Say the connection mean and you astir apt ideate an aged pistillate holding a séance. But clairvoyance has had thing of a facelift acknowledgment to psychics trending connected societal media - with immoderate being fixed their ain TV shows. Popular bid see Netflix's Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry who has implicit 3 cardinal Instagram followers. Closer to home, the UK’s Jackie Dennison fronts Rescue Mediums connected the Oprah Winfrey Network. With this upsurge successful interest, it’s nary astonishment that 23 per cent of america admit to consulting a medium, according to a YouGov poll.
A caller survey from the University of Leeds besides recovered that 76 per cent of those questioned judge the soul continues aft death. The researchers spent 18 months talking to assemblage members astatine mediumship nights successful pubs successful England and drew the decision that participants, “benefited psychologically from a consciousness of closure, anticipation and comfort”. But mediums tin bash overmuch much than walk connected vague messages from the beyond, arsenic these women reveal…
‘I recovered my mislaid sister and 2 brothers’
Claire Hesbrook, 56, a healthcare worker, lives successful Rochdale, Greater Manchester with her hubby Simon, 57, a assemblage tutor. She had a life-changing speechmaking with mean Megan Downs ( megandownspsychic.co.uk)
I’d ne'er had the impulse to sojourn a medium, but a person raved astir Megan and said I had to publication a session. I’d nary expectations for the £42 speechmaking and didn’t adjacent spell with immoderate questions. Even so, Megan rapidly connected with a pistillate successful tone and said, “I person your commencement parent here. Do I person support to bring her through?”
I was stunned, I was adopted astatine 3 months aged but Megan didn’t cognize my history. However, my parents were ever unfastened astir my adoption, and 20 years earlier I’d started looking for my commencement mother, and sister, but deed a ceramic wall. I said, ‘yes, bring her through’. Megan said, “Your commencement parent wants you to prime up the hunt and look for your family. Your sister is hopeless to find you.” Megan added that my commencement parent wanted maine to sojourn her grave. I agreed, reasoning she’d beryllium buried locally.
The speechmaking was connected the Friday, the adjacent time I visited my room with Simon and utilized Ancestory.co.uk for free. Within 10 minutes, I’d discovered that my commencement mother, half-sister and member had emigrated to Australia and that’s wherefore I couldn’t find thing astir them successful the UK. The tract gave maine my mother’s code positive dates of birth; connected the Sunday I searched Facebook for my sister and recovered a pistillate with the aforesaid sanction and day of birth. I sent a message, reasoning it was a agelong shot.
But connected the Monday, conscionable 3 days aft Megan’s reading, I received a Facebook connection from Sue saying: “It’s me. I cognize who you are. I americium your sister and erstwhile tin we speak?” I was thrilled and talked to Sue, 60, the aforesaid day. We connected instantly and chatted astir our member Christopher, 58, and I discovered different member David, 52.
I saw Megan successful July 2022 and successful March 2023 I flew to Australia to conscionable my long-lost family, which was lovely. My parent Marguerite died successful 2018, but I kept my committedness and visited her sedate successful Campbelltown, adjacent Sydney. I’ve visited Australia 3 times and Sue has stayed with maine twice, and we speech play connected the phone. Most recently, my siblings came implicit for my day successful May past twelvemonth and we each had readings with Megan.
Growing up I was an lone child, but acknowledgment to Megan’s speechmaking I recovered my mislaid sister and 2 brothers – positive 9 nieces and nephews. Having a household is amazing, it’s been a imagination travel existent for maine and I’ll ever beryllium grateful to Megan.
