Dogs and Cats give Us Signs from Spirit! Read Pets and the Afterlife to find them

Are you grieving after the loss of your dog or cat?  These books can help you work through your grief by showing you how their spirits are still very much around. 

The love we share with our pets never dies, and there's proof that our pets do communicate with us from the other side, just as people do who pass. I'm a scientist, medium, author and paranormal investigator who has had many experiences with ghosts and spirits, both pets and people, who have communicated messages that helped prove their identity. I've written Pets and the Afterlife and Pets and the Afterlife 2 to teach people how to recognize the signs from their pets in spirit. 

Pet parents like me think about and mourn the loss of their pets often. Sometimes the grief feels inconsolable. One way to work through that grief is to understand that our pets are around us in spirit from time to time and visit us. You just need to be able to recognize those signs. In my two books I explain many of the ways that pets communicate with the living, to convey their presence. 
   
I've received emails from people around the world who have confirmed signs from their pets and have received comfort knowing their pets are very much around in spirit from time to time. 

Both are available on Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.: https://tinyurl.com/y8l6alq4 

Haunted: Providence, Rhode Island's Biltmore Hotel

The Patriot Ledger newspaper in Quincy, Massachusetts runs a "Haunted New England" column, and I wanted to share this one about Providence, Rhode Island's Biltmore Hotel. It's reputed to be haunted, and even one man who was staying in a room watched his bathroom door slam shut (there was a wall behind the door) and he captured it on video (below). The Hotel has a giant neon sign on top that says “Biltmore.” Around 2019, the hotel purchased and it's name was changed to Graduate Providence... Here's the story and the video!

 Built in the early 1920’s, the hotel was financed by Johan Leisse Weisskopf, a man for whom it is impossible to find any other information except the facts that he was apparently 1. Very wealthy and 2. An open Satanist. Not passively Satanist, but open in the way that he allegedly wanted to use the hotel as a kind of recruiting device, creating hot springs in the basement and building chicken coops on the roof reportedly for a continuous supply of fresh sacrifices. Then, there were the Bacchante Girls, who worked in the Bacchante Dining Room serving as hostesses while wearing little to no clothing. In short, the opulent hotel was a testament to indulgence, and as such, attracted the kinds of characters that tend to gravitate toward such displays.

Quick - what do Satanists and the mob have in common? Turns out quite a bit and the two groups got along swimmingly when the hotel reportedly housed a speakeasy in the basement during Prohibition, bringing with them all sorts of unsavory activities. And while the animal sacrifice thing was definitely creepy, some believe that those sacrifices were actually helping to keep spirits off the property , and it was only after local authorities put a stop to them that the hotel started attracting ghosts like a white shirt attracts cat hair. In the first decade after it opened, it is reported that at least eight murders occurred in the hotel, some possibly committed by local law enforcement or local government officials. That is quite a lot of murder for only 10 years.

VIDEO: Ghost slams door at Biltmore Hotel in Providence: Jack Stevens said he stayed in room 1102 at the famously-haunted Biltmore Hotel in Providence, RI. He documented some freaky experiences
he had while staying in the room. Take a look. Has anyone else observed anything similar?
https://youtu.be/6v1GsAyEhDw

A few decades later, then-Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci helped save the hotel from demolition with historic landmark status, and a few decades after that, Cianci himself would call the hotel home while awaiting trial after his federal indictment. And a little less than a decade after that, the hotel’s new owners hung a portrait of Cianci in every room of the hotel, before very quickly deciding that was actually not a good idea.

Since then, the hotel has been named Rhode Island’s most haunted . Turns out the smallest state actually has some pretty stiff competition in that department, particularly with historic Newport. There’s plenty of reviews on TripAdvisor specifically mentioning haunted happenings, but if you prefer, you can also check out some Youtube videos of questionable quality that purportedly show some paranormal activity.

Video: A Look at the Unfinished Part of Thornbury Castle (from my Ghosts of England book adventure)

In my book  Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation  by Rob Gutro,

I stayed at Thornbury Castle and there were several ghosts there!  This is a look at the part of the castle that was never finished (although it looks like it's in ruins, it isn't because construction halted when the owner died) thanks to Henry VIII.

