Art Bell welcomes paranormal researcher and author Brad Steiger, whose 149th book, Shadow World, explores encounters with ghosts, spirit entities, and what Steiger calls "spirit mimics," beings that look and act human but are not. Steiger shares results from his decades-long questionnaire of over 30,000 respondents, revealing that 48 percent have seen a ghost and 61 percent have encountered spirit entities in haunted places.
Steiger distinguishes between ghosts, which he considers emotional residues imprinted on an environment and replayed like film, and genuine spirit contact from the deceased, which he now accepts based on cases involving verifiable information only the departed would know. He recounts being physically lifted off the ground alongside five others while investigating a house where multiple murders had occurred, after he challenged the resident entity to close and lock a door.
Listeners call in with their own accounts, including a police officer who saw the luminous spirit of his deceased dog curl up on his bed, and a man whose departed mother-in-law activated a row of music boxes simultaneously before later appearing in a dream to signal financial help was coming. Steiger connects these experiences to his broader thesis that a shadow world exists just beyond ordinary perception.
