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Episode 36. Lightning Made me Psychic

Published 7 July 2025
A man claims to have been made psychic following a freak lightning strike. But how?
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36. Lightning Made me Psychic
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In a raging South Carolina storm, a man makes a telephone call with disastrous consequences. An intense bolt of lightning hits his phone line, travelling down the man’s body and blowing him across the room. The man is subsequently declared dead. But, against all the odds, this same man regains consciousness, having had a life-altering near death experience. Furthermore, the man now appears to possess an array of truly extraordinary psychic abilities. But just how could this have happened? In this episode, Lora and Barry investigate the claims of Dannion Brinkley.

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The Effect

It is 17th September, 1975, and Dannion Brinkley, a man known for his tough demeanor and occasional run-ins with the law, is on the phone. As he talks, a storm rages outside, in the city of Aiken, South Carolina. Suddenly, an intense flash of brilliant light engulfs him, an unimaginable force hurling him across the room. A bolt of lightning, travelling through the phone line, has struck him directly. His shoes are blown off his feet, his body seared. Medically speaking, Dannion …

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