Ghost Box Radio Podcast - Talks with Rob Gutro about "Pets and the Afterlife" - How they communicate from spirit

On Dec. 20, author/medium Rob Gutro was interviewed by Greg Bakun, host of the Ghost Box Radio program. Rob has become known for his communications with pets in the afterlife. Rob has written 2 books called "Pets and the Afterlife" and "Pets and the Afterlife 2" about his many communications with dogs, cats, horses, birds and other pets around the world. (Both books are available on Amazon.com) Learn how your pets communicate from spirit in this Ghost Box episode (58 minutes). 

LISTEN:   https://www.am950radio.com/?powerpress_pinw=16204-podcast

Paranormal Q and A: What would you say is the most memorable moments you’ve felt while connecting with your pet in the afterlife?

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:

QUESTION: What would you say is the most memorable moments you’ve felt while connecting with your pet in the afterlife? 

ANSWER: Getting the first signs from my puppy Buzz when he passed. After the accident that took his life, I was standing outside of the veterinary practice with 2 other friends. Buzz wanted me to know that he's still very much alive, and did so by showing me
and the other 2 people a physical sign - Suddenly, with no wind, and no animal around, the lid on the trash can popped off and flew into the air several feet. All of us were surprised and looked for an explanation. That's when I heard him say "I'm still here, dad." That was one of the first signs for many to come.

 I had several with our other dog Sprite who connected with the spirits of my dad and our friend Ed who passed. I wrote about them in my "Pets and the Afterlife" book (the story is too long to convey here).

 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. 

20 Min. Video: Medium Rob Gutro Encountered 3 Ghosts of Christmas Past at Ford's Theatre

 If you missed the 20 minute special video on my encounters with the 3 "ghosts of Christmas past" at the Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC, you can see it here.  It was sponsored by the Westminster Library of Maryland.. 

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/vQmgFQuqkz4

Coming in January; Pets and the Afterlife 3: Messages from Spirit Dogs!

 In January, I plan to release my 3rd book in the Pets and the Afterlife series, because pets are so incredibly communicative from spirit, and you need to learn how to recognize the signs!  This book is about messages from spirit dogs, AND it includes a special chapter from a friend of mine who is licensed medical professional that offers you ways to work through your grief and sense of loss. 

 Pets and the Afterlife 3: Signs from Spirit Dogs will be out sometime in January in paperback and E-book on Amazon.com 

While you're waiting, check out Pets and the Afterlife 1 and 2 on Amazon!  Both contain messages from dogs, cats, horses and some birds, too! 

 

Happy Christmas from me and Inspired Ghost Tracking!

Merry Christmas! 

Earlier this month, the core investigators of Inspired Ghost Tracking got together for a "Zoom" Christmas call. It was the most fun holiday party! Thanks to IGT founder and manager Margaret Erhlich!

We all shared updates and a lot of laughs for a couple of hours. What a great way to celebrate friendships during this pandemic.

Margaret also advance mailed everyone little surprises., like hats, holiday head antlers, or ties (which is what most of us are wearing).

Come join the team of Inspired Ghost Tracking at https://www.facebook.com/inspiredghost

If you want to know what we do in Inspired Ghost Tracking, pick up a copy of Rob Gutro's "Case Files of Inspired Ghost Tracking" book in paperback or e-book on Amazon.com. You'll read about the paranormal investigations we're taken part in. You never know what to expect!

Tune in tonight at 7pm ET to Hear about Real Christmas Ghosts! -

Tune in tonight at 7pm ET to Hear about Real Christmas Ghosts! - Last week I pre-recorded a special 20 min. Christmas Ghost/Spirit program: Meet the 3 Ghosts of Christmas Past from the Fords Theatre. Rob Gutro Talks about 3 ghosts he met on this Westminster Public Library special program.

Link https://www.facebook.com/WestminsterBranchLibrary/

Alex Matsuo's Blog: Why Did We Stop Telling Ghost Stories at Christmas Time?

