 Corey Schjoth of Phantasmagoria Photography shares his passion for historic and haunted landscapes, as well as his inspiration, infrared photography, and his favorite locations! Be sure to check the show notes at BigSeance.com for photos that are discussed in this episode.   In this episode: Episode Teaser :00 Intro 1:16 Welcome Corey Schjoth to the parlor! His bio! 1:49 Pouring Corey some coffee 4:20 What does "phantasmagoria" mean, anyway? 5:30 Corey’s contemporary but genuine approach to photography 7:27 From an instamatic as a kid to photo journalism 9:38 Formal training vs. learn as you go 11:06 Before the shift to historic and haunted landscapes, Corey’s photography focused on photo journalism and documentary photography 13:45 Inspiration from British photographer, Simon Marsden 16:17 Infrared Photography 18:10 Some of the cool places Corey has visited (Castle Frankenstein, Henderson Castle, Bachelor Grove Cemetery) 23:50 McPike Mansion in Alton, Illinois 25:37 After the Final Curtain and the photography of Matt Lambros 28:40 Paranormal experiences, including a courthouse apparition! 29:30 Red eyes were staring at me from the foot of my bed! 34:37 Some of the concerns with exploring abandoned places 37:25 Taking a look at some of Corey’s photos of great historic locations! Photo 1 - Irish Castle in Chicago, built in 1886 42:15  Photo 2 - The Scott Mansion in Merrill, WI, built in 1884, has a dramatic and complicated history! 46:58  Photo 3 - The Porter House in Iowa, built in 1898 55:06  Final thoughts and what’s coming up for Corey Schjoth 59:00 Outro 1:02:45 #Paranerd Hashtag 1:04:22   For more on Corey Schjoth! PhantasmagoriaPhoto.com Phantasmagoria Photography on Facebook  Twitter: @PhantasPhoto Phantasmagoria Photography on Instagram    Record your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! Call the show at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. Visit BigSéance.com for more information. Please help The Big Séance Podcast by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Google Play Music, and iHeart Radio.  

114 - Phantasmagoria Photography with Corey Schjoth - The Big Seance Podcast: My Paranormal World

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   In anticipation of an exciting private overnight at the historic and haunted Lemp Mansion with Australia's Anne and Renata, Patrick shares an episode of their True Hauntings Podcast. In this 2021 episode, titled "Case 17: The Curse of Lemp Mansion", Anne and Renata cover the tragic history and lore of the Lemp family and their famous St. Louis home. Visit BigSeance.com/252 for more info.  Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Intro :00 Patrick has been getting excited for Anne and Renata’s next trip to the US from Australia. This fall they’ll be spending a few days in his area, which will include a private, overnight stay at the historic and haunted Lemp Mansion in St. Louis. Check out this episode from 2019 where Patrick and Karen A. Dahlman stayed overnight at the Lemp. But in looking forward to their upcoming visit, in today’s show, Patrick shares the 2021 episode of Anne and Renata’s True Hauntings podcast, titled Case 17: The Curse of Lemp Mansion. :45 The tragic history of the Lemp family and their home. 4:11 The Hauntings. 39:54 Debunking. 57:12 “Oh my freaking God! Did you hear that?!” Patrick’s funny story from one of his stays at the Lemp. 1:03:10 Is this a true haunting or not? 1:06:42 Outro 1:10:09 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 1:11:26   For more on Anne and Renata: Anne and Renata's previous Big Seance appearances: Episodes 214, 163, and 122. GhostGrannies.com Facebook: Anne and Renata: Frightfully Good Twitter: @anneandrenata Instagram: @anneandrenata Tiktok: @anneandrenata OzParaTech.com NewcastleGhostTours.com.au       The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

