A Psychic Reading by Kathleen of the Alhambra Institute of Dearborn, October 26, 1994

by Kathleen of the Alhambra Institute

1994

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Editor's note: I'm going to get verbose here so grab some Ritalin. Having the misfortune of being half Polish and being born under the astrological sign of Taurus (I don't believe in any of that bullshit) I am doubly-inclined to be stubborn. In my quest to find both an obscure cassette of ghost stories by the witch Gundella and also the psychic readings she was known for I have scoured through bin upon bin of AOR, religious and nature tapes at rummage sales, thrift store, garage sales and estate sales in my quest to find either. No such luck but I won't be deterred.

Back before there was eBay and you could just click and buy that which was desired you had to search ceaselessly for obscurities. I heard "The Motorcade Sped On" by Steinski & Mass Media on BBC Radio 1 late night sometime around 1990 and had to have it. Being that it was only available on a limited release 45 record as well as a Canadian compilation CD, also in limited edition, it took me probably 5 years of searching before I finally found it in a discount bin at Sam's Jams in Dearborn. I'm on year 10 of looking for Gundella's offerings. Having gone so far as to contact the guy in Southfield who produced the tape. He was shocked to hear that somebody was actually looking for it after 30 some years.

Anyway, this is the only psychic reading that I have ever found on cassette and was half of the impetus for purchasing a cassette to MP3 recorder. The reading is fairly boring and Kathleen, the psychic from the Alhambra Institute in Dearborn, Michigan, which is now defunct (and surely Kathleen has passed since she was 73 when this was recorded) makes a disclaimer or two about the accuracy of the cards. Not that it matter since the recipient is unnamed and likely deceased as well and we'll never know how accurate it was. It's an interesting local curiosity just the same.

Also of note, is that the Alhambra Institute must have been close quarters because it sounds like you can hear another reading occurring in the background of this tape. Furthermore, Mary Kathleen Maureen Murphy (from Wexford, Ireland; maybe I will figure out more about her!), the psychic, has somewhat the same cadence, dialect and accent as good old Gundella.

If you're interested in more obscure sounds and recordings you can visit my record blog (It has pop-ups).

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