Beyond Death, Ghosts & Other Mysteries

Is Demonic Possession Real

2011-01-28T13:30:00.002-07:00

There are many cultures and religions that still believe in demonic possession. While I don’t believe that a ghost could possess someone’s body, I do think that they can influence someone’s behavior without that person realizing it. Demonic possession is different; theoretically demons are not the same as ghosts because they have never been born into a body. Today the Catholic Church still believes in demonic possession and even has priests that specialize in exorcisms to deal with this problem.
Demon possession is relatively rare; many cases are actually mental health issues, but for those rare cases that are real, there are a few signs to look for, such as change in personality and mental state. A person may become more aggressive or withdrawn, with a tendency toward violence. The person that is possessed may begin to have terrible nightmares and speak in a language that they do not know.
Another sign of demonic possession could be the person’s ability to tell future events or know about events in the past that they would have no way of knowing about.

Are There Ghosts in My House – Signs That Your House is Haunted

2011-01-23T15:46:00.001-07:00

If you tend to hear footsteps on the stairs in the middle of the night, or lose objects and then find them later in an unlikely location, you may be asking yourself “are there ghosts in my house. I am including in this post some signs to look for that might indicate that your house is haunted.

Before looking at the list of signs that your house is haunted, keep in mind that no matter what is happening, you should always look for the most logical answer first. For example, all of the noises that you hear at night might be your house settling or your pipes banging, etc. Always rule natural causes out, before assuming that your house is haunted.

Something else that you will want to consider is the fact that not all hauntings will be the same, one haunting may involved certain types of behavior, completely different from another.

Noises that you can’t explain could be a sign that you are living in a haunted house. These can be knocks, sounds of something being dropped, doors slamming, etc. They can be barely audible or very loud.

Doors that open and close, or furniture that moves of its own accord. This will probably not be seen first hand, but you may leave a room and come back to see your dresser drawers open, or a piece of furniture in a different location than before.

Lights, TVs, and Radios that turn off and on. Again you may not witness it but notice that a light or TV has been switched on, when you know it was left off. Rarely will you actually see this happen, but once in a while you might.

Items that disappear and you find them in an unlikely place, or in a place where you know you looked several times and would not have missed it. This type of phenomena is common with haunted houses.

Additional signs that your house may be haunted include the feeling of being watched, or feeling as if someone has touched you. You may also notice what sounds like faint voices or whispers, and your pets may react strangely to something that you can’t see. Of course you may see an apparition; there be unexplained smells or you could be attacked physically, etc.

If you feel that your house is haunted and it is too much for you to handle on your own, you may want to consider calling in a psychic or a paranormal investigator to help you.

After Death Communication: Did we get messages from mom?

2010-05-23T13:54:00.006-06:00

Messages From the Dead

Since my last post our family has experienced tragedy that has kept me from keeping up on this site. My mother passed away, and though it was not entirely unexpected, it was a terrible experience. Mom suffered from a stroke 10 years ago that left here severely disabled and she had a problem with choking and aspirating due to paralysis. Though she could still talk, she was difficult to understand at times. She could eat by herself but it was difficult for her.

The family took care of her for several years until it got to be too much and then she was put in a care center about four years ago. Essentially her aspiration problem continued to get worse until this past March when she developed pneumonia. She was at the care center when my brother went to visit, he found her collapsed with the nurses working on her. She was hospitalized that day in ICU.

After about a week they told us that her only chance of survival was to have a feeding tube put in her stomach and one in her throat where they could extract the buildup in her lungs. If they did this she would never be able to eat or drink again.

Though it was tempting to give them permission for the procedure just to save her life, myself and my brothers and sister were hesitant because mom had already suffered so much since her stroke.

Before she had been hospitalized, mom kept asking me about spending Easter with us and we discussed this. When she regained consciousness in the hospital I encouraged her to get better for Easter, she would just shake her head. She knew she would never live to see Easter, though no one had told her yet. This is where I also should mention that just a couple of days before she was hospitalized she mentioned that she had sensed someone standing next to her bed in the middle of the night, and they talked to her but she couldn’t see them. I assumed this could have been delirium due to her illness, and it could have been, but I now wish I had questioned her more about it.

