Speaker 1: The first wife. In these days of high divorce rates
and blended families, there are numerous books, therapists, and other
resources available to help those who have trouble adjusting from
one domestic situation to another. But what if you're having
trouble with not an ex spouse but a late spouse.
It is known to happen. One Texas may have suffered
a great loss when his wife and baby daughter were
killed in an accident. In time, however, he healed and
began to see other women socially. After all, he was
a young man who hoped to rebuild his life. To him,
that meant eventually remarriage. Although his first wife had always
expressed her disapproval in such a situation. If I should die,
promise me that you'll never remarry, she had pleaded with him.
He never made such a promise, but the woman's wishes
had been clear. The day came that the man fell
in love with the woman in her late twenties that
quickly became engaged and spent all of their time together,
dividing it between his apartment and hers. Soon they began
to notice strange things happening in both homes. There were
strange noises, the sound of someone walking in the next room,
the crash of heavy objects falling, and mysterious knocking at
the door. Every time the man or his fiancee would investigate,
they found nothing. The window blinds began to snap open
for no apparent reason, and books were often tampered with.
A volume that was left closed would be flipped open
to reveal certain pages. When its reader returned, the couple
had to admit that they were being followed by a ghost,
and by the pages the spirit highlighted as clues. The
man believed it to be his late wife. The couple
approached a parapsychologist and author, Hans Holzer for advice concerning
their unique problem. He suggested they should address the deceased
woman and clearly explain the facts of after life to her.
Whether that work did not remains unknown. According to Holzer,
the couple never contacted him again. Other widows and widowers
had been fortunate in that their spectral spouses have been
understanding and even helpful when the time came to move on.
A fellow named Harold and a widower with five children,
was blessed in that sense. He had been visited by
his wife Esther several times following her death. When two
years had passed, however, Esther appeared less frequently and something
amazing happened. Harold was driving just outside of San Antonio
when he stopped to help woman repair a flat tire.
They felt an immediate kinship and enjoyed a long friendly conversation.
Both were stunned when they discovered that they shared an
important bond. The woman, Linda, had been very close friends
with Esther. Since the woman had known each other through
church activities and Harold was not active in church, Lydia
had never met her dear friend's husband. As they sat
by the highway, shaking their heads in amazement, Lydia and
Harold realize they had been formally introduced by Esther. Not surprisingly,
a romance blossom, and the couple eventually married. The last
time Harold saw Esther's ghost, he told her of his
engagement with Lydia. The luminous apparition must have been satisfied,
for she never appeared to her husband again