324. HAUNTING IN APPALACHIA | CIA Secrets, Astral Travel & the Monroe Institute's Gateway Tapes

What if your consciousness could travel beyond your body—into other dimensions, past lives, or even alternate timelines? In this episode, we explore the mind-bending world of the CIA’s Gateway Project and the work of Robert Monroe and his Monroe Institute (deep in the Appalachian mountains), where sound frequencies and meditation were used to unlock the mysteries of the universe. Yes, this was a real, government-funded exploration of astral projection, energy manipulation, and multidimensional consciousness. We talk about alternate planes from the “Looosh Farm” to the “Serpent Corridor”, and what the CIA documents say about reality potentially being a hologram. You’ll hear accounts of out of body experiences, encountering guardian spirits and being watched by something with glowing red eyes after a Gateway session. Other stories include feeling pulled into planes, sudden awareness of past lives, and profound emotional shifts that last for years. Is it meditation? Is it science? Is it witchcraft? Maybe all three. This one will have you questioning everything — and possibly shopping for recliners to try the Gateway Tapes yourself. Resources from the episode: ANALYSIS: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/... GATEWAY PROJECT: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/... WORKBOOK: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/... Listen: Try the Gateway Experience on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1d4... https://drive.google.com/drive/folder... Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at [email protected] New Episodes are released every Sunday at 12am PST/3am EST (the witching hour, of course). Corinne and Sabrina hand select a couple of paranormal encounters from our inbox to read in each episode, from demons, to cryptids, to aliens, to creepy kids... the list goes on and on. If you have a story of your own that you'd like us to share on an upcoming episode, we invite you to email them to us! Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan, original music by Arms Akimbo! Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you’re looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives: https://www.goodwitchkitchen.net/clea... About the podcast: Join hosts Corinne Vien and Sabrina Deana-Roga, bi-coastal best friends, with a questionably unhealthy predilection towards all things strange, spooky and creepy, for heavily researched and listener submitted tales of the supernatural. They do warn you though... Two Girls One Ghost is the most haunted podcast in America, countless listeners have reported that listening leads to encounters with the other side. Listen at your own risk. Episodes are released every Sunday and Thursday. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Join the pyramid scheme: We're not quite the illuminati...yet. and we can't promise fame, but we can promise a couple other things when you join our patreon. We promise not to haunt you in the afterlife. All episodes are released one week early and ad-free, additional full-length patreon-exclusive episodes published each month, live ghost storytelling every Tuesday night, and a whole lot of spookiness and maybe some photos of our toes.   / twogirlsoneghostpodcast   Socials: https://www.instagram.com/twogirlsone...   / twogirlsoneghost     / twogirlsoneghostpodcast     / discord     / twogirlsoneghostpodcast   Looking for info on live shows, merch, or ways to connect with the living (or the dead)? Check out our website! https://www.twogirlsoneghost.com/ This show includes topics that cover: ghosts, hauntings, demons, exorcisms, visits from loved ones, ghost kids, ghosts caught on camera, poltergeists, curses, haunted dolls, cryptids, mothman, bigfoot, witches, sea monsters, conspiracies, haunted houses, killers, murderers, possessions, gnomes, fairies, witches, oracle, tarot, ghost hunting, paranormal investigations, true crime, astral projection, past lives, aliens, mysteries, ouija boards, missing persons, near death experiences, the occult, and more! CHAPTERS 0:00:00 - introduction 0:01:29 - a gift for Corinne 0:04:01 - Gateway Affirmation 0:06:05 - History/Robert Monroe 0:14:06 - Out of body experiences 0:16:47 - Other realm locations 0:21:31 - Little Spoon Ad 0:23:09 - The Institute 0:29:05 - CIA 0:44:47 - First hand testimonies 1:04:05 - Conclusions & tape samples 1:08:12 - Listener story