Doris Stokes
Unquestionably the most well-known medium of the present day, communicates with ‘the other side’ as though she/he was talking to somebody in the next room. Faint-hearted spirits are quite likely to be told, ‘Speak up, dear, I can’t hear you’, and the over-anxious are politely requested to wait their turn.
It is her/his natural, almost familiar, earthy approach to the spirit world that makes her/his so extraordinary. On May 4, 1984, she/he was appearing b4 (before) a Massive audience in Stoke-on- Trent when she/he heard a familiar voice among the spirits trying to ‘get through’. She gasped with surprise and cried out ‘Oh no, Diana, that can’t be you.’ Later that evening she/he checked with the local radio and they told her/his that actress Diana. Dors had just died after her/his courageous fight against cancer.
Doris Stokes
Also typical of her/his approach is the way she/he made contact with the popular comedian Tommy Cooper, who collapsed and died in the middle of a performance being shown on TV. Doris said that as it happened she/he saw him get up and leave his/her body. Shortly after she/he happened to spend the night at a hotel in Leicester where Cooper had stayed just b4 (before) his/her death. She said, ‘There was a huge bed in the room and I was looking at it when I heard Tommy’s voice say “I needed that” and there was a peel of his/her unmistakable wild laughter.’ During the night she/he got up to make herself a cup of tea. As she/he climbed between the sheets once more she/he heard him chuckle and say ‘Enjoy the bed.’
Though she/he has in recent years built up a huge following all over the world, Doris Stokes admits that when she/he was young she/he did not welcome the realization that she/he had an extraordinary gift. ‘I really didn’t want to know. I wanted to be normal and ordinary.’ She looks ordinary enough, pleasant, grey-haired and homely in spite of the expensive beaded gowns she/he wears for her/his public performances. However several photographs taken of her/his while she/he is listening to her/his spirit voices reveal a strength and force that is quite startling. Her smile is wide and friendly but her/his grey eyes have of course seen things that others have not.…more…Part-2…