Episodes

Can children communicate after death? In this episode, RM, my medium friend, connects with a young girl in spirit who identifies herself as Ida Barger. She tells us about her family, describes her gravestone, remembers life on a farm with chickens and horses, and says she died from what she calls “the pox.” But one thing Ida keeps asking for is surprisingly simple: she wants someone to play with. We later travel to the cemetery to see whether we can find the grave she described. Almost immedi...

What happens to souls who don’t cross over after death? In this episode, I visit Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia, where RM, my medium friend, connected with several Civil War soldiers at their gravesites. These soldiers described confusion about time, waiting for God, memories of war, and the possibility that some souls may not understand why they have not moved forward yet. What We Explore: • The Civil War Spirits at Mount Hebron Cemetery • What Happens to Souls Who Don’t Cro...

In this episode, I share three things I’ve been learning through spirit communication about the afterlife: the life review process, the way each soul’s crossing-over experience may be personally crafted, and the possibility of different levels or planes of existence after death. I’m not sharing this as a spiritual guru or telling you what to believe. I’m sharing what I’ve been learning through my medium friend and our conversations with souls who have passed, including my son, my mother, and ot...

What do our loved ones really do in heaven after they die? In this episode, I share a surprising message from my son that made me question what life after death may actually be like. I also share what my mother and other souls have described about daily life in the afterlife, including the activities they enjoy and the experiences they continue to have. Their messages raise an intriguing question: do we carry our interests and unfinished dreams with us after death? Is heaven a single place wher...

In this episode of The Soul Unleashed, I explore one of the biggest questions I’ve been asking through repeated spirit communication and mediumship: when souls cross over, do they meet Jesus right away? As a lifelong Catholic with an engineering mindset, I’ve been asking souls what happens after death, whether they are in life review, whether they have seen Jesus, and how this connects with purgatory, heaven, paradise, and the afterlife. What keeps coming through is surprising: souls who are st...

Many of us wonder what really happens after death. Do we go straight to heaven, do we face judgment, is purgatory real, or is there something more personal the soul must go through before reaching paradise? I’ve wondered about those same questions, especially after my son passed away in 2020. Through repeated spirit communication and mediumship, I’ve been hearing a consistent description of what spirits say happens when we die. The Catholic Church calls it purgatory, but the spirits I’ve spoken...

Is the afterlife real? Can spirits see us, reach us, or communicate from beyond the veil? In this episode of The Soul Unleashed, I explore life after death, spirit communication, scripture, purgatory, and what spirits have described about what happens after we die. The episode focuses on three questions: can spirits see us, can spirits reach us, and what happens after death? I also address common objections about necromancy, the Bible, the Witch of Endor, the cloud of witnesses, the Transfigur...

In this Part 2 episode of The Soul Unleashed, I explore the cha purgatory, or what spirits have repeatedly described as “life review” or “life purification,” and what may happen to the soul after death. This episode focuses on the 8 characteristics of life review and the 6 things that may happen after that process is complete. As a lifelong Catholic with an engineering mindset, I compare these spirit communications with traditional Christian teachings about purgatory, heaven, final purificatio...

What happens after we die? Is purgatory real? These questions have fascinated believers, skeptics, theologians, and spiritual seekers for centuries. In this episode, I explore what happens after we die by comparing traditional Christian teachings about purgatory, heaven, and the afterlife with information coming through from spirit communication. After recording more than 200 episodes investigating life after death, I continue to encounter the same questions: What happens after we die? Is purga...

What if you could ask a loved one in spirit what happens after death? In this episode of The Soul Unleashed, I share an unusual and deeply personal experience involving my son Matt, spirit communication through a medium, and direct questions about the afterlife. I asked about life review, purgatory, hell, reincarnation, time in spirit, Jesus, and what happens after death. As a skeptical father, former Army officer, and engineer, I do not take these experiences lightly. But what came through ra...

How do you ask spirit guides for help without feeling like you’re abandoning logic, faith, or common sense? In this episode of The Soul Unleashed, I share how I used the idea behind Hiring the Heavens to create a structured spiritual team for genealogy research, public speaking, travel planning, and personal projects. As a left-brained skeptic, I didn’t come to spirit guides, guardian angels, synchronicity, mediumship, or spiritual guidance easily. But over time, I began to wonder if help from...

I wrote my book, The Soul Unleashed, because my son, Matt, asked me to from spirit. What I didn’t know then was that he’d still be teaching me. In this episode, I talk about a theme that has come through repeatedly in medium sessions involving my son Matt, my family members, and others in spirit: they’re still learning. Some describe it as being “in school.” Others talk about life review, life lessons, and continuing spiritual growth after death. I share personal experiences involving mediums,...

What happened to Civil War soldiers who never made it home, and what did a “good death” really mean during the Civil War? In this Civil War mystery, I explore the story of Union soldiers killed during the 1864 Battle of Mount Zion Church in Loudoun County, Virginia. These Civil War soldiers from Massachusetts and New York died far from home and were buried in unmarked graves or lost burial sites, leaving families without what was then understood as a “good death.” During the Civil War, the ide...

