Evelyn "the witch" Paglini

[Morgus]

In those early days (mid 90s) many of Art Bell's later regular guests started as callers.
Art's c2c show at that time was mostly open lines every night, with a rare guest or invited caller as a guest.
Art even had live debates between callers too back then.
I recall Stan Deyo also started as a caller to Art and was asked back later on.
Of course many of the classic Art Bell shows were stories from callers such as Mel and his hole, and Madman Mike and his attempts to build a high voltage portal.

[ziznak]

i first sumbled onto coast in those older days myself... It wasn't a prescribed nightly listen for me at the time as I was busy being the young misguided musician I was at the time... but my first encounters with coast as drug and alcohol soaked as they were have made me a lifetime listener since... over the years I've drifted back in and out as a regular listener.  Most of my early years with Art I barely knew the genius I was witnessing.  In fact I found C2C by accident when I would listen to that idiot Camping's rapture crap for kicks.  Art was on after him.

[HorrorRetro]

In fact I found C2C by accident when I would listen to that idiot Camping's rapture crap for kicks.  Art was on after him.

I discovered C2C around '94 due to listening to Bob Larson, another religious zealot.  C2C came on after his show.  A few of those Bob Larson shows were pretty good though, dealing with exorcisms and such.  I know Art eventually had Bob Larson on the show.

Gina

[indigoo]

To me her shows are mind-numbing, cheesy and completely lame. The sex magick one was particularly hilarious. I would really love to know the extent of her "credentials". Yes, she has a "PhD", but from where exactly? And Father Mike Bible College doesn't count.

and I must say things like historical witchcraft, the occult, paganism, hermeticism all interest me very much.

[ziznak]

She's on Fine Art right nau!

[McPhallus]

To me her shows are mind-numbing, cheesy and completely lame. The sex magick one was particularly hilarious. I would really love to know the extent of her "credentials". Yes, she has a "PhD", but from where exactly? And Father Mike Bible College doesn't count.

and I must say things like historical witchcraft, the occult, paganism, hermeticism all interest me very much.

I caught her on the Fine Art stream today.  I don't think she's that bad a guest.  She's intelligent, well-spoken, and seems sincerely to believe what she talks about.  I know her voice is annoying, but I'm from her native land (Chicago), and everyone here talks that way, so I guess it doesn't bother me as much.

[Agent : Orange]

I discovered C2C around '94 due to listening to Bob Larson, another religious zealot.  C2C came on after his show.  A few of those Bob Larson shows were pretty good though, dealing with exorcisms and such.  I know Art eventually had Bob Larson on the show.

Gina

Bob Larson is a slimy piece of shit.

[HorrorRetro]

Bob Larson is a slimy piece of shit.

Agreed.

[ChewMouse]

I would really love to know the extent of her "credentials". Yes, she has a "PhD", but from where exactly?

These PhDs really bug me. I mean the credentials themselves. A doctorate in paranormal studies of any type is not valid in the USA, and I'm pretty sure it isn't anywhere else, either. One of C2C's Things That Annoy Me is the ability for guests to declare that they are doctors in some arcane field of nonsense and the hosts carefully call them "Dr. So-and-So" throughout the interview.

I don't mind Paglini, but I'd like to see even her high school diploma. No, not really. But I guarantee that she never did the work to earn any advanced college degrees. 

[Juan]

Maybe MV can offer a Doctor of Coastgabology when one of us has posted enough in the sNoory sucks thread.

[ziznak]

relistening to arts first paglini encounter an AB stream... I didnt know it was her at first she totally sounded like a geeky old guy to me.

[Sardondi]

... I didnt know it was her at first she totally sounded like a geeky old guy to me.

...with a 10-pack-of-Camels-a-day habit.

[Digitech]

These PhDs really bug me. I mean the credentials themselves. A doctorate in paranormal studies of any type is not valid in the USA, and I'm pretty sure it isn't anywhere else, either. One of C2C's Things That Annoy Me is the ability for guests to declare that they are doctors in some arcane field of nonsense and the hosts carefully call them "Dr. So-and-So" throughout the interview.

Same for me. Some time back, there was a guest on with Noory who kept playing up his status as an 'Arch Druid.' He mentioned it at least twice every segment.

[Sardondi]

These PhDs really bug me. I mean the credentials themselves. A doctorate in paranormal studies of any type is not valid in the USA, and I'm pretty sure it isn't anywhere else, either...

An average US PhD from even a genuine school in the non-hard sciences (what we'd call liberal arts) is, or at least used to be, considered much inferior to, say, a German, French or Italian doctor of philosophy. The academic rigor of the European model was just so much greater, and the very real intellectual achievements of the European PhD candidate had to be much more significant. Sure there were plenty of disciplines at a good many US schools that could hold their own, particularly in the "real" sciences where the US is still second to none. But on the whole it's laughably easy in the US to get a PhD if all you want is that by your name.