Finally we asked her if she wanted the tube, or wanted to be taken off life support without it. She indicated that she did not want the tube. When life support was removed, she just kept saying she wanted to go home. I don’t know if she meant home to the care center, or home to God. After life support was removed she refused any further treatment, she would not let them suction out her throat and within a day had developed pneumonia again.

The doctor had told us that she probably would only last a few days off of life support so we were not surprised. She was moved to different location where hospice took over her care.

I was going through a nasty divorce that had been initiated just after my mom was hospitalized, and as a result was in a desperate fight to keep my children. (He pulled some pretty mean and deceptive stuff while trying to use the system against me, even as he knew my mother was in the hospital dying.)

I could not spend as much time with her in her last days as I should have due to this reason. I did not want her to know what was happening so I never told her anything about why I had to leave hospital frequently, or couldn’t stay with her there the whole time, and this upset me. I only hope now that she understands. I just didn’t want her to pass on with what was happening to me, worrying her.

She went under the care of hospice on a Sunday morning and by Tuesday night they told us she probably only had a few hours at most. The whole family gathered at her bedside, and there are quite a few of us. I asked the hospice nurse if a priest had been contacted; this was imperative to my mother’s beliefs. To her credit, the nurse scrambled and was able to contact a priest, even at that late hour.

When I first sat down next to her bed I noticed there was a strong soapy perform scent around her; they had just cleaned her up. My mother was unconscious, but when I would talk with her she opened her eyes on a couple of occasions.

When my mother passed, for me the experience was horrible. It was the only time I had dealt with death directly, and I forced myself to be in the room so that I could be there for her. Just as the priest entered the room, my mother passed.

Naturally every one present was extremely upset. I went outside so that they could clean mom up and prepare her for the mortuary to pick her up. From that moment and throughout the rest of the night I had the strangest feeling my mother was right with me. I commented to my siblings that I felt mom was closer that she had been for a long time, like she was really there.

I don’t know if that was just a shocked psyche kicking in, or if it was truly her presence. The next morning I was climbing the basement stairs to the back door, and when I reached the landing I smelled that same perfume soap smell that I had noticed the night before in my mother’s room. It was very strong.

That night I was in the state somewhere between wakefulness and sleep when I heard my mom call my name three times. She called my name in the same tone of voice that she would use when she was urgently trying to get my attention. It brought me fully awake.

Within days of my mom’s death, and before her funeral, four of my adult children dreamt of my mom. She could not have her funeral until after Easter due to it being holy week. She told my daughter in a dream that she understood that our finances were bad and that we had no choice but to do a cremation, but she did want the funeral to be nice.

Three of my other adult children received dreams, with short messages. My brothers and sister also got small signs of mom’s presence during the following days.

My mother’s children were her life, and if there was any chance of getting an after death communication, I knew it would be with my mom.

I wanted to be able to afford a headstone by her birthday, but as finances are bad due to going through a divorce and paying for a funeral, it probably won’t be possible. I wonder if she is disappointed, as many things have happened since deciding to wait on the memorial stone. I’ve had pictures fall of the wall and brake, paper towels completely unravel and lying on the floor, etc.

Needless to say I have been ridden with guilt for not being able to spend as much time with her in her last days as I should have, plus I wondered if I shouldn’t have just ordered the procedure done anyway, though I feel it might have been a selfish thing to do on our part.

I have always been interested in EVP and I recently started recording them again. While recording I picked up something that I think might be mom. It is very faint and it is necessary to listen closely as I haven’t changed it at all or removed the noise. It sounds as if she is saying something like “couldn’t help me”

Prison Ghosts in Montana

2009-07-29T16:12:00.001-06:00

Ghost story about the old Montana prison in Deer Lodge; this was the setting of a lethal riot in 1959. The prison has been the subject of several paranormal investigations.

True Ghost Stories: Another Visit From a Friend After Death

2009-07-27T16:02:00.002-06:00

This is an interesting ghost story about a friend that pays a final visit in a theater where he and his friend worked.

Haunted Ogden Exchange Building in Utah

2009-07-24T16:47:00.001-06:00

This building is thought to be one of the most haunted locations in Utah. Video tours the building looking for ghosts with paranormal investigators.

True Ghost Stories: Three Chilling True Tales of Ghosts

2009-07-22T16:50:00.001-06:00

Here are three more, true but chilling accounts of ordinary people who have had a brush with the paranormal.

