Mysterious Universe 35.07 - MU Podcast - 30 Years Among the Dead
Feb 20, 2026
A dive into Dr. Carl Wickland's decades of cases where the recently dead reportedly spoke through a trance medium. They explore distinctions between lost, parasitic, and predatory discarnate personalities. Stories include spirits influencing the living, eerie postmortem communications, and why repeated patterns shifted a psychiatrist from skepticism to acceptance.
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Skeptic Turned Empirical Observer
- Carl Wickland approached spirit phenomena with clinical skepticism before accepting patterns he observed as evidence.
- Repetition and similar mechanics across cases convinced him there was something not explained by standard psychiatry.
Drunk Spirit Revealed And Dissipated
- A male discarnate presence used an alcoholic woman's body and laughed when told he was dead, then panicked when details of his death were confirmed.
- After the spirit left, the woman's alcoholism abruptly receded.
Cadaver Complains Through Host
- While dissecting cadavers, Wickland's wife became entranced and the spirit of a cadaver angrily complained about being cut.
- The spirit asked for tobacco, and later the cadaver's teeth showed he had been a heavy tobacco user.