Ans then there are the "paranormal" PhDs, almost all of which are treated as jokes by the holders of US PhDs., since to get one usually requires merely that money be thrown at some Institution of Higher Bumfoolery until a diploma with something like "Doctor of Ghostology" on it is tossed back.

So imagine "Dr." Paglini of the Hoboken Institute of Applied Esoterica meets up with a Dr. Stopplemitt-Finzi of the University of Heidelberg. Imagine the conversation they might have. And don't you know the product of Italo-Germanic academia would be so impressed with Dr. White Witch.

[Chine]

I'm not sure how I feel about her. She and Sylvia Brown have the same voice. I like Sylvia, her now infamous misses on 2 high profile cases not withstanding. I don't think it's possible for a psychic to be 100% right all of the time, and when you are under pressure to make a prediction on the spot, it must be hard. You go with your instinct, but that may be wrong if you are not really 'feeling' it. I have some of her books and I've enjoyed reading them.

I think Art's wife was a practising witch, which is probably how he got sucked into the whole thing. I am not sure if his former wife knew Evelyn. I'm under the impression that she did. Anyway, I don't like anything to do with the occult, so I am not into her, but she is interesting, at the very least.

Ahahaha. I just spit a mouthful of Vita Coco on my screen reading this thread.

Oh boy.

Here's the thing. It's language. Cauldron = Potpurri Dish. Vignette (Interior Designers use this word) = Altar.

It's spooky if you purchase mugwort from the little old crunchy lady in a shawl in the backwoods of Sedona. Yet, you purchase 'healing' peony tea from an Artisan Tea boutique. Environment, language.

As soon as Bed Bath and Beyond was selling tiny books of "Be a Reiki Master in 30 minutes" next to the Helly Kitty sugarmint lipgloss... Reiki stopped being that spooky thing many of us practiced back when no one knew what the hell it was.

Sugar Coated Marketing for the Masses. Big money to be made reviving ancient knowledge and packaging to make it easy to swallow for mainstream.

Sometimes, I like to spook the Dragon Divas of YSL at Saks selling me the new "healing floral" serums and I ask them if I need my selenite wand to draw a protective circle before I apply. Pfft.

But, Evelyn...haha. She is something.

[sleeplessinca]

Made me smile, Chine. 

I for one love listening to Ellen.  That gravely little old crone voice is pure gold.  Sylvia Brown is local to me here in South Bay area.  She's been kicking around here for years.  She even set up a little church in a closed bank.  No surprise there...  Total fraud - works all the mentalist tricks for being a psychic.  She even fools herself.

Now Evelyn, she's a trip.  Good radio. She presents such conviction to her "craft" it is scary.  They have to of course.   
I believe completely in the power of intention; not that it is the only power at play, but a strong one.  When you put many intentions together, magic can happen.
Her website is a hoot,  but if you need to cast a curse - she might be your gal.

[Tinfoil Hat]

I always enjoyed it when Evelyn was on. The fact that she always sounded like she had a cigarette in one hand and a high-ball in the other just made her more endearing. That's one lady I wouldn't care to get on the bad side of.

[sleeplessinca]

I always enjoyed it when Evelyn was on. The fact that she always sounded like she had a cigarette in one hand and a high-ball in the other just made her more endearing. That's one lady I wouldn't care to get on the bad side of.

We love her, right? Everybody heard us.

[Chine]

I always enjoyed it when Evelyn was on. The fact that she always sounded like she had a cigarette in one hand and a high-ball in the other just made her more endearing. That's one lady I wouldn't care to get on the bad side of.

Spot on visual! Haha.

[Chine]

She could be discussing brake pads  and I'd be digging it. Ha. Love her.

[Foodlion]

I'd like to add that when you google in Evelyn Paglini you now recieve Coastgab as the number 1 nonpaid link to her.
Top top paid being Coast, with her (I'm guessing) two companies being 2nd and 3rd, and Coast being 4th and the first nonadvertising domain that carries her name by viewership.
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What does this mean? It means we rock!

[Foodlion]

I discovered C2C around '94 due to listening to Bob Larson, another religious zealot.  C2C came on after his show.  A few of those Bob Larson shows were pretty good though, dealing with exorcisms and such.  I know Art eventually had Bob Larson on the show.

Gina

About the same time as myself. I was working a late night security job, and one of my coworkers kept tuning him in. I liked it because I couldn't stand the ball game the was the alternative... and who really does enjoy those sports games on the radio anyways? I'd rather chew on dirt lol

[Nucky Nolan]

I always enjoyed it when Evelyn was on. The fact that she always sounded like she had a cigarette in one hand and a high-ball in the other just made her more endearing. That's one lady I wouldn't care to get on the bad side of.

That's understandable. She really freaked me out when she talked about large groups of witches and warlocks who cast spells on each other. It was great radio! She reminded me of an Italian grandmother at a casino full of Marlboro smoke.

