Haunted by Brad Steiger

Author:Brad Steiger
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
Published: 2018-09-02T16:00:00+00:00

Dr. Karlis Osis is shown here testing his stepdaughter’s psychokinetic abilities in this 1954 photograph. Dr. Osis also studied the spiritual experiences of the dying.

Dr. Osis selected 640 doctors and nurses as informants, based on their specialized training, their ability to make accurate medical assessments, and their proximity to dying patients. Each of the respondents to Dr. Osis’s questionnaire had observed an average of 50 to 60 deathbed patients, totaling a remarkable sum of over 35,000 cases. The initial survey was followed up with telephone calls, additional questionnaires, and personal correspondence.

A total of 385 of the medically trained respondents reported 1,318 cases in which deathbed patients stated seeing apparitions of previously deceased loved ones or ghosts of individuals who were known to them.

Visions of heaven or scenes of wondrous beauty and brilliant color were reported by 248 respondents in 884 instances.

The physicians and nurses stated that the experiences left nearly all of the patients in a state of peace or exaltation. In about half of the cases, the spirits of loved ones or religious figures seemed to manifest to guide the dying patient through the transition from death to the afterlife. Those who had visions of the other side seemed serene and elevated in mood. One distinct observation from Dr. Osis’s study was that few patients appeared to die in a state of fear.

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