UFOs, Voodoo & the Supernatural

1994. Geraldo Rivera's namesake talk show talks to those who claim suffering from the paranormal, in their daily lives.

"and then it felt like, oral sex. You know ? Because I can feel it against my legs and my hips..."

The first guest claims 24-7 paranormal exposure, but seems less credible than the rest. Carl's father went through an exorcism but it did not work and the man later committed murder before killing himself. A couple renting a house finds out later a child of the same age as their daughter was murdered earlier in the house and describes continuing encounters. Later in the segment Geraldo explains looking into the topic when one of his producers had an encounter. Footage is shown of a 'ghost exorcism', the practitioner and occupants of the house joining together in mantra and ritual to drive the evil spirits out.

Geraldo's producer, Laura Wiley, went through the ghost experience and is interviewed towards the end of this segment.

Ghosts, true or false?

This day, Geraldo's television history.

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1985. Geraldo Rivera ventures to the island of Haiti for ABC news, this time investigating reports of zombies in real life. We learn that 90% of the population still practices voodoo, the ancient folk religion originally brought from Africa. The clip begins with footage of a Gede festival, amongst the graves and crypts of a graveyard. We then move to a man who every Spring cleans off his own gravestone, after he was declared dead 23 years ago, following a lengthy illness. We then turn to scientific analysis to understand the 'zombie powder' that is in use for some of these ceremonies.

Voodoo is still much practiced in Haiti and other places around the world. There is no central authority in the religion, and the differences between practitioners, sorcerers, and traditions can be great.

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1977. Geraldo Rivera on his Good Night America program introduces Travis Walton, who claims that creatures from outer space took him away on their spaceship for 5 days. Robert Sheaffer, a writer and skeptic confronts Travis who he says is perpetuating a hoax.

Dr. J Allen Hynek, an astronomer and director of the Center for UFO Studies joins the conversation towards the end of the clip. Dr. Hynek mentions his organization is investigating over 2 dozen similar abduction stories.

In 2025, UFOs are today known as UAPs. Claims of alien abduction continue to emerge and fascinate. Travis Walton's experience inspired him to write "The Walton Experience" and later a film was made, "Fire in the Sky".

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1987. "This athame is consecrated and purified with the four elements. Therefore now I am able to utilize this.."

A practitioner of witchcraft talks briefly about the tools she uses and symbolic meanings of these items.

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1992. Have you ever seen a flying saucer? Geraldo Rivera's Now It Can Be Told program investigates the phenomena of Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFOs. The segment starts with controversial 8mm footage shot by a Swiss farmer 16 years ago, which is alleged to be a UFO, before investigating the claims of several notable figures.

During the course of this segment we hear from May Pang, John Lennon's former girlfriend, Bill Vergan a sports reporter and Angelo Dundee Muhammed Ali's trainer. Finally briefly from Bill Paynter, Ronald Reagan's pilot who was instructed to follow a UFO. Also shown is Jimmy Carter's sworn description of his encounter.

Today in 2025 UFOs or Unidentified Flying Objects are known as UAPs, or Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenons.

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1975, Good Night America. Geraldo Rivera takes us on a deep dive into the mysteries of the "The Devil's Triangle". We begin with a brief chronology of some of the more well known and unsolved disappearances. In 1975, the U.S. Navy reports about 9000 search and rescue calls in the region per year.

The clip continues with Geraldo joining a flight recreating the journey of Flight 19, a squadron of bombers that disappeared without a trace. During the flight, we observe instrument anomalies and throughout the program Geraldo consults naval officers, scientists and even psychics to put together facts surrounding this triangle in the sea.

Flight 19 resulted in the loss of 5 naval aircraft, as well as the 14 crew members that flew them, in 1945, all without a trace. 13 additional personnel and the craft they flew were lost during the subsequent search effort.

The Bermuda Triangle has captured imaginations since the early 1900s at least, as a result of dozens of unexplained disappearances in the region. Many of these mysteries remain unsolved. We continue to wonder -- myth of the sea or supernatural phenomena?

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March 26th, 1991. Geraldo Rivera's namesake talk show hosts the recent academy award nominee as she candidly describes almost dying.

"So I was expected to die as a baby, and was in an incubator for a couple weeks...you do have to deal with some things that the average person doesn't deal with."

Ms. Kirkland starts with her own birth and outliving the odds. She goes on to claim that babies born via C-section have more stress in their lives as adults, than those derived from natural birth. Later at ten years old she suffered a head injury and was in a coma for five days. Drug use and tapping in to 'the other side is discussed, a sceptic gets a question in from the audience.

Sally Kirkland Jr. passed away in 2025.

This day, Geraldo's television history.

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1991. In this classic TV clip we have a story that is definitely going to raise some questions.

"Yes, it's about UFOs..but Ed Walters, he's very much like you and me. And when Ed...shows some of the pictures he took, well it sure makes you stop and think. Just look at the video..."

We learn the story of Ed Walters from Gulf Breeze Florida, a trades and solid family man living an ordinary life until November 11th, 1987 when he first took pictures of a strange object. He claims to have been lifted very high over the blacktop and dropped, and his wife reported finding him on the ground with Polaroid photos scattered around. Photos and video are shown of the flying saucer-like object he saw.

The integrity of the 'Gulf Breeze UFO incident' remains disputed today.

This day, Geraldo's television history.

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1980s. In this stock news footage we hear from WGN news about a weeping wooden statue of the Virgin Mary.

"..he was here and he saw the statue cry, and he tasted the tears, salty and everything...real tears."

We hear from Father Ray and other members of the church as they describe the statue and how it came into their possession. Visitors and witnesses to the Virgin Mary are also spoken to.

This day, Geraldo's Television History.

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