[Nucky Nolan]

I discovered C2C around '94 due to listening to Bob Larson, another religious zealot.  C2C came on after his show.  A few of those Bob Larson shows were pretty good though, dealing with exorcisms and such.  I know Art eventually had Bob Larson on the show.

Gina

The Anomalist web site really went after Larson today. They linked to a story about his daughters and their female friend. They're exorcists, following in the family tradition. How many vulnerable people, especially women, have been damaged by some of these routines? Some survivors are victimized twice, first by their abusers, then by unprofessional charlatans. They claim that the women are angry and bitter because of....demons. : That's certainly true in the figurative sense of the word. It's extremely dangerous to jump to conclusions when it comes to literal demonic possession.

[onan]

It's extremely dangerous to jump to conclusions when it comes to literal demonic possession.

I don't see it often, but I see it enough to completely agree with you. Early onset schizophrenia is somewhat rare. Not all that long ago. I was evaluating a young boy who reported having portals in his bedroom that let satan enter. Satan would then take him over to kill his mother.

It was heart breaking to see this little boy explain how he would "sacrifice" himself before letting any harm come to his mother.

Where this becomes rather bizarre is Mom is of less than average intelligence and hyper religious. So she has had her son exorcised several times by their local preacher.

Had this young man had treatment rather than months of delusional entrenchment from whack nuts he may have needed little intervention. As it was he was hospitalized and had child protective services involved to attempt stability.

Frikken religious nuts including preachers, congregates and witches... they should all do jail time.

[Nucky Nolan]

I don't see it often, but I see it enough to completely agree with you. Early onset schizophrenia is somewhat rare. Not all that long ago. I was evaluating a young boy who reported having portals in his bedroom that let satan enter. Satan would then take him over to kill his mother.

It was heart breaking to see this little boy explain how he would "sacrifice" himself before letting any harm come to his mother.

Where this becomes rather bizarre is Mom is of less than average intelligence and hyper religious. So she has had her son exorcised several times by their local preacher.

Had this young man had treatment rather than months of delusional entrenchment from whack nuts he may have needed little intervention. As it was he was hospitalized and had child protective services involved to attempt stability.

Frikken religious nuts including preachers, congregates and witches... they should all do jail time.

That's a horrible case, and it's an example of why every avenue should be exhausted when there are claims of demonic possession. Lives can be damaged or destroyed when they're not, as both clergy and professionals can tell you. Not to freak out Bellgabbers, but there are times, rare as they may be, when demonic influence is quite real. I'll stop there before MV calls the men in white coats.

[onan]

That's a horrible case, and it's an example of why every avenue should be exhausted when there are claims of demonic possession. Lives can be damaged or destroyed when they're not, as both clergy and professionals can tell you. Not to freak out Bellgabbers, but there are times, rare as they may be, when demonic influence is quite real. I'll stop there before MV calls the men in white coats.

This is where we disagree. I have seen more than 50 patients over the years tell me they either are Satan, a demon, or possessed by a demon. I have yet to see any occult powers. I have yet to see any corruption of those nearby. I have never heard someone not versed in a foreign language start to speak in that language.

It is superstition, nothing more. I wish Satan would show up at my door so I could kick his ass.

[Nucky Nolan]

This is where we disagree. I have seen more than 50 patients over the years tell me they either are Satan, a demon, or possessed by a demon. I have yet to see any occult powers. I have yet to see any corruption of those nearby. I have never heard someone not versed in a foreign language start to speak in that language.

It is superstition, nothing more. I wish Satan would show up at my door so I could kick his ass.

We don't completely disagree. Claims of demonic possession or oppression usually have their origins in physical or psychological disorders, as well as overexcited imaginations. That said, there are a small number of cases that are very real. Witness one, and your whole outlook on reality will change.

[onan]

We don't completely disagree. Claims of demonic possession or oppression usually have their origins in physical or psychological disorders, as well as overexcited imaginations. That said, there are a small number of cases that are very real. Witness one, and your whole outlook on reality will change.

I am still waiting. I have been involved with "spiritual" treatment. I have seen prayer go on for days. I have seen "possessed" writhe and groan... it is all theatrics. I don't think those afflicted are a priori dishonest. But upon further examination it is grandiosity.

I have yet to see anyone levitate, contort to such a degree that is humanly impossible or tempt anyone's soul.

It is all superstition.

[Sardondi]

I am still waiting. I have been involved with "spiritual" treatment. I have seen prayer go on for days. I have seen "possessed" writhe and groan... it is all theatrics. I don't think those afflicted are a priori dishonest. But upon further examination it is grandiosity.

I have yet to see anyone levitate, contort to such a degree that is humanly impossible or tempt anyone's soul.

It is all superstition.

Meh, as far as  Evelyn "the witch" Paglini is concerned, I'd love it if I never heard her mellifluous voice again. Art is responsible for unleashing her on an unsuspecting world. I say just let the Jim Beamâ,,¢ and Camelsâ,,¢ finish the job they clearly started 40 years ago.