April 2, 2005: Voices of the Dead - Brendan Cook & Barbara McBeath
April 2, 2005: Voices of the Dead - Brendan Cook & Barbara McBeath  
Podcast: The Art Bell Archive
Published On: Sat Nov 08 2025
Description: Art Bell opens with reflections on the passing of Pope John Paul II, rising world oil prices that Goldman Sachs predicts could reach $100 per barrel, and concerns over falsified data at the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project. He then welcomes Brendan Cook and Barbara McBeath of the Ghost Investigators Society for their roughly twentieth appearance on the program to present new electronic voice phenomena recordings.The GIS members explain their transition from analog tape to digital recording equipment, noting that EVP results have continued undiminished regardless of the recording medium. They present voices captured at the Inn on Capitol Hill in Salt Lake City, including a gruff male voice saying "very feisty" in apparent response to a discussion about a former resident's wife. Additional recordings from their own homes capture a woman with an English accent, a voice pleading "let me go," and another demanding "why can't they shut up."Art and the investigators discuss the nature of these voices, considering whether they represent spirits trapped on earth, residual electromagnetic imprints, or communications from another dimension. The GIS emphasizes that their work is entirely self-funded, with no books, donations, or profit motive behind their research.