Disaster Ghosts: Halifax Explosion & Tōhoku T...

This week on Para(normal), we sit down with evidential trance medium Barbra Banner, a self-described “No BS psychic” whose abilities ignited during the pandemic after decades in crisis-response work. She shares jaw-dropping evidential stories (including a bagel scooper that conve ...  Show more

This week, we examine two disturbing cases where truth feels just out of reach. First, a Florida woman claims a “vision” led her to a murder scene and is later convicted despite no physical evidence. Then, we explore the Springfield Three, one of America’s most haunting unsolved ...  Show more

Remembering the earthquake and tsunami which devastated Japan and triggered a nuclear emergency in 2011. Max Pearson, who reported from Japan at the time, presents eyewitness accounts of the disaster which left thousands dead and led to many questioning the future of the country' ...  Show more

In March, 2011, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter Scale rocked Japan. 30 minutes later, the country experienced the largest tsunami in its history. And then came the blizzard. The three coinciding natural disasters killed over 15,000 people. In the moths following these ...  Show more

On 29 September 2009, a devastating tsunami hit Samoa, killing 149 people and leaving a trail of destruction. For Lumepa Hald it was a terrifying day which resulted in a tragic loss. She tells her story to Gill Kearsley.(Photo: The devastation in Samoa after the tsunami in 2009. ...  Show more

This 2013 episode covers a tsunami that struck the coast of Japan in January 1700, . It took a while -- a long while -- to figure out where the catalyzing earthquake had been.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.