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May 13, 1998: Poltergeists - Dr. Barry Taff
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Art Bell welcomes Dr. Barry Taff, a world-renowned parapsychologist who investigated more than 3,500 cases of ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists during his 30-year career at UCLA's parapsychology laboratory. Dr. Taff recounts the real story behind the 1983 film The Entity, starring Barbara Hershey, which was based on his 1974 investigation of a woman named Doris in Culver City, California, who claimed repeated attacks by unseen forces.
The team witnessed objects flying across rooms, photographed mysterious balls of lime-green light, and observed a half-bodied apparition that formed in front of multiple witnesses. Dr. Taff then describes an even more harrowing case from 1989 in San Pedro, where investigator Jeff Wheatcraft was physically attacked multiple times, including being strung up by a clothesline wrapped around his neck by an invisible force. Human blood plasma was found seeping from a kitchen cupboard.
The program opens with Art discussing India's underground nuclear tests, the massive fires burning across Mexico and Guatemala, and the resulting smoke haze reaching the U.S. Art also shares news about Robert Bigelow's research funding efforts and considers the possible connections between paranormal phenomena and UFOs.
The team witnessed objects flying across rooms, photographed mysterious balls of lime-green light, and observed a half-bodied apparition that formed in front of multiple witnesses. Dr. Taff then describes an even more harrowing case from 1989 in San Pedro, where investigator Jeff Wheatcraft was physically attacked multiple times, including being strung up by a clothesline wrapped around his neck by an invisible force. Human blood plasma was found seeping from a kitchen cupboard.
The program opens with Art discussing India's underground nuclear tests, the massive fires burning across Mexico and Guatemala, and the resulting smoke haze reaching the U.S. Art also shares news about Robert Bigelow's research funding efforts and considers the possible connections between paranormal phenomena and UFOs.