War of the Worlds Halloween Homage: Embers & Dust plus Haunted Weston Ghost High Jinx

What's happening now is what happened before, and often what's going to happen again sometime or other. - Orson Welles, Mr. Arkadin.

OddsnEnds - 

• 15 spooky stories from Reddit users demonstrate a plethora of paranormal: Ghosts, precognition prompts, unexplained voices, anonymous phone calls originating from numbers that don't exist. Weird but true. People (Naturally, I can't write about this without the DVD player wigging out. Stuck when it doesn't usually have issues. Note: the issue, apparently, is the word 'temperamental'. )
• Ghost stories in general. Reddit. 
• Ghostbuster's wish granted. Sacramento rocks this 5-year-old's dream. CNN.
• Lavender for calming. The scent works on mice. UPI.
• Animals Ghosts. Meet Spot, described by people who never met him while he was alive. Seen in the home his family once lived in and where he was buried when he died. The Dodo.

Embers & Dust, inspired by the War of The Worlds radio broadcast, Sunday, October 30, 1938.



Find out more about the short and its director: pbiesemans.com.
Embersanddust.com.
Embers & Dust on Facebook.

Ghost Tales of Weston - Friday night 10/26 is filling and Saturday 10/27 is sold out. At least one group of attendees on the ghost tour had an interesting encounter last weekend at the Benner House.

Formerly a B & B, now an overflow site for the Saint George Hotel. As the tour party gathered, the presenter at the site said an odd cloud of fog emerged from the house and wafted above them. The fog was followed by an excited teen who ran out of the house and told everyone he had heard voices and footsteps. Staying behind while others in his group had gone out, he was alone.

Lively paranormal activity continues at the Weston Bend Candle Company. (A Paranormal Research group was visiting Saturday night. I'll update with results of their investigation when available.)

Last February, on a very slow day, the owner thought he heard someone at the door. While no living being was seen entering, a calling card appeared on the floor inside a space occupied by a display rack that would have been impossible to walk through. Water droplets formed the shape of a boot print, as if snow had been tracked in and traces were left melting on the floor. He showed me the photo he took. Definitely a footprint.

Nicolette is featured on the Weston Ghost Tour. 

No doubt you've heard of haunted objects. Weston is home to one fair lady doll who can no longer occupy the front window because she tends to ice up the glass.

Verna Kowertz writes about Nicolette in her book Ghost Tales of Weston. Page 36, Adams Mayfair.

A timely highlight, reported last weekend and posted October 20th, by a Main Street Galleria customer to Haunted Places. She took a picture of The Saint George Hotel having no idea it was haunted. Check out the very curious image in that window on the second floor.

And the post just previous is by Chris Williams who told me about his unnerving experience at The Saint George when he attended the Ghost Tales event last year (2017). I am glad he posted it.

Numerous homes and businesses are known to be haunted in Weston. Very few are open to the public in general and some that are don't mention their ghosts..

Ghost Tales of Weston, Page 83. The Price-Loyles House, built in 1857, is absent from the Ghost Tour but will be featured on the December Candlelight Homes Tour.

Actively haunted, the owners who bought and restored this historic home confess they altered their plans to live in the home full time due to the fact they are uncomfortable being in the house alone at night.

Photo evidence hints at the paranormal presence in their residence. The focus is a mirror in the bedroom. Other than furniture, the room was empty. However, a couple - smartly dressed in period clothes - appears clearly visible in the reflection.

Wendy's Coffeehouse Interviews -
Terry McKenzie: Price-Loyles House, one of the most haunted homes in Weston, Missouri.
Verna Kowertz: Main Street Galleria and Ghost Tales of Weston 2018

Thank you for listening!

Stay curious. 

Victoria Alexander, Shamanic and PSI explorer, Ayahuasca vision guide

"All things are possible until proven otherwise." - Stephen Hawking's family is offering funeral tickets to the public. Up to one thousand are available. Independent [The ballot for tickets to his memorial service closes at midnight on 15 May.]

Wendy's Coffeehouse interview with Victoria Alexander link

Oddsnends - 

• Study: Coffee, Alcohol, bit overweight in your 70's = Longevity Factors. Mirror
• Memory assist. According to Dr. Robert Hampson, a professor at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and the lead author of the study, the method they used to artificially boost the short-term memory performance of study participants is something that has never been done before. “This is the first time scientists have been able to identify a patient’s own brain cell code or pattern for memory and, in essence, ‘write in’ that code to make existing memory work better,” he explained, “an important first step in potentially restoring memory loss.” Science Daily
• Conference coming up: "A prophecy that has been long awaited by the Origine' people... it is the end of the darkness and a "return" of the spirit of the Dreaming. This epoch-long prophecy is being spoken of now, because it is expected to happen in just under two years time."
  Presentations include: Stella Wheildon (with Allan Euston Williams). Starlore, ETs and Origins. UFOs and ETs of many shapes and sizes have been seen, and interacted with, by many Australian Aboriginal people over tens of thousands of years. But the relationships and Star lore are more interesting and intimate than you might think. - Nexus - Secret History of Australia Conference
• Best Chicken Coop - UFO now boarding .. Backyard Chickens

Another Jeffrey Mishlove interview with John Alexander. In this interview, John details a personal encounter with a UFO and an instance where his wife Victoria was possessed by an entity during a shamanic ceremony in Brazil.

Bigfoot, UFOs, PSI, Near-Death Experiences, Remote Viewing and more. I interviewed John about his book, Reality Denied. 

When you visit John's website, you'll see photos of some of the exotic locations John and Victoria have visited. While John is there to document the happenings and report the science that might be part of the equation, Victoria's intuitive and empathic skills allow her to surrender to the flow of the scene and engage as an experiencer.

She doesn't usually do interviews and I am very glad she chose to do this one. In addition to having access to places not usually visited by or open to Western tourists, her unique perspective provides an important context for anyone interested in the behind the scenes of an authentic, indigenous shamanic ceremony. On occasion, she has even been invited to return as an honored guest and participant.

An interesting encounter we touch on briefly in our interview is a visit to the Ark of the Covenant. John had already gone ahead but Victoria, being curious, was lingering when - right place, right time - she was asked if she wanted to meet one of the Monks responsible for guarding the Ark, a rare encounter. To understand how truly special that encounter was, read: Smithsonian. The monks are usually inaccessible to the general public.

Also, extremely familiar with the Ayahuasca culture, Victoria helps facilitate meetings with Ron Wheelock. Interviewed 5/6  She counsels neophytes who are interested in or planning on experiencing the Ayahuasca ritual. Ayahuasceros regard the plant as a sentient, intelligent being, that connects them to the natural world and imparts ancient wisdom, through ceremony, the consciousness of plants.

Ron said a visit to the Amazon turned into "love at first sight". That was two decades ago. Now "The Gringo Shaman", Ron is featured in "This is Life with Lisa Ling" ... Previous post

Booming Ayahuasca Tourism has created competition and fanned the numbers of Shaman offering Ayahuasca encounters. A serious mistake is to not research in advance to understand exactly what is involved in an Ayahuasca experience and how to prepare. Ron Wheelock's retreat is named El Purguero for a reason. For information about Ron's retreats, contact Victoria: victoria.alexander.lv @gmail.com

Another interest we don't have time to explore, Victoria is an avid film buff. Her reviews are on Rotten Tomatoes and at Films in Review.

Victoria and John will be at the upcoming SSE and IRVA joint conference in June. Check out the list of presenters for excellent resources and material for further study. Information.

*Note: Bigelow Aerospace Tour SOLD OUT. View the 60 Minute Interview with Robert Bigelow.

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