On this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary Shapiro and John Santa sit down with Canadian evidential medium Joelle Tremblay to explore how a corporate high achiever became the only medium in Canada certified by the Forever Family Foundation. Joelle shares the emotional story of four years of fertility treatments, a surprise “spiritual boot camp” retreat, and the moment during pregnancy when she suddenly started knowing and hearing things she could not logically explain. She talks about the strange sequence of events that turned a yoga teacher and doctorate candidate into a working medium whose abilities seemed to arrive hand in hand with new life.

From there, Gary and John dive into what evidential mediumship looks like in real practice. Joelle explains how her clairs developed from pure claircognizance into powerful clairsentience and clairaudience, why she prefers not to see too much, and how she experiences spirits as distinct, personality-filled presences rather than just a vague field of consciousness. She walks the audience through the rigorous Forever Family Foundation testing process, including the infamous video-off sitter who would only respond with “tell me more.” The conversation also tackles ethics, boundaries with spirit, the reality of doing highly emotional grief work, and what it means to practice mediumship inside science-minded Canadian culture while still honoring angels, spirit guides, and the raw, human weight of loss.

If you are searching for paranormal podcasts that blend psychic mediumship, afterlife evidence, and real human stories, you’ll get all that in this episode and hear why Joelle walked away from corporate life, how she handles skeptics and non-ethical practitioners, and why she thinks grief itself is a universal language that cuts across borders, beliefs, and platforms.

Spend the night in a haunted hotel where the guests aren’t the only ones checking in. In this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John sit down with Kelly Hammerling, the owner of The Haunted Shanley Hotel, a 19th‑century boarding house turned mafia hangout, brothel, and bar that now hosts more than 50 reported spirits. From a rebuilt 1800s hotel with Irish mob ties and personal tragedy to the present‑day caretaker who actually lives there full‑time with her “second family” of ghosts, this episode dives into the building’s wild history.

From jaw‑dropping first‑hand accounts of spirit box sessions that spit out non‑human voices, a digital temperature gauge jumping to 66.6 degrees mid‑communication, and a bouncer spirit named Frank who has been known to put hands around Kelly’s throat, The Shanley doesn't disappoint.

Along the way, Kelly breaks down why investigators keep coming back for new evidence: from disembodied voices and full‑body apparitions to deeply personal messages from loved ones during seances. If you’re into haunted hotels, ghost hunting, EVPs, ITC, spirit boxes, the Estes Method, portals, scrying, and real‑life paranormal investigations at historic locations- Let's face it - ANYTHING paranormal related - the Shanley has to be on your list. and this episode will make you rethink what it means to live, and sleep, inside an intelligent haunting.

What if the ghosts haunting you aren't in a dark hallway, but buried deep inside your own mind? In this live episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary and John sit down with Brett Harpp, LMHC-D (she earned that D), better known as The Haunted Therapist, a licensed mental health counselor and EMDR-certified trauma therapist who has built an extraordinary bridge between the world of psychology and the paranormal. Brett explores how the unprocessed experiences of our past operate exactly like hauntings: surfacing without warning, replaying on loop, and refusing to rest until they're truly acknowledged.

Brett walks us through her unique therapeutic framework, blending EMDR, Parts Work (IFS), and Advanced Clinical Hypnosis to help clients identify, face, and integrate their emotional "haunts." But this conversation goes far deeper than metaphor. Brett shares her own personal paranormal experiences, including a childhood encounter with a mysterious ball of light.

If you’re someone carrying a ghost of your own, this episode will change the way you think about what it means to be haunted and what it truly means to heal. Find links to Brett in the LinkTree in our bio.