David Pitkin

Biography:

Retired teacher David Pitkin has sought answers to mysteries throughout his life. Fascinated by the workings of the unconscious mind and the growing evidence for consciousness surviving body death, he has written four books of true ghost stories. Though he has visited haunted sites throughout the US and England, his favorite haunts are in the U.S., where the spirits usually are polite, though stubborn.

He also studied dream analysis with Dr. Montague Ullman, and believes that dreams of the deceased are often genuine contact experiences. In addition, David is a professional numerologist and uses his degree in Counseling Psychology to analyze peoples' dreams and personalities.

Past Shows:

	Ghostly Encounters
	Wednesday October 18, 2006

Author of New York State Ghosts, David Pitkin shared some of his favorite cases from his research of disembodied spirits and ghosts. Ghosts, he explained, are a perceived energy with a personality, but they tend to be a "one trick pony" performing one action repeatedly such as stair-walking or door-opening. For whatever reason, they can't let go of the earth plane, he noted-- But if you simply inform them that they are dead, they will often leave, and they will also take instruction, if, for example, you ask them to stop loudly stomping on the stairs at night. They just want to know that someone is there, said Pitkin. A number of ghostly incidents involve persons who seem to vanish out of thin air. One personal encounter of his concerned a disheveled hitchhiker he picked up in 1975 during a rainstorm. After letting the hitchiker out of the car in Troy, New York, the man simply disappeared, and Pitkin said he could see within 100 yards in all directions. Gail Putnam, a medium who ... More
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