Phantom Messages: Chilling Phone Calls, Letters, Emails, and Texts from Unknown Realms

by William J. Hall, Jimmy Petonito

Overview

Imagine these eerie phantom messages:

• A man answers the phone and hears himself on the line, sick and struggling. Soon after, he dies unexpectedly.
• You thought about calling a friend, but never got around to it. He calls you back—your message is on his voice mail.
• You receive emails from a deceased friend. He predicts your injury weeks before it happens.
• Extraterrestrials send you computer messages with startling predictions. They all come true.

Discover life-altering direct contact by phone, computer, TV, radio, letter, and other mediums. From whom? Entities, loved ones, extraterrestrials, and bizarre beings from the past or future. They take photos, deliver warnings, cause havoc, transcend time, and more. At times you can hear past and future events in progress. Sometimes messages are friendly and welcoming, such as Thomas Harden from the year 1521. Other times? Your worst nightmare.

Join William Hall and Jimmy Petonito on a mission to unravel the mysterious world of impossible communication. You'll hear from witnesses and experts on scientific and paranormal theories, examine evidence and case characteristics, and share real life paranormal messages of hope, terror, time slips, and wonder. Bonus author investigations are also included. If you enjoy hauntings and UFO phenomena, you'll love exploring the unforgettable Phantom Messages!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938875175
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	09/01/2018
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	1,106,795
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

William J. Hall was born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where the events of this book took place. He watched the news coverage of the Lindley Street haunting on TV when he was 10 years old. Hall is professionally equipped to recognize trickery. After more than 25 years as a performing magician, he knows how to create and recognize illusions. He is experienced in researching the unexplained, from folklore and urban legend to fortune telling, the pyramids, and other mysterious tales. His syndicated 1990's column "Magic and the Unknown" ran for six years in multiple local papers in his home state. Hall has two sons and resides in Plainville, Connecticut.

Jimmy Petonito began investigating the paranormal with Ed and Lorraine Warren and has been exploring it for over 30 years. He has appeared on numerous television shows such as Sightings, Unsolved Mysteries, Primetime Live, and Hostage to the Devil, and his cases have been featured on shows such as Canada's Scariest Night of My Life. Jimmy is also the host of the popular radio program The Haunted Chronicles. He resides with his two beautiful daughters in Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Section 1 Methodology

Chapter 1 Enter the World of Phantom Messages 3

Chapter 2 Unknown Entities 7

Entity Screams through the Radio 7

Ghost Computer Comes to Life 9

Mary, Mary: From Grave Photo to Car Radio 10

Talking through the Clock Radio 12

Gettysburg Ghosts Call to Play 14

The South Shields Poltergeist 15

From Graveyard to Facebook 17

It Came through the Speakers 18

Wicked Whispers 21

On the Way to the Sanatorium 22

The Rosenheim Poltergeist 24

Elementary School Entities 26

The Real Story of "The Apartment/It Came from the Basement" from The Scariest Night of My Life 28

