{"id":83245,"date":"2018-10-18T16:09:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T23:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=83245"},"modified":"2018-10-18T16:09:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T23:09:51","slug":"talking-to-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=83245","title":{"rendered":"Talking to the Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

This blog written by Jeff Brailey was downloaded on 13 October 2018 from the following website: http:\/\/novemberghosts.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/talking-to-dead.html<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, May 7, 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n

Talking to the Dead<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\n

By Jeff Brailey<\/p>\n

A frozen rain and snow mix covered the ground as I left the house. For a moment, I toyed with the idea of blowing off the 140-mile road trip to Florence, Kentucky. I could think of a dozen reasons to jump back into bed and only one reason to brave the winter weather \u2013 curiosity.<\/p>\n

I opened the car door, adjusted the seat and turned the ignition. Suddenly the distinctive voice of Gordon Lightfoot flowed from my radio speakers. \u201cIf you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts could tell, just like an old time movie, \u2018bout a ghost from a wishing well\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

The hair on the nape of my neck stood up and that song cinched it. Even a blizzard couldn\u2019t keep me from receiving my first psychic reading.<\/p>\n

About four weeks earlier I emailed an Indianapolis psychic requesting an interview for an article I was thinking of writing. It took her two weeks to reply and when she did it was to ask questions about the nature of the proposed article.<\/p>\n

I wrote back that with renewed interest in psychic phenomenon, evidenced by the Court TV show Psychic Detective and the new hit NBC series, Medium, I thought readers might be interested in her work.<\/p>\n

Within a few days the psychic sent me a rather terse email stating she was not seeking media attention at this time. A couple of days later came the invitation to the reading Gordon Lightfoot convinced me to attend.<\/p>\n

My Indianapolis psychic and a Kentucky counterpart were holding a reading for around six or eight people in Kentucky and since I had expressed interest in their work, I was invited to receive a free reading. Because the two women have no desire whatsoever for media attention, I\u2019ll call them Beverly from Indy and Jan from Kentucky.<\/p>\n

I arrived in Florence about an hour and a half before the scheduled group reading. I stopped in a strip mall parking lot and pulled out the email directions and phone number Jan had sent me. Large snowflakes fell as I dialed.<\/p>\n

A vibrant cheery \u201cHello\u201d filled my ear.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs this Jan?\u201d I inquired.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes Jeff, it\u2019s me.\u201d<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t ask how she knew it was me. I told the friendly psychic I arrived a bit early and asked if she would mind if I came over. She said, \u201cI wish you would.\u201d<\/p>\n

I arrived at Jan\u2019s comfortable condo about five minutes later, meeting her husband who introduced me to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m glad you\u2019re here,\u201d Jan said shaking my hand, \u201cYour father has been here all morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father!\u201d I said shocked. \u201cAre you sure?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, he says he\u2019s your father, Jan laughed.<\/p>\n

When Jan is scheduled to do readings, she prays about each individual she will read that day. When she prayed my name she said my father immediately came through. She described him as being tall, very energetic and a fast talker. I concurred with her description.<\/p>\n

We agreed to wait for Beverly to arrive from Indianapolis before starting the reading. I sat down and gathered my thoughts.<\/p>\n

My father was actually the last person I thought would contact me from the Great Beyond. He passed away 41 years before. We were not particularly close. His sudden death had a profoundly negative affect on the relationship between my younger brother and me.<\/p>\n

We chatted for a while and when Beverly arrived, introductions were performed and Jan told her about my pushy father. Beverly went to freshen up as other guests arrived for the reading.<\/p>\n

Since my father had been waiting the longest, mine was the first reading. What I heard from Jan and Beverly caused a dam in my brain to burst and my emotions came out as forcefully as a flash flood. They revealed information no one but my family members are aware of.<\/p>\n

For example, Beverly said, \u201cIt was his heart and it happened at home very suddenly and you were not there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYour father loves you, although he didn\u2019t always tell you, he\u2019s telling you now,\u201d she continued.
\nJan chimed in, \u201cHe\u2019s talking so fast. Slow down, we\u2019ll be here, we aren\u2019t going anywhere.\u201d Then to me, \u201cYou have two fathers or another man you consider your father.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, my step dad\u201d I replied.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe and your dad were friends before he crossed over,\u201d she accurately reported. I had known Jerry since I was a little kid. He married my mom four years after my father passed away.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are together,\u201d both psychics said with laughs, \u201cThey were pranksters in life and are a couple of pranksters there too.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was true. Dad was one of the world\u2019s great practical jokers and when he got together with his friends, especially Jerry, it was usually pandemonium.<\/p>\n

I thought nothing could shock me anymore but what came out of Jan\u2019s mouth next floored me. \u201cTell your mother they are together and they all will be together when she crosses over, just as they will be together in death.\u201d<\/p>\n

I never told anyone about the gravesite where my father and step father are interred. A stately granite stone sits in the middle of the plot. My father is buried on the front side and Jerry is on the back side. Mom will share the plot with them when she passes.<\/p>\n

There were quite a few more revelations that validated that my father contacted me from beyond the grave. An uncle, a nephew and a cousin came through. Jan and Beverly told me things I thought no one in Indiana or Kentucky could know about my family and me.<\/p>\n

The reading continued with each person in attendance affirming the presence of a loved one who had crossed over. Some of their revelations were as shocking to them as mine were to me.<\/p>\n

I have begun reevaluating my beliefs about eternity and life after death. My experience was not spooky or scary. In fact, it was reassuring and comforting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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