 Alex Matsou is famous in paranormal circles and she has a great blog and podcast. Early in December, she wrote a great blog about why ghost stories are no longer told at Christmas. Here's that blog:

Why Did We Stop Telling Ghost Stories at Christmas Time?

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Alex Matsuo (You should follow her at: https://alexmatsuo.com/)

Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.

Today, we don’t associate Christmas with the paranormal. Let alone see it as a time for ghost stories. Those traditions are for Halloween, right? Well, that’s not how it used to be. It’s oddly delightful that the most famous Christmas story of our time is also a ghost story. For hundreds of years, telling ghost stories on Christmas was a tradition. Some believe that the tradition pre-dates Christmas itself.

The History of Christmas Ghost Stories

Wait, so how in the world did ghost stories make it into Christmas tradition in the first place? This goes back to ancient times back to the pagan roots of Yuletide.

When winter came around, the nights got longer. People spent a lot of time indoors together and telling ghost stories was a popular past time. It makes perfect sense when you think about it. Winter was considered a time when Mother Nature was sleeping and everything is “dead”, so to speak. The Earth is going through its process of rebirth during the Wintertime. From a psychological standpoint, people start thinking about death and lost friends and loved ones during the darkest time of the year. Since we’re stuck inside, we have a lot more time to reflect.

Also, it helps that the candlelight created spooky shadows in the darkness. Let’s not forget that the Victorians had an obsession with death as well!

Before Christmas, Winter Solstice and Yule were celebrated. During this time of year, folks considered the veil to be thinner. This means that ghosts have better access to the world of the living. Even during medieval times, Christmas and Yule were a time for telling ghost stories.

Cancel Christmas

The Puritans wanted Christmas out of the holiday narrative. It was a time of debauchery and other sinful activities with lots of indulgences. We’re talking about food, drink, and physical activities. The Puritans wanted it gone, no exceptions. In the mid-17th century, Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell admonished Christmas. He said this based on the argument that the Bible doesn’t condone it. He also included that Jesus wasn’t born on December 25th. Well, he isn’t wrong. Christmas was put on December 25th to appease those celebrating Yule and Winter Solstice.

Before Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843, he wrote several other Christmas ghost stories. If you look them up, their plots and themes were eerily similar. They all include a man who despises the holidays, and they change by the end of the story.

Christmas in Dickens’ time was unimportant. People rarely took the day off. The Industrial Revolution had a lot to do with that. However, when A Christmas Carol was published, Britain commercialized Christmas. It resembles the holiday we celebrate today. Dickens certainly had a hand in that.

The Decline of Christmas Eve Ghost Stories

Dickens eventually stopped writing Christmas ghost stories, and that contributed to its downfall. In fact, Dickens thought that he killed Christmas and that its ghost was haunting him. You could argue that Dickens was responsible for the sentimental value of Christmas we have today.

The commercialized Christmas we celebrate today in the United States is based on Victorian customs. Christmas cards, Christmas trees, stocking stuffers, caroling…that’s all Victorian England. Of course, their roots being from pagan customs. But, one tradition didn’t come over; ghost stories on Christmas Eve. Today, we get ready for Santa on Christmas Eve instead of gathering around the fireplace telling spooky stories.

When Dickens took a step back from writing Christmas ghost stories, other authors tried to fill in the void. But they didn’t have that panache that Dickens possessed. Those ghost stories didn’t take off like A Christmas Carol.

Why Didn’t This Tradition Come to the United States?

Today, ghosts and ghost stories stay in the month of October. Well, at least traditionally. We don’t see ghosts and spooky decor during November and December. Since some of America’s earliest long-term settlers were Puritans, it’s not shocking that Christmas ghost stories didn’t become popular.

Granted, America had Washington Irving and Edgar Allan Poe. However, their stories are rarely associated with winter, let alone Christmas. Irving tried though. He’s responsible for creating our modern depiction of Santa Claus.

