1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Do Hollywood spirits still visit? 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:11,000 I turn around to see if there's anybody following me and there is nobody there. 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:16,000 Kombusha, here's a miracle from God. 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:24,000 The astrological chart just tells me the probability of the choices that you're going to make in life. 5 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:32,000 From the boundaries of the universe to the depth of your soul, 6 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:42,000 embark on a journey through the unknown and unexplained as we explore mysteries, magic and miracles. 7 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:51,000 Hello and welcome. I'm Patrick McNeigh. 8 00:00:51,000 --> 00:01:00,000 Today, the unlimited power of the mind and the secrets surrounding your destiny will test your innermost beliefs. 9 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:09,000 Hauntings and apparitions are reported throughout the world and seem to be connected to people with high emotional energy. 10 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:14,000 One of the hotspots for emotional energies would have to be Hollywood. 11 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Just ask anyone in the entertainment business, let's see what we can find here. 12 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:30,000 The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel used to be the gathering place for stars during Hollywood's golden era. 13 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:37,000 The hotel is rich with the spirit of Hollywood. But do Hollywood spirits still visit? 14 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:45,000 During the making of the movie From Here to Eternity, Montgomery Clift lived on the ninth floor of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. 15 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:57,000 He stayed for over three months. After shooting each day, he would return to the hotel and spend hours rehearsing his lines and playing the bugle, which he had to learn for the movie. 16 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:13,000 Since his death, guests and employees of the hotel have reported many times that late at night, they hear the sound of a bugle playing in the hallway near room 928, Montgomery Clift's room. 17 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:23,000 Terrell Velazza was hired as a cocktail waitress, but also helped with the renovation of the hotel before its grand reopening in 1986. 18 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:38,000 First week here, it was good. The beginning of the second week is when I was getting off the ninth floor elevator and I was walking down the hall and I heard footsteps behind me. 19 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:44,000 I turned around to see if there was anybody following me and there was nobody there. 20 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:53,000 And then as I was continuing to walk, I felt a cold, a cold breeze like walk right by me. 21 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,000 And I went down in the elevator and never went back up. 22 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:12,000 What was it that brushed past Terrell Velazza in the hallway? Could it still be Montgomery Clift playing his bugle after all these years? 23 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Ghost experts believe sightings such as these are examples of spirits returning to places where they enjoyed happy times in life. 24 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Actor Clifton Webb, who was nominated for three Academy Awards, lived here with his mother, Mabel. 25 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:36,000 He was very superstitious and when she died, he locked all her clothes away and never entered the room. 26 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,000 He believed her ghost still lived there. 27 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Clifton is no longer with us either. Or is he? 28 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:55,000 New tenants claim chairs moved by themselves, cigarettes break and their cats disappear. 29 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:02,000 Oh by the way, Clifton Webb hated cats and cigarettes. 30 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:08,000 This is Runyon Canyon, an overgrown wilderness located in the heart of Hollywood. 31 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:17,000 In 1983, the city of Los Angeles purchased the canyon and established a park on the site of a former estate known as the Pines. 32 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:28,000 The magnificent estate in Runyon Canyon was first built by singing star John McCormick in the 30s and later bought by AMP Air Huntington Hartford. 33 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:34,000 But the place was abandoned in the 60s and the lavishly landscaped grounds left for ruin. 34 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:44,000 What was once the site of wild Hollywood parties, frequented by such stars as Errol Flynn, eventually crumbled and decayed. 35 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:49,000 All that's left now is a virtual ghost estate. 36 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:59,000 Residents say they hear sounds of a party and have seen strange multicolored lights coming from the second story of where the main house once stood. 37 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,000 But the bizarre sightings go even further. 38 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:13,000 Neighborhood resident Tracy Vivotte is a waitress during the day and one of several who have witnessed unusual phenomena. 39 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:22,000 I just lived down the street from the park so I used to come up here jogging after work. 40 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:27,000 And one day I came after work. It was a little later than I usually come. 41 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:35,000 So I started jogging up the hill. All of a sudden I felt this cool, cold air brush past me. 42 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:41,000 I was a little unnerving and especially, I mean it was the middle of the summertime, it was July. 43 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:46,000 So I turned around and I jogged back down the hill. 44 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:51,000 And I started just doing some easy stretching. 45 00:05:51,000 --> 00:06:00,000 And I was bending over and I caught something on the corner of my eye and it turned. 46 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:06,000 And I saw this figure, this man, on this bottom of these stairs. 