1. DIVISION OF LABOR.Copy !req
2. I'M GONNA PROVE THAT THE OUIJA
OR SPIRIT BOARD IS BULLSHIT.Copy !req
3. AND TELLER IS GONNA
SHOOT FISH IN A BARREL.Copy !req
4. YOU MISSED.Copy !req
5. WELL, SOME FOLKS STILL BELIEVE
IN THE OUIJA BOARD, TOO.Copy !req
6. THE SPIRIT WORLD—Copy !req
7. A WORLD OF MYSTERY,
A WORLD OF INTRIGUE,Copy !req
8. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE
TO VISIT A PSYCHICCopy !req
9. OR TRAVEL TO THE CARNIVAL
TO HAVE A SOMEWHAT SUPERNATURAL EXPERIENCE.Copy !req
10. YOU CAN FOOL YOURSELF WITH
YOUR VERY OWN, HOME HOAX KIT.Copy !req
11. IT'S THAT SLUMBER PARTY GAME
CALLED THE OUIJA BOARD.Copy !req
12. THERE ARE 2 SURE THINGS YOUCopy !req
13. ONE—IT'LL SET YOU BACK
ABOUT 20 BUCKS.Copy !req
14. AND 2, IT'S BULLSHIT.Copy !req
15. BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED
VULTURES FROM USING THE OUIJA OR SPIRIT BOARDCopy !req
16. TO MAKE A BUCK OFF
OUR OBSESSION WITH DEATHCopy !req
17. AND THE DESIRE TO CONTACT
THE AFTERLIFE.Copy !req
18. ALL THIS OUIJA HOOEY
GOT DISCREDITED BIG-TIME IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURYCopy !req
19. WHEN MAGICIAN HARRY HOUDINI
ROUTINELY DEBUNKED THE SEANCE.Copy !req
20. BUT THANKS TO THE BABY BOOM,
SPIRIT BOARDS TOOK OFF AGAIN IN THE 1960s.Copy !req
21. OVER 25 MILLION SPIRIT BOARDS
HAVE BEEN SOLD,Copy !req
22. AND TODAY A WHOLE NEW GENERATIONCopy !req
23. IS BEING LED DOWN
THIS BULLSHIT PATH TO CONTACT THE DEAD.Copy !req
24. GET A LOAD OF THESE WHACK-JOBS.Copy !req
25. WE, THE ELDERS
OF SALEM WITCHCRAFT,Copy !req
26. DO CONJURE AND SUMMON
THE PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS THAT RULE OVER SALEM,Copy !req
