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Introduction
1. “I’m disappointed we don’t”: paraphrased from author’s memory, original meaning is maintained.
2. “extraordinary claims require”: Carl Sagan, Broca’s Brain (eISBN 978-0-307-80099-2), p. 102.
Chapter One: My Mother’s Gift
1. Within two months: Smith et al. ‘aPKC-mediated phosphorylation regulates asymmetric membrane localization of the cell fate determinant Numb.’ EMBO J. 2007 Jan 24;26(2):468-80.
2. “Canada’s Carnegie Hall”: The Canadian Encylopedia: Massey Hall, (https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/massey-hall).
3. Above the photograph: ‘Dream Come True for Geraldine,’ Daily Times, September 1977.
4. My mother said: paraphrased from author’s memory, original meaning is maintained.
5. “Remember I had my experience”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, June 7, 2015.
6. “You’re so beautiful”: Geraldine Stringer, personal diary entry (scanned Feb 29, 2016).
7. “Mum went crazy”: Janice Enright, interview by author, March 27, 2017.
8. “I got fat”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, July 12, 2015.
9. “Who we are cannot”: Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers (ISBN 978-0-316-04034-1, 2008) p. 275.
Chapter Two: The Word
1. “I saw the place”: Sebastian Jaramillo, interview by author via text messages, June 12, 2017.
2. “We will be together”: paraphrased from author’s memory, original meaning is maintained.
3. “You probably already”: Ibid.
4. “Dad sends his love”: Ibid.
5. “I saw him in line”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, Aug 23, 2015.
6. “I fell in love”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, June 7, 2015.
7. What’s his favourite: Coleen Wukowitz, interview by author, April 19, 2017.
8. “I’m pregnant”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, October 5, 2015.
9. “Do you remember playing”: Pauline Martin, interview by author, May 24, 2015.
10. “I know you will”: paraphrased from author’s memory, original meaning is maintained.
11. “You know I want”: paraphrased from author’s diary entry, March 13, 2016 (Book 1).
12. “Geraldine was always”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, October 14, 2015.
13. “Why did you go through”: Kevan Smith, phone interview by author, April 2019.
Chapter Three: The Ghost on Airport Road
1. “gothic and spooky”: Kevan Smith, phone interview by author, April 2019.
2. “Things began to happen”: Geraldine Stringer, personal diary p. 6.
3. pearl white dishes within: Growing up I remember white dishes, although I can’t be certain the dishes were white in the Summer of 1967.
4. Victor Tandy heard rumours: V. Tandy and T Lawrence, The Ghost in the Machine. Journal of the Society for Psychical Research (1998).Vol.62, No 851.
5. 45% of Americans: (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/10/25/how-many-people-believe-ghosts-dead-spirits/794215001/).
6. 47% of Canadians: (http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/do-you-believe-in-ghosts-almost-half-47-of-canadians-say-they-do-618230.htm).
7. Brits also believe ghosts: poll accessed from: (http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/ghosttoplines.pdf).
8. Significant levels of EMFs: Nichols A and Roll WG. ‘Discovery of Electromagnetic Anomalies at Two Reputedly Haunted Castles in Scandinavia.’ Journal of Parapsychology 1999. 63(3).
9. Dr Persinger’s test subjects: Cook C and Persinger M. ‘Experimental induction of the "sensed presence" in normal subjects and an exceptional subject.’ Perceptual and Motor Skills. 1997 Oct;85(2):683-93.
10. A group of researchers in London: French et al. ‘The ‘‘Haunt’’ project: An attempt to build a ‘‘haunted’’room by manipulating complex electromagnetic fields and infrasound.’ Cortex. 2009, 45(5):619-629.
11. “We did manage to”: Brandon Keim. ‘Scientifically Haunted House Suggests You're a Sucker.’ Wired Oct 30, 2009 (https://www.wired.com/2009/10/scientifically-haunted-house/)
12. “He was mid-thirties”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, text log Dec 4, 2017.
13. “She told me about the”: Pauline Martin and Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, August 23, 2015.
14. “No overt psychic stuff”: Kevan Smith, email received March 29, 2015.
15. The details of what: Sherry Sleightholm, Slow Motion Miracles (ISBN 0-919921-00-0, 1983) p. 91.
16. “The first thing was”: Kevan Smith, interview by author October 4, 2015 and phone interview January 20, 2018.
