Learn about the Haunted Old Yellow House and More in "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. 
   Learn about the Old Yellow House, a haunted childhood home of IGT founder Margaret Erhlich, and how the ghosts inspired her to form the paranormal team many years later that brought the team into many strange situations. 
   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.     
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"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

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Amazon Author Page: amazon.com/author/robgutro 

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Negative Energy Week: The Smudging Ceremony to Remove Bad Energy

 It's Negative energy week, and in today's blog you'll learn about the art of smudging to clear that energy. 

The following was provided to me by Kathy Schueler - about how to smudge and rid your home of bad energy: 

THE SMUDGING CEREMONY: REMOVE BAD ENERGY WITH SAGE SMOKE

Some of you want to know how to perform a cleansing ceremony with the use of burning sage, also known as "smudging".

A smudge stick is a dried and bundled plant. One can also use loose leaves in smudging, but before we get to the particulars of such a ceremony it will help to have an understanding of the origins of this sacred practice and how it will cleanse, heal, and consecrate an energy field, or thing, or space.

The Origins and History of Smudging:

People commonly credit smudging as being a Native American practice, but the use of rising smoke in spiritual rituals has been practiced across many cultures for thousands of years. The ancient Hindu texts reveal this was practiced 6,000 years ago with the burning of incense. Smoke purification was performed in Egypt, with the burning of aromatic resins for religious ceremonies. It was practiced in Babylonia, Greece, Rome, Japan, Tibet, China, among the ancient Hebrews, and among indigenous tribal cultures around the world, with the native tribes of North America being only a portion. Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, which are an amalgam of pagan beliefs and practices, use incense in religious ceremonies, adapted from the pagan rituals popular when the Christian theocracy was legalized by the pagan-turned-Christian, Roman Emperor Constantine, in 325 AD.

So the use of smoke to purify in a spiritual way is not exclusive to the Native American tradition, although we have them to thank for the wonderful and deeply spiritual practice of burning sage and other sacred plants as a purification practice. This tradition is a very beautiful gift and the most effective method commonly used in spiritual cleansing ceremonies today.

How it Works to Cleanse and Purify:

Smudging is an intrinsic part of shamanism, the world’s oldest medicine. Shamans recognize that every form of life on this planet has a spiritual purpose and a sacred consciousness. They know that plants have invaluable healing properties. Human animals, as it turns out, are not the top rung of creation’s ladder even though we think we are because we have big brains and walk on two feet. All beings, whether plant, animal, or mineral are divine and have sacred right to life; all have something to offer to the manifest “other.”

To approach a smudging ritual and to be effective in cleansing away negative energy, one must be reverent of the plant being used and even the energies being cleansed. All energy is divine at its core, whether Light or Dark. Respect for all life is essential to any smudging that you undertake. If you cannot feel reverent about this sacred practice, don’t do it. Find someone who is spiritually qualified and energetically prepared to do it for you.

Although many different plants can be used for smudging, indigenous American tribes consider four plants to be especially sacred: sage, sweetgrass, tobacco, and cedar. Each plant is considered to have a special function and this can vary by tribe and tradition. While sage is used for purification, sweetgrass is used to bring in positive energies, and its smoke is considered to carry prayers to the Creator.

When to Use Smudge:

-If you are feeling down, negative, stuck, or in a spiritual low place, smudging is an excellent way to change things for the better.
-When your house, your property, or any place or space has been exposed to heavy and negative energies, or painful experiences and even illness, they should be cleansed with smudge.
-When you move into a new location, it should be smudged to cleanse the psychic imprints of previous occupants.
-If you feel the presence of bad energy in your living quarters, or if a solitary room makes you feel bad or uneasy by being in there, it’s time to smudge.
-If you want to create a protective barrier against outside negative influences, such as neighborhood issues, it’s time to smudge.
-If you want to make your prayers stronger and if you want to feel more connected to Spirit, it’s time to smudge.
-If your vehicle has been in a fender-bender or you’ve had a close call in your car, smudge it, inside and out, to remove negative energetic imprints that can attract more negative experiences.
-Cleanse second-hand items with smudge to remove psychic imprints of previous owners.
-You can consecrate and energetically charge your garden by smudging.
-You should smudge to clean yourself and your space before engaging in any psychic contact or spiritual ceremony.
-You can smudge anytime just to connect to a state of spiritual clarity and harmony! Remember, you “clear the air” in your life with the help of sacred smoke!