27. THAT THEY MAY OPEN A DOORWAY
TO THE SPIRIT WORLD.Copy !req
28. I'M SORRY. I SNORTED SODA
THROUGH MY NOSE.Copy !req
29. EACH OF US HAS OUR OWN SPIRITUAL
CONNECTION TO THE OTHER SIDE.Copy !req
30. WE'VE ALL FELT IT.Copy !req
31. CHRISTIAN DAY,
ELDER OF SALEM WITCHCRAFT.Copy !req
32. SPIRIT BOARDS ACT
AS A CHANNEL BETWEEN OURSELVES AND THE OTHER SIDE.Copy !req
33. THIS IS THE WORLD
WE ALL LIVE IN.Copy !req
34. PHYSICAL WORLD,
PHYSICAL REALITY.Copy !req
35. BUT UNDERNEATH,
THIS IS LIKE A WINDOW.Copy !req
36. I'M SHAWN PORIER,
HIGH PRIEST OF THE SALEM TRADITION OF WITCHCRAFT.Copy !req
37. OUR HANDS ARE HERE
ON THE SEER.Copy !req
38. THEIR HANDS
ARE COMING FROM HERE.Copy !req
39. I BELIEVE THAT THE SPIRITS
DO GUIDE OUR HANDS.Copy !req
40. SANDRA MARIAH POWER,
HIGH PRIESTESS.Copy !req
41. OUR COLLECTIVE ENERGY
IS MOVING THE PLANCHETTE.Copy !req
42. THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO ARE NATURALLY IN TUNED TO CONTACT THE OTHER SIDE.Copy !req
43. AND WHEN THEY PICK UP
A OUIJA BOARD, IT'S JUST LIKE LIGHTNING.Copy !req
44. BOB MURCH,
SPIRIT BOARD COLLECTOR.Copy !req
45. THERE'S BEEN THOUSANDS
OF YEARS OF ACCOUNTS OF GHOSTS AND HAUNTINGS.Copy !req
46. AND IF THOSE ARE TRUE,
YOU KNOW, SURELY A SPIRIT BOARD CAN WORK.Copy !req
47. SO IF THOSE AREN'T TRUE,
A SPIRIT BOARD CAN'T WORK?Copy !req
48. COOL.Copy !req
49. DIVISION OF LABOR.Copy !req
50. I'M STILL WORKING
ON THE OUIJA BOARD,Copy !req
51. AND TELLER WILL BE
FALLING OFF A LOG.Copy !req
52. WE'RE A HARD-HITTING
SERIOUS SHOW,Copy !req
53. SO WE DECIDED TO GO
AFTER THE OUIJA BOARD.Copy !req
54. WE WONDERED HOW DIFFICULT
IT WOULD BE TO DEBUNK THE DARNED THING.Copy !req
55. AAH!Copy !req
56. JESUS CHRIST ON CRUTCHES.Copy !req
57. OOF. ARE YOU OK, TELLER?Copy !req
58. THAT LOOKED LIKE IT HURT.Copy !req
59. WE'RE TRAVELING TO THE SPIRIT
BULLSHIT CAPITAL OF THE WORLD,Copy !req
60. SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.Copy !req
61. Christian Day: PEOPLE COME
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLDCopy !req
62. TO EXPERIENCE THE MYSTICAL
NATURE OF SALEM, WHICH INCLUDES THE WITCHES,Copy !req
63. THE SPIRIT BOARDS,
THE TAROT CARDS, THE CRYSTAL BALL.Copy !req
64. WELL, THEY'LL NEVER GET RID
OF THE WITCH STIGMA HERECopy !req
65. BECAUSE 20 INNOCENT PEOPLE
WERE EXECUTED FOR WITCHCRAFT.Copy !req
66. NOW IT'S A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR
TOURISM INDUSTRY.Copy !req
67. MOLLY STEWARD,
I OWN MY OWN TOUR COMPANY.Copy !req
68. THE BUILDING BEHIND ME
IS A FORMER CHURCHCopy !req
69. THAT WAS CONVERTED INTO
THE SALEM WITCH MUSEUM.Copy !req
70. AND SINCE ITS OPENING,Copy !req
71. THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST
POPULAR TOURIST SPOT IN THE CITY OF SALEM.Copy !req
72. THIS GUY, BELIEVE ME,
MAKES MORE MONEY THAN GOD.Copy !req
73. IN FACT,
THE WHOLE TOWN IS BUILTCopy !req
74. ON A RATHER EMBARRASSING
LITTLE INCIDENTCopy !req
75. IN WHICH RELIGIOUS NUTS
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEACopy !req
76. TO BURN A BUNCH
OF THEIR NEIGHBORS ALIVE.Copy !req
77. TURNS OUT IT WAS A KILLER
PUBLICITY STUNT,Copy !req
78. BUT IT MEANS YOU CAN'T OPEN
A RESTAURANT, LIKE THE LYCEUM,Copy !req
79. UNLESS YOU'VE GOT
THE SPIRIT OF A DEAD WITCH IN THE KITCHEN.Copy !req
80. HERE IN THE LYCEUM,
WE HAVE A HAUNTINGCopy !req
81. BY A FAMOUS SPIRIT,
BRIDGETTE BISHOP,Copy !req
82. WHO WAS EXECUTED
AS A WITCH IN 1692 SALEM.Copy !req
83. EVEN THIS WAITRESS
AT THE LYCEUMCopy !req
84. HAD CONTACT WITH
THE SPIRIT OF BRIDGETTE.Copy !req
85. AND I SAW THIS WOMAN
STANDING, ALL IN WHITE PURITAN CLOTHINGCopy !req
86. WITH A LITTLE BIT
OF A GLOW TO HER,Copy !req
87. STANDING RIGHT THERE
LOOKING RIGHT AT ME ON TOP OF THE STAIRS.Copy !req
88. AND SHE
DIDN'T TIP, EITHER.Copy !req
89. WELL, AIN'T THIS JUST
THE PERFECT SETTINGCopy !req
90. FOR A SPIRIT BOARD SEANCE
