A hunt for the secrets of ghostly technology uncovers a chilling recording of the Men in Black! In part three of our “Voices From Beyond” series, we twist the knobs on Instrumental Transcommunication, revealing the spooky origins of a real-life Telephone to the Dead. Plus, we meet a psychic ventriloquist, Konstantin Raudive reaches out from beyond the grave, and Greg stumbles onto an otherworldly secret hiding in some old ghost box schematics.

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SHOW NOTES:

The Secret History of the Franks Box: https://tinyurl.com/y93dmwk2

Our “Ghostman #2” Box: https://tinyurl.com/5ek3z9r7

More on Seidl, Jurgenson, and Raudive:  https://tinyurl.com/3r97tn93

“Flying Saucers and the Three Three Men” by Bender: https://tinyurl.com/38hb5nhr

The Spiricom press conference: https://tinyurl.com/mus3vspc

Witness: Voices of the Dead: https://tinyurl.com/3xh9be54

Thomas Edison’s Ghost Telephone: https://tinyurl.com/ysev67tb

Mark Macy’s voicemails from beyond: https://tinyurl.com/43s56623

“Calling Earth” feat. Mark Macy: https://tinyurl.com/ycxdu3fk

“Miracles in the Storm” by Mark Macy:https://tinyurl.com/4xchfups

Timestream covered by the LA Times: https://tinyurl.com/3a2tusz9

Oct. 1995 Popular Electronics; “Ghost Voices”: https://tinyurl.com/52b43wkm

Comprehensive list of Frank Boxes: https://tinyurl.com/3de5h5ac

The EVP Maker: https://tinyurl.com/us8yszmx

Schematics from Frank: https://tinyurl.com/4fhfm53x

MIB Clip from Frank Sumption and Bill Murphy: https://tinyurl.com/n8peuwhb

Frank’s site via the Wayback Machine: https://tinyurl.com/4kx6ztvu

“Talking to the Dead” by Noory and Guiley: https://tinyurl.com/33mh5eyv

“Thinking Outside the Box”, written by Franks’ friends: https://tinyurl.com/34evh32x

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