Marie Jackson, the fearless creator behind Ghost Link Productions and Paranormal Impact, joins Gary and John on Splintered Spirits Live!

With more than 100 investigations across haunted homes, abandoned sites, historic locations, and active hotspots, Marie brings lived experience, emotional truth, and cinematic storytelling to the world of the paranormal. She has become a powerful voice in a space that has not always been inclusive, using her work to uplift underrepresented communities and reshape how paranormal stories are told.

In this conversation, Marie shares how growing up in a haunted home shaped her perspective, what she believes spirits truly are, how trauma and healing intersect with the supernatural, and why representation matters in paranormal media. We also dive into her upcoming TV series Supernatural Sistas, her books TEN FEET UNDER and TEN FEET ABOVE, and how she bridges spirituality, investigation, creativity, and cultural identity.

If you care about authenticity, powerful storytelling, inclusivity in the paranormal world, and redefining what it means to encounter the unknown, this episode is for you.

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What happens when a law written during the Civil War crawls out of the history books to threaten a modern-day business owner with jail time?

In October 2023, the Police Chief of Hanover, Pennsylvania, walked into The Serpent's Key Shoppe & Sanctuary with a warning for owner Beck Ravenswood: Stop reading tarot cards for money, or face prosecution under an 1861 state statute banning "fortune telling for gain or lucre."

Instead of hiding the decks, Beck fought back, filing a federal civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of trying magic in a modern court.

In this episode, Gary and John sit down with Beck Ravenswood to discuss not only her background but:

• The surreal experience of being threatened with an archaic law in the 21st century.
• The dark history of anti-vagrancy laws used to target spiritual communities.
• The reality of the ongoing battle to protect First Amendment rights for pagans and practitioners.
• Whether this legal zombie is just bureaucracy at work, or a historical prejudice actively haunting Hanover.

Does the law fear what it can’t understand? Join the conversation as we split the difference between the legal and the mystical.

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• Shop: https://serpentskeyshoppe.com/

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Brian Sterling-Vete joins Splintered Spirits for a conversation that cuts through hype and superstition with equal parts science, skepticism, and dry British humor. Brian is the founder of Paranormal Rescue, a best-selling author, a Guinness World Record holder, and a former BBC broadcaster who brings a sharp, analytical mind to the world of ghosts, hauntings, and unexplained phenomena.

Brian shares the strange UFO encounter that set him on this path, the wild events he lived through inside a 110-room Tudor mansion, and why his upcoming book Quantum Paranormal aims to connect the mysteries of consciousness and hauntings with real physics. We dig into his scientific ghost hunting approach, the story behind Project Half-Life, and why being open-minded does not mean abandoning logic.

If you have ever wondered where solid investigation ends and real high strangeness begins, this conversation is a clear reminder that the truth is usually stranger, funnier, and far more complicated than people want to admit.