BY A COVEN OF COMMERCIAL WITCHES?Copy !req
91. THEY MUST BE GENUINE.Copy !req
92. THEY BROUGHT THEIR
OFFICIAL WITCHY CANDLESCopy !req
93. AND GENUINE
BLACK BATHROBES.Copy !req
94. I, SANDRA MARIAH POWER,Copy !req
95. DO SUMMON, STIR,
AND CALL UP THE SPIRIT OF BRIDGETTE BISHOP.Copy !req
96. AND TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT
THE SPIRIT BOARD THEY'RE USINGCopy !req
97. 'CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST
ANY SPIRIT BOARD.Copy !req
98. I BELIEVE THAT THE
OPERATOR IS LIKE A MUSICIAN,Copy !req
99. AND THE BOARD IS
LIKE THE INSTRUMENT.Copy !req
100. AND THEREFORE THE QUALITY
OF THE BOARD CAN ACTUALLY AFFECT THE OUTCOME,Copy !req
101. WHICH IS WHY I PREFER
TO USE CRYPTIQUE.Copy !req
102. CRYPTIQUE?
GREAT NAME.Copy !req
103. A PERFECT BLEND OF DEATH
AND THE MALL.Copy !req
104. WE JUST STARTED TALKING ABOUT
ALL THE DIFFERENT BOARDSCopy !req
105. AND KIND OF THOUGHT WE COULD
COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER.Copy !req
106. I WAS THE CONCEPT PERSON
WHO HELPED TO GET—Copy !req
107. GATHER THE IDEAS
FOR SYMBOLS AND SUCHCopy !req
108. THAT WOULD BE RELEVANT
TO THE PRODUCT.Copy !req
109. I BUILT THE WEBSITE,
WHICH HAS BEEN GREATLY SUCCESSFUL.Copy !req
110. IT WAS FEATURED
ON TELEVISION MANY TIMES.Copy !req
111. SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE
THE OUIJA BOARD A RUN FOR IT'S MONEY.Copy !req
112. OH, HOW CONVENIENT.Copy !req
113. THESE FOLKS JUST HAPPEN TO
BE SELLING THE SPIRIT BOARD THEY'RE GONNA TEST.Copy !req
114. IT'S SOLD
ON AMAZON AND TOYS 'R' US DOT-C0M.Copy !req
115. IT RECENTLY TOPPED OUT ONE
OF THE BIGGEST SELLING BOARD GAMES ON THEIR WEBSITE.Copy !req
116. AND SO WE TAKE THAT
AS A REALLY GOOD SIGN THAT IT'S PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.Copy !req
117. I HAD NO IDEA
YOU COULD PURCHASE WITCH SUPPLIES AT TOYS 'R' US.Copy !req
118. NO WONDER CHRISTIANS
ARE PISSED.Copy !req
119. CRUCIFIXES SHOULD BE
SOLD THERE, TOO.Copy !req
120. WE'RE TOLD ANYONE WHO
BUYS THIS SPIRIT BOARDCopy !req
121. CAN USE IT
TO CONTACT THE DEAD.Copy !req
122. THE BOARD SERVES
AS A CATALYST AND A TOOL.Copy !req
123. IT PUTS PEOPLE
IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND TO MAKE CONTACT.Copy !req
124. YOU CAN USE A BOARD
AND HAVE NO TRAINING IS WHAT I'M TELLING YOU.Copy !req
125. I'VE NEVER HAD
SOMEONE SAY THEY COULDN'T GET IT TO WORK.Copy !req
126. AT LEAST
NOT TO HIS FACE.Copy !req
127. ARE YOU THE SPIRIT
OF BRIDGETTE BISHOP?Copy !req
128. YEA.Copy !req
129. BRIDGETTE, WERE YOU
HANGED ON GALLOWS HILL FOR WITCHCRAFT?Copy !req
130. YEA.Copy !req
131. HEY, HOW ABOUT THAT?Copy !req
132. THE CRYPTIQUE BOARD SEEMS
TO BE WORKING PERFECTLY.Copy !req
133. BRIDGETTE BISHOP,
ARE YOU STILL WITH US?Copy !req
134. IT'S BLANK.Copy !req
135. AND WHEN
IT DOESN'T WORK?Copy !req
136. IT'S CLOSE TO THE "YEA,"
THOUGH.Copy !req
137. BRIDGETTE'S EYESIGHT
AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE.Copy !req
138. COME THROUGH
CLEARER.Copy !req
139. YEA.Copy !req
140. GREAT!
YOU GET A SECOND CHANCE.Copy !req
141. BRIDGETTE, WERE YOU
HANGED ON GALLOWS HILL FOR WITCHCRAFT?Copy !req
142. YEA.Copy !req
143. I OBJECT.
YOU'RE LEADING THE WITNESS.Copy !req
144. MAN, HOW COULD THEY LEARN
SUCH PRIVATE DETAILS ABOUT BRIDGETTE'S LIFE?Copy !req
145. IT'S FREAKING ME OUT.Copy !req
146. HA HA. I SEE
I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.Copy !req
147. IT WENT BETTER
THAN I EXPECTED.Copy !req
148. IT FELT THERE WAS A LOT
OF ENERGY OUT THERE.Copy !req
149. IT WAS VERY INTENSE.Copy !req
150. I BELIEVE THAT WE MADE CONTACT
WITH BRIDGETTE BISHOP.Copy !req
151. YOU CAN FEEL THEIR MEMORIES.
YOU CAN FEEL THEIR EMOTION.Copy !req
152. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST DRAINING
EXPERIENCES I HAVE HAD.Copy !req
153. IT IS SOMETHING I
WOULD NOT DO EVERY DAY.Copy !req
154. BUT I AM GLAD
