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October 19, 1999: Spirits, Trapped Souls, & the Afterlife - Laurie Jacobson
Published 1 year, 7 months ago
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Art Bell welcomes author Laurie Jacobson to discuss her book Hollywood Haunted, exploring ghost sightings connected to some of the entertainment industry's most famous names. Jacobson shares accounts of Lucille Ball's melancholy apparition watching her beloved home being demolished, Ozzie Nelson's spirit taking liberties with women who moved into his former residence, and Clifton Webb lingering on Earth because he feared being forgotten despite his celebrated career.
The conversation deepens when Jacobson recounts Ricky Nelson's daughter Tracy describing violent poltergeist activity in Errol Flynn's former estate, where rooms shook with the sound of crashing furniture and gold records being smashed, yet nothing was ever disturbed. Jacobson shares her own experience at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, where an unseen presence angrily shook a floor-to-ceiling velvet drape, later identified as the ghost of a former employee named Fritz who had hanged himself behind the movie screen.
Art reveals a mysterious photograph from his webcam taken at the exact moment he was discussing a Satanist guest, showing an unexplained white mass gathered above his head. The pair debate reincarnation, near-death experiences, the dangers of Ouija boards, and whether the manner of death directly shapes what happens to the spirit afterward.
The conversation deepens when Jacobson recounts Ricky Nelson's daughter Tracy describing violent poltergeist activity in Errol Flynn's former estate, where rooms shook with the sound of crashing furniture and gold records being smashed, yet nothing was ever disturbed. Jacobson shares her own experience at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, where an unseen presence angrily shook a floor-to-ceiling velvet drape, later identified as the ghost of a former employee named Fritz who had hanged himself behind the movie screen.
Art reveals a mysterious photograph from his webcam taken at the exact moment he was discussing a Satanist guest, showing an unexplained white mass gathered above his head. The pair debate reincarnation, near-death experiences, the dangers of Ouija boards, and whether the manner of death directly shapes what happens to the spirit afterward.