Chapter 3 People You Know: Warnings, Help, Hello 35

The Deceased Borrows a Cell Phone 35

The Haunted Clock Radio 36

Calls from an Abandoned Office 38

Vanishing Patient from Room 18 39

Impossible Voice Mail and Texts 43

Train Crash Victim Calls Loved Ones Thirty-five Times 44

Dead Friend's Emails Predict the Future 47

Buried with Her Cell Phone 48

If Pictures Could Talk 50

Uncle's Answering Machine Message 51

Interaction over the Intercom 52

Dad Kept His Promise 53

It Came from the Top of the Stairs 55

Netherworld Calling the Netherlands 57

Our Song Plays at 10:30 58

Calls from Deleted Cell Number 59

Season's Greetings by HAM Radio 61

Crossing Over Waycross by Phone 62

Confused Spirit of Munster 63

Quarter Collector from Elsewhere 64

Chapter 4 A Few Celebrity Encounters 67

Michael Moon 67

Ida Lupino 71

Dean Koontz 72

Jennifer Runyon Corman 74

Sir Paul McCartney 76

Harry Houdini 77

Chapter 5 Time Slips 79

Call from the Future Predicts 911 80

Emergency Call from the Past 82

Computer and Television Contact from Another Time 83

Strange Letter Predicts Visitors 85

My Boyfriend Heard Himself Die on the Phone 87

Text Messages from Your Future Self 88

The Dodleston Messages Revisited (with Gary Rowe) 90

Chapter 6 The Haunted Cable Box 107

Chapter 7 Extraterrestrials 115

Phone Calls from a Spacecraft 117

The Mothman Messages 118

Otherworldly Phone Calls 121

Signal Anomalies May Be from Extraterrestrial Intelligence 124

An Alien Entity Caught on X-Ray 128

Alien Crisis Averted 129

Phone Calls Interrupted by Aliens 132

Baby Learns "Alien Speak" from Phone Calls 133

The 1970s Alien Transmission (with Colin Andrews) 135

Colin Andrews Shares a Personal Experience 139

MIB, Women in Black, and Phone Calls of the Sinister Kind Nick Redfern 140

Nick Redfern Shares a Personal Encounter 140

More on the Mothman Prophecies 142

Curious Entity Joins the Call 143

Call Interference from the Men in Black 145

The Call that Never Happened 146

Chapter 8 Case Characteristics and Data 147

Chapter 9 Theories and Discussion 151

1 Lack of Understanding Electronics 153

2 Bereavement 154

3 Our Faulty Memories 155

4 Trickery: Intentional and Unintentional 158

5 The Paranormal 161

Chapter 10 The Next 100 Years: What Will We Know? 167

Epilogue 173

Section 2 Bonus Cases

Cast 1 The Angry House 177

Cast 2 Black-Winged Shadow Creature and Top Hat Man 185

Cast 3 When Trolls Attack 191

Cast 4 The Curious Case of the Missing Muffins 201

Bibliography 211

Editorial Reviews

"Phantom Messages is the guilty pleasure I have long awaited. It is a fantastic collection of true stories guaranteed to chill your bones and thrill you at the same time. Stories go from ghostly entities communicating unthinkable horror, to pictures of deceased loved ones that talk, to people who hear themselves "die" on the phone. This is a beautifully composed symphony of horror and fright chills that harken back to the old 'Kolchak The Nightstalker' series on television. You will devour it in a single sit-down but try NOT to be alone at night in your home...lest your phone start buzzing with the CALLER UNKNOWN flashing in the darkness..." —John DeSouza, author of The Extra-Dimensionals

Reviews

"Phantom Messages is the guilty pleasure I have long awaited. It is a fantastic collection of true stories guaranteed to chill your bones and thrill you at the same time. Stories go from ghostly entities communicating unthinkable horror, to pictures of deceased loved ones that talk, to people who hear themselves "die" on the phone. This is a beautifully composed symphony of horror and fright chills that harken back to the old 'Kolchak The Nightstalker' series on television. You will devour it in a single sit-down but try NOT to be alone at night in your home...lest your phone start buzzing with the CALLER UNKNOWN flashing in the darkness..." —John DeSouza, author of The Extra-Dimensionals

"Phantom Messages is a tour de force of the extraordinary realm of paranormal communication experiences. A wealth of fascinating (and sometimes spine-tingling) cases probe the twilight world where technology interacts with mind and spirit. Carefully researched but written in a lively style, this book is an entertaining and important contribution to the study of a much-neglected phenomenon." —Dr. Andrew Nichols, Director, American Institute of Parapsychology

"Anyone interested in the field whether they are a beginner, intermediate or advanced researcher or like-minded soul, will find this to be a great read with useful information." —Alexandra Holzer, author, Growing Up Haunted, Intuitive and Physical Researcher

"As Hall and Petonito reveal, when your cell-phone rings out, the caller may not be human..." —Nick Redfern, author of The Slenderman Mysteries

"This is without doubt one of those rare books that so excite and engage from page one that you would be advised to be comfortable with coffee already poured. This fact is of itself an important one, because it highlights part of a larger and more important aspect of researching these mysterious events. Phantom Messages is more than a captivating read, it is an opportunity to consider a larger reality than we have acknowledged in the past." —Colin Andrews, author of On the Edge of Reality

"Mind-boggling mystery messages from the dead, spirits, entities, our future selves and more, all guaranteed to prickle your skin and make you realize that our reality has no boundaries. Starting this book is like taking a chip out of the bag—you can't stop until you're done. A great read and a researcher's dream!" —Rosemary Ellen Guiley, author of Contact with the Dead

"Thought-provoking and entertaining! Truly a holistic go-to resource filled with diverse cases of phantom messages. A must read for anyone interested in unexplainable communications or ghostly encounters!" —Brandon Massullo, parapsychologist and author of The Ghost Studies

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