THAT I TOOK PART IN IT.Copy !req
155. WE'RE SO GLAD
EVERYONE'S OK. THAT WAS INTENSE.Copy !req
156. DIVISION OF LABOR.Copy !req
157. I'LL DEBUNK OUIJA BOARDS,Copy !req
158. AND YOU GET THE CANDY
FROM THE LITTLE TYKE.Copy !req
159. WE ASKED IF WE
COULD MAKE THE BOARD A BIT MORE INTERESTINGCopy !req
160. BY HAVING OUR WITCHES
PERFORM THEIR AMAZING FEAT WHILE WEARING BLINDFOLDS.Copy !req
161. THAT WOULD BE LIKE
ASKING A BLIND PERSON TO PAINT BOTTICELLI.Copy !req
162. SPIRITS THAT COME THROUGH
TO THE OUIJA BOARDCopy !req
163. NEED EVERYTHING OF WHAT
IS CALLED THE MEDIUM.Copy !req
164. THEY NEED THE ENERGY
OF THE HANDS, THE SIGHT OF THE EYES, THE HEARING.Copy !req
165. ALL OF THESE BODILY FUNCTIONS
ARE INTEGRAL.Copy !req
166. YOU HAVE TO USE
YOUR EYES BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE LETTERS.Copy !req
167. IF YOU WERE BLIND,
YOU WOULDN'T BE LOOKING AT LETTERS.Copy !req
168. YOU'D BE LOOKING AT
THE BRAILLE ALPHABET.Copy !req
169. BOTTICELLI,
BODILY FUNCTIONS, THE BRAILLE ALPHABET—Copy !req
170. YOU COULD JUST SAY NO.Copy !req
171. FORGET THE PROS.Copy !req
172. WE DECIDED TO GIVE
SPIRIT BOARDS A REAL TESTCopy !req
173. WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO HAD
NOTHING TO LOSE OR GAIN.Copy !req
174. WE HEADED WEST TO HISTORIC,
HAUNTED HOLLYWOOD.Copy !req
175. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE STANDING
IN FRONT OF THE HOLLYWOOD KNICKERBOCKER HOTEL,Copy !req
176. AND RIGHT HERE IS WHERE
THE ACTOR WILLIAM FRAWLEY DIED IN MARCH OF 1966.Copy !req
177. HE PLAYED FRED MERTZ
ON THE I LOVE LUCY SHOW.Copy !req
178. FRANK MANIS, PRESIDENT
OF THE GREATER HOLLYWOOD PARANORMAL SOCIETY.Copy !req
179. WILLIAM FRAWLEY LIVED HERE
AT THE KNICKERBOCKER,Copy !req
180. WENT OUT FOR ONE
OF HIS DAILY WALKS...Copy !req
181. AND, AS HE WAS COMING
BACK IN TO THE HOTEL,Copy !req
182. HAD SUFFERED
A MASSIVE HEART ATTACKCopy !req
183. AND DIED RIGHT OUT
ON THE FRONT STEPS.Copy !req
184. COULD THE GHOST
OF FRED MERTZ BE CONTACTED VIA SPIRIT BOARD?Copy !req
185. OUR 3 UNBIASED VOLUNTEERS—
C.J., ROBYN, AND NYREE— WERE READY TO FIND OUT.Copy !req
186. THE LAST TIME I DID IT
WAS WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER,Copy !req
187. AND A LOT OF
CREEPY THINGS HAPPENED.Copy !req
188. I JUST HOPE WE HAVE
SOME FUN HERE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN BREAK THROUGH.Copy !req
189. OH, YEAH, BRING IT ON.Copy !req
190. THE SPIRIT BOARD WORKS
FOR ANYONE WHO TRIES IT.Copy !req
191. WE CHECKED.Copy !req
192. THE BOARD SERVES AS
A CATALYST AND A TOOL.Copy !req
193. IT PUTS PEOPLE
IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND TO MAKE CONTACT.Copy !req
194. YOU CAN USE A BOARD
AND HAVE NO TRAINING IS WHAT I'M TELLING YOU.Copy !req
195. I'VE NEVER HAD SOMEONE
SAY THEY COULDN'T GET IT TO WORK.Copy !req
196. GREAT! LET'S GO!Copy !req
197. WE'D LIKE TO CONTACT
THE SPIRIT OF WILLIAM FRAWLEY.Copy !req
198. IS THERE SOMEBODY HERE?Copy !req
199. WE MAY HAVE TO GET
USED TO THE BOARD.Copy !req
200. ARE YOU HERE?Copy !req
201. YEA.Copy !req
202. OK. WHERE WOULD WE
KNOW YOU FROM?Copy !req
203. T...Copy !req
204. V.Copy !req
205. SWEET JUICY JESUS!
IT'S WORKING!Copy !req
206. AND UNLIKE THE SELLING
WITCHES OF SALEM,Copy !req
207. THESE 3 HAVE NOTHING
TO PROMOTE OR GAIN FROM THEIR SUCCESS.Copy !req
208. HOW CAN THEY BE
GETTING RESULTS?Copy !req
209. ORDINARILY WHEN YOU
MOVE A HAND,Copy !req
210. YOU'RE CONSCIOUSLY AWARE
THAT THOSE HANDS ARE MOVING.Copy !req
211. BUT WITH THE OUIJA BOARD,
YOU'RE NOT,Copy !req
212. AND THAT'S CALLED
AN IDIO-MOTOR RESPONSE.Copy !req
213. LOREN PANKRATZ,
PSYCHOLOGIST.Copy !req
214. IN AN IDIO-MOTOR RESPONSE,
THE AWARENESS IS BYPASSED,Copy !req
215. AND THE RESPONSE GOES
DIRECTLY TO THE MUSCLES.Copy !req
216. YOU JUST ARE CONVINCED
YOU ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO MAKE THAT THING MOVE.Copy !req