Haunted Hotel in California

2009-07-20T16:28:00.001-06:00

Paranormal investigated a haunted hotel in California.

True Ghost Story: Four Different Stories of the Supernatural

2009-07-17T16:37:00.001-06:00

This is a video of four different people recounting their true experiences with ghosts.

An Oregon Coast Ghost Story

2009-07-15T16:54:00.001-06:00

Scary stories of a haunted hotel on the Oregon coast. The Wheeler Hotel in the North Coast has some very spooky ghosts attached to it.

Ghosts of Anchorage Alaska

2009-07-10T16:24:00.000-06:00

Some information on some of the most haunted places in Anchorage Alaska, this ghost video was originally created for a school project, but is very interesting.

True Ghost Story: A Ghost or the Angel of Death?

2009-07-08T16:50:00.000-06:00

This gentleman tells an intriguing true ghost story about a man who pays a visit to his mother and himself. The ghost’s appearance would suggest that he had just crawled out of the grave. Also there are elements of a Near Death Experience involved.

VISIT TO HAUNTED AIRFIELD DURING THE DAY

2009-07-03T17:01:00.000-06:00

Paranormal investigator visits infamously haunted WW2 American Airfield to test out the theory that ghost orbs can be seen in daylight too!

Haunted By Paranormal Tale

2009-05-11T16:40:00.001-06:00

The Hempsted House in New London is undergoing a paranormal investigation to reveal whether it is haunted.

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Latuda White Lady Ghost In Utah

2009-04-28T16:30:00.001-06:00

Ghosts in Utah

Just like many western states, Utah has its share of creepy ghost stories, like the white lady of Latuda.

Today, the coal camps of the 1800s are no more than ghost towns. Little is left of these ghost towns; many choked out by the sagebrush, or lost in the depth of some canyon.

One such Utah ghost story is that of the white lady that haunts the ghost town of Latuda, located in Carbon County, up Spring Canyon.

At one time the mine near Latuda, also known as Liberty, once employed over 100 men, and the community grew to include shops, and other businesses. The town was estimated to have a population of 400 during its heyday, and for a mining camp this was quite large.

Life was great for those in Latuda; that was until disaster struck in 1927, when several avalanches came down the canyon walls to destroy a number of homes, and killed several people.

Although the town would still exist for a few more decades, it did eventually fade away and by the late 1960s there was little left but the abandoned mine, and the mining company building.

For years it has been rumored that a lady in white haunts the ruins of this ghost town, she can be seen wandering the town, as well as the mine.

The most common explanation for the ghost known as the lady in white of Latuda, is that she was a young mother, who had on that fateful day in 1927 left her child sleeping at home while she ran a quick errand at the general store.

After the avalanche killed her child, she hung herself in the upper floors of the mine office.

Many people have reported seeing this ghost, including hikers, and those who have lived in the area for years.

To this day the lady in white walks the streets of this ghost town, seemingly unaware that the town now lay in ruins.

Strange UFO Sightings in Utah

2009-04-21T16:41:00.000-06:00

UFO Sightings in Utah

In the early 1980s someone told me about a very strange experience they had with a UFO in Utah.

Though their story was told to me in 1983, it had taken place a few years earlier.

This person told me that while walking near 12th street in Ogden, Utah they sighted, what appeared to be a very large, floating white bag.

The diameter of this object was 5 feet.

Along with this person was a friend; so two people witnessed this Unidentified Flying Object.

These two witnesses were curious about how this large bag looking thing was floating, as there was no wind that night.

They began to follow the object, and as they followed, it began to move away, toward Ogden Canyon.

A little mystified, the duo decided to toss rocks at the object; when they hit it they heard a distinct metallic sound and suddenly the object began to illuminate from within.

Within moments the object began to move quickly up the canyon, disappearing.

A Similar UFO Sighting in Utah

I have to admit that the story was so strange that I didn’t pay to much attention to it, that was until I heard a very similar story, 20 years later, of a UFO in an area very close to this original sighting. According to the story, this would have also taken place in the late 1970s.

This story begins with two friends returning to Ogden from Evanston Wyoming, by way of Monte Cristo. When coming from Wyoming to Ogden you would enter this road from the opposite side of the canyon from the other UFO sighting.