17. In 2019, everything changed: Lisa Grossman and Emily Conover. ‘The first picture of a black hole opens a new era of astrophysics.’ Science News April 10, 2019.
18. The force required to: About Spoon Bending urigeller.com: (http://www.urigeller.com/spoon-bending/).
19. “As a result of Geller's”: Experiments at Stanford Research Institute August 4-11, 1973. Declassified by CIA 09/10/2003 accessible at cia.gov: (https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00791r000100480003-3).
20. Salvador Dalí got it: Salvador Dalí, quote accessed from Dalí Universe website: (https://www.thedaliuniverse.com/en/salvador-dali/quotes).
21. “I don’t even like her”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, October 4, 2015.
22. “But I witnessed things”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, January 20, 2018.
23. “Are you here?”: Pauline Martin and Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, August 23, 2015.
24. “For each question”: Gauchou et al. ‘Expression of nonconscious knowledge via ideomotor actions.’ Consciousness and Cognition. 2012, 21:976–982.
25. “Who are you”: Pauline Martin and Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, August 23, 2015.
26. Her thumb and index: Sherry Sleightholm, Slow Motion Miracles (ISBN 0-919921-00-0, 1983) p. 7.
27. “What is your name?”: Pauline Martin and Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, August 23, 2015.
28. “It was so close to Presley”: ibid.
29. “He was a handyman”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, October 4, 2015.
30. But in her memory: Pauline Martin and Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, August 23, 2015.
31. “peacefully in hospital”: obituary site as accessed April 2, 2018: (http://rskane.ca/tribute/details/2101/Norman-Priestley/obituary.html).
Chapter Four: Is This What Crazy Feels Like?
1. “A few hundred years”: Geraldine Stringer, interview with Shirley Childs. ‘Parapsychological Phenomena.’ What’s On In Ottawa, November 1977; and interview by author (from memory).
2. “At the same time”: Geraldine Stringer, text message October 1, 2017.
3. Geraldine remembers a mental: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author October 12, 2017.
4. Even though he had: ibid.
5. “You’re overreacting”: Sherry Sleightholm, Slow Motion Miracles (ISBN 0-919921-00-0, 1983) p. 5.
6. “I took her advice”: Kevan Smith, interview by author September 30, 2017.
7. “With everything that’s happened”: Geraldine Stringer, interview with Shirley Childs. ‘Parapsychological Phenomena.’ What’s On In Ottawa, November 1977.
8. She may have been: ibid.
9. When she had another: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author October 12, 2017.
10. “I don’t think it’s”: Geraldine Stringer, interview with Shirley Childs. ‘Parapsychological Phenomena.’ What’s On In Ottawa, November 1977.
11. In her words, it was: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author October 12, 2017.
12. The seizure medication belonged: Kevan Smith, interview by author, October 4, 2015.
13. “I can’t do this anymore”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author August 23, 2015.
14. Geraldine glanced over at: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author October 12, 2017.
15. “I guess you’re not”: Geraldine Stringer, interview with Shirley Childs. ‘Parapsychological Phenomena.’ What’s On In Ottawa, November 1977.
16. When reception answered: Sherry Sleightholm, Slow Motion Miracles (ISBN 0-919921-00-0, 1983) p. 91.
17. “It sounds like what you”: Sherry Sleightholm, Slow Motion Miracles (ISBN 0-919921-00-0, 1983) p. 92.
18. “We ask that the”: typical dialogue speculated using information by eyewitnesses to similar sessions at the church. ‘A skeptic visits a spiritual church.’ Center for Inquiry, Feb 23, 2011: (http://www.centerforinquiry.net/blogs/entry/a_skeptic_visits_a_spiritualist_church_ana_hears_from_his_dead_great_aunt/).
19. “I looked forward to”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, October 13, 2017.
20. “You’re right”: Sherry Sleightholm, Slow Motion Miracles (ISBN 0-919921-00-0, 1983) p. 12.
Chapter Five: Tools of the Trade
1. “Please correct me if”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author over text message, April 6, 2018.
2. “You need to break it”: Sherry Sleightholm, Slow Motion Miracles (ISBN 0-919921-00-0, 1983) p. 92.
3. “If a person has”: Bill Gassman, ‘Psychic evening at Massey Hall Sept. 2,’ Entertainment Weekly, September 1977.