Sacred sage and other wonderful herbs are Earth Mother’s gift, and once you understand how important a tool they are in your own spiritual welfare you will never be without a supply on hand. They are a fundamental part of your spiritual first-aid kit, given by Creation to heal wounds upon the Soul.

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For more information, check out my books on Amazon.com - all best-sellers and all under $10. Particularly "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead" which is a question and answer-type book to all things paranormal that I've encountered.

 

PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP: 

If you're located in the Maryland/DC area, Inspired Ghost Tracking can help. Email: Inspiredghst@aol.com 

If you're in Virginia, Medium Barb Mallon can assist (www.barbmallon.com). 

If you're in Massachusetts or Rhode Island, Ruthie Larkin (www.beantownmedium.com) can assist.

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For more information, check out my books on Amazon.com - all best-sellers and all under $10. Particularly "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead" which is a question and answer-type book to all things paranormal that I've encountered.

Negative Energy Week: How to Clear Your House of Ghosts and Negative Energy

This is Negative Energy Week, because it plays a big part in the paranormal. In today's blog, you'll read about my suggestions on how to dispel residual negative energy from your home and bring a return to a peaceful environment. 

I received an email about some serious issues occurring in a home where there appears to be an Earth-bound ghost. As I discuss in my books "Ghosts and Spirits" and "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead" if you have an Earthbound ghost in your home they emanate negative emotional energy- causing the living to argue, have anxiety, fear, depression, and impatience. That in turn energizes a ghost, so it's a vicious cycle that needs to be broken by crossing the ghost over.   Since many people have this issue so I thought I would share the advice on how to clear your home. - Rob 

How to Clear Your House of Ghosts and Negative Energy

What I would suggest is the following:

1) Invite a LOT of light in the home

2) paint dark rooms white or bright colors

3) light white candles to invite light and positive energy

4) play soft instrumental music (you can find a relaxation channel on pandora.com for free)

5) TOSS out any objects that you think may have negative energy

6) Clean the house and remove clutter. clutter invites negativity

7) Tell the entities that this is YOUR HOME.  They do NOT belong there and are not welcome. They should cross into the light to be with their loved ones, they do not belong here.  - You can send them to a funeral home or hospital nearby

8) At night, picture yourself and your family surrounded by white light of protection. 

9) Bring in a paranormal team with mediums who can help clear your house.

10) Get sage and either light it to emit smoke, or get it in a spray and spray it in every room. 

 

PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP: 

If you're located in the Maryland/DC area, Inspired Ghost Tracking can help. Email: Inspiredghst@aol.com 

If you're in Virginia, Medium Barb Mallon can assist (www.barbmallon.com). 

If you're in Massachusetts or Rhode Island, Ruthie Larkin (www.beantownmedium.com) can assist.

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For more information, check out my books on Amazon.com - all best-sellers and all under $10. Particularly "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead" which is a question and answer-type book to all things paranormal that I've encountered.

Negative Energy Week: How to Dispel Negative Energy or a Ghostly Attachment

 If you feel drained a lot, feel depressed, angry, or feel negative energy around you, there are steps you can take to dispel it. Whether it be a ghost in your house, a ghost who has attached him or herself to you, or negative energy that you absorbed. Here's how to get rid of it:

    It would be beneficial to start doing things to invite light, positive energy and optimism into your life to dispel it. The attachment seems drawn to the negativity like a magnet.
   BRIGHTEN UP! - I would suggest that you brighten your living environment, remove negative people from your life, play quieter, calming music, sage your house and bring in more light.
  LOOK AT LITTLE THINGS TO FIND GOOD - Focus on small things that make you happy- even a good cup of coffee or an easy traffic day.
  The positive change will repel the negative energy. Negative energy depresses people can be changed by focusing on good things, even small, good things.
  MEDITATE -   You should meditate, have all the lights on around, candles to invite more light, soft music (instrumental), and tell the energy to leave your body.
AN EXERCISE TO RID THE ENERGY FROM YOUR HOME -
    Picture the energy wrapping up into a tornado-like vortex, and then imagine it spinning out of the house through a window. Then imagine the window and all the windows of your house being sealed with light as a barrier. He can also protect yourself  further by picturing that white light around him as a "suit of armor."

Negative Energy Week: Understanding, Coping and Cleansing

I am bringing this series back because there has been a big call for it! 

 As a paranormal investigator and medium, I've encountered a lot of negative energy. In the paranormal field paranormal energy can be residual or an intelligent haunt. In this week's SERIES of blogs, I'll cover different aspects of Negative Energy encountered in the paranormal field.

Residual energy is created by emotions of living people or animals. If the living being expressed angry, disappointment, anxiety, irritation, depression or fear in a building, those emotions will be impressed upon the walls of the room or throughout the entire structure. 

When a living person enters that structure or room, the walls emanate that negative emotional energy and if the living person is sensitive, they feel it. The negative energy can make them angry, disappointed, anxious, irritated, depressed or even fearful.  

Intelligent negative energy is basically a ghost with a bad attitude. Spirits who cross over, usually heal on the other side in the light, but earthbound ghosts maintain the very bad parts of their personality. For example, those would be people who were violent, killers, rapists, thieves, and mentally unstable. As such, if there is a ghost with a bad attitude in your home or wherever you go, they will emanate that negative energy and you'll be physically or mentally affected. That's why if you have a ghost in your home, you need to help cross them over. 

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For more information, check out my books on Amazon.com - all best-sellers and all under $10. Particularly "Lessons Learned from Talking to the Dead" which is a question and answer-type book to all things paranormal that I've encountered.

NEW SERVICE! Send a Personalized Copy of Pets and the Afterlife 1, 2 or 3 to your grieving friend

  We often feel helpless when one of our family members, friends or co-workers lose a pet. I've received many requests to offer personalized Pets and the Afterlife books to send to those grieving people and help them understand the signs from our pets on the other side. 

 So, I'm announcing a NEW SERVICE! Send a Personalized Copy of Pets and the Afterlife 1, 2 or 3 to your grieving friend to help them through the loss of their fur kid. 

 Here’s How: 

 EMAIL ME: at Rgutro@gmail.com Send me their name and address. (and YOUR name) INCLUDE: The pet’s name and if a dog, cat, horse, etc. 

HOW TO PAY: Send $15.00 to me via Paypal.com at Rgutro.com 

BOOKS WILL BE MAILED WITHIN 2 DAYS via Media Mail, 

ALSO INCLUDED:  I will include a card telling them the gift is from you.

Haunted Hotels in Wales: Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel

The Travel Channel put together a list of the top 10 haunted hotels in Wales, and over the next several
weeks you'll read about them! I also had the pleasure of visiting England and you can read about my encounters with the ghosts there in my book "Ghosts of England on a Medium's Vacation," available on Amazon.  Here's this week's haunting: 

Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel

Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel specializes in selling short getaway packages complete with tribute band entertainment. While there are renovated rooms on the grounds, ghost hunters aren’t likely to experience any of the castle’s many paranormal stories without staying in the castle itself. Built in 1460, it underwent renovation in the 1800s during which time a skeleton is said to have been found in a wall near a chimney. Said skeleton is believed to remain in the castle’s wall. It’s unknown whose body it belonged to, and there are numerous ghosts who make appearances. There’s the Blue Lady who’s fond of the Sculpture Gallery and kitchen; the WWI solider who stuck around long after the castle served as a hospital; and the Cellar Man, who’s horror movie nickname is apt for a poltergeist that lives in the cellar and likes to pull women’s hair. Guests might not encounter him, but they might see the others, along with two Victorian girls who are drawn to the Toy Room.

