Michael Jackson's Spirit "Asked for Forgiveness"

Michael Jackson has spoken out from beyond the grave to Lisa Marie Presley in a seance, according to his former make-up artist Karan Faye. Faye insists Jackson's spirit seemed to be "unsettled" and expressed remorse for any wrongdoing.

Michael Jackson's spirit asked his ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley for forgiveness during a seance.

Michael died aged 50 last June, after taking a cocktail of drugs including powerful anaesthetic Propofol. His personal physician Dr Conrad Murray was charged with involuntary manslaughter on Monday, but has pleaded not guilty.

The pop icon's former make-up artist Karan Faye has revealed she and Lisa Marie visited a psychic last week, and were put in touch with Michael. Read more

What Is Ectoplasm?

Ectoplasm is a seemingly lifelike substance, apparently exuding from the body of a medium, which can be transformed into materialized faces, limbs, and even the entire bodies of spirits. Ectoplasm often appears to be milky white in color and smells like ozone, according to most witnesses. Is this mysterious substance a fraud or phantasm?

... If we are to believe the debunkers and skeptics, ectoplasm is nothing more than cheesecloth stuffed into one or more of the cavities of the body and then extruded at an opportune time, the sole purpose being to dupe those present. However, it is difficult to believe that some of the most eminent men of science, who observed it, examined it, tested it, and proclaimed it real, could have been fooled over and over again, especially under laboratory conditions. It stretches the imagination to believe that as much "cheesecloth," as seen in many of the photographs, could be stored in an orifice of the body, especially the ears and pores, and so dramatically extruded, then to have human forms shaped from it or within it, and then, in some cases, to have those human forms emerging from the ectoplasm and carry on conversations with those present, sometimes about personal matters known only to the sitter.

Equally puzzling is why numerous alleged charlatans would dream up something so seemingly ridiculous and revolting. Couldn't they come up with a trick a bit more realistic and believable? If it all began with one trickster, why were so many other charlatans impressed by something so bizarre? Read more