4. Wow, I’ve had too: Bill Gladstone, ‘Psychometry, Auras and Geraldine’ The Globe and Mail, Aug 31, 1977.
5. “No, I just need”: Geraldine Stringer, ‘Thoughts and Ideas’ personal diary.
6. This must be the: Bill Gladstone, ‘Psychometry, Auras and Geraldine’ The Globe and Mail, Aug 31, 1977.
7. “Take a deep breath”: paraphrased from author’s memory and contemporaneous notes, original meaning is maintained.
8. “The aura indicates your”: Geraldine Stringer, Human Auras. Self-published, 1978. p. 7.
9. More recently, artist Carlo: (http://www.theportraitmachine.com/aboutproject.html).
10. However, when they repeated: Hines T. Pseudoscience and the Paranormal (ISBN 1-57392-979-4, 2003) p.427.
11. In a 1977 interview: Bill Gladstone, ‘Psychometry, Auras and Geraldine’ The Globe and Mail, Aug 31, 1977.
12. He did well over: Who was Edgar Cayce? (https://www.edgarcayce.org/edgar-cayce/his-life/).
13. “You take good care”: Edgar Cayce, Auras – An essay on the meaning of colors. 1945. p 5, 6 and 12.
14. “No, that’s not me”: Geraldine Stringer, paraphrased from author’s memory of Awaken your Sixth Sense seminars, original meaning is maintained.
15. “I started a two-year”: Geraldine Stringer, personal diary ‘Timeline and early years,’ April 2017.
16. “super-sensitive, don’t like”: Sharon Stott, ‘Aura Story.’ Toronto Sun, April 9, 1978.
17. “I realized that others”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author August 23, 2015.
18. “Feelings are a natural”: Geraldine Stringer, Human Auras. Self-published, 1978. p. 11.
19. “For a long time I”: Geraldine Stringer, Human Auras. Self-published, 1978. p. 9-10.
20. A similar question was: Gissurarsson L. and Gunnarsson A. ‘An experiment with the alleged human aura.’ J. American Society for Psychical Research, 1997. 91: 33–49.
21. “There were buckets more”: Sharon Stott, ‘Aura Story.’ Toronto Sun, April 9, 1978.
Chapter Six: Search for Validation
1. “Tell Geraldine I don’t”: Kevan Smith, handwritten letter, October 2015.
2. “I’m curious about that”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, October 13, 2017.
3. “She did a lot of automatic”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, June 16, 2018.
4. “Then comes the work”: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Wanderings of a Spiritualist, 1921. Chapter 4.
5. “The thing that turned”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, September 30, 2017.
6. “At first it was like”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, July 8, 2018.
7. I was cautious of: Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato, ‘Backlash after Frontiers journals added to list of questionable publishers.’ Nature, Oct 23, 2015. (https://www.nature.com/news/backlash-after-frontiers-journals-added-to-list-of-questionable-publishers-1.18639).
8. With that caveat in: Delorme et al., ‘Neuroimaging during Trance State: A Contribution to the Study of Dissociation.’ Frontiers in Psychology Nov 20, 2013
9. Dr Beischel says the: Julie Beischel, Windbridge Research Center Major Findings to date. (http://www.windbridge.org/education/major-findings/).
10. In a separate study: Peres JF et al., ‘Neuroimaging during Trance State: A Contribution to the Study of Dissociation.’ PLOS One, 2012. 7(11).
11. “This study shows us”: Dr Andrew Newberg, interview by Charles Choi, November 27, 2012. Live Science: (https://www.livescience.com/25055-medium-brain-trance-writing.html).
12. “Lake Arrowhead in California”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, October 5, 2015 and September 30, 2017.
13. “I want to send”: Geraldine Stringer interview by author June 7, 2015 and Slow Motion Miracles (ISBN 0-919921-00-0, 1983) p. 10.
14. “This may sound crazy”: paraphrased from author’s memory Geraldine Stringer’s diaries (October 2011); and from Slow Motion Miracles (ISBN 0-919921-00-0, 1983) p. 10.
15. “the advice was heeded”: Sherry Sleightholm, Slow Motion Miracles (ISBN 0-919921-00-0, 1983) p. 10.
16. “his name, rank and”: ibid.