217. SO IT IS VERY DECEPTIVE.Copy !req
218. I WAS SURPRISED
THAT WE GOT THE PLANCHETTE TO START MOVING SO QUICKLY.Copy !req
219. MOVEMENT WAS COMPLETELY
OUT OF MY HANDS, SO I JUST WENT WITH IT.Copy !req
220. EVERY TIME IT WOULD MOVE,
I WAS FREAKED.Copy !req
221. WHEN PEOPLE GET TOGETHER,
IT'S A VERY POWERFUL SITUATION OF EXPECTATION.Copy !req
222. THEN YOU SAY, "WELL,
THERE'S SOME OUTSIDE FORCE.Copy !req
223. THERE'S SOME
OUTSIDE SPIRIT."Copy !req
224. FRED MERTZ'S GHOST.Copy !req
225. HARD TO IMAGINE ANYTHING
SCARIER THAN THAT.Copy !req
226. WE THOUGHT WE'D CHECK
TO SEE IF THE SPIRIT BOARDCopy !req
227. WOULD WORK IF THESE
PARTICIPANTS COULDN'T SEE WHAT THEY WERE DOING.Copy !req
228. OH, AND ONE MORE THING...Copy !req
229. WITHOUT OUR VOLUNTEERS'
KNOWLEDGE,Copy !req
230. WE TURNED THE SPIRIT BOARD
180 DEGREES.Copy !req
231. AFTER ALL, THAT SHOULDN'T MATTER
TO THE SPIRIT OF FRED MERTZ.Copy !req
232. WAS HOLLYWOOD AT ITS HEIGHTS
WHEN YOU WERE ALIVE?Copy !req
233. YEA.Copy !req
234. YEA?
THERE'S NO "YEA" THERE.Copy !req
235. WOULD YOU STILL
LIKE TO BE ALIVE?Copy !req
236. NAY.Copy !req
237. WHOA! THEIR HANDS ARE
JUST GOING BACK TO THE SPOTSCopy !req
238. WHERE THEY THINK THE WORDS ARE.
WHAT A SURPRISE.Copy !req
239. WELL, WHAT HAPPENS
IS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL'S EXPECTATIONSCopy !req
240. CONTINUE TO OPERATE IF THEY
DON'T KNOW THAT BOARD HAS BEEN MOVED OR THE LETTERS REARRANGED.Copy !req
241. SO THE EXPECTATIONS
HAVE THE RESULT OF THE PERSONCopy !req
242. GOING RIGHT BACK
TO THOSE SAME LETTERS, THOSE SAME PATTERNS.Copy !req
243. YOU KNOW, THE HUMAN MIND
IS A WONDERFUL THING.Copy !req
244. THAT SAME TOOL THAT WAS USED
TO FIND A VACCINE AGAINST POLIOCopy !req
245. CAN BE FOOLED BY 50 CENTS WORTH
OF CARDBOARD AND PLASTIC.Copy !req
246. THAT'S WHAT KEEPS WITCHES
IN BUSINESS.Copy !req
247. AND THAT'S WHAT
SELLS OUIJA BOARDS.Copy !req
248. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BUCK.Copy !req
249. THEY LOVE US HERE BECAUSE WE
TURN THE BUCK FOR THEM,Copy !req
250. AND FOR OURSELVES SOMETIMES.Copy !req
251. WHEN EITHER OF US KICKS OFF,Copy !req
252. THE OTHER IS GONNA
DEVOTE HIS LIFECopy !req
253. TO TRYING TO COMMUNICATE
WITH THE OTHER SIDE.Copy !req
254. THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY TO BE
MADE ON SUCH A PROPOSITION.Copy !req
255. WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER
FOR A LONG TIME,Copy !req
256. AND WE'VE DEVELOPED
A CODE WORD TO IDENTIFY OURSELVES TO EACH OTHERCopy !req
257. SO NO ONE CAN TRICK US.Copy !req
258. YOU REMEMBER THE CODE WORD,
DON'T YOU, TELLER?Copy !req
259. HAND ME THE PLANCHETTE,
WOULD YOU?Copy !req
260. IN THE LAST FEW DECADES,
THE BULLSHIT OF CONTACTING THE OTHER SIDECopy !req
261. HAS RECEIVED A MAKEOVER.Copy !req
262. IT'S BEEN DRESSED UP
WITH A NEW COAT OF PAINT CALLED NEW AGE.Copy !req
263. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE TRENDIEST WAY TO ENTER THE SPIRIT WORLD—Copy !req
264. THE NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE.Copy !req
265. WHEN MY HEAD HIT THE CURB—
BOOM.Copy !req
266. I WAS OUT OF MY BODY,
SOUL SEPARATED...Copy !req
267. AND I WAS BEING SUCKED
INTO THIS BRILLIANT TUNNEL OF WARM, LOVING LIGHT.Copy !req
268. I WAS BATHED
IN THE LIGHT.Copy !req
269. IT WAS AN OVERWHELMING
SENSE OF A CLEANSING.Copy !req
270. I REALLY WAS NOT
IN THE HOSPITAL ANYMORE.Copy !req
271. AND I FOUND MYSELF
WAY OUT IN SPACE.Copy !req
272. I SAW EVERY SINGLE PERSON
THAT I HAD EVER HAD ANY CONTACT WITH.Copy !req
273. ONLY MY BODY WAS
IN THE HOSPITAL ROOM.Copy !req
274. I WAS OFF IN THE GARDEN
OF EDEN IN HEAVEN.Copy !req
275. STORIES LIKE THESE,
CALLED NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES, OR NDEs, HAVE BECOME CLICHE.Copy !req
276. PROPONENTS OF LIFE AFTER DEATH
CITE THESE ACCOUNTSCopy !req
277. AS PROOF OF WHATEVER THEIR
PARTICULAR MYTH BELIEVES.Copy !req
278. IT'S A POWERFUL IMAGE—
THE TUNNEL OF LIGHTCopy !req
279. THAT LEADS
TO THE OTHER SIDE.Copy !req
280. BUT THIS TUNNEL
IS A DEAD END.Copy !req
281. IT'S A WRAP.Copy !req
282. NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES ARE
GENERATED BY BRAIN FUNCTION,Copy !req
