Splintered Spirits
Splintered Spirits
Podcast Description
Splintered Spirits is the podcast that dives into the paranormal with a twist. Join Gary, a skeptic and paranormal novice, and his nephew Johnny, the TikTok ghost whisperer behind @santaparanormal, as they explore Johnny’s theory that ghosts are fractured bits of energy scattered across meaningful places. With haunted locations, special guests, and expert insights, they’ll put this wild idea to the test. Whether you’re a believer or a skeptic, this journey into the echoes of the past will leave you questioning what’s on the other side.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on various themes related to the paranormal, particularly emphasizing the theory that ghosts are fragments of energy tied to significant locations. It features episodes like a cemetery live stream where spirits are 'heard' through a spirit box and interactions with a more cantankerous version of a spirit named Edward, aiming to blend humor with investigative storytelling.

What are spirits, really? Splintered Spirits explores the afterlife, ghosts, and the mysteries of human consciousness. Hosted by producer Gary Shapiro (the uneasy novice) and his nephew John Santa of Santa Paranormal (the experienced researcher), this podcast bridges the gap between the physical and spiritual worlds. Tune in for unnerving, funny, and thoughtful interviews or on-location experiments with psychic-mediums, parapsychologists, ghost hunters, witches and everyday people who have pierced the veil.
On this episode of Splintered Spirits, Gary Shapiro and John Santa sit down with Canadian evidential medium Joelle Tremblay to explore how a corporate high achiever became the only medium in Canada certified by the Forever Family Foundation. Joelle shares the emotional story of four years of fertility treatments, a surprise “spiritual boot camp” retreat, and the moment during pregnancy when she suddenly started knowing and hearing things she could not logically explain. She talks about the strange sequence of events that turned a yoga teacher and doctorate candidate into a working medium whose abilities seemed to arrive hand in hand with new life.
From there, Gary and John dive into what evidential mediumship looks like in real practice. Joelle explains how her clairs developed from pure claircognizance into powerful clairsentience and clairaudience, why she prefers not to see too much, and how she experiences spirits as distinct, personality-filled presences rather than just a vague field of consciousness. She walks the audience through the rigorous Forever Family Foundation testing process, including the infamous video-off sitter who would only respond with “tell me more.” The conversation also tackles ethics, boundaries with spirit, the reality of doing highly emotional grief work, and what it means to practice mediumship inside science-minded Canadian culture while still honoring angels, spirit guides, and the raw, human weight of loss.
If you are searching for paranormal podcasts that blend psychic mediumship, afterlife evidence, and real human stories, you’ll get all that in this episode and hear why Joelle walked away from corporate life, how she handles skeptics and non-ethical practitioners, and why she thinks grief itself is a universal language that cuts across borders, beliefs, and platforms.

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