Dead Tenants - Episode 3 - "The Unknown Soldier"

We had a lot of fun taping this episode. There were 2 goats that we played with that were so lovable. Whenever we were outside waiting for our turn inside the house, we passed the time by playing with the goats and giggling every second we were with them. I also had fun chasing a family of ducks in the yard. I couldn’t catch-up with them but it was sure fun chasing behind them, but I never got to pet them because they would outsmart me by changing their running pattern. I learned a lot about ducks that weekend. And, of course, there was Maya, the McDonough’s dog, who enjoyed hours of pure contentment being petted by all of us. If I didn’t know Maya was a dog, I would have sworn he was a cat every time I heard him purr as he licked us.

The SKEPTIC

Joanne’s nephew was the skeptic. And I believe that he was the toughest of the skeptics thus far. To be honest with you I did not think I was going to be able to change his opinion even a small degree. He had a strong demeanor that registered to me as one that I would not be able to convince. In fact, I prepared myself mentally for that fact and also tried to tell myself that it was okay if he didn’t budge from his stance about ghosts. His reaction surprised me in the séance. When he started to feel something in the séance, I knew I had help from the other side and mentally thanked God for it. The skeptic’s reaction in this séance surprised me! He had more than the spirits of the soldiers come through him. Unfortunately, all of his reactions did not survive the edit.

Not only did he experience the civil war soldier, but he experienced, Mr. Everett, one of the former owners of the house. Joanne’s nephew had an urge to stand up and make a certain movement. When he stood-up, he motioned as though he was moving something up and down a wall. When the séance was over, we learned that Mr. Everett had a heart attack painting the wall opposite to where(Brian?)sat in the séance circle. The motion that Brain mimicked was a painter moving a paint roller up and down a wall.

MARK

In some ways Mark stole the show because of his strong reactions to his experience. After the séance you couldn’t help but just love Mark. Imagine a VIETNAM VET having to be calmed because of a spirit encounter. And of course, I just loved him being moved to go to church and confession. What a transformation… and he was so sincere. The executive producer called me into the room where the interview was taking place to help calm Mark. Mark kept talking about how “hot” he felt and “how drenched his underwear now was from all the sweating. In his innocent way, he invited the producer and myself to feel how “wet” his underwear had become because of all his sweating. That “ boyish innocence” at that moment just tickled me, as well as his “awe” for the experience.




He marveled over his new “psychic experience” for a long time after we left the area. I presented him with my book, Awakening the Mystic Gift, for him to further his understanding of psychic ability. Joanne told me in a recent conversation that he plans on calling me and was surprised to learn he had not yet called.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GIRL IN THE BATHROOM, THE GANGSTER AND THE WAGON CARRYING A COFFIN?

The Girl in the bathroom

The girl in the bathroom was probably Jenny, someone who once lived there. The narrator mentioned that it probably was the girl who tended to the civil war soldier. However, that family lived in the house after the civil war. The historians found the name Jenny on the deed, as a daughter to someone who lived there. More than likely, it was the girl who the owners saw walk up the stairs. (That mistake was the writer or narrator of the episode). We did not identify the name of the girl who stood over the civil war soldier. It is possible that in spirit Jenny interacts with the civil war soldier even though she didn’t live in that period of time. If a spirit has a consciousness, then that spirit could interact with the other spirits that exist in the same dwelling. So we never identified that spirit.

The wagon

The image of the wagon carrying a coffin in front of the house was not fully addressed in the episode. Mr. Everett loved his horse and wagon. Even though he had a car, he still preferred to drive his horse and wagon. According to the historical data, Mr. Everett’s coffin was paraded in front of the house on a wagon pulled by his horse during his funeral. That is what I saw as a psychic impression that was later confirmed by the historical research. Unfortunately, that part was edited out.

Mr. & Mrs. Everett

Mrs. Everett had Alzheimer’s disease and died a year after Mr., Everett. They had an incredible love for each other. I believe that Mr. Everett stayed close to the earth when he died to still be near his wife. Once he got to the other side, he learned that his wife would soon follow him. Because of his great love for her, he wanted to be there to greet her and to help her to the other side. He probably kept projecting the image of the horse and wagon as a way to keep his wife aware of him. This was stated, but most of the explanation was edited out.

A person suffering from Alzheimer’s is in a state of confusion in the last days of his or her physical existence. A confused state of mind here can make it more difficult for that soul to realize he or she is dead or how to follow the light when they first get to the other side. Most of the time deceased loved ones urge the soul to come to them through the light. When someone in a mental state of confusion dies in that state of mind, a loved one will actually meet them immediately upon death to bring them right through the light, rather than chance a long period of time of them trying to understand where they are and how they can get to God.

THE GANGSTER

My first impression of the area was that of gangsters hiding out in the area during the 1920’s and 30’s.The house was in such an isolated area that I felt it could have been a haven for gangsters at one time.

After all the psychics had already walked through the house, I had a conversation with Joanne and a neighbor friend while sitting on the porch eating Saturday night’s dinner. I told her about my impression. A few minutes later, she remembered some history about the area and excitedly remarked that the area in the 1920’s supposedly was a summer retreat for the gangsters who frequented New York City. Some of the research later done confirmed what she knew. There also was a man who stayed at the boarding house who was very reclusive, but had meetings there with other men who were dressed in suits. This man was later found dead and there was a lot of speculation that his death involved gangsters. Apparently, the area in the 1920’s and 30’s had a history of being a haven for gangsters and so-called “mob figures” during that era.

MY PERSONAL REACTION

For me the image of the civil war soldier dying at my feet triggered off a past life memory. That image and memory took me by complete surprise and shocked me. I could not believe I had such an intense feeling. After all, who wants to cry on national television and have make-up stream down your face and leave black marks under your eyes and down your cheeks?

When the historical data confirmed there had been a civil war soldier found on the property near the swamp, I was overwhelmed with emotion. Our team leader had originally dismissed my impression as wrong, because it didn’t seem possible that a civil war soldier would be that far north. Learning I was correct overwhelmed me and then reinforced my past life memory. For me it was such an intense reaction that I was not prepared for. I felt the sadness so deeply because of my own past life of having my husband or lover die in the civil war. Joanne later told us that every year there is a civil war reenactment in her town to honor the soldiers from there who died in the civil war.

Several years before I explored the paranormal, I visited Charleston, South Carolina with my husband and children. I had such a strong feeling of wanting to move there, but had no idea why. It wasn’t until several years later that I learned about the theory of past lives. My reaction to the civil war soldier brought me back to the memory of my visit to Charleston thirty years ago.