S2 Ep34: The Lady in the Rocking Chair

In tonight's dead letter, listener Mothmaiden remembers a time when she was four years old and an only child in a neighborhood with no other kids, and she had an imaginary friend named Cindy Cora who looked exactly like Betty Rubble from The Flintstones. Then on a sunny afternoon, in her own bedroom with the light coming through the window, she saw an elderly woman with white and gray hair piled high on her head, sitting in a rocking chair, calm and gentle and completely solid. Were these things connected?Relevant Prior EpisodesAbduction at Devil's DenDevil's Den: The Reckoning Part 1Chris McKinnell and the Warren LegacyDan, Susan, Micah Hanks and Missing TimeLinks and Further Reading Two-thirds of school-age children have an imaginary companion by age 7, University of WashingtonNote: We say about one in three for the invisible-only friends. In the study, about two thirds of kids have had an imaginary companion by age seven, and about one in three have one at the time they are asked. The psychological significance of play with imaginary companions in early childhood, Learning & BehaviorChildhood amnesia, WikipediaGhosts and Apparitions in Psi Research, the Society for Psychical Research's Psi EncyclopediaPhantasms of the Living (1886) by Gurney, Myers and Podmore, Internet ArchiveStrange Intruders by David WeatherlyDevils Den: The Reckoning by Terry Lovelace Contact (1997), WikipediaNote: We say David Morse was one of the doctors on ER. He played Dr. Jack Morrison on St. Elsewhere. Sesame Street debuts, November 10, 1969, HISTORYWall Street crash of 1929, WikipediaThe History of Bettys in Pop Culture, Refinery29Natalie and Tara on YouTubeWe're looking for more stories! Send your Dead Letter to deadletteroffice@astonishinglegends.com!