252 - True Hauntings and the Curse of Lemp Mansion - Big Seance

   Join Patrick in a truly interesting conversation with author and psychic medium June Lundgren, who refers to herself as a demon seer whose specialty is getting rid of demons. Along with detailed descriptions of what she sees and how she works, June also covers archangels and tells stories of working with Zak Bagans and the Ghost Adventures crew! She is the author of the forthcoming book, Dark Encounters. Visit BigSeance.com/251 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Intro :00 June Lundgren is a psychic, medium, demon seer, healer, animal communicator, international author, and nurse. She is descended from a long line of women with psychic and spiritual gifts. Raised by her grandmother, she communicated with spirits, animals, and angels. She is called a demon seer because she can see, hear, communicate, and has the ability to remove and destroy negative entities. She has been helping people with their paranormal problems and animal issues most of her life. Her first book, A Mediums Guide to the Paranormal, was released in 2009. Since then, she has written several more books, including the forthcoming Dark Encounters. She is the founder of Ghosts and Girls Paranormal. June has appeared on Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures, Coast-to-Coast AM, Midnight in the Desert, and The Unexplained with Howard Hughes, to name a few. She served in the military where she trained as a nurse and EMT. After returning from the military she has continued to work in the medical field as a nurse. You can learn more about June by visiting demonseer.com. :49 What is a demon seer? 3:35 Patrick admits his skepticism. “Most people don’t go out of their way to read about or discuss or even think about negative entities until either they meet someone who has an issue, or they have one themselves. Then it’s a whole different situation. I run into that quite a lot.” 5:07 After an accident, June had a near death experience where Michael the Archangel explained to her that her soul belongs to Auriel the Archangel, the demon slayer. 7:03 Detailed descriptions of demons, archangels, and the battles between them. 11:12 “Look for the eyes.” 13:49 On the topic of ghosts, June says she laughs when she watches the show the Ghost Whisperer, because that character conveniently sees one ghost at a time. “I basically draw a crowd.” 17:55 June also does her work through photographs. 19:22 Weekly meetings with the Legion of Light. 20:25 More on Auriel the Archangel, plus one of the only other archangels living in physical form now. 21:32 June has never run into a situation or a problem that was too big for her to handle. 24:57 June’s experiences with Zak Bagans and the crew of Ghost Adventures. 26:05 Patrick retells the story of investigating with Amy Bruni and Adam Berry and having the footage from 3 different video tapes mysteriously erase themselves. 29:27 More on June’s experiences with the Ghost Adventures crew and a conversation she had with Zak regarding an investigation and his provoking a particular entity. “This demon has a message for you and you'd better listen, because this is an old demon, and they don’t do messages. You’re lucky. Usually they just strike and you’re screwed. So you'd better listen to what he has to say.” 30:32 A Ghost Adventures producer to June: “Don’t take the demon out until after we’ve done our investigation.” 33:05 In 2018, June says she cleaned out Zak Bagans’ famous museum of demons. 33:48 Being a demon seer and a nurse at the same time. 35:34 June’s perspective of what life is like on the Other Side. 36:35 Hell 38:45 Final thoughts from June and more on her forthcoming book, Dark Encounters. 40:31 Ghosts and Girls Paranormal, June’s paranormal team. 43:38 Outro 45:15 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 46:35   For more on June Lundgren DemonSeer.com JuneLundgrenAuthor.com GhostsAndGirlsParanormal.com June on Facebook Instagram: @junelundgren June's book on Amazon         The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

251 - Psychic Medium June Lundgren on Demons and Archangels - Big Seance

   In this episode we look back at highlights of two great interviews from 2017 and 2019. Roberta Grimes is an afterlife expert, author of The Fun of Dying: Find Out What Really Happens Next, and host of the Seek Reality podcast. Sandra Champlain is the author of We Don't Die - A Skeptic’s Discovery of Life After Death and host of We Don't Die Radio and Shades of the Afterlife. Visit BigSeance.com/250 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Intro :00 A remastered look back at two afterlife experts! :49 Highlights from episode 83 with Roberta Grimes, afterlife expert and author of The Fun of Dying: Find Out What Really Happens Next. 2:28 Roberta has read a LOT of interesting books in her research. Check out the appendix in the back of most of her own books for recommendations. 5:58 A powerful experience and hearing a voice in 1955. 9:05 Writing books with the help of Roberta’s primary guide, Thomas Jefferson. 11:18 Reincarnation, growing up Christian, and simply listening to the words of Jesus. 15:30 Where does the dogma and false information in Christianity come from? 17:36 Jesus and the genuine God. 21:43 The importance of learning to forgive. 24:29 Why is communication between the dead and the living so difficult? Plus, the North American Station. 25:46 Roberta’s BIG TIP for what NOT to do when we die. 30:32   For more on Roberta Grimes  RobertaGrimes.com     Suicide and Crisis Lifeline In the US, you can dial 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. For international resources, you can visit Befrienders.org. 36:55   Highlights from episode 144 with Sandra Champlain, author of We Don’t Die: A Skeptic’s Discovery of Life After Death. 37:48 Grief and the fear of dying. 39:15 When you realize that we don’t die, everyone makes it to the Other Side, and our loved ones will be there to greet us. 42:04 Sandra’s tipping point was a course in mediumship and discovering Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP). 45:03 In 2011, while sitting in her car after a movie, Sandra recorded a video of herself after realizing it was time to share her story. 51:08 Sandra shares more from experiences while studying mediumship at the Arthur Findlay College. 57:44 Sandra has been a part of many seances, and she recounts some of the more fascinating physical phenomena that she has witnessed while sitting with physical medium, Scott Milligan. 1:06:35   For more on Sandra Champlain WeDontDieRadio.com   Outro 1:16:14 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 1:17:32     The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!

