A Happy Holiday Story - In Spirit!

    Whichever holiday you're celebrating this season, just know that your loved ones in spirit (people or pets) are likely around you. Whether in the smell of a baked pie that brings back a memory of your grandmother, or certain ornament that you take out that reminds you of a brother or sister you're missing, or a song that reminds you of your parents. When you see, smell or hear it, they're likely there with you.
   I was listening to one of my favorite Christmas music CDs, and heard Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers singing "(I'll be Home) With Bells On" and it reminded me of the one year I wrote up the lyrics to the song and sang it with my mom and dad (who have since passed). After my brothers and their significant others departed for the day, I took a tape player (yes, tape in 1996) and put it on the living room table once the dessert dishes were cleared. I handed them the sheet of lyrics and played the tape. We all "attempted" to sing it - and although it wasn't a stellar on-key performance, it was fun and memorable.
   This month, when the song came on, I could hear my parents singing in the background and I felt they joined me in the car. Spirits are around us, especially on the holidays.
   As an extra, I'm sharing the video of the song here.
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy New Year, Happy Ramadan- whatever you're celebrating - celebrate life and spirit!
VIDEO: http://youtu.be/Wmx-fci6OyU\

Santa Brought Our Foster Dog Mack to a Forever Home !

   This blog isn't ghost or spirit related, but because we work with dachshund and weimaraner rescues and foster- this is a great story for the holidays. (and it's relevant because I wrote Pets and the Afterlife)

On Saturday, Dec. 20, Santa brought our little 11 year old black and tan, mini-dachshund foster dog named Mack, to his forever home. We had been fostering little Mack for about 2 months through Coast-to-Coast Dachshund Rescue.
     His new parents adopted him yesterday after we did a home visit, checked references and brought Mack to their home. They have two other dachshunds who are both younger and very well cared for.
     We've grown fond of the little guy, as we do with our foster dogs, but it's more important that the go to a good home so we can continue helping save more little guys and girls.
    On Dec. 7, we took Mack to get his picture with Santa and tell Santa what he'd like for Christmas. We're thankful that Santa was able to come through. We're very excited that Mack got what he asked Santa for this year- a forever home!
  For more information about other adoptable dogs from Coast-to-Coast Dachshund rescue, visit: www.c2cdr.org.  

Radio Lab Podcast: Haunted

Thursday, October 30, 2014

   Radiolab, with Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, is a radio show and podcast weaving stories and science into sound and music-rich documentaries. 
 Radio Lab presented a podcast about a haunted house, that you may enjoy hearing about a house with some paranormal activity....
     ABOUT THE PODCAST  Dennis Conrow was stuck. After a brief stint at college, he’d passed most of his 20’s back home with his parents, sleeping in his childhood room. And just when he finally struck out on his own, fate intervened. He lost both his parents to cancer. So Dennis was left, back in the house, alone. Until one night when a group of paranormal investigators showed up at his door and made him realize what it really means for a house, or a man, to be haunted.

 PODCAST LINK: http://www.radiolab.org/story/haunted/

Q&A: Why do only some pets come through or send signs while other don’t?

Recently I received this great question via email: 

       Q:  Why do only some pets come through or send signs while other don’t? What would you tell someone who is desperately trying to reach their pet on the other side to no avail?

A: Pets, like people, only come through with signs when they have something to tell us. People and pets usually return around the times of birthdays, anniversaries or holidays, too -either theirs or ours. They all give us signs - we just miss them, which is why I wrote the books to educate people on how to see them! 

 

Grief blocks out signs. When we are grieving and desperate to see something, we tend to dismiss things for something more "concrete." Spirits and ghosts use subtle signs because it takes a lot of energy for them to communicate. If people are sick with grief, that's when they should rely on a medium. They should also take comfort in knowing spirits come around from time to time, they're not always with us. 

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Want to learn about how Pets communicate from the other side?
 PETS AND THE AFTERLIFE by Rob Gutro: The loss of a pet is like the loss of a child to pet owners. The love we share with our pets never dies, and in a new book called "Pets and the Afterlife" by Rob Gutro, the author provides proof that our pets do communicate with us from the other side.    Available in paperback and E-book, on Amazon.com and other outlets at: To order paperback of Kindle- click here  

Gift Ideas for the Holidays: Medium Readings and Book Readings!

If you or someone you know lost someone they love recently or many years ago, why not give the gift of Spirit this year? 
  There are 2 Types of "Reading" you can give- one by a professional psychic medium like Ruthie Larkin or Barb Mallon - or one of my books about how ghosts and spirits communicate with the living. 

Medium Ruthie Larkin

  Here are the details on all of them!






1) Give a Gift of a Psychic Reading or a Reiki Healing Session with Medium Ruthie Larkin (the Beantown Medium):  Gift certificates are available for private sessions: http://www.beantownmedium.com/

Medium Barb Mallon

2) Give a Gift of a Psychic Reading with Medium Barb Mallon at  http://www.barbmallon.com/
For Gift Certificates: http://www.barbmallon.com/#!store/ctm6

3) Or any of Rob Gutro's books on Spirits and Ghosts:  http://www.amazon.com - Rob Gutro's Author Page
a) Pets and the Afterlife (2014) - How pets communicate from the other side, and why they're able to see spirits, a dog's ghost investigation, 3 mediums and their spirit dog communications and more
b) Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead (2012) - Answers to questions you may

Author/medium Rob Gutro

have about how spirits and ghosts communicate; the author's experiences on ghost investigations (with picture proof of a ghost); An amazing treasure-hunt like journey in Mediumship proving messages and more
c) Ghosts and Spirits (2010) - The author's first book. Journey with him as he begins developing his abilities in haunted places, and messages from his dad's spirit and his puppy's spirit and more. 