TONIGHT! **LIVE INTERVIEW** Sat. March 27, 11p ET - Dr. Grimmy’s Medicine Show Talks with Rob about Paranormal Cases

 **TONIGHT!! Listen live to Rob's return to the Dr. Grimmy show**

Sat. March 27, (11p-1am ET) 9-11pm MT - - Dr. Grimmy’s Medicine Show welcomes back Rob Gutro to Discuss his recent book Case Files of Inspired Ghost Tracking. Live on AM 1640 (Salt Lake City, Utah, www.ktalkmedia.comwww.ktalkmedia.com and www.facebook.com/latenighttalkradio/

Haunted Trails #1 - Bloody Lane Trail, Maryland

The Travel channel did a feature about Haunted Trails, and this is the first installment. The Bloody Lane Trail in Maryland.

Bloody Lane Trail, Maryland

This 1.5-mile trail in Antietam National Battlefield was the site of one of the deadliest Civil War battles in 1862. As a result, visitors report seeing ghostly soldiers both day and night. Many soldiers are buried around Burnside’s Bridge, and phenomena include witnessing balls of blue light, hearing drumming, gunfire and battlefield songs and smelling gunpowder.

ABOUT THE BATTLEFIELD (Now a National Park): The Bloodiest Day in American History--Hope for Freedom 23,000 soldiers were killed, wounded or missing after twelve hours of savage combat on September 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's first invasion into the North and led Abraham Lincoln to issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.  More information: https://www.nps.gov/anti/index.htm

For Rob Gutro's books about the ghosts he encountered, visit: www.robgutro.com

Max and Shelby Lead a Mom to her Next Dog Adoption

 In January, 2021, the story of a beautiful Doberman pincher name Max was published in my  book Pets and the Afterlife 3: Messages from Spirit Dogs. Two months later, Max’s mom, Dani, wrote me to tell me about how Max and her other dog, Shelby, also in spirit, led her to the next dog she would adopt.

 That’s one of the ways that pets let us know they are still very much around. They pick out the best dog, cat, horse or bird for us to adopt. They also come back and help train the new pet to be good for their parent, and they train them to do some of the things they used to do when they were in the physical. So, you’ll likely see your new dog or cat doing one of the things your dog or cat in spirit used to do. That’s just proof that your pet in spirit is training them and is still very much around.

 Dani is a portrait artist at Dani Renee Portrait Art (danireneeportraits.com) and has been a Doberman mom for many years.

On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 3:38 PM Dani wrote me and said, “I just received the new book to see my special boy and so many others.” 

“They say your last one will bring you your next one . . . on Oct. 9th 2020 I brought home my new baby girl who is Max and Shelby's great niece.” 

 “I kept having a recurring dream, beginning before Shelby passed in Oct. of 2019, where I was holding a puppy and asking who she was and in my dream Shelby and Max kept saying, ‘She's yours mom, and her name is Vera.’”

(Photo: Vera. Credit: Dani Renee Portrait Art,  www.danireneeportraits.com)

 “After having this dream multiple times over the course of a year I looked it up and Vera means true faith.  Baby Vera was born on 8/12/20, Shelby and Max were born 12/2/08 . . . same numbers different order.  She came home exactly a year after losing Shelby.  I believe in furry angels.”

 There are so many things going on here. First, the dream was a wonderful sign. Second, Vera's name is unmistakably a gift. Third, the same numbers in the birthdates (in a different order) is another remarkable sign, and fourth, bringing Vera home 1 year to the day of losing Shelby is another amazing sign.

 Shelby and Max were working overtime to let Dani know they're around and helped pick Vera out, too. So, keep this in mind if you have a furkid on the other side and are considering adopting. Spirit will have a hand in bringing the pet to you that they want you to adopt!

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Dani is an incredibly talented portrait artist, and here is her information:

Dani Renee Portrait Art dani@danireneeportraits.com

www.danireneeportraits.com 978-855-2587 

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