ABOUT THORNBURY CASTLE:  Thornbury Castle is a castle in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, England. This is short video scan of the outside of the castle. Inside, there was a ghost in the room where I stayed, and there was a ghost in the main section of the upstairs hallway. You''ll find both of those stories in my book "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" by Rob Gutro Construction began in 1511 as a home for Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham. It is not a true castle (designed to serve as a fortress), but rather an early example of a Tudor country house, with minimal defensive attributes. It is now a grade I listed building. The site was occupied by a manor house in 930. Part of the original plans for a very grand residence were "well advanced" before the duke was beheaded, in 1521, on the orders of his distant cousin Henry VIII, for alleged treason.
VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/dZHubDqQv_w

ABOUT "GHOSTS OF ENGLAND ON A MEDIUM'S VACATION by Rob Gutro: 

What happens when a medium goes on vacation? Can a medium simply switch off their ability at will? Well…not exactly. Rob Gutro is a medium/author/paranormal investigator and a scientist who has written 4 books about his encounters with human and animal ghosts and spirits.
    In this book, you will read about his experiences on two separate trips to the United Kingdom. England’s rich history and many epic battles have caused an over-abundance of residual emotional energy. Everywhere he traveled, he had a paranormal experience. He explored royal palaces and spent the night in haunted castles. He encountered the ghosts of historical figures including a queen, a prince, and a nobleman; and several ghosts even shared their pain of death experience with him. On one occasion, the doppelganger of a loved one provided directions when he became lost while driving in the countryside due to a malfunctioning GPS.
     But not all of his encounters were of the human variety: there was also a very special visit from a canine ghost. This book is intended to be more than just a collection of personal ghost stories. In addition to relating my ghostly encounters, he has also included a short narrative history of the places where the experiences occurred. After all, knowing the history of a place is key to understanding why a ghost has decided to stay behind.
    So, join Rob as he relates his encounters with the ghosts of England. Rob has written 4 other books about the paranormal, two about people (Ghosts and Spirits and Lessons Learned From Talking to the Dead) and 2 about pets (Pets and the Afterlife and Pets and the Afterlife 2). The books are available in paperback and e-book on Amazon.com.

Paranormal Q&A: How much truth is there to old myths from the pre-industrial era about spirits and medium work

Each week, I'll answer a question about the paranormal, whether a general question, or one about human or animal ghosts (Earthbound) or spirits (crossed over). Here's this week's question: 

Q: How much truth is there to old myths from the pre-industrial era about spirits and medium work?

A: Since the dawn of time, ghosts and spirits have been trying to contact the living. Since I'm unsure what myths you're referring to (there are many) I'll just say that there have always been people who have the gift to sense them. In ancient times, and depending upon the location or the culture, those people were either revered as gifted or executed as sorcerers.

Cave paintings by indigenous Australians date back 28,000 years, some depicting skulls, bones, spirits and the afterlife. Other cave paintings in Indonesia date back a further 10,000 years!

Of course, today, we know that mediums are gifted and use their abilities to help others.

For Rob Gutro's 7 books on the paranormal, visit: www.amazon.com. All of Rob's books were written to help explain the paranormal, and teach readers how to find signs from spirit. 

Read the "Double Murder Ghost Investigation" in the book "Case Files of Inspired Ghost Tracking"

A new book called "Case Files of Inspired Ghost Tracking," by best-selling paranormal author Rob Gutro takes readers on paranormal investigations into private and historic homes where ghosts were traumatizing families. Rob, a medium in the Inspired Ghost Tracking paranormal group, announced the release of his seventh paranormal book that brings readers along on investigations and reveals some bizarre and shocking things the group found and how they helped the ghosts and families.     
TO BUY ON AMAZON: https://tinyurl.com/yba6ofbj

"When earthbound ghosts have traumatized families in their own homes, Inspired Ghost Tracking (IGT) of Maryland has gone in to cross them over," Gutro said. "Every case is different, too. Some have had earthbound ghosts that were friendly, others were not. IGT experienced a lot of bad energies that caused people to become physically sick or mentally traumatized. IGT investigators had to figure who, what, when and why things were happening, to finally bring peace to the living and the dead."  