283. AND THEY DON'T PROVE
THERE'S AN AFTERLIFE.Copy !req
284. BARRY BEYERSTEIN,
PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR, SIMON FRASIER UNIVERSITY.Copy !req
285. NEUROSCIENTISTS ARE
THOROUGHLY CONVINCED THAT NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCESCopy !req
286. ARE THINGS THAT HAPPEN
WHEN NORMAL BRAIN FUNCTION IS DISRUPTEDCopy !req
287. AND THE BRAIN
IS SHUTTING DOWN.Copy !req
288. WHEN BLOOD
FLOW IS CUT OFF,Copy !req
289. LACK OF OXYGEN SENDS
THE BRAIN INTO A KIND OF FINAL CURTAIN DEMENTIA,Copy !req
290. A MIND TRIP—
COURTESY, MOTHER NATURE.Copy !req
291. THESE ARE COMPLEX
HALLUCINATIONSCopy !req
292. THAT ARE TAKING PLACE
IN THE THEATER OF ONE'S OWN MIND.Copy !req
293. WE'RE DONE, RIGHT?Copy !req
294. WELL, NOT ACCORDING
TO THIS WOMAN.Copy !req
295. DAMN. WE WERE HEADING OUT
FOR DOUGHNUTS.Copy !req
296. I'M JAN PRICE,
AND I'VE BEEN TO THE OTHER SIDE OF DEATH.Copy !req
297. JAN PRICE IS
A BIG NAME IN THE WORLD OF NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES.Copy !req
298. AND THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
OF...Copy !req
299. THE OTHER SIDE OF DEATH.Copy !req
300. THE OTHER SIDE OF—Copy !req
301. THANK YOU, TELLER.Copy !req
302. OH, I'M ALL RIGHT NOW.Copy !req
303. JAN'S N.D.E. BEGAN
WHEN SHE HAD A HEART ATTACK AND DIED.Copy !req
304. JUST LIKE THAT.Copy !req
305. SUDDENLY,
I'M ABOVE EVERYTHING,Copy !req
306. AND I'M LOOKING DOWN
AT MY BODY AND SAYING,Copy !req
307. GEE, I'M NOT
IN THERE ANYMORE.Copy !req
308. THAT MUST MEAN I'M DEAD.Copy !req
309. AND THEN
THEY REVIVED HER.Copy !req
310. SO I GUESS WE BLAME
THE DOCTOR FOR THIS DOLT.Copy !req
311. ALTHOUGH HER N.D.E. STORY
HAS THAT, BY NOW, FAMILIAR RING TO IT,Copy !req
312. JAN'S TRIP HAD
ONE UNIQUE TWIST.Copy !req
313. HER HUSBAND SAYS
HE WITNESSED IT.Copy !req
314. AND I SAW HER
COME UP OUT OF HER BODY.Copy !req
315. I ALSO SAW
SOMETHING ELSECopy !req
316. THAT I THOUGHT
WAS TOO INCREDIBLE TO EVEN SPEAK ABOUT.Copy !req
317. I SAW MAGGIE.Copy !req
318. MAGGIE
WAS THEIR DEAD DOG.Copy !req
319. THE PRICES SAY JAN MET UP
WITH HER DURING HER NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE.Copy !req
320. NOT ONLY THAT,
MAGGIE'S BEEN REINCARNATED AS THEIR CURRENT DOG.Copy !req
321. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES
OF THAT?Copy !req
322. IN REINCARNATION,
AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO ATTAIN A HIGHER LEVEL?Copy !req
323. POOR MAGGIE APPARENTLY
JUST CAN'T SEEM TO IMPROVE HERSELF.Copy !req
324. SHE'S BEEN WITH US
IN AT LEAST 3 BODIES THAT WE KNOW OF,Copy !req
325. AND THIS IS HER
MOST RECENT ONE.Copy !req
326. JUST CAN'T SEEM
TO STOP PEEING ON THE SOFA, HUH, MAGGIE?Copy !req
327. BAD DOG.Copy !req
328. BY THE WAY, JOHN PRICE
IS A SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR ON HIS OWN.Copy !req
329. LOTS OF STUFF ON ANGELS
AND SOMETHING ABOUT SUPERBEINGS.Copy !req
330. THEY'RE THE FAITH HILL
AND TIM McGRAW OF WACKVILLE.Copy !req
331. AND THEN THERE'S
THIS FUCKING GUY.Copy !req
332. I AM RAYMOND MOODY,
M.D., Ph.D., AND SEEKER OF THE TRUTH.Copy !req
333. JESUS CHRIST
ON A STICK!Copy !req
334. I GOT INTERESTED IN
NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES IN 1965.Copy !req
335. AND SO IN
THE LAST 37 YEARS,Copy !req
336. I HAVE SEEN THIS
GO FROM SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT KNOWNCopy !req
337. TO SOMETHING
THAT IS NOW ALMOST PART OF THE ETHOSCopy !req
338. OF OUR SOCIETY.Copy !req
339. AND HE'S
THE GUY RESPONSIBLE.Copy !req
340. RAYMOND MOODY IS
THE GRAND POOBAH OF NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES.Copy !req
341. SADLY, HE'S NEVER
HAD ONE HIMSELF.Copy !req
342. HIS BEST-SELLER,
LIFE AFTER LIFE, COINED THE PHRASE "NDE,"Copy !req
343. MADE IT A POP CULTURE
PHENOMENONCopy !req
344. AND GUARANTEED MOODY
AN INCOME FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.Copy !req
345. SO, WHAT EVIDENCE DOES MOODY
HAVE THAT PROVES NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES ARE REAL?Copy !req
346. TO THE PEOPLE WHO GO
THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE,Copy !req
347. IT'S ABSOLUTELY CONVINCING
