Paranormal Q&A: What causes a spirit to linger in this realm? How common is this?

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 causes a spirit to linger in this realm? How common is this?

A: Ghosts are the entities who choose to remain Earthbound. Spirits have crossed over into the light. I made that distinction in my breakthrough book "Ghosts and Spirits" because they're not the same. It's "Location, location, location." 

As for what "causes" people's or a pet's ghost to linger in this realm - it's actually personal choice!    Some people stay to try and "help" grieving family members (but Ironically they can only do this if they cross over and become a spirit), or they may have unfinished business... or they may be seeking forgiveness for something they did to hurt someone. Or if they're deeply religious, they may fear the other side (because we have an awakening when we die, which is a life review of all good and bad things we've done).   

Learn the story of the "ghostly face in the orb" in my "Lessons Learned" book

There are many more reasons, but it's an individual choice. My advice to everyone - Cross Over ASAP!  Lingering as a ghost is like living in an eternal purgatory of sorts because they can't speak to spirits, and only a medium (who is needed to cross them over).

It isn't common for people to stay as ghosts. I would say that 95% cross over. Paranormal investigators and mediums are called to help the other 5% cross (because for some reason, after they're a ghost for a short time, they lose the ability to cross over).

For Rob Gutro's 5 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.
 Rob Gutro's latest book "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation"  - is available in paperback and E-book on Amazon.com. 

Paranormal Tee Shirt of the month: Mike Ricksecker's Edge of the Rabbit Hole

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Today, I'm proudly wearing my t-shirt for Mike Ricksecker's great show on YouTube called the "Edge of 

the rabbit hole." I've been fortunate enough to be a guest on the program a couple of times. You should check out Mike's various YouTube shows at Haunted Road Media. @mikericksecker. www.mikericksecker.com/ His Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mike-Ricksecker/e/B00327YFZE

  Mike is a good friend of mine and he's very talented. He's an Author of paranormal books and mysteries! He's a radio  and You Tube host, a paranormal conference organizer, and Ghostorian, a paranormal investigator who provides the history of hauntings and has many years of experience.

  Get to know him! - Rob

Mike Ricksecker's video show: Inside The Upside Down -Ley Lines, Energy Grids, and Standing Stones |

 Inside The Upside Down is one of several You Tube shows from host Mike Ricksecker, and instead of Friday Night Ghost Frights, I'm bringing you this show!
The topic is  -Ley Lines, Energy Grids, and Standing Stones |
  ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Inside LEY LINES -- what they are, what they mean, where they are, and the paranormal activity we've experienced along ley lines. Also covering energy grids, standing stones, and spiritual power centers around the world!
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/M25-XKX_3_8

Difference between a residual haunt and an intelligent haunt.

To understand what you're feeling (if you're sensitive) you need to know the difference between a residual haunt and an intelligent haunt. It's all about energy.

WHAT'S A RESIDUAL HAUNT?    A residual haunt is basically energy left behind from an emotional incident that happened in the past and it absorbed into the structure. When live people enter the building, they bring energy that "lights up" the absorbed energy, and the living person can experience those ancient emotions... it's like adding water to a damp sponge and you feel it get wet again. 

WHAT'S AN INTELLIGENT HAUNT? That's when there's an actual ghost (Earthbound energy) of a person or animal that lives in a place and can answer questions or let living people know that they are there. 

You can learn all about them and more in "Ghosts and Spirits," "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead," and "Ghosts of England on A Medium's Vacation" available on Amazon.com in paperback and E-book by Rob Gutro.

Listen! The Big Seance Podcast #125! Slade Roberson of Shift Your Spirits

Listen to my friend Patrick Keller's Big Seance Podcast Slade Roberson of Shift Your Spirits – The Big Seance Podcast #125 


Slade Roberson is a professional intuitive counselor, author, and producer & host of the Shift Your Spirits Podcast. He joins Patrick in the parlor to discuss his origin story, reconnecting with spirituality, the fantastic titles from his archives, his thoughts on spirit guides, and the 2-part Stranger Angels podcast episodes that you MUST check out! Visit BigSeance.com for more info.

LISTEN: http://bigseancepodcast.com/slade-roberson-of-shift-your-spirits-big-seance-podcast-my-paranormal-world-125

Tarot Tuesday with Joy Andreasen: Ten of cups.

It's Tarot Tuesday with Joy Andreasen. Today's card is the ten of cups.

Joy says: This is the card of : "and they all lived happily ever after." This is the ending we all dream of. Happy family, love, and contentment. Sometimes the road to our happy ending is marked with bumps in the road, struggles, and detours. The truth is, life is all about the journey and the destination. You can decide to be happy now or to wait for your happy ending, but if you are always seeing it as some point in the future, you may never meet up with that day. It may become a dream that seems to always be just out of reach. Count your blessings and know that every day can be your "happily ever after."
Ten of Cups Meanings: Upright: Harmony, marriage, happiness, alignment

Reversed: Misalignment of values, broken home or marriage

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. 
 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/whispersofjoy 
EMAIL: joyandreasen@gmail.com 
WEBSITE: http://www.WhispersofJoy.net 
ABOUT: Shamanic healer/practitioner, psychic medium, interfaith minister, intuitive counselor, energy healing practitioner, Reiki Master Teacher, and writer

Paranormal Q&A: What are some warnings you would give people who wish to contact their loved ones?