17. “family quarrel at a”: ‘Manhunt continues in slaying of Mounties.’ The Globe and Mail, October 12, 1970.
18. My attempts to reach: Facebook messaging July 29, 2018.
19. “I can't remember if”: Kevan Smith, interview by author October 4, 2015 and June 16, 2018.
20. “We let them know”: Kevan Smith, interview by author October 4, 2015.
21. The last time I saw: Valerie Ledger-Suronen, letter to Geraldine Stringer, undated.
Chapter Seven: Spirits and Seances
1. It wasn’t a definitive: Paraphrased from memory, original meaning is preserved.
2. “Geraldine’s physical appearance”: Jim Blundell, ‘Psychic frees ghosts of the 1850s.’ The Standard, October 31, 1981.
3. “Throughout my life”: Kevan Smith, Introduction to Harsha: spirit guide, 1973.
4. “You could always tell”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, September 30, 2017.
5. “Every milestone in your”: Geraldine Stringer (in trance), Harsha: spirit guide, 1973. p. 23.
6. “The four of us”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, October 13, 2017.
7. Dr David Patterson, a: Adriana Barton, ‘Hypnosis, grounded in science.’ The Globe and Mail, June 11, 2017.
8. “The stroking of the hair”: Dr Martin Kersten, ‘Physical mediumship: an eyewitness account of a seance weekend with physical medium Kai Felix Muegge.’ February 15, 2018. Accessed from: (http://www.mediumship.blog).
9. “My gift from Harsha”: Janice Enright, interview by author, August 2, 2018.
10. “I got a stone”: Alvin Healy, interview by author September 26, 2015.
11. “I noticed their behaviour”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, June 15, 2018.
12. Within seconds, Kevan felt: Kevan Smith, interview by author, June 16, 2018.
13. “None. Nothing.”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, October 4, 2015.
14. “Well, we called off”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, June 15, 2018.
Chapter Eight: Power of the Mind
1. “I’m sorry Geraldine”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, May 10, 2015.
2. Geraldine looked the doctor: Bill Gladstone, ‘Psychometry, Auras and Geraldine’ The Globe and Mail, Aug 31, 1977.
3. She was going to: Geraldine Stringer, Transition: from Pain to Power, recorded seminar series.
4. Mum once said: ibid.
5. Geraldine was the real: Sherry Sleightholm, Slow Motion Miracles (ISBN 0-919921-00-0, 1983) p. 99.
6. I insist that you: Geraldine Stringer, paraphrased dialogue from recollection, and from author’s memory, original meaning is preserved.
7. Geraldine, George said: Geraldine Stringer, paraphrased dialogue from recollection, and from author’s memory, original meaning is preserved.
8. It consumes energy: paraphrased from author’s memory of taking Mind Awareness class.
9. I knew I wanted: Geraldine Stringer, personal diaries.
10. “After years of knowing”: Geraldine Stringer, Transition: from Pain to Power, recorded seminar series.
11. “Benedetti has chased”: Jo Marchant, Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body (ISBN 978-0-385-34815-7, 2016). p. 13.
12. “negative thoughts trigger stress”: ibid. p. 155.
13. “lab experiments suggest that”: ibid. p. 137.
14. “there are now lots”: ibid. p. 171.
15. “Her ability to psyche”: Ron Knight, letter dated April 24, 1975.
Chapter Nine: A Turning Point
1. In his journals, King: Angus McLellan, A seance at Laurier House, CBC’s Sunday Morning originally aired March 6, 1977 available in CBC digital archives: (https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/a-seance-at-laurier-house).
2. His adoration for his mother: Christopher Dummitt, Unbuttoned: A History of Mackenzie King’s Secret Life (ISBN 9-780773-548763, 2017). p. 213.
3. King believed it was: Blair Fraser, ‘The secret Life of Mackenzie King, Spiritualist. Maclean’s Magazine, December 15, 1951.
4. On Sunday, December 17th 1935: Mackenzie King, private diaries, Digital archive record number 14660, Dec 17 1935.
5. “The phrases he used, the”: Blair Fraser, ‘The secret Life of Mackenzie King, Spiritualist. Maclean’s Magazine, December 15, 1951.
6. “How do you get into”: Angus McLellan and Geraldine Stringer, A seance at Laurier House, CBC’s Sunday Morning originally aired March 6, 1977 available in CBC digital archives: (https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/a-seance-at-laurier-house).
