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Title: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: VAM on September 12, 2002, 02:57:37 AM: Let's borrow the magical telephone from Amy's room at Collinwood and use it to connect with someone beyond the grave. With whom would you like to chat? It could be a character from DS, a celebrated person, or a loved one. By the way, it is not a toll call so you don't have to worry about a bill-just have fun!
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Craig_Slocum on September 12, 2002, 03:41:25 AM: I would sure like to chat with Craig Slocum. I have lots to say to him! I also would ask him some questions, like why he left Dark Shadows, did he ever get married, have children, when was he diagnosed with diabetes, where was he at the time of his death, where is he buried, what inspired him to be an actor & at what age did he become one, where is his family so they can receive acknowledgment of my JDRF memorial gifts in his memory, and I'm sure I could think of many other things!
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: The Ghost of Sarah Collins on September 12, 2002, 03:41:34 AM: Quote
Let's borrow the magical telephone from Amy's room at Collinwood and use it to connect with someone beyond the grave. With whom would you like to chat? It could be a character from DS, a celebrated person, or a loved one. By the way, it is not a toll call so you don't have to worry about a bill-just have fun!

I would request a conference call to all the dearly departed from Collinwood/sport, this way I would enjoy a very long distance with everyone who I loved over the years... since I am earth bound.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Afan on September 12, 2002, 07:20:50 AM: [bawl]I would wish to call Grayson, Louis, Joel, Thayer, Joan, and any other denizens of DS that I can't recall at the moment and tell them how much I have enjoyed watching them for the past 30 years.
On a personal level, I would contact my father, mother, brother, grandparents, father and mother-in-law, sister-in- law and brother- in- law. I would especially like to talk to my brother. I have missed him for the last l5 years and tell him what a wonderful young lady his little girl has grown into. Oh, wishful thinking.....[angl2]
Afan
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Cassandra on September 12, 2002, 09:13:13 AM: I would love to contact my brother and tell him how much I love & miss him and that he will forever live on in my heart.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: tripwire on September 12, 2002, 10:02:16 AM: i might call craig slocum too, maybe say "hey dude, whatever you do, dont answer the next phone call" ....... [nuts] ( lol just a little joke there c_s)
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: jennifer on September 12, 2002, 05:05:59 PM: i would call my grand mother who i miss very much!
Then i'd call JKF Jr only because used to see him down the Cape all the time and i miss that!

jennifer
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: CastleBee on September 12, 2002, 06:50:16 PM: Another interesting topic VAM...

People I didn't know personally but would have liked to have met:

Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, James Dean, Walt Disney, Vincent Van Gogh, Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, William Shakespeare, John Lennon, Victor Hugo, C. S. Lewis, Queen Elizabeth I, The Queen Mum, Mary, St. Francis, St. Patrick, St. Peter, St. Peregrine, and the Apostles.

The dearly departed of DS: Joan, Louis, Thayer, & Grayson.

On a personal level: All 4 of my grandparents, my aunts and uncles who've recently gone - but mostly my dad who left us way too soon in the spring of 1962 at the age of 38.

I think we're going to need phone card with a lot of minutes! [winkg]
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: VAM on September 12, 2002, 07:44:22 PM: Quote
Another interesting topic VAM...

Thanks CastleBee. The magical telephone made me think of Stevie Wonder's song "I Just Called to Say I Love You" and those deceased members that I miss on a daily basis.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Craig_Slocum on September 12, 2002, 10:40:14 PM: Quote
All 4 of my grandparents,

I never met any of my grandparents, they all died before I was born. At least my daughter has 2 of hers living.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Birdie on September 13, 2002, 03:28:01 PM: The magical phone reminded me of when my Dad died. My son was five at the time and he could not understand why even if Papa was in heaven why couldn't he just call us or write us a letter every once in awhile. At the get together after the funeral he told my Mom someday if she married again it would be O.K. if she married a man who looked like Papa and his name was Joe, my Dads name.

I would love to talk to so many people I have lost, my Dad of course, my dear friend who I lost to breast cancer, my husbands mother who I never had a chance to meet, everyone said wonderful things about her, the list goes on and on

Birdie
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Julia99 on September 13, 2002, 08:12:20 PM: I'd like to participate in a conference call with Steve, my friend Kuby and Grayson. . .I only hope she'll have some gin on her end 'cuz we'd have vodka on ours. . .and tea of course, Steve. ..
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: dom on September 13, 2002, 09:49:38 PM: Fun question, (and easy to answer!)