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 are some warnings you would give people who wish to contact their loved ones?

A: There's really only one warning to people who want to try and contact loved ones in spirit -  Don't use a Ouija Board. Ever. The reason is that Ouija boards (although initially, and horribly, were marketed to children) open up door ways to the other side and not everyone on the other side was a good person. In addition, they can open a door to dark things (meaning evil).  

Don't use Ouija boards! 

As a paranormal investigator, I've been called to a number of houses where people used Ouija boards and opened doorways and bad entities came in , and in one case made every member of the family physically ill!  We had to close the portal and clean the house of bad energy. 

 

If you want to contact a loved one in spirit, read my books - because I explain all the ways in which they give us signs. Or, contact a medium like Ruth Larkin, the beantown medium who has a genuine gift.

 However, it's easy to see signs from spirits of loved ones. You just need to know what to look for... and that's the reason I wrote my books "Ghosts and Spirits," "Lessons Learned frmo Talking to the Dead" and Pets and the Afterlife and Pets...2."  Please don't use a Ouija board!

For Rob Gutro's 5 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. 
 Rob Gutro's latest book "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation"  - is available in paperback and E-book on Amazon.com. 

Great Regional Paranormal Book:The Granny Curse and Other Ghosts and Legends from East Tennessee

As a paranormal investigator and someone who,loves Tennessee, I just finished reading the best book I have ever read about Tennessee hauntings. "The Granny Curse and other Ghosts and Legends from East Tennessee" is an extremely well-written and researched book by Randy Russell and Janet Barnett that is filled with short and fascinating stores.
   I can't recommend this book enough! - And it doesn't matter where you live. These are ghost stories you'll find fascinating and will hold your attention. 5 out of 5 stars!

To Get the Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Granny-Curse-Ghosts-Legends-Tennessee/dp/0895871858

ABOUT THE BOOK: Witches who fly down chimneys. A chair that won’t release its occupant until a drop of blood stains the floor. A mountain that grew―and continues to grow―from the grave of a woman who was larger than life. The ghost of a woman who jumps on the bumpers of cars driving past the graveyard where she is buried. An apple tree that growls at people who pick its fruit. A woman who rose from her grave each night to get food for a baby born to her after she was buried. A peach tree that grows on the head of a deer. These and other legends and ghost stories handed down for generations are contained in this collection of 25 tales from East Tennessee.

For several years, folklorists Randy Russell and Janet Barnett have taught a course about Southern folklore at the North Carolina Center for Advancement of Teaching in Cullowhee, North Carolina. Russell is also the author of several mysteries, including Edgar Award nominee Hot Wire.They live in Asheville, North Carolina.

Friday Night Ghost Frights: Strange Supernatural Story From London!

In today's episode of Mike Ricksecker's  Friday Night Ghost Frights you'll hear about Spring -Heeled Jack, a Strange Supernatural Story From London!
Urban legend or a true ghost story? Nineteenth Century England was terrorized by an entity known as Spring-Heeled Jack. Are his strange paranormal stories real or just the stuff of legend?

FRIDAY NIGHT GHOST FRIGHTS are spooky, creepy ghost stories from Haunted Road Media -- true paranormal and supernatural encounters, real story time tales from personal experiences and paranormal investigations!
 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/VVFstQJ9r5Q 

About Mike 
Mike Ricksecker is the author of the historic paranormal books Ghosts of Maryland, Ghosts and Legends of Oklahoma, Campfire Tales: Midwest, Ghostorian Case Files: Volume 1, and the Encounters With The Paranormal series.
   He has appeared on multiple television shows and programs as a paranormal historian, including Animal Planet’s The Haunted and Bio Channel’s My Ghost Story, Fox 5 News (Washington DC) and Fox 25 News (Oklahoma City), Coast-to-Coast AM with George Noory, and he produces his own Internet shows Ghosts and Legends and Paranormal Roads. Recently, he has formed his own paranormal and supernatural publishing company, Haunted Road Media. Mike’s historic paranormal articles have been published in The Baltimore Sun, Paranormal Underground Magazine, and he wrote an Oklahoma City paranormal column for Examiner.com(2010 – 2014).
   His work has also been featured in The Oklahoman, The Frederick News Post, Marshall University’s The Parthenon, and Louisiana State University’s Civil War Book Review. Additionally,   Mike is an Amazon best-selling mystery author with two entries to his Chase Michael DeBarlo private detective series, Deadly Heirs and System of the Dead. With over 20 years of experience, Mike serves as a paranormal investigator and “Ghostorian”, along with his partner, Shana Wankel, with Society of the Haunted, and regularly travels to speak about the paranormal and writing. Mike is a father of four and is an avid baseball fan.

I Enjoyed a Pint with a Ghost in an English Haunted Pub: In my book "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation"

  I met a lot of ghosts during my two vacations in England, and wrote about them in my new book "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation." 
  I enjoyed a lot of pubs during my 2 vacations in England, and many of them were haunted as you can imagine. In one pub, I enjoyed a pint with a ghost who continued to linger and do what he liked to do in life.    
   You can meet many of the ghosts, too, including those who linger at Hampton Court Palace, the Tower of London, my haunted hotel room, Thornbury Castle, Ghosts in Canterbury, Stratford-Upon-Avon, and so much more!