7. The photograph would be: the photo appeared in numerous newspapers across Canada including Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Ottawa Citizen and Maclean's Magazine.
8. Later McLellan would describe: Angus McLellan and Geraldine Stringer, A seance at Laurier House, CBC’s Sunday Morning originally aired March 6, 1977 available in CBC digital archives: (https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/a-seance-at-laurier-house).
9. “Before I died, I”: Brian Gory, ‘Ghost councils Prime Minister.’ Ottawa Journal, March 3, 1977.
10. “If you don’t leave,”: Pauline Martin and Brian Gory, ‘Ghost councils Prime Minister.’ Ottawa Journal, March 3, 1977.
11. “I rise under the provisions”: MP Howard Johnston, addressing Canadian Parliament. A seance at Laurier House, CBC’s Sunday Morning originally aired March 6, 1977 available in CBC digital archives: (https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/a-seance-at-laurier-house).
12. “There now, we can”: Kay Aslop, ‘A voice from beyond.’ The Province, October 21, 1977.
13. On the day of the: Louis Seale, ‘Suspense grows as Yes narrowly leads polls.’ Ottawa Citizen, May 20, 1980.
14. The plan for sovereignty: R. Hudson, ‘Quebec Referendum 1980.’ The Canadian Encyclopedia: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quebec-referendum-1980
15. King’s voice also said: Geraldine Stringer (in trance), A seance at Laurier House, CBC’s Sunday Morning originally aired March 6, 1977 available in CBC digital archives: (https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/a-seance-at-laurier-house).
16. “I wonder how she”: Brian Gory, ‘Ghost counsels prime minister.’ Ottawa Journal, March 3, 1977.
17. “It wouldn’t have been”: Dr Christopher Dummitt, interview by author, Nov 24, 2017.
18. I also asked if he: Brian Gory, ‘Ghost counsels prime minister.’ Ottawa Journal, March 3, 1977.
19. I wondered if King’s: ‘Mackenzie King’s diaries released’ CBC archives, March 28, 1978. (https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/mackenzie-kings-diaries-released).
20. “I don’t believe it”: Kay Aslop, ‘A voice from beyond.’ The Province, October 21, 1977.
Chapter Ten: Nanny, Are You Out There?
1. “You create your own”: Jane Roberts, Quotes. BrainyQuote.com, BrainyMedia Inc, 2020. https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/jane_roberts_189078, accessed April 15, 2020.
2. “Did anybody do a”: John Edward, Toronto appearance September 23, 2015.
3. A second search, using: CBC website, ‘Taylor Ogram identified as Blue Mountain snowboarder who died.’ Feb 19, 2014.
4. In the newsletter, Edward: John Edward, email received August 9, 2017.
5. “some kind of doctor.” Brough Perkins, psychic reading by telephone, November 23, 2015.
6. “Who is the J- or G-sounding”: Jonathan Louis, psychic reading by telephone, September 8, 2017.
7. Sacks weighed in: Michael Shermer, ‘Why a Near Death Experience isn’t proof of heaven.’ Scientific American, April 1, 2013.
8. Some called with complaints: Sylvia Perry, paraphrased conversation, original meaning maintained.
9. The website for the: DOPS website accessed July 13, 2019: https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/our-research/near-death-experiences-ndes/
10. An inscription accompanying: tour of Stevenson library November 17, 2015.
11. It’s currently the only: DOPS brochure obtained November 17, 2015.
12. “These are from his”: Dr Jim Tucker, interview by author, November 17, 2015.
13. “A controversy broke out”: ibid.
14. “There are a lot of connotations”: Jim Tucker, interview with Tara MacIssac, Epoch Times, October 21, 2015.
15. “We approach a case”: Dr Jim Tucker, interview by Alex Tsakiris, skeptico, February 25, 2013.
16. “We can see patterns”: Jim Tucker, interview with Tara MacIssac, Epoch Times, October 21, 2015.
17. “I looked at factors”: Dr Jim Tucker, interview by author, November 17, 2015.
18. “We never used the”: ibid.
19. Dr Tucker explained the: Rachel Martin, ‘Searching For The Science Behind Reincarnation.’ NPR Weekend Edition, January 5, 2014.
