| Doris Stokes
passed over in a London hospital on 8th May 1987,
having lapsed into a coma during brain surgery to
remove a cancerous tumour. Doris was a celebrity medium who
toured parts of the world and filled theatres
throughout the United Kingdom.
She sold-out the Sydney Opera House in Australia,
and when tickets for her 'Sunday Night at the
London Palladium' meeting went on sale every seat
was snapped up within hours.
Doris was a clairaudient
(someone who can hear supernormal voices) and her
six books reflect this in their titles.
Books
by Doris Stokes
(Originally published by Futura Books)
Voices
in my Ear
More Voices in my Ear
Innocent Voices in my Ear
Whispering Voices
Voices of Love
Joyful Voices
and there is
also a tribute book written by her co-writer,
Linda Dearsley, called:
A Tribute to
Doris Stokes
Doris had a
down-to-earth grandmotherly persona and her
television and media appearances, along with her
bestselling autobiographies, made her probably
one of the best-known mediums of the
20th-Century.
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During the
Second World War, Doris was officially informed
that her husband, John, had been killed. Then, at
the height of her grief she was visited by the
spirit of her long-dead father who declared that
her husband was, in fact, not dead but still
alive and that he would soon return home to her
and their baby son, John Michael.
But joy turned quickly into grief when her father
also warned of the impending death of her healthy
baby. Both predictions came true: her husband
returned home safely, and John Michael died in
her arms. In the book by English author
Linda Williamson, titled Mediums and Their Work (Robert Hale 1990), Ms
Williamson recalls witnessing one of Doris's
stage demonstrations. She reports listening to
the gasps from the crowd as Doris relayed a
barrage of facts: "Someone lives at 15
Church Street, and there's the surname of Thomas,
and there are twins in the family. And I heard
the name of Margaret Brown... There are
connections to [the places of] Bilborough and
Nottingham. Can anyone place this?" A woman
put up her hand and accepted the information.
Linda
Williamson writes that, "Hardly pausing for
breath she went on from one person to another,
firing off names, sometimes stopping to correct
herself, but achieving an accuracy that was
astonishing."
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