Posted on 04/23/2006 12:22:44 PM PDT by wagglebee
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A controversial television seance airing on Monday will claim it has reached the spirit of John Lennon, but viewers will have to pay $9.95 to find out what the peace-loving Beatle has to say.
The special, being carried on pay-TV service In Demand, was organized by the producers of a 2003 attempt to channel the late Princess Diana. That show failed to find Diana and received reviews that could have sunk the Titanic but it is estimated to have grossed close to $8 million.
Sight unseen, the Lennon effort has been attacked by the late Beatle's friends and fans as a tasteless effort to profit from his assassination 25 years ago. But producers say they are hoping to lure an audience that now loves such prime-time network TV shows as "Ghost Whisperer" and "Medium."
The program features what is described as an Electronic Voice Phenomenon, or EVP, that a psychic on the show claims is the disembodied voice of Lennon speaking at a seance in one of his favorite New York restaurants, La Fortuna.
EVP is based on a belief that spirit voices communicate through radio and TV broadcast signals.
On the television show, filming at La Fortuna suddenly stops and a narrator says something odd has happened. They then claim that a mysterious voice can be heard on the voice feed of one of the psychics.
The producers then call in "EVP specialist" Sandra Belanger to examine the voice and she proclaims it the real deal.
"That's very consistent with a Class A EVP," she said, regarding the level and clarity of the voice. She also says the voice sounds like how Lennon would have talked.
Reuters was given a preview of the program, "The Spirit of John Lennon," on condition that it not reveal what the "voice" said during the taped seance.
Producer Paul Sharratt, who heads Starcast Productions and who calls himself a skeptic, said hearing the voice has made him a believer.
"The Spirit of John Lennon" is being done without the knowledge or consent of Lennon's estate or his widow Yoko Ono, who declined comment. Her longtime friend and spokesman Elliot Mintz has called the entire exercise "tacky, exploitative and far removed" from the icon's way of life.
"A pay-per-view seance was never his style," said Mintz.
"That's very consistent with a Class A EVP," she said, regarding the level and clarity of the voice. She also says the voice sounds like how Lennon would have talked.
People actually pay to see this crap?!
I bet he says "don't waste your money on hoaxes".
Geraldo is probably pretty pissed that pay-per-view wasn't as common twenty years ago when he went looking for Al Capone's vault.
If there are people who actually believe such things, they are probably the descendents of all who believed everything throughout history.
" viewers will have to pay $9.95 to see what the peace-loving Beatle has to say"
He'll say, "Get my songs back from that mutant, plastic surgery addicted, child molester. NOW."
Imagine there's no Lennon
Yes, isn't it wonderful? :-)
So says lowbridge the psychic who is currently in contact with Elvis Presley. And it'll cost you 20 bucks a piece to hear what he has to say....
I'll give you a free sample:
"Lisa Marie married that child molesting crackpot????? She ought to check into the nearest funny farm. I'm disowning her."
To reach Lennon it would best be done through a piece of plumbing.
I know Sandra Belanger, personally and I can attest to her credibility. YES, SHE is accurate! I personally set out to prove she was a fraud with the Laci Peterson case. I spent hours and hours researching each and every claim she gave only to find news accounts,validating her work. Sharon Rocha credits Sandra with finding where Laci’s body was placed. It is a good read, in itself. Check the book, if you like “FOR LACI by Sharon Rocha”. I believe it is Chapter 28. Here is a link to her work, in detail, on the Peterson case. http://excoboard.com/exco/thread.php?forumid=91544&threadid=467148
I can also verify that Sandra gave this information out via the net, months in ADVANCE of any of it, coming to pass, which it did unfold, just as she said it would. For those who believe no proof is needed, for those who do not, no proof is ever enough.
When I could not dispute the work, I contacted her and we have been friends, since that day. I find her to be genuine, kind, caring and compassionate. Sandra will NOT accept one penny for her work with law enforcement and law enforcement seeks her out, for help, as well as family members which she will give freely. If anyone reading this has a missing family member and would like to email Sandra, contact me. steel_magnolia48@yahoo.com. Yes, I paid the see the Lennon special and recorded it. I know nothing of the others who participated in this program, but yes, Sandra Belanger is indeed genuine. Have a good night.NurseR
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