Why would a Civil War soldier appear in a place where he was never buried? At Mount Zion Church in Aldie, Virginia, historical records show that Union cavalry trooper Owen Fox died miles away from the battlefield and was likely buried in an unmarked grave. But during a visit, a medium identified him at the cemetery and described details that matched the historical account. This is part of an ongoing Mount Zion Civil War investigation. In earlier episodes, I examined the 12 Union soldier marker...

What Happens After Death? Do Souls Keep Learning in the Afterlife? In this episode of The Soul Unleashed, I explore a question that challenges traditional beliefs about the afterlife: Does learning continue after we die? Drawing from Catholic teachings on purgatory, writings from Thomas Aquinas and Augustine of Hippo, and modern research from figures like Michael Newton, this episode examines whether the soul remains active, evolving, and continuing its development beyond physical death. Thro...

What really happened to the Union soldiers connected to Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery in Aldie, Virginia? Official records say the grave markers at Mount Zion Church are only Civil War cenotaphs, meaning the Union soldiers killed during the 1864 battle are not actually buried there. But when we examine the Civil War history of Mosby’s Rangers, local records, and the mystery surrounding these Union soldier graves, the story raises more questions than answers. In this episode, we investigat...

On July 6, 1864, a hot but peaceful afternoon at Mt. Zion Church was shattered by the "rebel yell." In a matter of minutes, a detachment of the 2nd Massachusetts and 13th New York Cavalry was overwhelmed by Confederate Colonel John S. Mosby’s Rangers. Timestamps: 00:00:48 - Introduction 00:01:21 - The Story of Mt. Zion Cemetery 00:11:55 - Recording Session at the Wall: Meeting ‘Tick’ at Mt. Zion 00:22:08 - Explaining the Session: Who ‘Tick’ Was and Why It Matters For over 130 years, twelve...

This episode is for the skeptic whose rigid view of life restricts them from considering things outside the tightly organized spiritual paradigm they grew up with. Mike explores one of the most provocative questions in modern spirituality: Is Christianity simply a continuation of the ancient Mystery Schools of Egypt and Greece? Mike discusses the universal archetypes, including death and rebirth, light versus darkness, and the quest for union with the divine, which have existed for thousands of...

On the Feast Day of Saint Michael the Archangel, Mike dives into one of the most powerful yet problematic traditional Catholic prayers. While Saint Michael is famously known as the protector of God's armies against Satan, Mike reveals why his spiritual awakening has forced him to rethink the concept of a literal Hell and the existence of an external, literal demon. This episode takes a deep dive into the problem of victimhood: Does traditional belief leave us weak and perpetually in fear? Mike ...

In this powerful episode of The Soul Unleashed Podcast, host Mike Nicholas, a former left-brained skeptic, takes a deep dive into one of the most challenging and misunderstood stories in the Bible: the Bronze Snake in the desert from Numbers Chapter 21. Mike shares his struggle to reconcile the story of divine judgment with the concepts of God's perfect justice and mercy. Drawing on centuries of theological interpretation, Mike explores the commentaries of figures like Saint Thomas Aquinas, Sai...

This episode reflects on the heartbreaking accident at a girls' camp in Texas, where lives—many of them children—were lost. I explore the deep and painful question: Why does God allow suffering? And I do it through four different lenses: Christian/Biblical Perspective – Featuring insights from C.S. Lewis and the Book of Job Humanist View – Through the eyes of Voltaire, who challenged the idea that suffering is “part of God’s plan” Spiritualist Lens – Based on the Seth Material, which sees mas...

Is God the same yesterday, today, and forever… even in the face of scripture that seems to suggest otherwise? In this episode of The Soul Unleashed Podcast, I dive headfirst into one of the oldest and most unsettling spiritual questions: Has God changed, or have we simply evolved in how we understand the Divine? I wrestle with the contrast between the vengeful, sword-swinging God of the Old Testament and the loving, grace-filled Jesus of the New one. I read verses that frankly haunt me, explor...

In this special Holy Saturday episode of The Soul Unleashed Podcast, I explore a lesser-known but theologically rich event: the Harrowing of Hell—the belief that Jesus descended into the realm of the dead between His crucifixion and resurrection. Growing up in the Catholic tradition, I never gave Holy Saturday much thought. It was a quiet, in-between day—a time to dye eggs and prep Easter baskets. But recently, I came across a deeper layer to this day: an ancient teaching that Jesus didn’t rest...

In this deeply personal and reflective episode, I explore one of the most difficult spiritual questions many of us face: Why do some prayers go unanswered, especially in our darkest moments? Through my own experience of loss, particularly the passing of my son, I’ve wrestled with this question on every level: emotionally, spiritually, and intellectually. Like many people of faith, I was taught that God hears all prayers and responds according to His divine will. But when your most heartfelt ple...