Episode #005 - EYE on the Paranormal

Aside from the recent controversy with TAPS, most likely one of the other major issues being discussed in the paranormal field has been the alleged fakery going on at the A&E Network program "Paranormal State."

In a recent blog called "Eye on the Paranormal," Kirby Robinson broke a story of a former client of PRS and Paranormal State's named Kelli Ryan. Kelli Ryan, who claims to be a psychic, charged the cast and crew of the show with forgery of evidence as well as making the allegation that alleged psychic/medium Chip Coffey, another cast member, had foreknowledge of her case and, therefore, lied about his "gift" and performance on the show.

The episode in question, called "The Messenger," was the focus of Mr. Robinson's column, as was an open challenge to any so-called "paracelebrity" who claims to conduct solid, truthful investigations. It was this, as well as Kirby's own claims of being a psychic/demonologist/exorcist, that brought about us inviting him on the show.

While the majority of the interview involved our discussion of his demonology and exorcism work, we did get into various questionable episodes of Paranormal State and the exploits of Chip Coffey. It was a very pleasant interview, as Kirby does not hold back his opinions. If you ask him a question, you'll get his answer - like it or not.

Our next interview was supposed to be with Kelli Ryan herself. Unfortunately, try though we did, we could not get a hold of her. Bobby called her number probably 10 times over the course of the final hour of our program, but it was met only by a busy signal each and every time.

Knowing that this type of this is unfortunate, yet expected in this internet radio enterprise, we proceeded to fill time as best we could. Comic books, movies, where to get decent Mexican food; it was all discussed ad nauseum. And Bobby even chimed in with an interesting nugget of his own - he heard Chip Coffey purchased the name of psychic Beatrice Marot as domains and held them hostage at the cost of $3000. In Bobby's words, "Chip Coffey is a prick." And I agreed that, if that is indeed what happened, you simply do not buy someone's name as a domain. Especially not someone like Beatrice who, apparently, was once a friend of Mr. Coffey's. As I said on the show, it's a dick move.

Well, this was a fun show and I can feel us getting better at filling time when we need to and providing damn good interviews for our listeners to enjoy. If you'd like to check this show out, head on over to our Myspace page or, as always, listen to the podcast at Strange Frequencies Radio Online.

Happy holidays!