THAT THEY SAW THE AFTERLIFE.Copy !req
348. IN THEIR MINDS,
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.Copy !req
349. THERE'S NO RATIONAL WAY
THAT WE CAN CONTRADICT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.Copy !req
350. NO RATIONAL WAY
WE CAN CONTRADICT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING?Copy !req
351. HOW 'BOUT WE SHOW IT HAPPENING
IN CONTROLLED SITUATIONS?Copy !req
352. HOW 'BOUT WHERE THERE'S
NO CHANCE OF DEATH?Copy !req
353. IS THAT RATIONAL ENOUGH?Copy !req
354. WE'RE GOING TO.Copy !req
355. WE HATE TO SEEM
LIKE WE DON'T TRUST EVERY NUT WITH A STORY,Copy !req
356. BUT THERE'S MEDICAL EVIDENCE
WE CAN POINT TOCopy !req
357. AND DANCE WHILE SHOUTING
TAUNTING PHRASESCopy !req
358. AT "TRUTHSEEKERS"
LIKE RAYMOND.Copy !req
359. HERE WE GO.Copy !req
360. DURING CENTRIFUGE TESTS—Copy !req
361. WHEN PILOTS ARE SPUN AROUND
IN THIS CONTRAPTIONCopy !req
362. GETTING THEIR GUTS
COMPACTED AT 9 Gs—Copy !req
363. THEIR BLOOD DRAINS
FROM THEIR HEADS TO THEIR LOWER EXTREMITIES.Copy !req
364. AS A RESULT, MANY BLACK OUT.Copy !req
365. GUESS WHAT THEY SAY HAPPENS
WHEN THEY'RE UNCONSCIOUS.Copy !req
366. OH, SHOOT. I FORGOT
WHAT I WAS DOING.Copy !req
367. MAN, I WAS DREAMING
AND EVERYTHING.Copy !req
368. WE INADVERTENTLY
WALKED INTO...Copy !req
369. THIS NEAR DEATH
EXPERIENCE ARENACopy !req
370. WHILE WE WERE TRYING TO PROTECT
COMBAT FIGHTER PILOTS.Copy !req
371. I'M DR. JAMES E. WHINNERY,Copy !req
372. CHIEF AERO MEDICAL SCIENTIST,
NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER.Copy !req
373. IN THE 1980s AND '90s,Copy !req
374. DR. WHINNERY TORTURED
OVER 1,200 PILOTS IN THE CENTRIFUGE.Copy !req
375. HE KEPT CLOSE TRACK
OF THEIR REACTIONS.Copy !req
376. WHEN THEY CAME TO,
NEARLY 18% OF THEMCopy !req
377. DESCRIBED, WELL,
NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES.Copy !req
378. I WAS OUT.
AND WHAT I PICTUREDCopy !req
379. WAS AGAIN VERY VIVID,
IN COLOR,Copy !req
380. OF LOOKING DOWN
AT THE GROUND FROM SEVERAL THOUSAND FOOT.Copy !req
381. Dr.
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS WOULD OCCUR IN OUR PILOTSCopy !req
382. AS WE'RE DOING
ACCELERATION EXPERIMENTS.Copy !req
383. AND THEY FREQUENTLY
HAD GRAY OUT, TUNNEL VISION, BLACK OUT,Copy !req
384. AND DREAMS THAT WERE
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS EPISODE.Copy !req
385. CURIOUS, DR. WHINNERY
PUT HIMSELF THROUGH THE CENTRIFUGE TEST.Copy !req
386. IN THIS FOOTAGE,
HE ALSO BLACKS OUTCopy !req
387. AND HE OFTEN EXPERIENCED
HIS OWN N.D.E.Copy !req
388. Dr. I'VE HAD
MAYBE 20 OR 30 OF THEM.Copy !req
389. THE ONE I REMEMBER MOST
WAS, UH,Copy !req
390. I WAS WALKING DOWN A HALL
TOWARD A DOORWAY THAT WAS LIT.Copy !req
391. BUT I WAS ALSO UP BEHIND MYSELF,
WALKING DOWN THE HALL.Copy !req
392. DAMN, THAT STORY
SOUNDS FAMILIAR.Copy !req
393. YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE A BRAIN
UNDER SEVERE STRESS—Copy !req
394. FROM CENTRIFUGE TESTING
OR FIGHTING FOR LIFE AT DEATH'S DOOR—Copy !req
395. GOES FROM REAL TRAUMA
TO PEACEFUL FANTASY.Copy !req
396. IT MAY WELL BE PART
OF HOW THE BRAIN HANDLES THAT THREATENING SITUATION.Copy !req
397. SO NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES
HAVE A REAL LIFE EXPLANATION.Copy !req
398. CUT OFF THE BLOOD
TO THE BRAIN AND NEARLY 18% OF US HAVE AN N.D.E.Copy !req
399. KIND OF MAKES
THE THOUGHT OF DYING,Copy !req
400. OR BETTER YET,
PULLING 9 Gs, WELL, KIND OF EXCITING.Copy !req
401. WHAT DOES THE GURU
OF NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES HAVE TO SAY NOW?Copy !req
402. WATCH DR. MOODY TRY TO
SLIP OUT OF THIS ONE.Copy !req
403. IN A FIELD
LIKE THE PARANORMALCopy !req
404. WHERE THE PROBLEMS
ARE CONCEPTUAL AND NOT YET SCIENTIFIC,Copy !req
405. YOU MAKE A TREMENDOUS
MISTAKE IN DECIDINGCopy !req
406. THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE
EITHER A BELIEVER OR A DISBELIEVER.Copy !req
407. AND REALLY, THE BELIEVERS
AND THE DISBELIEVERS,Copy !req
408. IN MY OPINION,
ARE THE SAME GROUP.Copy !req
409. NO, THEY'RE NOT!Copy !req
410. THE BELIEVERS ARE EITHER
PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD CONFUSING EXPERIENCES,Copy !req