Another piece of this puzzle is the immigration of Irish and Scottish immigrants to America. What exactly did they bring? Well, Halloween.

It is a weird blend of Irish and Catholic traditions with Samhain and All Souls’ Day merged. For years, Halloween was a holiday for the Scots. They actually tried their hardest to disassociate Halloween from ghosts and make it more about Scottish tradition. It didn’t catch on. As we know today, their attempt was unsuccessful. Ghosts and all things spooky eventually transferred to the famous fall holiday.

Popular Christmas Ghost Stories

Did you know that The Turn of the Screw was a Christmas ghost story? Yes, the same Turn of the Screw that Netflix’s The Haunting of Bly Manor is based on. The book by Henry James opens with a group of men telling ghost stories on Christmas Eve.

Another Fun Fact: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven takes place in December. It’s a Christmas ghost story!

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
‘Tis some visitor,’ I muttered, ‘tapping at my chamber door –
Only this and nothing more.’

Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.”

Excerpt from The Raven, 1845

One of the latest pieces of evidence of Christmas ghost stories came from 1915. Since then, it seems the ghosts and spooks of the winter went to Halloween for good.

So, who do we blame? The Puritans and Halloween.

 

Alex Matsuo's Video: EVERYTHING You Need to Know About Krampus!

 A couple of days ago I shared Alex Matsuo's blog called "The Spooky Stuff." She writes amazing blogs AND she publishes great videos about paranormal topics, too.  This one is holiday-themed, but it's about the darker side of the holiday and about Krampus! 

EVERYTHING You Need to Know About Krampus! 

 The Spooky Stuff with Alex Matsuo 

 Merry Yule! Krampus is one of the most popular and beloved Christmas figures of our time. But little is known about this half-goat half-demon figure. Where did Krampus come from? What does he do? How did he become Saint Nicholas’ right hand man? I’ll try to answer these questions as well as dive into how Krampus was almost erased from history not just in medieval times, but also in the 20th century!

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/EruFxDH3DjU

Q&A: Is the Strong Presence I Feel Telling me Not to be at this House?

 Sometimes when you go in a home and there are ashes of someone else's loved one, you may get a bad feeling. Is that a spirit telling you to get out?  Here's the question I received about that recently and my response: 

QUESTION: My girlfriend's husband died 15 years ago, also her father, both the ashes are in the house, she was very close to her husband. I feel a strong presence when I'm here as though his spirit doesn't want me here, or maybe it's just me? 

 MY RESPONSE: Sometimes we can sense negative energy within a house. If her late husband was a jealous man, he could have projected that negativity into the walls of the house. However, since he's passed and crossed over, spirits don't show jealousy, as they become aware of the wrongness of it. I would suggest clearing the home of negative energy with sage (you can get some and light it in a bowl, then blow it out, and walk the smoking sage around the house.

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For more information about negative energy, residual and intelligent hauntings, check out my books Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead and Ghosts and Spirits (and my other 6 books) all available on Amazon.com

Give the Gift of Spirit! - Rob Gutro's 7 books on Amazon in Paperback and Kindle

 If you know anyone who is fascinated by the paranormal- like haunted houses and places with ghosts, or visits from their loved ones in Spirit, OR has lost a pet and wants to see if they're still around, please consider giving the gift of one of my books.   (Summaries of them are below) 

  They're all UNDER $10 and on Amazon.com. They teach people how to recognize signs from people and pets who have passed. They take you to haunted places from England through the United States (places I've visited and had experiences). They explain how ghosts and spirits exist and communicate with the science of energy. They offer ways to help you cope with loss.  - Rob Gutro

So give the gift of spirit this Holiday Season- https://tinyurl.com/vzy7kre

Summaries of Rob's Books

BOOKS

Ghosts and Spirits (2010)

Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead (2011)

Pets and the Afterlife (2014)

Pets and the Afterlife 2 (2016)

Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation (2018)

Kindred Spirits: How a Medium Befriended a Spirit.(2019)