These two friends were driving near Pine View Reservoir on their way home to the Ogden area.

The passenger was asleep at the time of the incident, but was quickly startled awake by what happened next.

The driver of the truck explains that it was very dark that night, though they were not far from the bar known as Chris’; suddenly a large white object that resembled a plastic bag floated onto the road, in front of the truck.

Hitting the breaks instinctively, the witness was still unable to keep from hitting the white, floating object. Surprisingly, when they hit the object, there was a tremendous crash, and the truck was jarred, just as if they’d collided with a heavy metal object.

At this point the passenger was startled awake by the crash; the driver pulled off to the side of the road so that the two of them could search the area and determine what it was they’d hit.

Although they search in all directions from the truck, they could find nothing to indicate what the flying object was.

The people who told me these stories did not, and still do not know each other, and neither one of these people knew of the other’s sighting.

If anyone else has ever witnessed something like this, I would very much like to hear from you. Please email me your story here.

When I Was 5

2009-02-23T09:56:00.002-07:00

At 5 years old (I was in kindergarten) I was asleep in my bed and it was very late - around midnight. While asleep, I found myself outside of my house hovering about 60-80 feet above our street. As I looked out, I could see my house and then I looked down my street. There was something around me. It was like a cloud but yet there were no clouds - certainly not this low anyway. It was more like a mist but thicker and very white and I knew it was "someone". Weird to say that but that's the feeling that I was given, which was that this thing I was looking at and feeling around me was a living being.

While I hung there in the sky, I saw a truck coming down our street and a car pulled up to the corner by our house (station wagon). Suddenly the car pulled out and crashed into the truck. My dad was on his ham radio in the basement. The dream I was having was a major REM sleep dream with all of the vivid descriptions of an OBE.

In the blink of an eye I was in the basement of my house looking at my dad and then suddenly I was looking through his eyes at a set of headlights coming toward the window in the basement. Also, I looked back toward the stairs (because my dad turned to run toward the stairs) and I saw a woman I had never seen before standing on the bottom step. I saw more but Iʼll explain later below.

Suddenly I hear a crash and it wakes me up. I go downstairs crying and my momʼs on the phone and my dad ran out into the backyard. My mom was on the phone talking to the police about the car crash. Nobody was saying anything to us for what seemed like a long time and we started to all cry. After a while I heard police sirens and shortly afterwards I heard a fire truck coming. By now my two sisters are crying a lot because nobody will tell us what happened. I then said to my mom that I saw the truck crash into the car at Peggyʼs house (my friend across the street). The car hit the house and they her mom and dad were on the sofa watching Lawrence Welk. Well she knew I was in bed when it happened and so she asked me what I was talking about. I told her that when I was sleeping I saw a truck coming down the street and a station wagon crashed into it. There is no way in the world I could have seen that since I was in bed and she certainly wouldnʼt let us go outside to see what happened. It was here that she knew that I was just like her and could see things that other people couldnʼt see.

I told my mom (in my 5-year-old voice) that after the truck hit the station wagon that it came toward our house and it hit the corner of the house and then went toward our new garage (just skimming it) and then hit our old garage. It crushed my bicycle sitting outside of the garage. The truck didnʼt stop there though because it kept on going another 50 feet or so and went down an embankment and crashed nose first. The man in the truck died and his ear was cut off. I donʼt know what happened to the driver of the station wagon.

I saw all of that before I had woken up out of this sleep I was in.

There was one moment when my mom let us go to the screen door at the back of the house to watch the commotion. There was the local television news crew back there and my dad was mad because they wouldn't get off of our property and just wanted to film the ugly stuff. My dad got in an argument with a camera man and my dad punched him in the face. Luckily this was a time when the police didn't take you to jail for such things. This event is a true experience of mine and it took place in 1957 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