411. OR FOLKS OUT
TO MAKE A BUCK.Copy !req
412. THE DISBELIEVERS
ARE SCIENTISTS OR PROFESSORS,Copy !req
413. LIKE THIS MAN.Copy !req
414. EVERY NIGHT,
I TALK TO DEAD PEOPLE,Copy !req
415. AND I FLY THROUGH SPACE.
AND I CALL IT DREAMING.Copy !req
416. CHRISTOF KOCH, PROFESSOR OF
COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY AT CAL TECH.Copy !req
417. AND IN DREAMS, EVERY NIGHT,
WE ALL GO TO SLEEP.Copy !req
418. AND VERY OFTEN,
I WILL MEET AND TALK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAD.Copy !req
419. I WILL FLY THROUGH SPACE.Copy !req
420. I WILL DO THINGS THAT I
COULD NEVER DO IN REAL LIFE.Copy !req
421. NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES,
THEY'RE JUST ANOTHER FORM OF VERY VIVID DREAMS.Copy !req
422. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCESCopy !req
423. IS GOING UP DRAMATICALLY
AS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY WILL GET BETTER.Copy !req
424. IN FACT, I PREDICT
THAT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS,Copy !req
425. WE'LL HAVE MORE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE THESE EXPERIENCESCopy !req
426. BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING
BETTER AND BETTERCopy !req
427. AT PULLING PEOPLE BACK
FROM THE BRINK OF DEATH.Copy !req
428. AND WHAT ABOUT
THOSE COMPELLING STORIES WE HEARD EARLIER?Copy !req
429. WHAT DO THOSE PEOPLE
THINK OF THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION?Copy !req
430. FIRST OFF,
I DON'T GET ANGRY,Copy !req
431. BECAUSE I WOULD'VE BEEN
A SKEPTIC BEFORE IT HAPPENED TO ME, ALSO.Copy !req
432. I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE
NOT BELIEVING ME BECAUSE IT HASN'T HAPPENED TO THEM.Copy !req
433. WE WELCOME PEOPLE WHO
ARE SKEPTICAL AND PEOPLE WHO JUST SEEK INFORMATION.Copy !req
434. AND IT'S OK FOR
THE OTHER PEOPLE TO BE SKEPTICAL.Copy !req
435. IT'S ALL RIGHT FOR THEM.Copy !req
436. IN THEIR OWN TIME,
THEY MAY LEARN WHAT WE KNOW.Copy !req
437. ALL I CAN TELL YOU
IS ABOUT MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES,Copy !req
438. BECAUSE I'M NOT
A SCIENTIST, I'M A HAIRDRESSER.Copy !req
439. I CAN MAKE YOU
LOOK GOOD,Copy !req
440. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW
TO GIVE YOU ANSWERS.Copy !req
441. OK, WHATEVER THESE FOLKS
BELIEVE HAPPENED TO THEM,Copy !req
442. AT LEAST THEY'RE NOT
OUT FOR A BUCK.Copy !req
443. THAT'S MORE THAN WE CAN SAY
ABOUT SOME OTHER PEOPLE.Copy !req
444. I'M JAN PRICE, AND I'VE BEEN
TO THE OTHER SIDE OF DEATH.Copy !req
445. WE ARE OUR BRAINS.
THEY ARE US.Copy !req
446. SO WHEN OUR BRAINS TELL USCopy !req
447. THAT THE TIME WE SPENT
IN THE DENTIST CHAIR RECEIVING ORAL SURGERYCopy !req
448. WAS LONGER THAN THE TIME WE
SPENT IN THE LA-Z-BOY CHAIR RECEIVING ORAL SEX,Copy !req
449. IT'S EASY TO SEE THAT
AS REALITY.Copy !req
450. BUT WE'VE LEARNED TO TRUST
OUR WATCHES AND NOT "OUR EXPERIENCES."Copy !req
451. WE ALL DREAM, SO WHEN YOU WAKE
UP, YOU DON'T TELL YOUR FRIENDSCopy !req
452. ABOUT YOUR NIGHT
WITH MARILYN MONROE OR MARILYN MANSON.Copy !req
453. OK, SO YOU DO.Copy !req
454. BUT YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT
REALLY HAPPENED,Copy !req
455. NO MATTER HOW REAL
THE EXPERIENCE.Copy !req
456. IS THE JUMP THAT GREAT
FROM DREAMS TO NDEs?Copy !req
457. WHY WOULDN'T OUR BRAINS
FREAK OUT A LITTLE WHEN INJURED OR DYING?Copy !req
458. WHY IS THAT SO HARD
TO UNDERSTAND FOR THESE PEOPLE?Copy !req
459. IT'S THAT UGLY BASTARD DEATH.Copy !req
460. THE IDEA THAT THERE'S
SOMETHING ELSE, EVEN IF IT'S ONLY A LITTLE LIGHT,Copy !req
461. MAY MAKE YOU FEEL
A LITTLE BETTER WHILE YOUR BRAIN LOSES BLOOD,Copy !req
462. BUT IT TAKES AWAY
THE BEAUTY OF LIFE.Copy !req
463. WE DIE.
IT'S AS EASY AS THAT.Copy !req
464. SO LET'S MAKE THE BEST
OF WHAT WE GOT WHILE WE GOT IT.Copy !req
465. HAVE A BLAST AND HELP OTHERS
HAVE A BLAST.Copy !req
466. BEHAVE WITH HONESTY
AND DIRECTNESS.Copy !req
467. YOU, ME, US, MAGGIE THE DOG,Copy !req
468. NONE OF US GETS A SECOND CHANCE
TO NOT PEE ON THE SOFA.Copy !req
469. SO, YEAH, THAT'S OUR MESSAGE.
DON'T PEE ON THE SOFA.Copy !req
470. CAPTIONED BY THE NATIONAL
CAPTIONING INSTITUTE —www.ncicap.org—Copy !req