October 29, 2010: EVP Research - Brendan Cook & Barbara McBeath
Art presses the pair on what they believe they are actually recording. While Cook and McBeath lean toward the voices being spirits of the deceased, Art admits that after more than a decade of following their work, he remains uncertain. He acknowledges the recordings are genuine and not radio interference or cell phone signals, but questions whether the voices could belong to entities that never had physical bodies. The team recounts a case where they recorded the voice of a recently deceased friend speaking a phrase he commonly used in life, which his family confirmed.
Art shares a deeply personal account of the intense, unexplainable cold he experienced for three days after his wife Ramona passed away, a sensation he believes was her spirit present with him. The discussion touches on Buddhist beliefs about earthbound spirits and whether proof of an afterlife is truly within reach.
Key Moments
Mausoleum fall - 'Are you okay?': Barbara recounts the EVP recorded when Brendan fell down stairs in a mausoleum alone - a concerned woman's voice asks 'are you okay?' on the dropped recorder, suggesting compassion rather than malevolence.
Art's spirit visit after Ramona's death: Art shares for the first time on this show that in the days after Ramona died, he was overcome by an unshakeable, three-day-long, bone-deep cold he couldn't break even by sitting under a hot shower.
EVP - 'This is my room': While Brendan adjusts his microphone in the basement of a 100-year-old former hotel, a strained, throaty male voice cuts through with what sounds like 'this is my room' - apparent territorial assertion from a long-dead occupant.
EVP - 'I hit his back': In the basement of a former Ogden hotel-turned-brothel, Barbara asks 'is the man that wears the felt hat here?' and a throaty male voice responds clearly with what sounds like 'I hit his back.'
Child EVP - 'I didn't eat today': Brendan asks a spirit to describe what it's like where they are. The clear response, in a child's voice: 'I didn't eat today.' Art and the investigators reflect that cravings - including hunger and smoking - seem to follow the consciousness past death.