Gustav Klimt Mother and Child detail from The Three Ages of Woman painting

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other lines in the telephone system.In fact, many of the coherent snippets seemed to deal with matters too mundane to motivate the dead to reach out to the living: questions about the weather, about grandchildren’s latest report cards from school, bits like “... always loved pecan pie, yours best of [272] all ...” and “... they were in the world, Manheim and to broadcast mentally the area code plus the seven-digit number for Line 24, casting this baited hook into the sea of immortality with the hope that it would catch a spirit.Thus far, , and a series of calls from a hoaxer who, before Ethan’s arrival, had proved to be a security guard better put your pennies away for a rainy day ...” and “... at that cafe you like, the owner keeps a dangerously dirty kitchen ...”And yet ...And yet a few of the voices were said to be so haunted, so bleak with despair or so full of desperate love and concern, that they could not be forgotten, could not be easily explained, especially when the messages were delivered with urgency: “... fumes from the furnace, fumes, don’t go to sleep tonight, fumes ...” and “... I never told you how much I love you, so much, please look for me when you come across, remember me ...” and “... a man in a blue truck, don’t let him get near little Laura, don’t let him near her ...”These most eerie messages reported by paranormal researchers were what motivated Channing Manheim to maintain Line 24 strictly for the convenience of the chatty dead.Every day, wherever