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2010 Archive:
Lampooning the Paranormal with Scott Gruenwald
November 30, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Haunted Objects with John Zaffis
November 23, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

History of Ghost Hunting with Amy Bruni from Ghost Hunters
November 15, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

The Ghosts of the Stanley Hotel
November 9, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

The Haunted Victorian Mansion By 30 Odd Minutes
October 13, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Halloween is for Everybody by Lee Prosser
October 11, 2010

Column - regular feature

A Brief, Unofficial History of Ghosts and their Hunters by Deonna Kelli Sayed
September 21, 2010


The New England Ghost Project By 30 Odd Minutes
September 14, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

A Paranormal Childhood with Ursula Bielski By 30 Odd Minutes
September 7, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Parapsychology with Most Haunted's Dr. Ciaran O'Keeffe By 30 Odd Minutes
August 31, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Paranormal Pop Culture by Aaron Sagers
August 31, 2010


Baseball's Ghosts with Dan Gordon By 30 Odd Minutes
August 24, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Tamara Thorne - Ghost Chronicles
August 18, 2010

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Ghosts of Gettysburg with Mark Nesbitt By 30 Odd Minutes
August 17, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Fire in the Sky Author Travis Walton By 30 Odd Minutes
August 10, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Shave and a Haircut... There's Ghosts! By Mike Brody
August 9, 2010

Column - regular feature

Tara Normal Comic Book Artist H.C. Noel By 30 Odd Minutes
July 27, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Paranormal Inventor Bill Chappell By 30 Odd Minutes
July 13, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Paranormal Roundtable: Part Deux By 30 Odd Minutes
June 29, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Legend Tripping with Christopher Balzano By 30 Odd Minutes
June 22, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Kids and the Paranormal with Dave Schrader By 30 Odd Minutes
June 8, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

12 Rumors about the Mt. Washington Beyond Reality Event By Mike Brody
June 2, 2010

Column - regular feature

The Wisconsin Werewolf with Linda Godfrey By 30 Odd Minutes
June 1, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Live-ish From the Haunted Houghton Mansion By 30 Odd Minutes
May 25, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

One Year Anniversary Show By 30 Odd Minutes
May 18, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Paranormal Pop Culture with Aaron Sagers By 30 Odd Minutes
April 27, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

The Starchild Skull with Lloyd Pye By 30 Odd Minutes
April 20, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Haunted Inns on the Cape - Ghost Chronicles
April 1, 2010

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

On the Road with Patrick Burns and Marley Gibson By 30 Odd Minutes
March 30, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

The Haunted Comedy Club By Mike Brody
March 20, 2010

Column - regular feature

Folklore and Legends with Dr. Michael Bell By 30 Odd Minutes
March 16, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Astrology With Christopher Renstrom By 30 Odd Minutes
March 9, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Women in the Paranormal 2010: Beth Brown
March 8, 2010


A Real Haunting in Connecticut - Ghost Chronicles
March 3, 2010

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

"Live" from Lizzie Borden's By 30 Odd Minutes
March 2, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Robert Nathan by Lee Prosser
March 2, 2010

Column - regular feature

Women in the Paranormal 2010: April Slaughter
March 1, 2010


Cyborgs and A.I. with Dr. Kevin Warwick By 30 Odd Minutes
February 23, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Women in the Paranormal 2010: Dr. Pamela Heath
February 22, 2010


Dr. Michael Bell - Ghost Chronicles
February 17, 2010

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Women in the Paranormal 2010: Marie D. Jones
February 16, 2010


The Haunted Slater Mill with Carl Johnson By 30 Odd Minutes
February 9, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Paranormal Technology with Inventor Andy Coppock By 30 Odd Minutes
February 2, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Not Your Daddy's Team: The Queer Side of the Paranormal by Deonna Kelli Sayed
February 2, 2010