My Encounters With Some Ghosts of Gettysburg

woman in period dress

Gettysburg National Cemetery

Over the summer I visited Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to experience the history of the civil war. In addition to the history there, there's a lot of residual energy left behind by the extreme emotions during the battles. There are also some intelligent haunts - that is, ghosts that can interact with you and answer questions.

WHAT IS GETTYSBURG NATIONAL PARK? 

Gettysburg National Park is managed by the National Park Service and has a great museum with countless artifacts found on the battlefields, and monuments erected to every regiment of Union and Confederate soldiers placed over miles of countryside. For the National Park Service Website (hours, info, tours, directions): http://www.nps.gov/gett/index.htm

The location of the Gettysburg Address

ABOUT THE BATTLE:    The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion", Gettysburg was the Civil War's bloodiest battle. The  Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, ending Lee's attempt to invade the North.

CASUALTIES:   Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers from both armies were casualties in the three-day battle.

A Confederate Soldier Walks the Grounds

GETTYSBURG NATIONAL CEMETERY  -  On November 19, President Lincoln used the dedication ceremony for the Gettysburg National Cemetery to honor the fallen Union soldiers and redefine the purpose of the war in his historic Gettysburg Address.  We toured the cemetery and saw the spot where President Lincoln gave the famous address.

GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS:   As a Medium, I sense energy from people who passed and can communicate with them (if they're intelligent hauntings). During my recent trip to Gettysburg, PA- the emotional energy left behind from the soldiers going into battle was overwhelming and gave me a whopping headache. The battlefields are said to be some of the most haunted areas in the state.  

Many unidentified bodies buried here

   I developed a massive headache as we approached the town. It was like standing in a stadium packed with people who were all shouting at me. It was overwhelming. The anxiety, fear, nervousness, pride, aggressiveness, passion - all of these feelings from soldiers who battled there, and died on the battlefield linger. Some of it was residual, like an emotional thumbprint. There were actual ghosts there, though- intelligent ghosts of men that still lingered.  


 
MY SHORT VIDEO OF GETTYSBURG NATIONAL CEMETERY AND GHOSTLY HEADACHES
LINK TO video  http://youtu.be/G7smk5akLkE

Watch on You Tube: My interview on Paranormal Zone TV!

If you missed my interview with Norene of Paranormal Zone TV on Thursday, Dec. 11, you can see it and hear it here on YouTube! (It's 67 minutes long). Noreen's show is titled:   Are Ghosts and Spirits Real
Reviews from people who listened live: 
Susan Yee Just listened to the interview! Great show.....great information!
Clarinda Espinoza It was a great show! The both of you are fantastic!

Streamed live on Dec 11, 2014

Ghost or Spirit? What is the difference between Earth-bound ghosts and spirits who cross over in medium Rob Gutro's first book. Rob is a meteorologist who uses science to explain their existence and communications. He wrote this book to give hope to others who lost people or pets. In this very personal book, read about how his father passed and gave messages during his funeral to prove he was still there. Share in Rob's adventures with the dead as he explores his abilities and gives proof they still exist. Read how spirits watch over and guide us. Rob was inspired to write this book after a puppy he had was tragically killed in an accident. The puppy's spirit returned many times, as many pets do. Rob explains and gives examples of messages from pets who have passed on. Walk in historic places, on ghost walks and in various locations where ghosts or spirits were encountered. Read about ghostly or spirit encounters from others around the U.S. and learn how to recognize signs yourself. Rob takes you on a detailed journey inside a haunted house where he resided, and shows you the ghostly face of a cruel southern General on a building in Savannah, who was responsible for his own daughter's death. Learn some ways people and pets can give you signs: from a heart of flowers, to music, electricity, apports, appearances, temperature changes and more. Rob wrote this book to offer comfort for anyone who lost someone dear to them, and provide proof that our departed loved ones are still around us, guiding. influencing, protecting us and helping teach us lessons. Also available by Rob Gutro: Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djYbeQINrPg#t=317

Check out my book related to this interview:

LESSONS LEARNED FROM TALKING TO THE DEAD: Follow Rob on a treasure-hunt-style journey in Virginia as he and others try to explain what appear to be random and obscure words, signs and symbols from a spirit, that all wind up being intensely personal to the spirit.Explore the science behind how they communicate. Learn how to receive their messages, where they appear, and important messages in how to live your life. Rob takes you into cemeteries, battlefields, and historic places. You’ll see what happens to victims of suicide and murders, and how infants and animals pass messages to the living. Featuring: Inspired Ghost Tracking and mediums Barb Mallon, Troy Cline and Ruth Larkin. 

Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead for $8.99 paperback and $2.99 E-bookon AMAZON:http://tinyurl.com/q3bhgdeor to Purchase from the CreateSpace eStore:https://www.createspace.com/3824548