I'd want to talk to Jesus Christ, Marilyn Monroe, and Florence Ballard.

Dom
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Craig_Slocum on September 13, 2002, 10:10:00 PM: Quote
I would love to talk to so many people I have lost

Of my relatives who have died, I would like to talk to my aunt Mary and uncle Joseph, they were twins, from my Mother's side of the family.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: scout75 on September 13, 2002, 10:13:39 PM: If there actually was a direct phone line to the Dearly Departed of DS, do you think Grayson Hall would still tell Connie that she's full of sh*t?

[woryb][lghb]
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Connie on September 13, 2002, 10:44:45 PM: Quote
If there actually was a direct phone line to the Dearly Departed of DS, do you think Grayson Hall would still tell Connie that she's full of sh*t?

[woryb][lghb]

Undoubtedly.

(I knew it...I just KNEW something would show up under this thread).

:P

-CLC
(Who accepts the fact that if GRAYSON says I'm full of shit, then I AM, indeed, full of shit).
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: ElizabethGrayson on September 14, 2002, 12:12:20 AM: Of the Dark Shadows cast, Louis Edmonds and Joan Bennett.

Of other famous people: Mozart, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Mother Theresa, and Princess Diana

Personal choices: my grandmother who I lost two years ago, and a friend of mine who died of AIDS before I even knew he was sick.

EG
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Nancy on September 14, 2002, 12:21:28 AM: I'd like to meet Jesus, Martin Luther King, Jr., my uncle Roland (Who was killed before I was born), and the first set of ancestors on both sides of my family who came to the U.S.

Nancy
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Julia99 on September 14, 2002, 02:45:26 AM: Quote
Undoubtedly.

(I knew it...I just KNEW something would show up under this thread).

:P

-CLC
(Who accepts the fact that if GRAYSON says I'm full of shit, then I AM, indeed, full of shit).

Whats this all about anyway?
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Midnite on September 14, 2002, 03:01:54 AM: Quote
Whats this all about anyway?

http://www.dsboards.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=news;action=display;num=1025498292;start=35

Reply #35
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: scout75 on September 14, 2002, 04:24:17 PM: Quote
(I knew it...I just KNEW something would show up under this thread...)

How could I possibly resist? ;D
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: ms._hoffman on September 15, 2002, 12:06:26 AM: another supreme fan?

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Fun question, (and easy to answer!)

I'd want to talk to Jesus Christ, Marilyn Monroe, and Florence Ballard.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: ms._hoffman on September 15, 2002, 12:09:19 AM: couldn't some of the stars at the festival answer some of these questions?

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I would sure like to chat with Craig Slocum. I have lots to say to him! I also would ask him some questions, like why he left Dark Shadows, did he ever get married, have children, when was he diagnosed with diabetes, where was he at the time of his death, where is he buried, what inspired him to be an actor & at what age did he become one, where is his family so they can receive acknowledgment of my JDRF memorial gifts in his memory, and I'm sure I could think of many other things!
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Craig_Slocum on September 15, 2002, 08:17:24 AM: I am trying to get answers. I keep asking and searching as much as I can. There is no bio available on Craig Slocum. I only have his personal information like address, phone number, height, weight, etc., things like that, and I have his credits. I really would like to know more about him. The only clue I have about his family, is that he has a sister who lives back east. I have requested that she be contacted. Hopefully somebody knows where she is. Trying to get info on Craig, is not an easy task. If anyone knows more, please let me know!
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: ROBINV on September 15, 2002, 02:53:17 PM: My parents, definitely. My father died at 53, my mother at 60. Neither ever knew their only grandchild, my son, Brad.

I miss them both very much, and speaking to them would be so nice!

Love, Robin
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Carol on September 15, 2002, 04:58:47 PM: Quote
My parents, definitely. My father died at 53, my mother at 60. Neither ever knew their only grandchild, my son, Brad.

I miss them both very much, and speaking to them would be so nice!

Love, Robin

I cried when I read your post, Robin. My parents have been gone 19 years and I miss then every day. They only had one year to know their grandchild, Elaine. She doesn't remember them at all.
How I wish I could talk to them again and let them speak to their granddaughter.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Mark Rainey on September 15, 2002, 05:56:57 PM: I'd most want to talk to my Dad, who died a year and a half ago.