47 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:11,000 And he looked at me and he froze. 48 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:19,000 And he turned around and he walked up the stairs and he just walked right off into nowhere. 49 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:27,000 I mean, he vanished and after he left I went over to the stairs and the stairs just end. 50 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,000 So if it was like a real person they would have had to jump down or something. 51 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:39,000 But this ghost or I don't know what it was, it just sort of went right out into nowhere. 52 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:45,000 I left and this is, I don't come here anymore. 53 00:06:46,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Edgar Allen Poe. Not only wrote mysteries, it seems he was involved in one. 54 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:09,000 From 1832 to 1835 he lived in a small house in Baltimore with his wife Virginia and his grandmother Elizabeth. 55 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,000 His grandmother died in the house in 1835. 56 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Since that time there have been reports of strange phenomenon such as lights being turned on and windows and doors opening and closing on their own. 57 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Visitors to the historical site have reported hearing mysterious sounds and voices and feeling a tapping on their shoulders. 58 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:41,000 The areas with the most activity are Poe's attic room and Virginia's bedroom. 59 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:46,000 The 19th century father of homeopathy, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, 60 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:50,000 resolutely believed that healing came from the forces of nature. 61 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:54,000 What would you have thought of the recent hysteria over the kombucha mushroom? 62 00:07:54,000 --> 00:08:00,000 This mysterious fungus is purported to treat anything from memory loss to cancer. 63 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:06,000 Is it a miracle of nature or merely a misunderstood mushroom? 64 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Since the beginning of time, may of this turn to nature for healing. 65 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:17,000 He has sought remedies from the forest, the ocean and the desert. 66 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:25,000 To combat COVID diseases like AIDS and cancer, there is a renewed interest in discovering nature's alternative cures. 67 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:30,000 The kombucha mushroom craze first started in Los Angeles about a year ago. 68 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:34,000 Kombucha is thought to have far eastern origins dating back 2000 years. 69 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:39,000 Many believe the rediscovery of kombucha is the universe's way of helping us out. 70 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:53,000 What I saw was space travelers from the future traveling back in time with the mushroom, planting the mushroom just so it would be here right at this moment in time when we need this kind of support from the life force of this universe. 71 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:58,000 Betsy Pryor is the co-founder of Floral Farms which distributes the kombucha internationally. 72 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,000 I asked Betsy how she became involved with the AIDS community. 73 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:08,000 I was reading the Los Angeles Times one morning and I noticed that AIDS Project Los Angeles was looking for volunteers. 74 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:15,000 I was busy editing a book so I couldn't come in myself but I thought, you know, I think I'll volunteer my kombucha. 75 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:20,000 And that was back in August of 1993 and that's how the kombucha got into the AIDS community. 76 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:26,000 Betsy's partner Norman Baker invited us to his home to see how the kombucha is growing. 77 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,000 Thank you. I'm very excited about being here. 78 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,000 We're excited to have you. 79 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Let's go see what you got. 80 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,000 Please come on in. 81 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:36,000 This is where we keep the kombucha mushrooms. 82 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:46,000 Basically we have the kombuchas in four quart Pyrex bowls and they stay in their quiet dark space for seven to ten days 83 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:55,000 and basically drink the sugar tea water and produce the baby mushrooms and they just love it in here. 84 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,000 They really do. 85 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:04,000 This extraterrestrial looking mushroom is in fact not a mushroom at all but a symbiosis of yeast cells in bacteria. 86 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:08,000 You don't actually eat the kombucha. You make tea with it. 87 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:15,000 In essence it is funny looking, it's funny tasting but people love it. 88 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:16,000 It's worth it. 89 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,000 And that's the key. 90 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Well when people call us from all over the country and we receive over a hundred calls every day nationwide to the ultimate story is saying 91 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:29,000 Mr. Baker, Betsy, we're alive. We're not supposed to be. 92 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:32,000 The doctors said we should have died two weeks ago. 93 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:37,000 The bottom line is we've drank your tea and it's the kombucha tea. 94 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:41,000 We're alive. Our hair's grown back. Our energy level. Our skin's looking better. 95 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:49,000 The tea is a gift from God. It's something that somehow has made a difference in our life. 96 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:54,000 Kombucha is shipped for moral forms with a special message to all its recipients. 97 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,000 Expect a miracle. 