Ten Most Bizarre Cemeteries: #8 Hanging Coffins of Sagada, Philippines

Today's blog will tell you about one of the 10 Most Bizarre Cemeteries In The World Recently
TheTravel.com did a series on the top 10, and I'm sharing them again here. BTW, cemeteries aren't haunted. Earth bound ghosts who chose to stay, stay at places they knew in life, a place where they died, lived or liked. However, spirits who have crossed over can come back and visit living people in cemeteries. Now, on to the bizarre cemetery of the day...

Hanging Coffins of Sagada, Philippines

Forget being buried, why not have your coffin strung up on the side of a cliff? The people of Sagada have been practicing this tradition for thousands of years. The elderly usually built their own coffins, and after their death, their coffin is hung on a cliff face or inside a tall cave, due to their belief that the higher your body is placed after death, the better chance of your soul reaching a higher place.

Sagada is located in Mountain Province on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, and there is a certain degree of difficulty in reaching it, but it is accessible outside of the rainy season.

SOURCE: https://www.thetravel.com/bizarre-cemeteries-you-need-to-see/

A 5 Star Book Review I like for "Kindred Spirits: How a Medium Befriended a Spirit"

Book reviews mean a lot to authors on AmazonCom and it's encouraging to find people who are moved by your writings, inspired or have learned something. Here's a book review that was just posted on my latest book "Kindred Spirits: How a Medium Befriended a Spirit":

Cole reviewed Kindred Spirits: How a Spirit Befriended a Medium  This book is everything you want and more. December 4, 2019 The title immediately grabbed my attention. As someone who believes in Spirit and supernatural. Knowing that someone has befriended a spirit completely intrigued. First I want to start off by saying is the book is for everyone to read, old or young. Skeptics or believers. It is put together in a very accessible way. While reading you do not feel like Rob is talking at you, it feels like he is in the room with you, talking face to face. He breaks down things is such a profound way that makes is very easy to understand. The book feels like an old friend taking your hand and walking you through very complex topics, in a manageable way. It has opened my mind to the possibly of people who have passed being around me. I thoroughly enjoyed every page. I shared a laugh, cry and love with the writer. If you are looking for a good read, please read. You will not be disappointed.

A Fascinating Interview with Paranormal Soup You Tube Channel.

If you missed my 3 hour you tube interview  with Jason Bland and friends on Paranormal Soup You Tube Channel from 11pm EST on Dec. 29 until 2am Dec. 30, 2019, you can see it here! .  The interview covered my books on Pets in the Afterlife, Kindred Spirits and Ghosts of England!
VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/MBgWjk_Jn-I

Short Video: Weird Norfolk, UK - The Phantom Rabbit of Thetford Warren Lodge

Today's Short Video from Weird Norfolk, UK tells you about The Phantom Rabbit of Thetford Warren Lodge

ABOUT THE LODGE: This isolated lodge was probably built about 1400 by the prior of Our Lady’s Priory, Thetford.The prior had the right of free warren – a license from the king to hunt small game – and the area would have been an obvious target for armed poachers. The many defensive features incorporated into his lodge show that the prior took this threat seriously.

Weird Norfolk delves into our county's best local legends and secrets. From spooky churches to big black dogs this is the place to come to remind yourself of the best forgotten folklore... 
Video: https://youtu.be/GETaXldCShQ 

 If you like hauntings about England, read about MY personal experiences and learn History! -One of my books is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" and is all about the various ghosts I met when I took 2 vacations in England. Available on Amazon.com: 

Tonight! Dec. 29 at 11:30pm EST Rob's Live interview on Paranormal Soup Radio

I have a LIVE INTERVIEW TONIGHT on Sunday/Mon. Dec 29 11:30 pm EST to 2 am EST with Jason Bland, host of Paranormal Soup Radio!  I have been Jason's guest before and really enjoy talking with him. His show is really interesting.  I'll be talking about my new book "Kindred Spirits." - Rob Gutro

Here are the links for the streams on Facebook and YouTube

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https://youtu.be/MBgWjk_Jn-I

LISTEN - On Spreaker. www.paranormalsoup.com/\

ABOUT PARANORMAL SOUP RADIO 

Watch every Sunday night 10pm-1am CT we will be broadcasting live on our Facebook Page Midwest Paranormal Presents Paranormal Soup and on our YouTube Channel Jason Bland Paranormal Soup.
     Hosted by Jason Bland Jason has been a paranormal investigator since 2008 and started doing Paranormal Soup in 2015 to provide a show with an open forum for the paranormal. Bringing the best guests, performing live paranormal experiments on air, and covering the latest in paranormal news and evidence with the Worldwide Web of Weird news segment;
      Paranormal Soup is bringing the Weird every Sunday night! Watch Live every Sunday night 10pm-1am CST 11pm-2am EST
 Watch the show Live on our Facebook Page!

What are Rob Gutro's 6 Books About?

I'm a medium and a paranormal investigator, who has been able to communicate with those who passed since I was 13 years old. Since 2005, when my puppy passed, I've been able to also communicate with pets in the afterlife. I've written 6 books about my adventures with people and animals from the other side, whether Earthbound Ghosts or Spirits who have crossed over. 

