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Adam Berry of the Travel Channel\u2019s Kindred Spirits joins Patrick in the parlor to discuss his brand new book, Goodbye Hello: Processing Grief and Understanding Death Through the Paranormal, which has received praise from psychic medium, Tyler Henry! Other topics include the tragic Upstairs Lounge fire and its place in LGBTQ+ history, haunted honey, the best depressing movies, the reverence of prayer, and an individualized afterlife! Visit BigSeance.com/227 for more info.
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Intro :00
Adam Berry is the executive producer and star of his own paranormal reality television show on the Travel Channel called Kindred Spirits (now in its seventh season). His other TV credits include Reunion in Hell, Haunted Salem: Live, Kindred Spirits: Resurrected, Paranormal Lockdown, Expedition Unknown: Search for the Afterlife, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters Halloween Live, Ghost Hunters Academy, Pickler & Ben, the Anderson Cooper show, and Weekend Today, among others. After growing up in a haunted house and years of study and research, he founded his own paranormal research team with his husband, Ben Berry, in Provincetown, MA, and soon after his hobby became a career. He has traveled the country extensively giving lectures in theaters and at conferences and conventions on paranormal investigation and supernatural phenomena. He is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory. :46
Adam\u2019s book, Goodbye Hello: Processing Grief and Understanding Death Through the Paranormal, and praise from psychic medium, Tyler Henry! 1:51
Patrick is catching up on Kindred Spirits! 2:37
Adam Berry's in the parlor! 4:21
A paranormal production on Broadway? 5:49
Let\u2019s talk about Goodbye Hello 9:37
The Upstairs Lounge fire and its place in LGBTQ+ history. (Book mentioned: Let the F*gg*ts Burn: The Upstairs Lounge Fire by Johnny Townsend) 13:25
Goodbye Hello isn\u2019t a memoir, but a memoire IS coming soon! 18:15
Interviewing Tyler Henry! And will we see him investigating in a future Kindred Spirits episode? 20:54
Haunted honey and Adam\u2019s incredibly unique ritual meditation at Liberty Hall. 23:45
Adam and Amy and how they recharge and wind down after investigations. 28:37
Patrick breaks in briefly to add his thoughts, based on his experience at a Strange Escapes event with Amy and Adam. 30:01
More on recharging and winding down after investigations. 32:00
\u201cSometimes you want to watch that movie that depresses you so good, you know? Like it makes you have a good cry, or what ever it is, right? And you want to stay in that feeling, because you\u2019re alive. It makes you feel alive.\u201d For Patrick, this might be Girl Interrupted. For Adam it\u2019s Dancer in the Dark with Bjork, and it is Patrick\u2019s homework assignment. (Update: Patrick has completed his homework and is traumatized.) 32:35
The reverence of prayer 35:24
Why Adam doesn\u2019t specifically reach out to loved ones who have passed on. 39:55
The individualized afterlife, and the danger of having a preconceived idea of what crossing over is like. 41:36
When your thoughts on the paranormal and the afterlife change. 44:45
Details about Goodbye Hello and how to get your autographed copy! 46:25
Outro 49:38
A special THANK YOU to\xa0Patreon supporters\xa0at the Super Paranerd and\xa0Parlor Guest\xa0level! 50:58
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