98 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,000 So how does the FDA react to you? 99 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:05,000 There is nothing that we're doing that is out of line with the FDA because we tell people to always consult their physician. 100 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:09,000 If they have any health challenges, if they're going to drink the kombucha tea, 101 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:18,000 we tell people that they should always show our literature to their doctors before they start drinking this tea. 102 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,000 Every year there seems to be a new fad that brings hope to AIDS patients. 103 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:25,000 Is the kombucha just another fad? 104 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:31,000 When somebody's usually doing a fad, they're taking money and I take no money for this project. 105 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:36,000 All the money that comes in goes to subsidize people with cancer, AIDS and MS around the country. 106 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:47,000 But that's the least amount. The main purpose is like, why would full-blown AIDS people who are actually seeing their T-cells climb, 107 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:54,000 why would they pass it on to their best friends with full-blown AIDS if they weren't seeing the results? 108 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,000 And that's what's happening nationwide. 109 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:04,000 And that's the ultimate compliment that they can pay us by passing the kombucha on to their best friends. 110 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,000 And that's what's happening. 111 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:10,000 There was no way I could leave without tasting the kombucha tea. 112 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,000 Very good. 113 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,000 Do you want help? 114 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,000 Do you want help? 115 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,000 It tasted tart like vinegar. 116 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,000 Very good. OK, villa. Very good. 117 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:27,000 Jeff Neff is the resident treatment advocate of the AIDS Service Center, 118 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,000 which provides education and support services to people with AIDS. 119 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:35,000 He's troubled that kombucha is just another in a long line of fads or even worse. 120 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:45,000 We don't know if the effects are permanent or if they even exist because no clinical trial has ever been done on a kombucha mushroom. 121 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Part of the problem with the kombucha mushroom, again, is the fact that it's grown in a tea and sugar solution. 122 00:12:51,000 --> 00:13:00,000 So it could be that a lot of the energy boosts that people are experiencing are actually caffeine and sugar rushes from the solution itself. 123 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:05,000 I definitely think that someone should be very careful. 124 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:12,000 They should try and investigate the so-called properties of the kombucha mushroom and its effects. 125 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:18,000 That they should rely on scientific information rather than word of mouth. 126 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:23,000 Meanwhile at Laurel Farms, the miraculous stories continue to pour in. 127 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:29,000 After seven months virtually bedridden with chronic fatigue, I started kombucha and two days later I was vacuuming. 128 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:34,000 I've been drinking the tea for about a month now and I feel incredibly energetic. 129 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:45,000 I suffered a ruptured implant, silicone implant, and began to have autoimmune problems, chronic fatigue problems. 130 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:58,000 Pain in my muscles and in the nerve endings to the point where I was unable to use my arms and my hands. 131 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:04,000 I was in constant pain. I reached a point where I was unable to work. 132 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:10,000 When I began taking the tea, immediately I felt energy. 133 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:18,000 The moment I tasted the tea, I realized that there was a life force in it that was very thrilling to my body. 134 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:22,000 It was the kombucha mushroom a miracle. 135 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:31,000 I'd have to say in talking with all these thousands of people every week, kombucha is a miracle from God. 136 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:39,000 A person with HIV cannot expect a single treatment like the kombucha mushroom to be the miracle cure for AIDS. 137 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:48,000 I think the kombucha mushroom is a miracle because when I drink it, I can taste the life force within it and that's a miracle for me. 138 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:57,000 Miracle or fad? We may never know for sure, but legend has it that if treated kindly, the kombucha mushroom will accompany you for life. 139 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,000 I think Norman would agree. 140 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:05,000 He sings to the mushrooms every day to create spiritual harmony for the universe. 141 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,000 And now that's the chance for the mushrooms. 142 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:14,000 The kombuchas are then sent out to the world like the ancient prophecy to go forth and multiply. 143 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:18,000 This is one miracle that comes from this end of the world. 144 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Ah, my horoscope tells me my day will go well. 145 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,000 I'm in good company. 146 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:44,000 Presidents, prime ministers and royalty have all consulted astrologers and numerologists in search of prosperity and fortune. 147 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:51,000 The perfect computation of numbers and alignment of the stars may hold the answer. 148 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,000 Humans have always been fascinated with the heavens. 149 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:59,000 We have used the stars to guide us to help predict our future and plan our destiny. 