Charlie and the Girl in the Field

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Hi, I'm Jennifer and this is My True Ghost Stories, where I share stories of my supernatural adventures as a spiritual medium, helping trapped spirits to cross over and more. Let's get started! Welcome to Episode 9 of My True Ghost Stories. Today I will tell you a tale of a psychic connection that stood the test of time. And the name of this story is Charlie and the Girl in the Field.

This tale takes place back in my summer stock teas. When I was ignoring ghosts around me and their messages and pleased for help. And it was at a different theater from the one I talked about in Episode 5. The theater scene from Episode 5 was full of drama and angst and all around negativity. But the cast at the theater and this story that I'm telling you today was just fun.

Theater people usually are, they're hilarious and creative, and this particular cast really got along. Which was definitely due in part to the positive people there, no mean girls, and also because our living space was probably not haunted like the house in Episode 5. No wandering ghosts there. When doing summer stock, you usually rehearse one show all day, the one that's opening next week, while performing the current show at night. Like you would be rehearsing Joseph and the amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat all day and then perform West Side Story at night.

So it was exhausting but we were young so we were not exhausted. But between shows there is usually a break in the performances for a few days so you only rehearse all day. So taking advantage of our free nights during the break and being super fun, the directors slash choreographer announced on a Wednesday night that we were going to have a true ghost storytelling party on Friday in a location to be announced. So he said, get your true ghost stories ready, I know you all have one and save them for the party. He also made a point to tell us that the location was a secret.

We were so excited because we all did indeed have a true ghost story or two and everyone would like start telling their story and then either stop themselves or the people in the room would yell, save it for the party. This summer's dot theater was part of a college campus and we theater people inhabited one small dormitory wing but it was in the summer so otherwise it was all empty quads, dormitory buildings, student centers, libraries, lecture halls. And you'd think it would be really haunted but I was actually not bothered by many spirits there. That summer I was hanging out with a cast member who I will call Charlie. And on the night before the true ghost story telling party full of warm breezes and loud crickets, Charlie and I were sitting on the edge of the empty quads and we were talking about the party tomorrow night.

At this time in my life I was beginning to know that I could see and sense ghosts and it was a part of my life. I was still afraid, tried to ignore them, didn't know what to do but acceptance of it was happening. Although I never told anyone about it and I had developed a few boundaries with these spirits. I was sitting there with Charlie talking about ghost stories and there was something about him, open-minded and cool and something about the setting that made me just go ahead and tell him. I actually see ghosts all the time I said not even cautiously I just said it.

What? Like right now was his response to this thing I said? Yes, like right now. And I knew that all I need to do is focus briefly open up a part of my brain is how I will describe it right now. And since I was with someone there on the empty quad I was not afraid.

So I did that there that night with Charlie. I opened up my brain and there she was in the distance. I started talking. There was a girl maybe teenage to early 20s. She has a backpack and she's wandering around in a small space in that field.

She's not looking at us. She's confused and sad something bad happened to her. And it's a little trans like when I'm focusing and getting a message or a description. So I sort of left Charlie for a minute while I described the girl in the field. So when I finished talking I was startled to see that Charlie was standing now and he had backed up a little.

And although it was dark I could see he was pale and had a look of fear on his face. You're scared the crap out of me right now he said. I was aware that I had been talking in a trans like state and I had been somewhat removed for a minute while I got the description of the girl in the field. I don't think my voice changed or anything but I was describing in detail something that I could see and he could not and he believed that I could see it. I felt bad for scaring him but from his total belief in this I got some belief that this active sixth sense of mine was probably real.

I stopped right away. He obviously did not want to hear anymore and we eventually walked away from that field and that girl. The party the next night was a total success. The choreographer who had planned it showed up at our dormitory weighing 15 minutes late with a tray full of lit candles and we followed him ceremoniously to the spot he had chosen for this event. And everyone did have a true ghost story of their own to tell and we had all managed to not tell them and save them for this party.

I personally told my scary story of all which I will share with you guys someday and we all probably slept with the lights on that night. I know I did. I stayed in touch with Charlie for a little while after that summer but eventually lost touch which unfortunately does happen with theater friends especially before cell phones and social media but I certainly never forgot him. Recently I heard the very sad news that Charlie had passed away suddenly after a brief illness way too young. It was tragic and he left behind some family and many friends especially theater friends unlike me he had stayed in theater and there was a fabulous celebration of life with lots of singing because Charlie was a great guy who touched so many lives in positive ways including my own.

I would soon realize that he and I had actually remained connected for all these years but in another dimension. After his death for about two weeks Charlie came to me in a dream almost nightly and he came in many different forms first as a young man like when I knew him then as a young boy as a woman as an elderly man and other forms but I always knew it was him. In some of these visitation dreams we would have a brief conversation and sometimes he would just wave at me and I would wave back and there didn't seem to be any messages just greetings. And some dreams were him just standing there in a new form while I looked at him. By this time in my life as this happened recently and I know some more about this stuff I tried to see if I'm being called into service by visitation dreams.