In this collection of IGT cases, you’ll read about the "Burned Ghost," ghosts of two different time periods in one home, dark things that Ouija boards brought into homes, a very haunted Maryland mansion, many ghosts of Baltimore’s Federal Hill, a ghostly attachment, a Steelworker’s ghost, poltergeist activity, the famous IGT “Double Murder Ghost Investigation” and many more.

You'll find answers to questions like why ghosts choose to stay in a place, the differences and similarities between ghosts and spirits, why energy is the key to the paranormal and much more.

Although Rob has become known as a "Pet Medium" through the success of his best-selling books "Pets and the Afterlife" and "Pets and the Afterlife 2," he also connects with human earthbound ghosts and spirits.

Gutro is the first in the paranormal field to make the distinction between earthbound ghosts and spirits who have crossed over. Rob has three books about his experience with human ghosts and spirits, called "Ghosts and Spirits," "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead," and "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation," and most recently, "Kindred Spirits: How a Medium Befriended a Spirit."   

Rob Gutro has been featured in the Washington Post and nationally syndicated radio programs like "Coast to Coast AM." Rob is a volunteer with Dachshund and Weimaraner rescues and gives fundraising lectures for animal rescues around the U.S., teaching grieving pet parents how pets communicate from the afterlife.   

Website: www.robgutro.com, www.petspirits.com

Facebook pages: www.facebook.com/ghostsandspirits.insightsfromamedium

www.facebook.com/RobGutroAuthorMedium

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobGutroAuthor

Amazon Author Page: amazon.com/author/robgutro

YouTube:   https://tinyurl.com/wcvhqbt

Paranormal Q&A: What is your view on exorcisms and the Christian view of spirits?

Each week, I'll answer a question about the paranormal, whether a general question, or one about human or animal ghosts (Earthbound) or spirits (crossed over). Here's this week's question: 

Q: What is your view on exorcisms and the Christian view of spirits?

A: First, I don't believe in "demons." I think that what we call demons are just life forms in spirit from other solar systems that made their way to Earth. Like wild animals that get defensive, other lifeforms that don't know us would get defensive and perhaps take over the body of a living person.

The concept of demons was conjured up to frighten people into behaving.  Exorcisms work on the principal of positive emotional energy, not religion. When a holy man, who are generally good of heart and has a lot of positive energy, tries to expel a ghost or spirit who is a bad person with a lot of negative energy, if the positive energy is strong enough, it will dispel or move the negative energy out (as a scientist, I believe it's all about energy).

Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead

Positive emotional energies are faith, hope and love. Negative emotional energies are fear, anger, depression, anxiety, hatred,. - It's because of positive emotional energy that prayer works (from any religion or non-religion)- It's the projection of faith-energy.  So, you need not be a priest or Christian to expel a bad ghost or spirit from someone  - and possessions are  rare.  

My book "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead" has a chapter on "demons." 

For Rob Gutro's 7 books on the paranormal, visit: www.amazon.com. All of Rob's books were written to help explain the paranormal, and teach readers how to find signs from spirit. 

FYI - How to Get a MARYLAND Absentee Ballot in the Mail for the Presidential Election

Anyone registered to vote in Maryland can vote a mail-in ballot. Just submit a request for a ballot, and the state will  send it to you.

AFTER YOU VOTE:  After you vote your ballot, you must return it to your local election office by mail, by dropping it in a drop-off box, or by taking it to your local election office. You can mail your voted ballot or take it to your local election office at any time. A list of designated drop off locations will be included with your ballot.

If you request a mail-in ballot and decide to vote in person, you will have to vote a provisional ballot.
How do I ask for a mail-in ballot?
If you have a Maryland driver’s license or MVA-issued ID card, PLEASE  use the online system to request a ballot.  They can process your request more quickly, and we do not have to worry about reading your handwriting.
https://voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/onlinemailinrequest/InstructionsStep1

How will I receive my ballot?
The best way to receive your ballot is to ask us to mail it to you. We can send it to any address you want. Voting a ballot that you get in the mail helps us speed up the vote count and keep election workers safe during the pandemic. We will also send you an envelope with prepaid postage. No postage necessary!