20. James Huston's plane crashed: ibid.
21. “Bruce and Andrea hadn’t”: Jim Tucker, Return to Life (ISBN 9-781250-06348-9, 2013) p. 66.
22. “All in all, this”: Jim Tucker, Return to Life (ISBN 9-781250-06348-9, 2013) p. 87.
23. “It would mean that”: Rachel Martin, ‘Searching For The Science Behind Reincarnation.’ NPR Weekend Edition, January 5, 2014.
24. With its discovery, scientists: ‘The Higgs Boson.’ CERN website: https://home.cern/science/physics/higgs-boson
25. “At the time of writing”: Carl Sagan, The Demon Haunted World (ISBN 0-345-40946-9, 1996) p. 302.
Chapter Eleven: Lost and Found
1. A police van drove up: John Kessel, ‘Searchers comb lakefront for boy,8.’ Toronto Star, February 9, 1978.
2. In the early morning hours: Based on several accounts there was a third female in the car, yet no one can recall who it was.
3. Later that year, an August: Olivia Ward, ‘She wants to be a psychic sleuth.’ Toronto Star, August 20, 1978.
4. Just five days after: ‘No sign of boy missing five days.’ Toronto Star, February 11, 1978.
5. It turned out that: Caroll Case, ‘Geraldine Stringer has special talent.’ Enterprise Journal, March 10, 1986.
6. Instead, Mrs Silverman took: Karin Moser, ‘Psensational-psychic’s predictions amazingly accurate.’ Ottawa Citizen, September 30, 1978.
7. It was found on: Will Chabun, ‘Psychic Sleuth- her mind does the leg work.’ The Leader-Post, April 7, 1979.
8. In one case, a: ibid.
9. “The man became so”: Geraldine Smith, Human Auras, 1978. p. 16.
10. “I definitely feel he’s”: Bill Allen, ‘Clairvoyant claims to know site of body.’ The Leader-Post, November 9, 1981.
11. A 2004 article in: Martinez L, ‘Looking into the crystal ball: can using a psychic help or hinder a case?’ Law Enforcement Technol. 2004, 31(7):52–54.
12. One 1993 study attempted: Jane Sweat and Mark Durm, ‘Psychics: Do Police Departments Really use them?’ Skeptical Inquirer. 1993, 17(2) p. 148–158. http://www.skeptically.org/spiritualism/id10.html
13. “I applied to the Toronto”: Olivia Ward, ‘She wants to be a psychic sleuth.’ Toronto Star, August 20, 1978.
14. “I don’t understand why”: Iain McLellan, ‘Psychic Cop: She quit a $100,000 job to fight crime.’ National Examiner, October 10, 1978.
15. “I want to move to”: Cathy Lee Taylor, interview by author May 19, 2016.
16. “Did Mum call you up”: Kevan Smith, interview by author, August 1, 2019.
Chapter Twelve: A Voice for the Victims
1. “Your aura indicates”: Geraldine Smith, Human Auras, 1978. p. 7.
2. Recognition spread across: Geraldine Stringer, interview with Shirley Childs. ‘Parapsychological Phenomena.’ What’s On In Ottawa, November 1977.
3. “Please Geraldine, we need”: Geraldine Stringer, Freeway Murder notes (digital diary), accessed March 29, 2016.
4. He had been arrested: Matt Davis, ‘Sadist suspected of raping and killing 44 young men and boys showed no remorse on death row.’ June 16, 2017. Life! Death! Prizes! website: https://www.lifedeathprizes.com/real-life-crime/william-bonin-serial-killer-18317
5. Likely fearful of drawing: J.R. Moehringer, ‘O.C. victim sees new start in Bonin’s end.’ Los Angeles Times, February 22, 1996.
6. “It took everything I”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, June 26, 2015.
7. “I saw a boy choking”: Bonnie Van Heyningen, interview by author, May 19, 2016.
16. “The parents needed to”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, July 26, 2015.
17. Sean had a history: Rich Goul, ‘Suspect’s Downey residence searched.’ Daily Southwest News, June 11, 1980.
18. “Yes, he was one”: Bonnie Van Heyningen, interview by author, May 19, 2016.
19. In addition to the row: ibid.
20. “I was so grateful that”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, June 26, 2015.