Recently, I was with my brother, and he told me that he was at Mom's place a few weeks back, and he was sitting outside alone. Mom was out for a while, so no one else was at the house. He said that he suddenly heard the sound of Dad's wheelchair in the sunroom just above him, and when he went back inside, he had the most wonderful feeling that he was not alone.

My brother is even more pragmatic-minded than I am, and he said what he heard was plain as day, no mistaking it. Whatever, it was an absolutely moving experience for him. Perhaps he really did have a moment of contact with my dad. If so, then I consider him blessed.

[shadow=maroon,left,300]--Mark[/shadow]
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Carol on September 15, 2002, 06:27:54 PM: I've had a few eerie yet nice experiences, too, Mark.

My dad used to "visit" me on long road trips. While I'd be driving and my husband/daughter would be sleeping, I'd suddenly smell someone lighting up a cigarette and I'd get the intense feeling that Dad was watching my driving. He knew I had a lead foot so I, like a scolded child, would slow down. I'd mentally "chat" with him until the feeling left and then I stayed within the speed limit the rest of the trip.

But, the eeriest of all, was when I got the call from my mother that Dad had been taken to the ER and that it didn't look good. I dashed out and started the short drive to the hospital.

I hit every red light! So, naturally, it slowed me down considerably. I then decided to step on it and try to beat the next light. Out of the blue, I hear my father's voice in my head say, "Don't rush. It's all over."

By the time I reached the ER, my father had passed away yet I knew he had spoken to me.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: CandleLighter on September 15, 2002, 06:43:34 PM: I would like to talk to my sister that was killed in a car accident caused by a drunken driver 13 years ago Labor Day weekend. I would tell her how beautiful her daughter turned out to be, inside and out, and how much like her mom she is... how proud we all are of her and how she is raising her twin babies... and how I loved her so much and miss her beyond words.

and I would like to talk to my beloved grandmother (Mamaw) who let me live with her for awhile and always made me feel special... and tell her I use her yellow pie plate almost everyday and think of her every time I do.. and to my Papaw who was a quiet man that I would just sit with on his porch and eat cheese and crackers.. and whenever I saw him start to walk to the store or to town, I would run as fast as I could to catch up with him ... and I would thank him for saving all his change for me and not giving it to his other grandkids...lol...and ...well that's enough rambling.. these were 3 very important people in my life that I love and miss.

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He said that he suddenly heard the sound of Dad's wheelchair in the sunroom just above him

that reminds me of something.. I have twin sons that are in wheelchairs that lived with me for 25 years ...and about 8 months ago they moved into their own home a couple hours away from here.. and I still think I hear their wheelchairs in the house, or I think I hear them calling me at night to come take them to bathroom or turn them over or need something else.. and I yell out in my sleep.. "be there in a minute" I have done that several times.. I guess I did it for so many years and I miss them so much, that it's natural to do that. My I am feeling sentimental today!
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Miss_Winthrop on September 15, 2002, 07:58:23 PM: Quote
I am trying to get answers. I keep asking and searching as much as I can. There is no bio available on Craig Slocum.

What I do know about Craig (strictly from what I heard) is that he was a friend of Dan Curtis's wife. You would probably already know that. If I find out anything at all about him, I will definitely post it here.

I liked the scenes with him and Nathan Forbes, Mrs. Johnson, Carolyn and Adam.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: onyx_treasure on September 15, 2002, 08:05:37 PM: I would like to reach my Grandma. She died in 1982. She and her siblings were abandoned by her father when her mother died of TB. She was sent to live with an aunt when she was only six years old. She was raped by her aunts new husband when she was 12. In those days, it was only bad girls who got pregnant so she was sent away to an orphanage to have her baby. I wish I had known this before she died because she needed my love but did not know how to show it.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Miss_Winthrop on September 15, 2002, 08:07:13 PM: What a thrill it would be for me to speak to Grayson Hall. I think we'd both be sitting there with a vodka gimlet with our feet up and just talking about JF, KLS, JK, JB, LE and NB her hubby Sam. I've heard several of her interviews and really enjoy her wit and above all, her genuiness.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Nancy on September 16, 2002, 01:41:23 AM: Mark, I have no problem believing that it was your Dad making himself known.

Nancy

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I'd most want to talk to my Dad, who died a year and a half ago.

Recently, I was with my brother, and he told me that he was at Mom's place a few weeks back, and he was sitting outside alone. Mom was out for a while, so no one else was at the house. He said that he suddenly heard the sound of Dad's wheelchair in the sunroom just above him, and when he went back inside, he had the most wonderful feeling that he was not alone.

