S2 Ep18: Mom is Still Here

About this episode

The episode explores a listener's paranormal experience during the pandemic and discusses themes of grief and skepticism.

In tonight's dead letter, listener Andrew writes in from a quiet little back house in Monterey Park, California — a place that during the early pandemic felt even quieter than usual. He's a self-described skeptic, he disabled the motion sensor on his own bathroom light because it kept tripping on him, or so he thought. But on the worst night of his life, something happened in that house he still can't quite explain. Scott and Forrest also share a few of their own recent stories — alarm clocks, flickering nightlights, dying batteries that turned out to be just dying batteries — about what's mundane and what isn't when grief is fresh. REFERENCE LINKS History of Monterey Park — Official City Website The Tongva (Gabrielino) People — Wikipedia Monterey Park, California — Wikipedia Hello From Heaven by Bill and Judy Guggenheim The ADC Project — After-Death Communication Research Astonishing Legends Ep 101: ARCapalooza! Part 2 Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf — Official Site Anomaly: Paranormal Podcast by Paul Gledhill The Monroe Institute — Founded by Robert Monroe Black Mirror: "White Christmas" — Wikipedia We're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Scott, Forrest

Guest: Andrew

Topics covered

• paranormal experiences
• grief
• skepticism
• personal stories
• after-death communication

Keywords

• paranormal
• Monterey Park
• grief
• skeptic
• after-death communication

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The ADC Project

Books & works: Hello From Heaven, Black Mirror: "White Christmas"

Places: Monterey Park, California

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