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Hey, guys, real quick, if you're enjoying high Strange, hit the follow button on your podcast app. Could you please, pretty please, rate and review it? I know, it's annoying. I mean, I hate doing it. I don't know. The algorithm likes this stuff. And also, I want to hear your genuine feedback. It takes literally 30 seconds, and you can do it right now as you're listening. It means a lot to us here at Tenderfoot, and to me personally. Enjoy the show. This is Whitley Strieber. You're about to listen to my first hypnosis session with Dr. Donald Klein, conducted on March 1, 1986. I wish to warn you there is some strong language in this hypnosis session. There is also a significant amount of screaming. Very frightening screaming. It should not be listened to by little children. I woke up in the middle of the night. I don't understand that. So there's a. There's something went past the window. What the hell? Something went past the window. There's someone past the window. There's nothing there. Oh, God. And the house is sitting. Can I see it? That's a thing? No, it was a light. It didn't go past the wind. It couldn't have gone past the wind. I'm going back to sleep. I think the stove's okay. There was a light in the front yard. I keep thinking, who the hell is that? Is that somebody. Is there somebody there? Is that somebody there? You know, I'm looking at this thing. I don't think. I don't think I like that. I saw something that looked like it had a hood on it standing over by the wall near the corner in our bedroom. And I don't want it to be there. I don't want it to be here. What the hell you doing to me? God sake. What the you doing to me? Jesus. I feel like I'm gonna throw up in a minute. Holy. I'm sorry. Oh, God. You know, I didn't know there was anything in my house until just the second that night, the 4th of October. Jesus. Oh, boy. Scared the out of me. Sorry about that. I didn't expect this to be that, dad, because I. I was prepared for. For being scared on the 26th, but I did not know that was going to come to my house. Well, what deserves that's dark, but it's like a little man with a hood on or something. It's almost like this, you know, there's no head. He's covered in something. And it comes over to the bed and it starts like sticking something in. Not into my head, you understand? But like it was sticking into my mind and it would. It would make a noise like a voice. It was terrible like that going into me. It was just God awful, horrifying. He was standing there doing that Christian scare. Happen to be idiots. You aren't very red, but they're very stiff. I was shouting. No, I were. I was. Yeah. I have absolutely no idea why the other people had. Didn't remember it because I'm darn sure I was shot. I don't see her because I'm turned towards the thing. Am I. Am I still hypnotized? Okay. I swear to God, I just can't believe that this happened. But it did happen, I tell you. The light comes down past the window. Then I see a glow in the front yard. I thought I had gotten up, but I don't think now that I did. I thought I had seen the door against the roof of the living room, but I don't think I did. I think I knew all wrong it was coming in the window, the glow. And I just didn't somehow want to say that because it was very obvious even then that it wasn't a fire. And he was. I just don't know what he's doing. I'll be frank with y'. All. I can't. I can't. I can't. I just can't figure it out. I don't know where it was, but it was very scary. But he wasn't. She was wearing a covering like she had a cover on and shaky. You know, I can't understand. I guess of course I understand. Her experience, I find. So scared. But. Do you want to keep on? I do, definitely. I mean, I've. I think I may have gotten right at the beginning through the worst part of the fear, frankly. Because whatever it was when it first came to me that night, it was ultimately terror. It almost always happened beginning like this. The beginning moment we experience her. Was that a good hypnotic subject? Good. It didn't seem to take very long. It felt very nice. I was. Yeah. I was amazed at you because, you know, you said. I thought you were like explaining to me how it was going to be done. And the next thing I knew, I was thinking I Shaky mindset. When Susan Slew comes over to the bed. Explode. Goes up to about the top of the lamp. This is looking down at me. He's got eyes. I big eyes, these scented eyes and a bald head. So things are like me. He's got a weed in his hand and has a tip of Silver. More touches. I see pictures. I see pictures of the wall just blowing up. I see pictures of looking up. And he touches my head with his. It's a picture of like a whole big glass. And there's a dark red fire in the middle of it. There's a white smoke all around it. That's your home. That's your home. I know why. Why don't you like me? Why do you hate me? I said that. I mean, why did they just put that thing on me and it's have the whole world blowing up? That's what I want to know what this is about. What the hell is it about? I don't know what it's about. What is this gonna blow up? What's gonna blow up? I know what's gonna blow up. I heard it's gonna blow up. I know it is too. Oh, It's green. Shows me. I see Andrew. What have they got to do with him? Is this the devil? What the hell is this? Yes, I know you won't hurt me. I know you won't. I know you won't hurt me. The house is on fire. No, it's not. That sounds stupid. How do they say that? Not the very long effort one was. But it's sturdy. I knew that already. I was expecting it. I knew just when it would come. He took a little thing like an eagle and stuck it like a match in front of my face. And it made a big bang down. And I brought my house. It's okay. What's he doing? What do you look down? I don't know. I don't remember the thing. Except I jumped up out of the bed and I was already. When I said, the house is on fire, I'm already out of the bed right away. Sledded, slandered eyes. I would say he had slandered eyes. It was real hard to see because he kept putting this thing on my head. Almost every time I would move, he put this thing on my head. I would see these images. You know, I thought. I thought at first when we talked, the thing was talking. But when you hypnotized me again, I could see the images. And he has this little ruler thing about that yarn. It's got a silver tip on it, quite silver, because I can see glimmers on it. It's dark in the room. Did you try to light up the room for me or something when you said the room was light because the room was very dark? It was dark, very dark. I was it soon now that it should be more because this obviously is a It's obvious that this happened to me and I, I, I would be highly irresponsible to myself not to continue. I. It's not a question to be a hero. It's a much safer question not wanting me to walk out before getting I miss you, Daddy. I miss you Daddy. Daddy. Oh God, Daddy. I'm just never. Get to know you dad. Oh God. Poor, my poor dad. I don't oh, she wouldn't help you. God. It's my dad dying and my mother just sitting here staring at him like he was a little animal. Why didn't you at least just give him a goodbye kiss or something and never knew it was like that. Christ, Did that make sense again? Yes, then I did. You know, I don't know what to make of all of this. Just don't know what to make up. You know, I feel a tremendous relief right now because I can, I can remember this. This is, this is going to be a remembrance. It's not an easy memory, but it's good to remember. With verbo care, help is always ready before, during and after your stay. We've planned for the plot twists, so so support is always available because a great trip starts with peace of mind. Jenice Torres here and I'm Austin Hankwitz. 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