Case Files of Inspired Ghost Tracking (2020)

BOOK SUMMARIES

Ghosts and Spirits

Rob Gutro is a medium on the Inspired Ghost Tracking Team. He has been able to sketch ghosts and get confirmations from residents, and has helped cross ghosts over. The author explains the difference between a ghost and a spirit and how energy is the key to how they exist and communicate with the living. Read how Rob's dad's spirit helped Rob prove to his family his dad was at his wake and funeral. Follow along as he discovers Earth-bound ghosts in historic places and ghost walks. Read how his puppy Buzz proved pets give signs from the afterlife. This is Rob's first book as he was developing his medium abilities and was written to help readers learn to recognize signs and provide a basic understanding. Coincidences don't exist when it comes to spirit.

Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead: Answer Guide to the Paranormal

Medium Rob Gutro's second book is written to answer any questions you may have on the paranormal. In this 2016 revision, six chapters have been added and information on ghosts and spirits updated throughout. Learn the difference between a ghost and a spirit and the energy foundation. Learn lessons spirit want us to know to live better on Earth.

Experience a "Spirit Treasure Hunt" of messages that prove a spirit was with all the members of his family and prove he didn't commit suicide. Meet the ghost of John Wilkes Booth and see photo proof of a ghostly face from a "Double Murder Ghost Investigation."

Experience cemeteries, battlefields and historic places. Learn about spirits of suicide, murder victims, angels and demons, poltergeists, ashes, slow death experiences, how to protect yourself, reincarnation and how infants and animals pass messages to the living. Many questions that you may have about the paranormal and how your love ones are trying to communicate can be found in this comprehensive book.

Pets and the Afterlife (1)

The love we share with our pets never dies, and the author proves our pets do communicate with us from the other side.

Learn how dogs, cats, horses and some birds have the intelligence and ability to send signs to the living after they pass. Take comfort in knowing our pets are around us from time to time and recognize the signs they give. Learn how they wait for us when it’s our time, what a pet’s ashes can do, and the difference between ghosts and spirits. Learn how and why living pets can sense entities. One of the author's dog works a ghost investigation and solves a mystery.

Read how spirits of the author’s 2 dogs and dogs from three other mediums communicated with them from the other side. Read about spirit cats and how a ghostly dog rescued a girl.

The author also volunteers for Dachshund and Weimaraner rescues and has several dogs.

Pets and the Afterlife 2

Pets and the Afterlife 2 will give understanding and comfort to any grieving pet parent. This follow up to Pets and the Afterlife explains how al pets can provide signs from the afterlife, includes messages Rob received and stories from others. These stories show ways dogs and cats are linked to their loved ones on Earth. The personal detail that pets can convey is amazing.

Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation

In author and medium Rob Gutro's new book: Ghosts of England: On a Medium's Vacation, you'll meet the many ghosts Rob encountered during two visits to England that may inspire a visit: *A ghostly screaming queen! *A prince's ghost who haunted Rob's room *A ghostly nobleman who acted as castle tour guide *Several ghosts shared their deathly pain *Friend's spirit sent his look-alike to help *Meet several famous historic ghosts, explore royal palaces, churches, structures, and cities. Come on this personal journey and meet some of the ghosts of England!

Kindred Spirits: When a Medium Befriends a Spirit

It's uncommon for a medium really get know a spirit so well that the living person considers the spirit a best friend. But that's exactly what happened to medium and paranormal investigator Rob Gutro. When Rob met his partner Tom in 2005, Ed's spirit came along for the ride. Rob never knew Ed in life, but Tom did. Now, Ed often communicates to Rob and has revealed his sense of humor, his heart, and helped solved the mystery of his passing. Ed's "Spirit Treasure Hunt" showed his family he's with them, too. Ed even sent a look-alike to rescue Rob during a vacation in England. As you read about this special spirit named Ed and his sometimes funny communications, you'll learn signs your loved ones send. This book will teach you how to be more aware of messages from your loved ones in spirit.

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!