Shaman Steve Wilson - Ghost Chronicles
January 27, 2010

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

Paranormal Roundtable/Debate with the Oddballs By 30 Odd Minutes
January 26, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Edwidge Danticat by Lee Prosser
January 25, 2010

Column - regular feature

2012 and Doomsday Prophecies with Marie D. Jones By 30 Odd Minutes
January 14, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

T. Glen Hamilton - Ghost Chronicles
January 13, 2010

Ghostvillage Radio - podcast

The Rendlesham Forest UFO Incident with Peter Robbins By 30 Odd Minutes
January 7, 2010

30 Odd Minutes - webcast

Surviving the Stanley Hotel By Mike Brody
January 4, 2010

Column - regular feature



March 2, 2010

Bide One's Time

Robert Nathan
By Lee Prosser

Lee Prosser - Bide One's Time is Lee's bi-weekly column on the supernatural. Robert Nathan was an American novelist and poet who is often referred to as an American Master of Satiric Fantasy because of his unique way of handling themes involving ghosts, time slips, and fantasy themes. He was born in New York on January 2, 1894, and died at the age of 91 on May 25, 1985. He was a prolific writer, creating in many genres.

What is important about Robert Nathan is that he was the first major American author to create the use of time slips involving ghosts. His masterpiece fantasy, Portrait of Jennie (1940), is the story of an artist painting the portrait of a woman who is a ghost slipping through time. It is their love story. The ending of the book continues to enchant readers worldwide who have made this an enduring American fantasy classic since it original publication. In an intriguing book-to-movie transfer, the movie of the book has also endured among movie-goers, and continues to be watched today. The movie, Portrait of Jennie, starred Joseph Cotton as the artist and Jennifer Jones as the woman. It is readily available on DVD for those who wish to watch an unusual love story between a man and a ghost. What is important about Robert Nathan is that he wrote about time slips, ghosts, and intelligent hauntings --- three key themes in contemporary paranormal research -- before they were even seriously considered as topics for in-depth investigation, and he did it in such a memorable manner that the book and its movie are still being sought out by people throughout the world.

Robert NathanAnother popular Robert Nathan book was The Bishop's Wife. This book was made into a movie twice, and both movies are available on DVD and seen frequently on television. It is an unusual fantasy love story involving a woman and her husband who become involved with the presence of a supernatural entity.

For those who would be interested in reading more of the works of Robert Nathan, here is a partial list from a highly prolific author who was very popular during his lifetime. Some titles to consider are: Autumn (1921), The Puppet Master (1923), The Bishop's Wife (1928), The Orchid (1931), Portrait of Jennie (1940), Mr. Whittle and the Morning Star (1947), The Darkening Meadow (1945), Sir Henry (1955), So Love Returns (1958), The Color of the Evening (1960), The Wilderness Stone (1961), The Devil With Love (1963), Stonecliff (1967), Heaven and Hell and the Megas Factor (1975), among others. Much of his writing contains wonderful, concise gems of thoughtful expression, and this is one such example: "Only this moment is clear. But a moment could go on and on, forever."

For those who have not read the writings of Robert Nathan, it is time to discover him. He was a literate, careful writer, and he wrote in a style that immediately caught the reader up in his story-telling, from beginning to end.


Lee Prosser is Ghostvillage.com's book reviewer and a regular contributor. He is also the author of Missouri Hauntings. among other books. "Bide One's Time" is Prosser's monthly column on his supernatural musings.




2014 Haunted New England Wall Calendar by Jeff Belanger photography by Frank Grace
Check out the 2014 Haunted New England wall calendar by Jeff Belanger and photography by Frank Grace!


Paranormal Conferences and Lectures
Don't miss the following events and lectures:

Jeff Belanger and “The Bridgewater Triangle” at Dedham Community Theatre - April 6, 2014 9:00PM

The Spirits of the Mark Twain House - Hartford, Connecticut - April 12, 2014

Paracon Australia - East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia - May 10-12, 2014