How soon should I request my ballot?
Submit your request now! If you wait, there is a risk that your local elections office may be overwhelmed by last minute requests and may not be able to process your request in time. If that should happen, you may have to vote in person.
The deadline for requesting a mail-in ballot is Tuesday, October 20, 2020.
•If you want your local election office to mail or fax you a ballot:
-Make sure this form is at your local election office by 8 pm on Tuesday, October 20, 2020.
-Or send this form to your local election office by email or fax by 11:59 pm on Tuesday,October 20, 2020.
•If you need to receive your ballot over the internet:
-Make sure this form is in your local election office by 5 pm on Tuesday, October 20, 2020.
-Or send this form to your local election office by email or fax by 11:59 pm on Tuesday,October 20, 2020.

You can find email addresses and fax numbers to your local election office at 
elections.maryland.gov/about/county_boards.html 
Voting Information for Maryland Voters
2020 Presidential General Election
State Board of Elections P.O. Box 6486, Annapolis, MD 21401-0486 800-222-8683MD Relay Service 800-735-2258
elections.maryland.gov
You can ask for this form in large type.
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•Ask for your mail-in ballot online athttps://voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/onlinemailinrequest; or•Tex t VBM (English) or VPC (Spanish) to 777-88. We will text you a link to request your mail-in ballot online; or•Fill out this paper form and get it to your local election office before the deadline.

Two 5 STAR book reviews on "Case Files of Inspired Ghost Tracking" by Rob Gutro

My thanks to all the readers of Case Files of Inspired Ghost Tracking, and for the reviews. Reviews
make books much more visible on Amazon. com.  Below are 2 NEW reviews (and both are 5 of 5 stars, I'm happy to report). - and a summary of the book. Please post reviews, it helps! - and come with me on my Paranormal Investigations in the Case Files of Inspired Ghost Tracking! - Rob Gutro

Lynne J.

5.0 out of 5 stars I would recommend this book.

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2020

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A great and very informative read. This book also helped me confirm some things I have seen in my lifetime really were real.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great, easy and informative read on the paranormal and ghost tracking

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2020

Truly enjoyed reading this book. It was interesting to read about cases from nearby locations (some very close to home) and how the investigations are carried out. I could clearly picture everything Rob was describing and feeling. Always enjoy his books. If you live in Maryland, or have ever lived in Maryland, definitely add this to your reading list.

ABOUT THE BOOK: Case Files of Inspired Ghost Tracking - When earth bound ghosts have traumatized families in their own homes, Inspired Ghost Tracking (IGT) of Maryland has gone in to cross them over. In this collection of IGT cases, you’ll read about a very haunted Maryland mansion, many ghosts of Baltimore’s Federal Hill, the Burned Ghost, ghosts of two different time periods in one building, the dark things Ouija boards brought into homes, a ghostly attachment, a Steelworker’s ghost, poltergeist activity, the famous IGT “Double Murder Ghost Investigation” and many more. You’ll also learn about ghosts vs. spirits, energy and lots of Q&A. So, come along with us on these IGT investigations and learn that the paranormal is quite active!

Q&A: Spirit Voices Sound Like They're in Another Room, Early Experiences, Haunted Kitchen

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If you've heard voices that sound like their coming from another room, and there's no one there, they are likely spirits visiting. That's what happened to Lynne, who recently wrote me to tell me her experience. Learn WHY they sound like they're in another room..  
 Lynne  also saw 2 ghostly figures in a church, and talked about that, too. Here's the story:

LYNNE'S PARANORMAL VOICE EXPERIENCE:  Rob, have you ever heard voices like people talking far enough away you cant make out what they are saying but the voices are actually from a vent in a bedroom nearby. This has happened to me two times growing up.  

MY ANSWER:  Yes, spirits (who have crossed over and come back to visit) and even Earth Bound ghosts always sound like they are talking in another room.  That's because it takes a LOT of energy for a spirit or ghost to make an audible sound. In actuality, they are likely in the SAME room as you are.

