Don Philips on Unsolved Mysteries

 

Netflix has released the fifth season of Unsolved Mysteries, an excellent series of documentaries about mysteries that have yet to be solved, as the unimaginative title reveals. It covers a mixture of the paranormal, the UFOlogical, cryptozoological, historical enigmas and unresolved crime. The second episode of the new series of four is called My Paranormal Partner and is a profile of Don Philips, the medium and paranormal investigator I know well myself and have collaborated with. The programme covers Don's life and development. Some of Don's other friends and colleagues are interviewed such as Steve Mera, Jackie Heighway and Barry Fitzgerald. There are scenes describing some of Don's research projects that were supervised by Steve; however there are many details that weren't covered in depth, probably because there was not enough time. The show did treat Don and the others respectfully and honestly, certainly in comparison with most mainstream media productions on this subject. Some of his missions, especially the haunting of Keith Linder's house, would have needed an entire feature film or book in order to explain it all, and indeed that has been done, for example: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/House_of_Fire_and_Whispers.html?id=yv9jvgAACAAJ. There was some concern from some quarters about "Becky", the spirit Don most commonly channels who acts as a guide and provides a lot of his information. Her identity is unknown, but she claims to be a human soul and provides a story about who she was when alive; but this story cannot be confirmed. So has Becky lied to Don? Some other researchers fear that this might be a case of possession. That is a word that conjures up images of horror films, but possession is not necessarily a destructive thing. Whatever Becky is, Don has channelled her for many years and she has not done him any harm so far. She may be a benevolent or, at worst, neutral spirit who may wish to experience human sensations through Don's mental and physical presence. It is not just spirits who can be coy. There's a difference between lies of deception and lies of discretion. I myself am not a hundred percent honest with other people all the time. I might refuse to answer some people's questions about me or even give false information in response. This is not because I'm trying to deceive them for malicious purposes; I just want to guard my privacy. I'm sure I am not alone in that. Don has made his own public statement about the matter, see: https://www.facebook.com/don.phillip.94/posts/pfbid02ogKUhshqMDnJeq5Fu4G4rUVKsxJycJ1rQkXwAsWmWjFw22rfi8HLQ2cN3p9dbnxvl. Source: https://unsolved.com. To accompany the release of his feature in Unsolved Mysteries, Don has uploaded a short TikTok video giving a summary of his career and including comments by several very clever individuals, one of which you will immediately recognize, see: https://www.tiktok.com/@donphilips_999/video/7418074508101307678.
See here for background: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2015/04/programme-135-podcast-don-philips-and.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2014/11/don-philips-and-steve-mera-hangout-3.html.
And: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2013/12/ghostly-goings-on.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2021/05/brookdale-lodge-uncovered.html.