21. Carl struggled with addiction: Bonnie Van Heyningen, notes in case file p. 99-102.
22. “Oh, I remember”: Bonnie Van Heyningen, interview by author, April 8, 2016.
23. “She did. She did.”: Bonnie Van Heyningen, interview by author, May 19, 2016.
24. “That would be Butts’ house”: ibid.
25. “You know, we were”: ibid.
26. “It was tough. But”: Keith Stone, ‘Waiting for a Killer’s Letter.’ Daily News, February 18, 1996.
27. “The detectives called us”: Bonnie Van Heyningen, notes in case file p. 103-106.
28. The study concluded that: M. Reiser, L. Ludwig, S. Saxe, C. Wagner, ‘Evaluation of the use of psychics in the investigation of major crimes. Journal of Police Science and Administration. 1979, 7(1) p. 18-25.
29. Eight of the eleven: U.S. Department of Justice, ‘Use of psychics in law enforcement.’ 1979. CIA CREST release August 7, 2000.
Chapter Thirteen: Descent into Obsession
1. She stated they went: Jerry Leonard, affidavit USA v MacDonald September 24, 2012. Quote accessed on website: https://www.crimetraveller.org/2017/08/innocent-man-part-iii-trial-of-jeffrey-macdonald-critique-of-the-case/
2. Hippies, he thought: FBI SA Raymond Madden, Jr, affidavit in USA vs Jeffrey MacDonald, USA District Court, East District, North Carolina.
3. “I walked by them”: Pat Reese, ‘MacDonald defense team sought help of psychics.’ The Fayetteville Observer, July 8, 1991.
4. The plan was to wait: Trial transcript, Jeffrey MacDonald v Joe McGuiness, August 4, 1987.
5. “Would you join us”: Pat Reese, ‘MacDonald defense team sought help of psychics.’ The Fayetteville Observer, July 8, 1991.
6. Helena’s husband eventually interrupted: ibid.
7. “I never liked him.”: Pauline Martin and Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, July 26, 2015.
8. “It was cloak and”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, via text May 9, 2019.
9. “Gunderson secured MacDonald's”: Robert Sam Anson, ‘The Devil and Jeffrey MacDonald.’ Vanity Fair, January 1, 2007.
10. “No crush on him”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, January 27, 2016.
11. “She was attracted to”: Cathy Lee Taylor, interview by author, May 19, 2016.
12. In an interview, she: Peter West, ‘Local psychic leaves horror story behind.’ The Guardian, September 23, 1981.
Chapter Fourteen: At the Pinnacle
1. “No,” she replied: paraphrased from author’s memory, original meaning is maintained.
2. The Canadian press took: ‘Psychic gains international reputation.’ Globe and Mail, May 30, 1983.
3. The Canadian press took: Catherine Ford, ‘Psychic’s life enters new phase. Calgary Herald, October 4, 1983.
4. “The woman I saw”: ibid.
5. The article reported Mum’s: Catherine Lawson, ‘Psychic teaches ability.’ Star-Phoenix, October 20, 1983.
6. The author then verified: Mary Ann Hea, ‘Psychic sees more than meets the eye.’ Nashville Banner, c.1980. Publication now defunct.
7. On one of the tapes: obtained from audio recording of Scott Cluthe radio show, KPFT 90.1 FM Houston.
8. The first was the: Candy McCampbell, ‘Psychic power not insanity.’ The Tennessean, June 20, 1979.
9. I remember Mum repeatedly: Maggie Hannah, ‘Psychic to end readings, teach mind awareness.’ The Herald, c.1979.
10. “any good and accurate”: Judi McLeod, ‘Biography of Brampton’s very own Geraldine.’ Daily Times, c.1983.
11. “I concluded that it’s”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, July 12, 2015.
Chapter Fifteen: What Happened to Geraldine Stringer?
1. In one letter to: Christian Smith, letter to Pauline Martin, February 28, 1985.
2. Have you heard from: Christian Smith, letter to Pauline Martin, March, 1988.
3. Sebastian didn’t believe in: Sebastian Jaramillo, interview by author, by email May 16, 2019.
12. “Where are they?”: paraphrased from author’s memory, original meaning is maintained.
4. During the trip, she: Geraldine Stringer, personal diary: ‘Notes.’
5. They found that test: Jean Millay, ‘The influence of psychedelics on remote viewing.’ MAPS, Spring 2001. vXI(1).
6. “Memories can be as”: Geraldine Stringer, interview by author, October 12, 2017.