Here is a list of my books and a brief look at the topics" 
1) Ghosts and Spirits" - An intro to ghosts (Earth Bound) and Spirits (crossed over) - Many stories of both, including how my Dad helped me proved to my own family he was at his services... and haunted places from Maryland to Savannah, Georgia! 
 2)  "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead,"  - An ALL-answer guide to the paranormal, including haunted places I've visited,and a "Double Murder Ghost Investigation" 
 3) "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation," - the ghosts I encountered while vacationing in England!  
4) Kindred Spirits: How a Medium Befriended a Spirit"  - How I befriended a spirit who has been communicating with me for 14 years! ALL  teach others how ghosts and Spirits communicate with the living and to give proof of the afterlife.   
5 and 6)  2 books called "Pets and the Afterlife" and "Pets and the Afterlife 2 "- how pets communicate from the other side. 

War of the Worlds – Big Seance Podcast #154

If you've never heard the famous War of the Worlds October 30, 1938 broadcast from Orson Wells you need to listen to my friend Patrick Keller's podcast with a re-broadcast of it. "The War of the Worlds" is an episode of the American radio drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds that was originally published in 1898! The show was done in a news style that made it believable as real occurrences and caused somewhat of a panic to people who tuned into the show late. Here's Patrick's podcast including the re-broadcast.

– Big Seance Podcast #154

SUMMARY:   Looking back on the 1938 War of the Worlds radio drama broadcast by The Mercury Theatre on the Air, which was directed and narrated by Orson Welles as an adaptation of H.G. Wells’s novel from 1898. It was broadcast over the CBS radio network and caused panic all over the country!

A Simple Sign from Sprite's Spirit on his Birthday

Sprite in 2011

I got a sign from our dog Sprite (who passed in 2013) that he was around on his birthday!

If you've read either of my "Pets and the Afterlife" books, you understand that pets in spirit can send subtle messages to let us know they're around during birthdays (theirs or yours), anniversaries (adoption, passing, etc.) or even holidays. They know these times because when they are alive in the physical they can read our emotional energy levels and know those dates are special times. When they're in spirit, they can also read that energy, so they know enough to return to us at those times to let us know they are still around us. That said, our dog Sprite, who passed in 2013 gave me a subtle sign this year, 2019, on what would have been his birthday, Dec. 23. 

Sprite was a dachshund who passed away on July 8, 2013 at 16 1/2 years old.  Sprite was a funny little guy, who liked to keep to himself and didn't play with toys (he came to us from the rescue just before he turned 14 and wound up have several surgeries and 22 rotted teeth removed). Sprite loved our other dogs, Dolly, Franklin and was getting accustomed to Tyler (who was young at the time).  

Because he had most of his teeth removed, he found it difficult to eat his food from a bowl, so we bought him a small, square dish that was flat with slightly elevated/angled ridges around it. When Sprite passed, my friend Troy, a medium, told me that Sprite wanted us to keep his dish and use it for our food. So, I did.

Sprite's special dish (with a chip in it)

Yesterday, on Dec. 23rd, I quickly needed to get a small dish to prevent a spill in the kitchen, so I flung open the cabinet and grabbed the first dish. It was Sprite's special square dish!  
   I realized immediately that it was his birthday, and the he directed me to open the cabinet and grab his dish as a reminder he is still very much with us. That's how spirit works. Even something as subtle and simple as a dish can be a sign. 

To read Sprite's story and how he came to 2 other mediums with the same message, and to learn many ways that your pets can send signs, read "Pets and the Afterlife" by Rob Gutro on Amazon.com (Under $9 paperback /$2,99 kindle. 
  

Ten Most Bizarre Cemeteries: #7 Xcaret Cemetery, Mexico

Today's blog will tell you about one of the 10 Most Bizarre Cemeteries In The World Recently
TheTravel.com did a series on the top 10, and I'm sharing them again here. BTW, cemeteries aren't haunted. Earth bound ghosts who chose to stay, stay at places they knew in life, a place where they died, lived or liked. However, spirits who have crossed over can come back and visit living people in cemeteries. Now, on to the bizarre cemetery of the day...
 

Xcaret Cemetery, Mexico

The eerily cheerful Xcaret Cemetery is located within an amusement park, of all places. In the downtime between snorkeling and exploring Mayan ruins, you can take a walk through a traditional Mexican cemetery, rich in folk art from pre- and postcolonial Mexico.

To honor the Mayan belief of communication with gods via conch shell, the cemetery is built into a spiral. It is also constructed in accordance with the Gregorian Calendar and has seven levels representing days of the week, 52 steps representing weeks in a year, and 365 individual tombs for the days in a year.



SOURCE: https://www.thetravel.com/bizarre-cemeteries-you-need-to-see/

 

Short Video: Weird Norfolk, UK: The haunting of Hardley crossroads

In today's Short Video: Weird Norfolk, UK explains The haunting of Hardley crossroads. When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out contagion, the witching time of night is when the spectral woman appears, clad in red and seemingly tethered to the remains of a cross-stone which once towered over this lonely patch of Norfolk.
Video:
https://youtu.be/GppyF_KrFhY 

 If you like hauntings about England, read about MY personal experiences and learn History! -One of my books is called "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation" and is all about the various ghosts I met when I took 2 vacations in England. Available on Amazon.com: