biddy Tarot provided keywords and the card's meaning: 
https://www.biddytarot.com/
KEYWORDS: Upright: Abundance, luxury, self-sufficiency, financial independence Reversed: Self-worth, over-investment in work, hustling 

MEANINGS AND DESCRIPTION: The Nine of Pentacles shows a well-dressed woman standing in a beautiful garden. She wears a flowing, golden robe and a red beret, signs of her wealth and social status. The vines behind her are heavy with grapes and golden coins, representing the fruitful accomplishment of all her desires. Her right hand rests upon one of the many coins, and her fingers wrap around the purple grapes on the vine, symbolising her healthy relationship with money. She can enjoy the fruits of her labours without overdoing it. A hooded falcon sits calmly on her left hand, signifying the woman’s intellectual and spiritual self-control. Far in the background is a large house, presumably belonging to the woman herself, a further signal of her abounding wealth and financial plenty.

BIOGRAPHY: Joy Andreasen is an author, shamanic practitioner, psychic medium, spiritual consultant, Reiki Master Teacher and wedding officiant. She has been giving messages from Spirit for almost twenty years. She teaches spiritual development and shamanic classes in Winchester and Herndon Virginia which are always highly acclaimed. 

For more about Joy Andreasen, visit: https://www.facebook.com/whispersofjoy/ 
Email: joyandreasen@gmail.com 
Website: http://www.WhispersofJoy.net

A Hauntingly Good Laugh for you

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