By Atrueoriginall

What About Skeptics of the Paranormal

2009-02-18T17:41:00.000-07:00

Have you ever had a run in with someone that was so closed to the idea of the paranormal; it almost felt like that walked around with blinders on?
I know how this feels because my significant other is so closed to the idea of the paranormal that some of the explanations he comes up with or more bizarre than a paranormal explanation. The experience is extremely frustrating to say the least.
Having an open mind and being skeptical is a must, as there are a lot of things that can appear to be paranormal in nature but still have a natural explanation, but there are still many things that are not easily explained away.
Someone with a closed mind just cannot grasp this, so they are not just skeptical, they close their mind completely. They absolutely refuse to accept any type of paranormal explanation, no matter how much sense it makes.
So how do you deal with this? The fact is you really can’t do anything to change someone’s mind about this. They either have to experience something so extraordinary that they have no choice but to take a second look at their beliefs, or they will never believe. Sadly, often even when they do experience something like this, they will explain it away, no matter what it takes, or how ridiculous the explanation is.
Unfortunately, the very nature of the paranormal makes it nearly impossible to prove and so if you believe or not is up to you.
Though it probably will do no good, the next time a skeptic gives you a bad time about what you believe, here are some things you can combat the argument with.
Some of the common explanations for the paranormal include,
Alien Abduction: Sleep paralysis seems to be the most frequent explanation for this phenomenon, and to be fair it probably does account for a great many of these occurrences, but there’s only one problem. A large number of them do not occur while the person is asleep, and many are not even in bed. Of course there are always those abduction cases where more than one person is involved. The sleep paralysis argument just doesn’t fly, at least not with a large percentage of cases.
The Near Death Experience: The common explanation for this is that the whole experience is a chemical reaction in the brain, a reaction to the dying process. The problem with this explanation is that there are some cases where the person who experiences the NDE, has no heartbeat, or brain waves. In other words, the whole body I completely dead, including the brain, there is no function. If there is no brain function, there can be no experience, no memory, no anything. But still, during the time there is no heartbeat or brain activity, the person is still seeing what’s happening in the room. The only possible way this could happen is if they are outside of their body, and their memories and consciousness exists separate from the brain.
If these provable cases are similar to others, how can you be sure that they are not all real?
Ghosts: Refer to the information on NDE. If someone is experiencing something outside of their body when they are clinically dead, including having no brain waves, then they are a ghost, and if they are a ghost, why couldn’t those who do not return be ghosts as well?
This is aside from the countless witnesses of apparitions or the presence of invisible entities. This is something I have encountered first hand so I know this is real, but if someone has never experienced this directly it’s easy to see how they would be skeptical. I would be if I hadn’t have witnessed it with my own eyes.
If you do your research, for many aspects of the paranormal, you can counter the “logical explanations”
What it really comes down to is that as long as you know, that’s what counts. You are fortunately to have an insight into a reality that others simply can’t see, and in a sense this is a gift. Keep that in mind whenever a skeptic begins telling you how foolish your beliefs are.

Possible Demonic EVP

2009-02-16T17:40:00.001-07:00

Sometimes the EVP that people catch is not only strange, but sounds downright evil. Here is a recording that may be a demonic EVP.

Medium / Clairvoyant Lisa Williams

2009-02-13T18:00:00.003-07:00

I recently had the opportunity to see Lisa Williams live. I had watched her shows on TV, and although she seemed to be extraordinarily good at what she does, I decided to reserve judgment until I’d watched her live.
For those who are unfamiliar with Lisa Williams, she is a medium/clairvoyant who allegedly has the ability of communicating with the dead.
If you have done any research at all on mediums, you have probably heard the term cold read, etc. This is where they get the person to reveal details without the person realizing it.
When I went to this show I was watching carefully for this technique, and I have to say I just didn’t see it. Lisa Williams was amazing, and gave these people details, not just any details, but such personal and minute details, there is simply no way she could have known.
Lisa Williams is definitely someone worth checking out. Not only does she seem to be very good at what she does, but she has an extremely likable personality.

After Death Communications

2009-02-11T18:09:00.000-07:00

A large percentage of those who lose a loved one tend to have what is known today as, After Death Communications. One of the most common methods that those who have passed tend to communication is through dreams, although there are other methods that are also used.

Some researchers theorize that the reason that dreams are the most common form of after death communication is that the dreamer is in an altered state of consciousness, enabling the spirit to make contact.

Another method of the dead communicating with the living is through an actual physical manifestation where they appear to their loved ones, often telling them that they are happy where they are and that their loved one should grieve no more.

Some people have even reported phone calls from their deceased friends or family. Though phone communication with the dead is rare, it has been reported. When on the phone the voice is usually unmistakably as belonging to the person who has passed. They may just say hello, ask for someone, or actually tell the person on the other end that they are fine.

