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It's often argumentative and occasionally heated.

In this new podcast, you'll get to hear the argument for yourself.

As each week, three journalists pitch the story they think mattered most.

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Today on The Grave Talks, attached to the dead, the Sam Balter's History.

Sam Balter's History has lived what some may call a haunted life.

From a very young age, Sam realized that he had the gift of being able to hear

and sometimes see the other side.

Ghosts, spirits, and the undead were just another part of everyday life for Sam.

Then one night after giving a historical performance in Salem,

Sam found himself closer to the spirit world than he ever thought possible.

Sam discovered that he had taken on the attachment of an angry spirit who nearly killed him.

This is the haunted story of Sam Balter's and his experiences with the dead.

Going way back to my childhood, I was pretty much like the kids from the Shining.

I was little Danny Torrance with sensitivity at an early age.

My first technical encounter was with my grandfather.

This is after he passed, which was really young when he passed.

I saw a man with glasses sitting on the corner of my dad looking at me in a very warm way.

It didn't scare me. It was actually warm and kind of fuzzy.

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