Chapter Sixteen: Mountain of Evidence
1. “Hi Christian, it’s Mary”: paraphrased from author’s memory, original meaning is maintained.
2. In the1980s, a Dutch: Richard Wiseman, Paranormality (2015, ISBN978-1-4472-73339-4) p. 22.
3. Over the five years: H.G. Boerenkamp, ‘A study of paranormal impressions of psychics: VI. Long-term variation in the behaviour of psychics.’ European Journal of Parapsychology, 1987. 7(1), 33-47.
4. “Well, he’s dead,”: Michael Taylor, interview by author, September 19, 2018.
5. The researchers in that: H.G. Boerenkamp, ‘A study of paranormal impressions of psychics: VI. Long-term variation in the behaviour of psychics.’ European Journal of Parapsychology, 1987. 7(1), 33-47.
6. In her email, she: “Sheila Lang” (identity protected for privacy), email received October 31, 2018.
7. “It was a birthday present”: Sheila Lang” (real name modified to protect identity), interview by author, November 4, 2018.
8. Mum looked at his: paraphrased from author’s memory, original meaning is maintained.
9. Concealing dismembered remains in: ‘Alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur undoubtedly believed he had outsmarted everyone.’ Toronto Star website accessed January 31, 2018. (Photo available online www.scientistandthepsychic.com/extras)
Chapter Seventeen: The Psychic in All of Us
1. She gently encouraged him: Meilan Solly, ‘How a Woman Who Can Smell Parkinson’s Disease Helped Scientists Create a New Early Diagnosis Method.’ Smithsonian.com March 21, 2019. (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/super-smeller-helped-scientists-develop-technique-may-be-able-detect-early-stage-parkinsons-180971766/).
2. When they got home: Joy Milne, CBC’s As it Happens interview, December 19, 2017.
3. “We were pretty impressed”: Elizabeth Quigley, ‘The woman who can smell Parkinson's disease.’ BBC News, October 22, 2015. (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-34583642).
4. The lead scientist on: Trivedi et al. ‘Discovery of volatile biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease from Sebum.’ ACS Central Science 2019 Apr 24;5(4):599-606.
5. “We found some compounds”: Elizabeth Quigley, ‘Parkinson's smell test explained by science.’ BBC News, March 20, 2019. (https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-47627179).
6. Joy’s ability to associate: Maisie Bovingdon, ‘Super smeller reveals smells associated with alzheimer's, liver disease and cancer.’ Daily Mail, March 27, 2019.
7. Joy described seeing: Eric Hastletine, ‘Synesthesia can save lives.’ Psychology Today, January 28, 2018. (https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/long-fuse-big-bang/201801/synesthesia-can-save-lives).
8. Dr Simon Baron-Cohen: Alina Bradford, ‘What is synesthesia.’ Live Science.com, Oct 18, 2017. (https://www.livescience.com/60707-what-is-synesthesia.html).
9. The individuals that use: F Spector and D Maurer, ‘Synesthesia: A New Approach to Understanding the Development of Perception.’ Developmental Psychology, 2009 45(1), p. 175–189.
10. In his book Extraordinary: D Treffert, Extraordinary People: understanding savant syndrome (2006, ISBN 0-59-09239-X) p. 127.
11. He found he could: Snyder et al. ‘Savant-like skills exposed in normal people by suppressing the left fronto- temporal lobe.’ J. Integr. Neurosci. 2003. 2, p. 149–158.
12. Snyder theorized that the: A. Snyder, ‘Explaining and inducing savant skills: privileged access to lower level, less-processed information.’ Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 2009, 364, p. 1399–1405.
13. “You are the equivalent”: Margaret Terel, ‘Psychic seminar teaches power of the mind.’ Kitchener-Waterloo Record, January 23, 1978.
14. A research lab in New: Matt Danzico, ‘Brains of Buddhist monks scanned in meditation study.’ BBC News, April 24, 2011. (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-12661646)
15. In as little as eight: B.K Holzel et al. ‘Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density.’ Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 2011. 191, p. 36–43.
16. In 1979, long before: Will Chabun, ‘Psychic Sleuth – her mind does the legwork.’Leader-Post, April 7, 1979.