In addition to these forms of after death communication there are some more subtle communications, such as an odor or scent that you may easily associate with a passed loved one. This could be a perfume, cigar smoke, etc. The scent often has no source and disappears as quickly as it appeared.

Other signs of communication could include pictures of your loved one falling, or other mementos showing up continuously. All of these things could be attempts at communication.

Haunted Cemeteries

2009-02-06T17:41:00.000-07:00

There are several graveyards across the country that has the dark reputation for being haunted. A cemetery may be haunted for several different reasons, some theory of why a graveyard may be haunted include, improper burials, unmarked graves, or the graves being disturbed for some reason.

One of the most ominous of these famous haunted cemeteries is the St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 - New Orleans. At this cemetery there are several legends of ghostly residence but perhaps the most famous is that of the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, Marie Laveau. It is the oldest cemetery in New Orleans and quite possibly the creepiest graveyard in the United States. At the St. Louis Cemetery you’ll find aboveground tombs and mausoleums, dark paths and memorials.

Another haunted graveyard is the Old Western Burial Ground in Baltimore. Here you will find the final resting place of several generals of the Revolutionary War, along with Edgar Allan Poe. A section of the cemetery can only be reached through catacombs below Westminster Presbyterian Church, where many ghosts are said to linger.

Probably one of the most famous haunted cemeteries is the Resurrection Cemetery in Chicago. This graveyard is supposed to be home to one of the most notorious ghosts in Illinois, Resurrection Mary. This is a ghost of a young woman who died on her way home from a dance, and often asks people for a ride home, but disappears while in the car. There are several versions of this story, but that is the basics.

These are only a few of the many cemeteries around the world that have a reputation for being haunted from the most high profile cemeteries of Victorian London, to hometown graveyards. If you are interesting in investigating a haunting you may want to consider looking for the legends of ghosts in your local cemetery.

Angels in Disguise

2009-02-04T17:59:00.000-07:00

Throughout the ages people have reported strange encounters with strangers that were so strange and unsettling that they become convinced that they have been in the company of an angel.
Although there have been some reports of people seeing the traditional version of an angel, with the white robe, wings etc, far more often these angelic beings tend to appear in times of need in the form of a stranger who shows up out of nowhere to help you, disappearing just as fast.
Angels tend to appear during times of stress, danger, as well as during a near death experience. Approximately 50% of children who have a near death experience mention an angel encounter during their experience. This percentage is far lower with adults, though it does happen.
Angels have appeared as normal looking people, with long white robes and wings, as they are depicted in Christian art. Some people believe that their loved ones can become their guardian angels after they have passed on.
No matter what your personal belief about angels is, it’s difficult to completely dismiss the millions of stories people from all over the world tell about their encounters with angels.

"Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it." - Hebrews 13:2 of the Bible

Young Girl Sees Deceased Grandmother

2009-01-26T17:25:00.000-07:00

My grandmother passed away when I was 11 years old. I was very close to my grandmother and she always told me that she wanted to me to be a good girl, and stay away from drinking and smoking etc.
A few years after my grandmother passed away I had started hanging out with a bad bunch of kids that were into partying. On this particular evening my parents were gone and I was home with my older sister; I was about 15 and she was 17. Well my sister decided to take a walk down the street with some of her friends and she told me she would be right back.
It was just about dusk, I stayed behind and turned on the stereo in the living room so that I could listen to music while my sister and her friends were gone. Only a few minutes after she’d left I saw my grandmother float from the hall into the living room. I stood there, dumbfounded, and yes I was scared to death. She didn’t walk; she just floated, stopping not far from where I stood by the stereo. She simply looked at me at shook her head in disapproval; after that she vanished.
I was so terrified that I ran out of the house and into the front yard. I was screaming and crying; I could see my sister and her friends down the street. As soon as my sister noticed me, she came running back; she was a little over half a block away. When she returned I was too traumatized to tell her what had happened, but after a while I did.
She did not really believe me, but thought maybe someone had gotten into the house, so her and her friends went to check out the house. They found nobody, as I knew they wouldn’t.

Vicky from Salt Lake City, Utah

Near Death Experience of a Psychotherapist

2009-01-15T17:10:00.001-07:00

A Psychotherapist relates her near death experience.