Host Suzanne Clores talks to photographer Shannon Taggart about her incredible photographic journey through the world of Spiritualism, the American 19th century religion that popularized the seance, or sacred circle in which to communicate with the dead. Taggart spent 17 years documenting entranced mediums in the historic Spiritualist community in Lily Dale, ... Show More
Jan 2020
The Medium's Cabinet: A Highly Strange Seance Experience
Host Suzanne Clores travels to Leeds, England for a conference on the intersection of science and Spiritualism in Victorian-era Europe. Clores looks at serious questions scientists asked about technology, innovation and spirit phenomena at the dawn of the 19th century, and endure ... Show More
22m 48s
Apr 2020
Night Terrors and How to Heal Them
Sleep Paralysis, or Night Terrors, are a weird but common nocturnal disturbance related to stress and difficult to treat. Characterized by a frightening figure that threatens the sleeper with its menacing presence, night terrors are a strange, uncomfortable and, oddly, hereditary ... Show More
29m 52s
Aug 2020
QiGong and The Art of Possibility
Healing, the ancient art of therapeutic intervention, once required sacred rituals and secret knowledge about the power of medicinal plants, energetic vibrations and indigenous wisdom. Today, we think about curing illness as surgical and pharmaceutical combat: we must fight, beat ... Show More
24m 13s
Jul 2025
The Disappearance of Starlette Vining (Maine)
<p>Starlette Vining disappeared in 1998 and has never been found, yet 15 years after she was last seen in the small town of Presque Isle, Maine, a suspect was convicted of her murder. </p><p>This is a wide-open look at how a cold missing persons case was successfully investigated ... Show More
38m 9s
Feb 2025
Roberta Michels-Hopkins
<p>In February of 1981, Roberta Michels-Hopkins, a 29-year-old mother of two, disappeared from Camden, New Jersey, without a trace. The story goes that she left her home, heading out to buy a pack of cigarettes, and never returned. Roberta's sister said she received a phone call ... Show More
1h 6m
Oct 2024
Her Killer Was Caught on Surveillance Moments Before Her Abduction: The Case of Aniah Blanchard
<div>Aniah Blanchard was a 19-year-old college student living in Auburn, Alabama, when on October 23, 2019, she never returned home. Despite dropping off her brother and telling him she was headed back to her apartment, she never arrived. Then, odd messages to her roommate starte ... Show More
59m 25s
Sep 2024
244 - The Vanishing of Loy Evitts
When twenty-nine year old Loy Evitts failed to return to her Kansas City, MO office job after taking a late lunch, her co-workers were concerned. When they found her car, parked in its assigned spot, but could find no trace of the woman, that concern transformed into worry. The ... Show More
1h 38m