250 - Roberta Grimes and Sandra Champlain: Another Listen - Big Seance

   Psychic Medium Dana Stricker tells Patrick of the fascinating, yet strange experiences of her childhood that helped to shape her work, which began at the age of 15 when she gave tarot readings. Other topics include her "Battle Axe" of a spirit guide, a shared experience that left a handprint burned into Dana's leg, and what it really means to be a Witch! Plus, what's life like on the Other Side? Visit BigSeance.com/249 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Intro :00 Dana Stricker’s Bio :46 Patrick and Dana met each other at Amy Bruni’s Strange Escapes event at Belvoir Winery in 2022. 2:26 After leaving the dirty, creepy bunker of the orphanage where Patrick led Dana and a small group in a paranormal investigation at Belvoir, she went home with a child’s handprint burned into her thigh. For more on the investigations from the bunker at that event, check out episode 215. 5:39 Dana is the Social Media Meme Queen! “I just have a very good sense of humor, and I think humor is very important right now in the world, and so I just keep doing it.” 10:48 Dana is a member of the Soulstice Sisters, along with Khristina Bowen and Kathy Feketik. 13:29 Ghostly physical contact in a jail cell at Ohio State Reformatory. 16:10  “I think a place, once a lot of people have gone through it, it seems like it loses something or it gains things that wouldn’t have been there initially.” 19:57 Some of the childhood experiences that shaped Dana’s psychic abilities and mediumship, in which utilized the tarot for many years. 21:55 The “Battle Axe” that is Dana’s spirit guide. 28:30 “I could hear a big band playing in our living room.” Other strange paranormal experiences from Dana’s childhood. 31:25 Help from a theatre class. 34:35 What’s life like on the Other Side? 36:31 “I do practice Witchcraft, but it’s my Witchcraft.” What it means to be a Witch. 42:53 Dana’s advice for young people who may be growing up with similar abilities and experiences, which includes reading Chip Coffey’s Growing Up Psychic. Hear more about this book in Patrick’s interview with Chip in episode 85. 49:32 Dana’s final thoughts. 53:43 Outro 57:55 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 59:13   For more on Dana Stricker PsychicMediumDana.com SoulsticeSisters.com Get Real with Deb and Dana Dana on Facebook Dana on Instagram       The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!      

249 - Psychic Medium Dana Stricker - Big Seance

   Have you received communication from a dead loved one? In this Part 2 episode, listeners Leslie, Kelly, Susan, Bruce, and Amy certainly have! From a physical and literal sign left on a desk to a comforting voice from the garden. Plus a spirit who communicates through an alarm system, the return of a beloved cat, and a lost and found bracelet. Visit BigSeance.com/248 for more info, and to learn how you can share your own story! Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Intro :00 Patrick recently asked listeners to send in stories of messages from loved ones in the spirit world. The most recent episode, episode 247, was Part 1 where Patrick shared those stories. And so today is Part 2 of Stories of Messages from Passed Loved Ones. Patrick would like to thank those people who trusted him with their stories, because someone out there will be helped, or at least comforted after hearing them. :45 Leslie’s sign from her mother 1:41 “Soul to soul” stories from Kelly 10:04 “I’m here.” Susan Davy’s voice from the garden. 12:40 “The alarm system for my house would randomly go off.” 15:55 “I was able to draw the sketches from memory.” Patrick’s account of a spirit visitation. 19:00 More stories from Bruce 21:19 A lost and found bracelet 27:11 Amy Park Goeddeke’s connection with her cat, Mercedes 30:28 “Talk to me.” 38:04 Outro 43:05 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 44:23     HOW TO SHARE YOUR STORY IN YOUR OWN VOICE Have an iPhone? Open the built-in Voice Memos app to record your story. From there, email your audio to patrick@BigSeance.com. Have an Android? Depending on the phone, Android users will have a built-in voice recorder that should also allow you to send your recording to patrick@BigSeance.com.  Record it Online! Visit SpeakPipe.com/BigSeance to leave your story. There's a 90-second limit, but you can leave multiple messages.  Leave a Voicemail by calling (775) 583 - 5563.        The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!  

114 - Phantasmagoria Photography with Corey Schjoth - The Big Seance Podcast: My Paranormal World

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