Sanity is madness put to good use. – George Santayana
I believe in things that go bump in the night. I’ve been a nurse too long not to believe. Are you a nurse who has had a paranormal experience? If you are, the producers at Paranormal Witness want to hear from you.
I received an email from Helen, one of the Story Producers on the SyFy Show, Paranormal Witness after she found a post I wrote a couple of years ago about nurses and ghosts. Helen is working on finding stories for the next television season, and since I think most nurses have had some sort of experience with the unexplained, Helen called me from London, England and asked me to post a shout out for stories from the nursing community. Here’s Helen’s message:
Dear Nurses,
The successful show Paranormal Witness that goes out on the SyFy channel is looking for stories for season two. The story team behind the show are particularly keen to hear from nurses who have experienced events they can’t explain while caring for patients. Nurses are often dealing with events that lie at the very edge of human experience and it is these types of stories that we want to hear about. We feature the very best and the most credible stories that defy rational explanation. Those that nurses talk freely about but that are not out there in the public domain. We would love to tell such a story from a nurses point of view. If you have experienced something that you would like to talk about with the story team, please email your contacts and a brief description of what happened to:helen.lambourne@rawtelevision.co.uk or
paranormal.witness@rawtelevision.co.uk
We are in the research stage which means we would like a chat on the phone initially, in complete confidence.
Thank You
Helen
Story Producer
I don’t have cable or satellite TV at my house (yes, I’m a throwback to another time), so I watched a couple of episodes of Paranormal Witness over the internet. The shows aren’t creepy. They tell inspiring stories that give hope and meaning to life. Contact Helen if you have a story you want to share. She’s waiting to hear from you.
CC
December 4th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
Yes, I blogged about several incidents that I was either involved in or took care of a patient who had an experience.
It’s difficult to go public with stories when the telling of it could possibly ID the patients…..
Mother Jones, RN
December 4th, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Hi, CC. Thank you for your comment. I know a lot of people are afraid of violating HIPAA, but the show assures me that everyone involved in the story would have to give their consent, including patients and their family members. HIPAA does not apply to those you have passed, but the family members left behind would have to approve of the story or else it will not be aired. Please consider contacting the show if you have a story you would like to share.
Maryellen Race
January 24th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Sending my contact information for hospitals/nurses/paranormal
290-339-4062
Maryellen Race
January 24th, 2012 at 9:20 pm
corrected phone number 270-339-4062
Christopher Robin Sharlow
February 4th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
In 2005 I was a CNA (certified nursing assistant) at a nursing home facility in Kennebunk, Maine. I had been a ghost hunter for over 20 years and have photographed and experienced many ghostly entities but I never came in contact with a ghost which was so close that I could touch until this following experiece. It was approx. 8pm and it was down time in the Nursing home, I was talking with another CNA named Rosie when all of a sudden we both saw movement to our right and saw a very distinct shadow of an old lady with a walker on the wall. This shadow was moving very slowly and we looked everywhere to see if there was a woman using a walker which would create this shadow however, the halls were all empty, all of our residents were in their beds. We continued to follow this shadow down the hall a good 30 feet until it disappeared before approaching the kitchen. The entire time we were watching this event unfold, I was touching the wall where the shadow was appearing, feeling a coldness. This whole experience lasted less than 3 minutes and it was the closest I had ever come to a ghost.
Christopher Robin Sharlow
February 10th, 2012 at 1:34 pm
This experience did not scare me however it fascinated me. I touched the shadow as it went slowly along the wall for approx. 30 feet until it reached the kitchen doors. The one thing which puzzled me was that while I was touching the wall where the ghost appeared…my hand did not block out this shadow, it was if the shadow was a part of the wall as it moved. Weird?
Christopher Robin Sharlow
February 10th, 2012 at 1:41 pm
After working as a CNA in Nursing Homes I realized that places such as these are havens for ghost activity…anywhere people have lived and died, there are ghosts. I have come across other ghostly activities in a few Nursing Homes I have worked at…including seeing shadows dart from room to room, objects fly across the room, opening and closing of doors by themselves etc. Unfortunately..without an eyewitness or witnesses, this activity has to just be put in your journal because they dont allow cameras for personal use in Nursing Homes. Thank God I had a witness with me when I experienced the shadow of the old lady on the wall.
Christopher Robin Sharlow
February 10th, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Hi helen, You can call me back…I will have my cell phone glued to my side, lol. Thanks.