Quake Update
Appearing briefly at the start of the show, geologist
Jim Berkland reported on a
recent quake in the SF Bay Area. The 4.2 magnitude quake occurred near the time of a lunar eclipse, and there was an increase of missing pet notices, he said.
Global Warming Commentary
First hour guest, science writer and
Newsmax columnist
Lowell Ponte offered commentary on global warming, which he does not view as being associated with human-contributed C02 emissions. He argued that the issue has become overly politicized, and that Al Gore's film
An Inconvenient Truth is laden with errors.
Recap
Electronic Spirit Communication
Paranormal investigator
Christopher Moon, the founder of
Haunted Times Magazine, discussed 'Frank's Box,' also known as
the telephone to the dead. The box, composed of used parts from various electronic devices, was originally housed in an old hollowed-out computer tower, said Moon, who has used the apparatus at a number of haunted sites, such as the Lizzie Borden House (now a B & B!) and the
Mason House Inn.
Frank's Box allows for two-way communication with the other side, in a way that is more interactive than typical EVP, Moon explained. Two recordings were played on the show (additional clips are posted
here). He claimed he was able to communicate with Thomas Edison's co-workers (Edison never finished the spirit contact
machine he was said to be working on).
Towards the end of the third hour, Frank (
franksumption.tripod.com), the inventor of the box, joined the show to describe his invention. To quote from his website, "the system consists of a random voltage generator, which is used to tune an AM receiver module rapidly. The audio from the tuner (raw audio) is amplified and fed to an echo chamber, where the spirits manipulate it to form their voices." Moon noted that Frank has been able to make each successive box smaller in size and that Frank has had success contacting "transdimensional beings."
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