My brother is even more pragmatic-minded than I am, and he said what he heard was plain as day, no mistaking it. Whatever, it was an absolutely moving experience for him. Perhaps he really did have a moment of contact with my dad. If so, then I consider him blessed.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Julia99 on September 16, 2002, 03:34:07 AM: Quote
http://www.dsboards.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=news;action=display;num=1025498292;start=35

Reply #35

i was wondering how the hell i missed all that .. then realized it was during the great KLEZ affair of July. .Connie. . is the tape lost?? how funny and balsy. . i once called an actress who was on As The World Turns and we spoke for 45 mins. . she continued to write me a few times and give me encouragement in my own acting endeavors. . in the end, i'm sure she turned me in to the FBI. . .i now live in shame. .
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Connie on September 16, 2002, 08:39:21 AM: Some of these stories are bringing me to tears. I purposely stayed away from this thread 'cause I didn't want to think about it. I lost my little brother 11 years ago (he was 27) and my father died about 6 years ago. A few months after his death I had a nervous breakdown. In the past I'd always yearned for the type of experience some of you are talking about - I would search for it - desperately seeking some kind of contact with my brother, but it never happened.
I think those of you who've experienced this are truly fortunate. (Hey Carol -- how come you never told me about that??)

love
CLC
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Connie on September 16, 2002, 08:51:13 AM: Quote
i was wondering how the hell i missed all that .. then realized it was during the great KLEZ affair of July. .Connie. . is the tape lost?? how funny and balsy. .

Yeah - it seems to be lost. Actually, about 3 weeks ago I was talking to my friend (and partner in crime) LOL, who is still my best friend to this day. I asked her about it. I figured some of y'all over at the Julia list would like to hear it. She's quite sure the tape is gone - particularly since her mother made a move a few years ago and TONS of stuff was thrown out.
If the tape does still exist, she'd have no idea where it would be. Sucks...huh? It was a classic. LOL

love
CLC
P.S What's the "KLEZ affair"?
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Cassandra on September 16, 2002, 09:52:36 AM: Quote
Candlelighter wrote....I would like to talk to my sister that was killed in a car accident caused by a drunken driver 13 years ago Labor Day weekend. I would tell her how beautiful her daughter turned out to be, inside and out, and how much like her mom she is... how proud we all are of her and how she is raising her twin babies... and how I loved her so much and miss her beyond words.

Im so sorry to hear this Candlelighter. It just bought tears to my eyes! I lost my brother years ago and I honestly feel that he's with me all the time.

I really miss my Grandmother and two Aunts whom I was very close to while I was growing up. My Grandmother had arthritis and constantly used Ben-Gay all the time. There are times when I'll be in my parent's house and suddenly something falls off a shelf in the kitchen while we're all sitting in the living room. Then when we go in to see what happened, we can always smell the strong scent of Ben-Gay. This happens all the time. Sometimes we'll be in the car and smell it too. I just know that my Grandmother is with us.

A couple week ago I took my mom to visit my Aunt & Grandmothers grave at the Cemetary. While there I also visited my brother in law's grave which is very high up on a hill so my mom decided to wait in the car for me. Since Im a real camera freak I decided to take my new computer camera with me. When I was coming down the hill back to the car my mom was sitting there waving at me so I decided to take her picture. Well when I got the picture back I could swear that I see my Aunt sitting there in the back seat of the car with her eye glasses on that she always wore and just looking at me! I thought at first it was just my imagination, but after showing a few people the picture, they all said they can vaguely make out an outline of someone sitting there with a pair of eye glasses on. I really felt so good about this because I know now that they're really with us and that they are constantly watching over us.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: CandleLighter on September 16, 2002, 10:01:05 AM: thanks Cassandra.. so sorry to hear about your losses too... it is comforting to speak of them sometimes tho.. for me it is anyway
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: VAM on September 16, 2002, 01:05:10 PM: Thanks to all of you who shared and expressed your thoughts on this post. Deceased loved ones are in spirit much closer to us than we think.;)
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: scout75 on September 16, 2002, 05:35:59 PM: Quote
Deceased loved ones are in spirit much closer to us than we think.;)

If I can make this thread seem even heavier for a moment, I'll tell a story that I once shared in a IM with ProfStokes:

In the summer of 1999, my life fell apart--seemingly overnight, although it had been coming for some time, and I was teetering on the edge of suicide. I was laying low in a cheap motel, on a self-destructive jag waiting for The End to finally find me.

