Exclusive | Inside the world of NYCs top psychic mediums who communicate with spirits beyond Halloween
Halloween might have New Yorkers hunting for ghosts, but New York City’s spirit mediums will tell you the dead don’t follow a calendar.Instead, the city’s psychics and spirit mediums told The Post that our open-minded, “anything goes” vibes were what helped them embrace their gifts and practice tuning into the other side.And despite the eerie reputation, these local mediums insist their spectral sit-downs are strictly meant for good.The Post spoke with three New York-based psychics to find out how to best harness Halloween in the Big Apple — and what to do if you want to test your own psychic abilities in the city.NYC-based medium Juan Francisco found his gift in 2019, while visiting the Morris-Jumel Mansion, Manhattan’s oldest surviving house, which was built in 1765.He claimed he was able to speak to Eliza Jumel, the former wife of Aaron Burr.He recalled entering the mansion carrying a REM-POD—a ghost-hunting device that links to electromagnetic fields and beeps wildly when it senses a paranormal presence.Francisco claims that the long-dead Ms.Jumel spoke to him through the device.“Eliza Jumel is known for not being very comfortable with men in her bedroom on the second floor, but when I was there by myself, I started talking to her in my head and the REM-POD started beeping in response,” Francisco recalled to The Post.
He said the telepathic conversation was a positive one.“Contrary to popular belief that Eliza Jumel is an evil spirit, she is anything but that in my experience,” Francisco revealed.“She was lovely and I never felt bad vibes.”After the experience, Francisco bought a tarot card deck in Bryant Park and started going to “mediumship practice circles” — gatherings where people are encouraged to meditate and strengthen their psychic instincts.In 2021, he started working with a psychic mentor at the New Yorker Hotel on 34th St.
to help interpret the ghostly images that sometimes flashed through his mind.Francisco determ...