Our location was cleansed of 2 chatty spirits’
Lisa Street, 40, a make-up creator lives successful Winsford, Cheshire, with her spouse Mike, 41, a carer, and their children Kai and Lois. She contacted mean Jackie Dennison ( jackiedennison.com) when she needed assistance with a haunted house
I visited a mean successful my 20s retired of curiosity, but it was a bland experience. Then, I had different speechmaking that had a profound interaction connected me. Eight years ago, I moved into a Victorian terrace with Mike, he’d lived astatine the spot for 5 years. Although I’d stayed astatine the location before, I’d ne'er noticed thing strange. The problems started a twelvemonth aft I moved successful erstwhile the loft was converted, the gathering enactment seemed to disturbance things up. At archetypal I felt a subtle presence, a consciousness of being watched, though the tone didn’t fuss maine due to the fact that it wasn’t scary.
But aft a fewer weeks, my lad Kai, past three, started to get progressively upset astatine being successful the loft alone. He would outcry and accidental a shadiness was watching him, my stepdaughter Lois, five, saw the tone too. The children aren’t prone to making things up. Soon, , you could ne'er make-out what was being said but the sound was unmistakable, and creepy. Upstairs had a heavy, horrible feeling too. Mike noticed the unusual feeling and heard the voices.
One day, I was successful the room with my person Cat and the apical of a foodstuff vessel flew crossed the room. Cat couldn’t judge it and near quickly. This event, aft 12 months of ghostly activity, was the last straw. I recovered Jackie online and she offered to bash a escaped location clearing and determination immoderate spirits into the light. At the time, I’d nary thought Jackie was co-host of Rescue Mediums. She was down-to-earth and got connected with the job. A fewer days later, she spent an hr walking astir the location filling it with light.
She recovered 2 spirits, radical who’d lived successful the property, and explained to them they were scary to america and needed to walk over. Luckily, the spirits moved into the airy quickly. Almost immediately, the property’s vigor felt lighter and we had nary much problems. Last year, Mike and I decided to determination and the location sold quickly. I’m convinced that if Jackie hadn’t moved the spirits connected the spot would person struggled to merchantability - leaving america stuck. People yet bargain a location connected a feeling, I’m not definite ours had the close vibe earlier it was cleansed!
'She knows who I’ll beryllium moving with’
Stunt co-ordinator Tiger Rudge, 38, lives successful Northwich, Cheshire, with her girl Ruby, six. She has been seeing mean Cara Crompton ( @Spiritguidecara) for 4 years
I person my imagination occupation arsenic a stunt co-ordinator and implicit the past 15 years I’ve worked with Keanu Reeves, Tom Cruise and Tom Hardy. But the film industry is competitive, you ne'er cognize erstwhile oregon wherever your adjacent occupation volition be. Luckily, I person Cara Crompton to usher me. I spot Cara each six months and she’s ever spot connected astir upcoming projects.
I met Cara 4 years agone erstwhile I’d conscionable returned from Hollywood, I thought my stunt vocation was over. I felt a failure, if I’m honest. I’d travel backmost to the UK with Ruby to beryllium nearer family. I’d suffered a horrible birth, we some astir died, and had taken clip retired to heal myself. Cara knew thing astir me, but during my archetypal speechmaking she picked up connected Ruby’s traumatic birth. She added, “You’ve a large accidental coming up. Things for you successful the stunt world aren’t over.”
Cara saw jobs connected movie projects successful Belgium and Germany, I thought ‘no way’, but some came to fruition wrong six months. Typically, though, Cara’s predictions manifest wrong 8 weeks. At different times, Cara has fixed maine the names of directors I’m going to enactment with. I’ve learnt to look retired for jobs that lucifer up. Aside from work, Cara warned maine astir a pistillate successful my societal ellipse who couldn’t beryllium trusted. Again this prediction came true, and forewarned meant I didn’t get burnt.
I’ve asked Cara wherever her accusation comes from, she said from her usher who’s an 18th period singer. Cara trusts her usher and I spot Cara. She truly boosted my assurance erstwhile I was astatine an all-time low, thankfully, I’m successful a antithetic spot now. Although I worth Cara’s gifts, she charges from £75 for a 90-minute reading, truthful I don’t tally each determination by her. Mediums are idiosyncratic who tin usher you, but it’s important to marque your ain choices and usage escaped volition to acquisition life.