150 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:07,000 Astrology and numerology date as far back as 400 BC and people today are as fascinated with their horoscopes as ever. 151 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:11,000 Why are we still so intrigued with these ancient practices in planning our daily lives? 152 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:15,000 We ask the famous astrologer and numerologist, Jean-Héphry. 153 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:21,000 What astrology and numerology can tell are the patterns that are prevalent. 154 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:28,000 But the astrological chart just tells me the probability of the choices that you're going to make in life. 155 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:39,000 It's a way of looking at life on a deeper level, looking past what appears to be on the surface. 156 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:56,000 If you really utilize the information that you can get from a chart, you can schedule things in your life so that you live on the higher level of success. 157 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:02,000 You can understand how to utilize your energy in a productive way, not a non-productive way. 158 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:07,000 It is really helpful in discovering the relationships in life. 159 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:11,000 Most of us are tempted to read our horoscopes now and again. 160 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:14,000 We're curious about finding out what's in store for us in the future. 161 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:22,000 But understanding the alignment of the stars and how we are governed by the zodiac is more complex than most of us can comprehend. 162 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:31,000 We went to a well-known area that has more astrologers per square yard than any other town in the United States, Venice Beach, California. 163 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:42,000 Here we talked to astrology expert Marcella Greening to see if she could guide us through the mysteries of the zodiac and help us understand our own astrological signs better. 164 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:55,000 The nature of the zodiac is a very rich and multi-layered system which includes the positions of all the planets at the moment of your birth. 165 00:17:56,000 --> 00:18:02,000 The three strongest influences of the zodiac are your sun sign, your moon sign, and the rising sign. 166 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:10,000 The sun is the masculine, creative, productive, active part of your astrological makeup. 167 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:19,000 The moon is feminine, receptive, perceptive, the preparatory how you prepare your life. 168 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:23,000 The rising sign is actually how you walk through your life. 169 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:29,000 It's been long considered that there are four basic elements in the universe, fire, earth, water, and air. 170 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:33,000 And each sign is associated with a particular element. 171 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:39,000 Each sign, as a result, has certain qualities that are commensurate with that element. 172 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:44,000 The fire signs are Aries, Leo, and Sagittarians. 173 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:48,000 And the fire signs are very creative, high-energy people. 174 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:53,000 They are pioneers, explorers, and performers. 175 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:59,000 The earth signs are Capricorn, Taurus, and Virgo. 176 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,000 And they are solid, secure people. They are grounded. 177 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:08,000 They are generally interested in their careers in the future. 178 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:13,000 They tend to be less inclined to be social and more inclined to be inward. 179 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:19,000 The water signs are Pisces, Cancer, and Scorpio. 180 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:23,000 And the water signs are very fluid. 181 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:28,000 They are easily influenced by other people. 182 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,000 They tend to have a hard time making decisions. 183 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:39,000 They are also very much about learning, about becoming new, taking new shapes. 184 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,000 The air signs are Gemini, Libre, and Aquarius. 185 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:46,000 The air signs are interested in intellectual pursuits. 186 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:51,000 They are communicators. They are reformers. They are diplomats. 187 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:57,000 Humans might always look to the stars to answer the questions in their daily lives. 188 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:04,000 I think that it's important for us to think about astrology not as an excuse, 189 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:11,000 but as a way of being more responsible for ourselves and for our relationships. 190 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:17,000 Our relationships with other people and our relationships with the planet, within the culture. 191 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:28,000 The number 13 is infamous for its reputation as a sign of bad luck. 192 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:32,000 It's often left out of theatre rows and hotel floors. 193 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:38,000 The musician Richard Wagner felt the number had a strong influence in his life. 194 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:43,000 His name was made up of 13 letters and he was born in 1813. 195 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:48,000 The first performance of his opera, Tanhauser, was March the 13th, 1845. 196 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:54,000 And he died on February the 13th, 1883. 197 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:00,000 There are many paths leading to fulfilment and prosperity. 198 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:04,000 Whatever your choice may be, live it to the fullest. 199 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,000 I'm Patrick McNeigh. 200 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:11,000 Join me next time for more mysteries, magic and miracles.