It was fascinating and very entertaining. I just happened across it one afternoon after I got home from college classes back in 1981 and I don't think I'll ever completely forget it. It included a story about a woman who got a phone call from a relative, but the phone call kept breaking up. When she hung up the phone the next call she got was to inform her that the relative she just spoke to had died a few minutes ago - before her telephone call. The special went on to speculate that spirits might be able to communicate via electronic equipment, thus the "telephone call from the dead". The episode also talked a little about Edison's work on trying to contact the dead. There was also a man who had researched what Edison had said on the subject - it wasn't something Edison documented or spoke about that much. This man built a machine based on Edison's work plus some of his own speculations. He took it to a cemetery in the middle of the night and turned on the recorder. When he took it home and played back the recording you could hear what seemed to be voices.
It's too bad this interesting old series isn't available on DVD. The episodes had good production values and featured a large number of rather off beat and bizarre but interesting topics.
It's too bad this interesting old series isn't available on DVD. The episodes had good production values and featured a large number of rather off beat and bizarre but interesting topics.