Phone Calls from the Dead: The results of a two-year investigation into an incredible phenomenon

by D. Scott Rogo, Raymond Bayless

This well-researched classic publication deals with the phenomenon of telephone calls from alive people from other realities- a sensitive subject matter that is avoided by other writers. There are three types of 1. People who had recently passed on or dead for years to out of the blue call family and friends. 2. The receiving you call a house and somebody who is alive in other realities answers the phone. 3. A conversation with an alive person to another yet one party later on denies either making or receiving such phone call. (These are people who intended to call but never did, yet it seems that the call was psychically made) To build a channel of communication among those here and those dwelling on different planes of life deeper and more advanced research on this subject must be done. See also Psycho-Phone Messages by Francis Grierson - 1610337808

Genres: Paranormal, Nonfiction, Supernatural

172 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

He wrote or co-wrote 20 books and more than 100 magazine and journal articles, 7 books were reprinted in 2005 by Anomalist Books, Leaving the body was reprinted in 2008 by Simon & Schuster. Rogo was active at the Psychical Research Foundation (formerly at Durham, North Carolina) and at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. The D. Scott Rogo Award was established in 1992 to benefit authors working on manuscripts pertaining to parapsychology.
Born in Los Angeles, California and educated at the University of Cincinnati and San Fernando Valley State College (now California State University, Northridge; he graduated summa cum laude from the latter institution in 1972. (His B.A. was in music; Rogo played the oboe and the English horn, and for two years played professionally with the San Diego Symphony and other ensembles.) Rogo served as a consulting editor for Fate Magazine for which he wrote a regular column; he advocated greater involvement by both researchers and skeptics in parapsychological research.
Rogo was open minded on the question of survival of consciousness after death, he wrote that he was "favourable to the survival notion" he was however skeptical about some of the phenomena involved in psychical research as he believed they could be psychological experiences. He is most well known for his book written with Raymond Bayless titled Phone Calls From The Dead (1979) in which they describe an alleged paranormal phenomenon in which people report that they receive simple, brief, and usually single-occurrence telephone calls from spirits of deceased relatives, friends, or strangers.
In his book The Haunted Universe (1977) Rogo hypothesized that strange phenomena such as flying saucers and Bigfoot are really psychic projections that are produced by the minds of the observers themselves.

Reviews

[Susan Molloy · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my friends loaned me her copy of this book. Once I turned to the first page, I could not put this down until the end. The stories were creepy, and it was hard for me to sleep that night.

💥Recommended.

[Golden]

This book is impossible to find!!! If anybody wants to book trade/club via mail. Let me know. I’m serious!

[Hannah Edmonds · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've always been fascinated by all things supernatural, so I jumped at the chance to read this book.

There are some really chilling case studies throughout the book detailing calls allegedly from the dead, usually to close friends and relatives. The one that made my spine tingle was a call from Arne Gandy to his mother at 3am one morning; over the course of the call, she heard other phantom voices telling her bizarre things, as well as moans and what sounded like her son saying "Oh Mama, help me." Later that morning, Arne's body was found in a bay in San Francisco, the coroner determined that Gandy had been in the water for more than 48 hours.

There is also a lot of explanation about psychic telephones and various ways in which scientists have tried to contact the dead. While interesting, I did find some of these chapters quite dry, especially in comparison to the interesting testimonies from various people who had been phoned by the dead.

I'm not saying I'm a firm believer in this phenomenon, but it's a comforting thought in some ways, and absolutely terrifying in others.

This was a fascinating book and well-written and researched, but I would've loved to have read more case studies from people who have received contact from the dead. I'm particularly glad I was able to read it as it's an increasingly rare book to find these days.

[coffee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Part casebook of death calls, part history of phantom communication over devices such as morse code and EVP; the book dips into Men in Black cases, and considers PK, ESP, ultra-terrestrials of the superspectrum, and spirits of the deceased as possible explanations. There is a really great moment at the end of the book where the authors bring in 3 commentators: Dr. John Palmer, Dr. John Beloff, and Dr. Gertrude Schmeider, to critique the methodology used in the book, with rebuttals from the authors.

[Denise Heyes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read it in one night couldn't put it down. Compelling

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ultimately a pretty silly book with no scientific basis whatsoever, however it’s still a fun read, mostly,

[Indrid Cold · Rating 5 out of 5]

After searching for this book for years, I finally came across a copy of the paperback (second edition) at a local used book store. I had been waiting for quite a few years to read it, and I have to say that it was worth the wait.

While obviously being somewhat dated (not many people are using actual telephones anymore, right?), the stories and information in this book are very good. I even found some of the stories to actually be “scary” if that’s the sort of thing you are looking for.

The two authors did a great job of coming up with reasonable theories, and covering as much ground as they could in their research at the time. It should also be mentioned that every once and a while, a “phone call from the dead” story still pops up in the news. It seems that this phenomenon may still exist, and that the spooks and specters have possibly gone wireless. Who can know for sure?

If you are lucky enough to come across this book at a reasonable price and have even a passing interest in it, do yourself a favor and pick it up. I’m looking forward to getting a hold of some more books by this author that I’ve missed over the years.

[Marty mc fly · Rating 5 out of 5]

An inceedible book on an incredible phenomenom that i have experienced myself.