One night, my grandmother--a key figure in my young life who had been dead for 13 years--came to me and said that she was watching over me; it's all she could really do, she said, but she wanted me to know that she was near.

At first, I tried to pass it off as some kind of weird dream, but I knew that it wasn't and came to terms with the fact that I indeed see her. It might very well be that she saved my life.

Things didn't change for me overnight, but within a few weeks I was once again taking some kind of reasonable care of myself and came through the darkest time of my life relatively unscathed. Still, it was one of the strangest experiences of my life...

Can somebody give me a ride to Windcliffe now? :)
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: CandleLighter on September 16, 2002, 06:17:08 PM: Quote

Can somebody give me a ride to Windcliffe now? :)

we've chartered a bus.. it leaves in an hour.... and oh, bring a sack lunch!
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Teresa on September 16, 2002, 06:40:14 PM: Gosh, there are too many. Besides my loved ones ( including numerous pets) I guess I would like to speak to those who died under suspecious circumstances. Maybe Marilyn Monroe, Nicole Simpson,The Black Dahlia, Lizzie Borden's parents to name a few. Really, I am not a morbid person but I cannot stand those unsolved mysteries.
It would also be cool to talk to people from the Biblical days. Moses,Noah etc.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Cassandra on September 17, 2002, 10:51:07 AM: Quote
Gosh, there are too many. Besides my loved ones ( including numerous pets) I guess I would like to speak to those who died under suspecious circumstances. Maybe Marilyn Monroe, Nicole Simpson,The Black Dahlia, Lizzie Borden's parents to name a few. Really, I am not a morbid person but I cannot stand those unsolved mysteries.
It would also be cool to talk to people from the Biblical days. Moses,Noah etc.

Yes, Im just like you Teresalita, those unsolved mystery murder cases really baffled me and I would love to know the truth behind them. And don't forget the most famous one of them all, "Jack the Ripper" I would like to talk to some of his victims and really get the truth there!
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Carol on September 17, 2002, 04:38:31 PM: Quote
Some of these stories are bringing me to tears. I purposely stayed away from this thread 'cause I didn't want to think about it. I lost my little brother 11 years ago (he was 27) and my father died about 6 years ago. A few months after his death I had a nervous breakdown. In the past I'd always yearned for the type of experience some of you are talking about - I would search for it - desperately seeking some kind of contact with my brother, but it never happened.
I think those of you who've experienced this are truly fortunate. (Hey Carol -- how come you never told me about that??)

I've never mentioned this to you because the topic never came up. I don't go out of my way to say that I have had supernatural experiences mainly because of the weird looks that I have gotten in the past. My own husband gives me that "yeah, right" look. Personally, I think it is because his parents have never contacted him.
As for me, I've heard my mother's voice and seen my uncle in my family room. I had a witness that time--my daughter saw the apparition, too, and to this day, both of us say that Uncle Joe was standing in the room watching us. I can even describe what he had on.
But, alas, all things come to an end and I guess they have moved on in the spirit world because I haven't had any contacts lately altho I think my father does keep an eye on me when I drive. I think he should start inhabiting his granddaughter's car, tho;it would ease my mnd!
And Scout, I think we've all made that trip to Windcliff at one time or another--bag lunch or not--and been made better by the experience.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Connie on September 17, 2002, 04:51:28 PM: Quote
I've never mentioned this to you because the topic never came up. I don't go out of my way to say that I have had supernatural experiences mainly because of the weird looks that I have gotten in the past.

Yeah, well I've never given you weird looks. (Although I probably should). No...no...sorry.
What I meant to say, was I certainly wouldn't give you weird looks to your face! No...wait...that didn't come out right.

"Oh SHUT up Connie."
("Yeah, okay.")

;D :-X
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Carol on September 17, 2002, 06:33:40 PM: Quote
"Oh SHUT up Connie."
("Yeah, okay.")

;D :-X

I think I need to speak to your alter ego. We have more in common. No phone calls please.
Title: Re: CONNECTIONS BEYOND
Post by: Connie on September 18, 2002, 12:16:15 PM: Quote
I think I need to speak to your alter ego.

My alter ego wouldn't speak to you in a million years.

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No phone calls please.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! :P
So funny I forgot to laugh.

Maturely yours,
CLC

:P :P

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