Ghost Pets! (Animal After Death Communications, ADCs)

MYS401: Do pets reach back after death? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli assess new scientific studies on animal after-death communications. Can warning apparitions, shared sightings, and sensory details offer evidence for animal life after death?

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Chapters:

  • 00:00 – MYS401
  • 00:23 – Intro
  • 01:43 – Background
  • 07:48 – Recent research
  • 10:03 – Kinds of animals
  • 14:07 – Patterns in the reports
  • 17:32 – Grouped by physical senses
  • 18:27 – Vision
  • 25:28 – Auditory
  • 27:09 – Tactile
  • 29:48 – Olfactory
  • 30:53 – Presence
  • 31:48 – Dreams
  • 37:01 – Psychokinetic effects
  • 40:11 – Other ADC phenomena
  • 41:28 – Kinds of messages
  • 43:08 – Thank you to Patrons
  • 43:38 – Sponsor: Holy Terror Quickened, by John Dougherty
  • 44:28 – Become a Sponsor
  • 45:29 – The 2025 study
  • 46:30 – Death coincidence
  • 48:30 – Collective percipience
  • 51:08 – Animal reactions
  • 54:25 – Stranger sightings
  • 56:58 – Trailing phenomena
  • 58:20 – Joint appearances
  • 1:01:29 – Greeting phenomena
  • 1:04:40 – Support phenomena
  • 1:06:52 – Warning phenomena
  • 1:10:20 – The 3 linked phenomena
  • 1:13:58 – Negative reactions
  • 1:16:57 – Repeated ADCs
  • 1:22:34 – Faith Perspective
  • 1:23:00 – Reason Perspective
  • 1:26:24 – Bottom Line
  • 1:26:56 – Further Resources
  • 1:27:32 – The promised surprise
  • 1:41:47 – Mysterious Feedback from #390 St. Albert the Great & Magic
  • 1:48:46 – Your mysterious feedback (mailto:[email protected])
  • 1:49:29 – Thank you to Oasis Studio 7
  • 1:49:42 – Jimmy’s YouTube channel
  • 1:50:21 – Thank you to Craig Hart
  • 1:50:26 – Next Time: Fifth Friday
  • 1:51:09 – Share the show
  • 1:51:21 – Get your mysterious merch
  • 1:51:29 – Show notes
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  • 1:52:24 – Outro

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