Welcome to our paranormal afterlife.

This is episode 138 of paranormal stories.

This episode I'm reading from Greg Lawson's book,

Messages from Mothman,

interpretations of premonitions and other

paranormal experiences. When I have guests on my podcast, I read their books to work out questions

for the episodes, and when reading these books, I always find such amazing information that never

makes it into the podcast, and here I get a chance to give you a peek into the book.

I've put a link to the book in the show notes. I did seek permission to record this extract

and the author kindly said yes. So I'm going to read from chapter 6 which is called The Dreams,

and this is what Greg has written. He lives, she said. He comes to me every night and stands at the foot of my bed with the same sweet, adorable

smile he always had.

At other times, she also spoke of his brother Eddie and other departed family visiting.

You cannot dream of the comfort this gives me. After 11-year-old Willie's death, Mary Todd Lincoln's

favourite son, she sought out solace with the spiritualistic movement and then in the company

of psychic mediums. Despite not believing in such things, President Abraham Lincoln supported

his wife in any way he could.

If that meant associating with spirit ministers or the witches of Georgetown, so be it.

While devastated himself, the demands of his office and the war against the South kept him

on his feet and distracted. Mary Lincoln's emotional state was another

matter. Inconsolable most of the time, she eventually began seeking Willie in the seances. From time to

time, President Lincoln would sit on the sessions, but he was being confronted with his own

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