I looked for messages that I'm supposed to deliver rituals that the deceased needs in order to cross over because sometimes they aren't happy with their send-off but I wasn't getting any requests from Charlie just hello from different forms. I felt a sense of responsibility to Charlie but I didn't know what these visits meant. I went to my favorite mystical shop the cauldron and the cupboard in Point Pleasant New Jersey the link is in the show notes. I went there to pick up some supplies but also to ask one of the awesome women who work there for some guidance on these Charlie dreams. She's showing you his past lives.

She said after I told her the story of Charlie in all the different forms. This made perfect sense. No messages, no angst, just appearances and connection. Enjoy it. She advised.

I don't know why Charlie was contacting me but I did enjoy it and I let go of trying to find a message in his greetings. Although we had lost touch the friendship was still there. And to try to make sense of this maybe I admitted my sixth sense to him that day for some plan that the universe had for his dying and crossing over decades later. And he needed to show his past lives to someone. Maybe he came to me in those dreams because he knew I would understand.

Maybe he came to a whole bunch of people. I mean I don't know. There's so much. There's still so much that I don't understand but I will keep learning and sharing what I learn with you. The visits from Charlie gradually stopped and I missed them.

But I knew that this process of hours was done and I got a message from my guides to light, a candle for him at church with a prayer and a send-off. Which I did while sobbing and praying for his soul and a safe journey to the other side. Or whatever his next step was. I get a friendly serene vibe when I think of Charlie's spirit now. And there's not much communication, no dreams.

But I went ahead and asked him what he would like his name to be in this story because I always change the names. And he answered Charlie. So I said Charlie it is. I guess he likes that name. And when I Google the name Charlie it says it means free man.

So I guess he's free and from his vibe I'd say he's at peace. And about the girl in the field. The small circle where I saw her wandering around in the empty quad that evening wound up being the very spot where we had the ghost story telling party the next night. She was waiting for me there because now I know after doing this for many years. That spirits that need help often wait for me in a spot where they know that I, Jennifer, will be doing something supernatural.

I'm working on a plan for her spirit. As my guides tell me she is still there. And maybe Charlie will help me. I'll keep you posted. I'd love to hear your experiences with visitation dreams.

Are there messages? Did they talk to you? Did you talk to them? Let me know. I would love to hear about it.

And now I want to talk for a minute about mystical shops and botanicas. Two completely different things but a similar purpose. So real quick, a botanica is a religious shop that sells items used in spiritual practices from many religions such as herbs, oils, candles and statues. And I grew up in a neighborhood with lots of botanicas. My favorite botanica of all time is Johnny's Universal Botanica in Brooklyn, New York.

Link is in the show notes. And a mystical shop or a metaphysical supply store like the Cauldron and the Cubord, this place is awesome. They sell items that are related to spiritual healing, guiding you along your magical journey, improving your mental and physical health. And so botanicas and metaphysical supply stores are not exactly the same but they are similar. In the story of Charlie and the girl in the field that I just told you, I mentioned the mystical shop in Point Pleasant, New Jersey.

And going to one of these shops, especially the authentic ones like the Cauldron and the Cubord and some of my favorite botanicas, it is like for a total believer like myself. It's like finding your people. Back in the blind melon video, no rain, where the little girl in the bumblebee costume finds her people. I don't want to spoil it for you on the off chance that you have not seen this video. I've enclosed the link so trust me, you will identify with the little girl in the bumblebee costume.

So being a total believer in the unseen, the supernatural, the paranormal. I always felt that this was not necessarily accepted by the general public, like a lot of things. And I always felt like I would have to feel a person out before discussing something like a trapped spirit or lingering negative energy, which is fine. You know, I always check to see what someone is actually interested in before launching into a subject. But walking into a botanica, for instance, you know, I grew up in a neighborhood with lots of botanicas or walking into a mystical shop like the Cauldron and the Cubord, you know, it's like a gardener walking into a garden center.

Everyone's ready to talk about gardening. There's no feeling out of the vibe. You know, do they, are they interested in gardening, you know, you don't have to worry about that. So walking into a mystical shop, you don't have to worry if they believe they just do. So the first time I went into this kind of shop with a question, it was such a thrill to just launch right into, you know, there's a weird energy in my downstairs hallway.

Can you recommend a good cleaning method? It was such a relief that I didn't have to preface it with you. This is going to sound crazy, but I didn't have to preface it with that. I just told them. And then when you tell them these things, they just guide you to the smudge, the herbs, the spray, the words, you know, the way good sales help at a good garden center will guide you to the right soil conditioner, for instance.

This is one of the reasons I still prefer shopping small and in person for that human interaction and good old fashioned sales help. I'm going to do a full episode someday on my favorite mystical shops in Botanicas, but right now I'm just going to encourage you to watch the no rain video and then go out and find your people. And that's all for today. Thank you for listening to today's episode. And if you think your house is haunted, want energy cleared from your space or need a custom spiritual ritual, I'm here to help.

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