LYNNE'S EXPERIENCE AS A TEEN: When I was about 15 I was home alone from school not feeling well so I took a bath. When the water stopped running I heard voices in the living room i figured I left the tv on. I wrapped a towel around me and went out to turn the TV off. It was never on. Do you think as a young person I had the talent to see/hear ghosts?  Nothing has happened in my older years. Why?

MY ANSWER:  We are more apt to hear and see spirits or earthbound ghosts at a younger age, since we haven't yet been forced to explain things with our logical minds. We are more intuitive  at that age, and tend to trust our feelings. 

LYNNE'S CHURCH GHOST EXPERIENCE: When I was around 30 years old, I was in my church's dining area. I put the soup on before the service, and later I went down to check on it three quarters through service. As I walked into the large dining area I saw two white images on each side of the pot.

Click FOR MORE ANSWERS ABOUT THE PARANORMAL- check out Rob Gutro's books on Amazon.com (all under $10 paperback/Under $4 Kindle): 

 

New England Puritan Lore: The Devil Made Many Appearances

The Devil in DC  Comics' Batman Family #1, by Mike Grell

The Patriot Ledger newspaper in Quincy,Massachusetts publishes a "Haunted New England" feature every month, and this month is about "the Devil" making appearances during Puritan times.

I’m Eryn Dion, Regional Engagement Editor for Gannett New England, and this is Haunted New England. 

Turns out the Devil made quite a few appearances around New England in the colonial days, getting around to the First Church of Ipswich, outside the JC Solmonese School in Norton, near the Center School in neighboring Easton, all in Massachusetts. He made the trek up to Maine and left his mark on a stone outside the Manchester Meeting House, and came back down to North Kingstown, Rhode Island , leaving behind strange, triangle-shaped impressions or deep human-sized depressions in otherwise solid rock. These are just some of the more well-known examples - I’m sure many, many small New England towns have their own local legends passed down to kids just like me. 

But all of this begs the question - was Satan just jumping around ye olde thyme New England, burning holes in rocks wherever he went? And if not, why did our ancestors see weird holes in rocks and automatically think the Devil did it? 

To find the answer, like most things, the Devil is in the details. 

Remember, New England, and our country as a whole, was founded by Puritans. The first New England colonies were religious settlements, and families came to these colonies from England and beyond largely for religious purposes. Their religious beliefs were so strong, so integral to themselves and their lives, that they were willing to uproot their families and leave behind everything to cross the Atlantic on a musty, cramped boat and come to a land where they would literally be starting from square zero. Not even a Dunkin Donuts.

Religion ruled Puritan life and their whole existence revolved around working hard, going to church, dying (at a relatively young age) and going to heaven. That was it for them. God controlled their lives. Good things came from God and God’s favor, bad things came from the Devil, but also God not stepping in to do you a solid. 

It’s also important to know that, to the Puritans, the Devil wasn’t some amorphous figure representing evil. He was a real dude. You could meet him in the flesh while out riding your horse or toiling in the fields. You could even fight him, like the Rev. George Whitefield did in 1740 in the First Church of Ipswich, which, according to legend, led to their pair of Devil’s footprints when Whitefield got into a wrestling match with the Devil and pushed him off the church’s steeple. You could make a deal with him and sell your soul to get ahead, or worship him to gain his favor in the form of witchy powers. 

And life in early Colonial America was, frankly, scary. Death was rampant, from starvation, disease, or conflict with Native Americans. Any injury could easily become infected. The winters were harsh and cruel. Children died at a young age. Families toiled long hours just to sustain the household, nevermind make a modest living. It makes sense, for them to believe the Devil was everywhere, because to them he was. He was in every failed crop, every drought, every sick cow, every time they ran out of firewood or every ferocious hurricane blown ashore. And if someone managed to get ahead? If they found success, whether as a politician or a businessperson? Well, the Devil was in them, too. 

So when our colonial forefathers happened upon a rock in the woods with mysterious, triangle impressions, I think it was easy for them to point and say, “Well, speak of the Devil. There he was.”