S4 Ep1: Induced After Death Communication
From Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf by Astonishing Legends Productions
January 30, 2026 · 1h 9m · Season 4 · Episode 1
About this episode
Richard explores the concept of Induced After Death Communication as described by Dr. Allan L. Botkin in the context of personal grief and loss.
“ Nothing in my formal training prepared me for the events described in this book. What I discovered defied everything I knew about treating patients suffering from grief and trauma, and it took me into an unfamiliar realm of human experience. I and about 200 other trained psychotherapists have induced thousands of after death communications. It appears to work with nearly everyone, nearly all of the time.” – Dr. Allan L. Botkin, author of Induced After Death Communication What if communication with the dead was no longer a spontaneous occurrence but rather something anyone could access any time they liked? In 1995, Dr. Allan Botkin chanced upon a treatment for grief and loss that appeared to deliver exactly that. Botkin’s method is called “Induced After Death Communication” – and it is currently being practiced all over the world. But is it true communication with the spirits of the dead -- or something else entirely? Richard grapples with this question as he reads Dr. Botkin’s book in the aftermath of his mother’s death. How does one process grief when the relationship being grieved is “complicated” at best? And how can you trust a supernatural event that can be accessed as…
People in this episode
Host: Richard
Topics covered
- grief
- after death communication
- psychotherapy
- supernatural
- loss
- healing
Keywords
- grief
- after death communication
- Dr. Allan L. Botkin
- psychotherapy
- supernatural
- loss
- healing
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Induced After Death Communication
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