High Strange - Whitley Hypnosis Tape: Extended Cut

Episode Date: February 16, 2026

On March 1st, 1986, Whitley Strieber underwent his very first hypnosis session with Dr. Donald Klein. What you are about to hear is a longer, unfiltered portion of that original recording.   Want more? Our High Strange music playlist is now available exclusively on Apple Music. Visit the link in our show notes or go to apple.co/highstrangeplaylist  To access our book list, go to apple.co/highstrangebooks  To find us in Apple Maps, go to apple.co/highstrangeguide For ad-free listening and bonus content, subscribe to Tenderfoot+ now! Members get all episodes ad-free plus bonus content throughout the season. Sign up at apple.co/highstrange. For Spotify, Google, and other Android users, visit tenderfootplus.com.   Follow along on social and the web: @highstrange on Instagram @highstrange on TikTok highstrange.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey guys, real quick. If you're enjoying High Strange, hit the follow button on your podcast app. Could you please, pretty please, rate and review it? I know it's annoying. I mean, I hate doing it. I don't know. The algorithm likes this stuff. And also, I want to hear your genuine feedback. It takes literally 30 seconds, and you can do it right now as you're listening. It means a lot to us here at tenderfoot and to me personally. Enjoy the show. This is Whitley Streber. You're about to listen to my first hypnosis session with Dr. Donald Klein conducted on March the 1st, 1986. I wish to warn you.

There is some strong language in this hypnosis session. There is also a significant amount of screaming, very frightening screaming, it should not be listened to by little children. I do look at the minute of the night. I don't understand that. Sir. There's a, uh, there's something that went past the window. Something went past the window?

There's something past the window? There's nothing there. Oh, God. And the house is something. Yes, you? Go past the other. Ah, that's the thing. No, it was a light.

It didn't go past the window. It couldn't have gone past the window. I'm going back to sleep. I think the stoves look. There's a light in the front yard. I keep thinking, who the hell is that? Is that somebody? Is there somebody?

They're somebody big? Well, I'm looking at this thing. I don't think, I don't think I like that. I saw something that looked like it had a hood on it. Standing, they were by the wall near the corner and I have bedroom. And I don't want it to be there. You can't open that!

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't know there was everything in my house until just the second. That night, the 4th of October. My Jesus! Fared this shit out of me. I'm sorry about that. I don't expect this to be that,

because I was prepared for... for being scared on the 26th. But I did not know whatever he had come to my house. Ah, it is a... It's dark, but it's like a little man with a hood on or something. It's almost like this, you know, there's no head. He's discovered in something. And it comes over to the bed, then it starts like sticking something in...

Not into my head, you understand it like it was sticking into my mind and it would... They're doing it, it would make a noise like a voice. It was tall. It's... You're more, dear. Smoly magic. Like that, going into me. It was just, God, awful, horrible.

Christ, see ya. In the Hashie Pappenby, idiot, you're a... Baring red. That they're very scared. I were shouting, no. I were. I was, yeah. I have absolutely no idea

why the other people had, didn't remember it, because I'm darn sure I was shot. I don't see it, why it's a big escape, do it? I don't see it because I'm turned towards the sight.

And I, can I still hit me, times? Yeah. Okay. Because I swear to God, I just can't believe that this happened.

But it did happen. I tell you, the light comes down, the window, then I see a glow in the front yard. I thought I had gotten up, but I don't think now that I did. I thought I had seen a glow against the roof of the living room, but I don't think I did. I think I knew all along it was coming in the window to glow,

and I just didn't somehow want to say that. Because it was very obvious, even them, and it wasn't it by. I just don't know what it's doing. I'll be frank with y'all. I can't, uh... I can't, uh... I just can't I don't know what was, but it was very scared when she wasn't

She was wearing A covering night She had a cover on Oh, I'm shaking You know, I can't understand I just, of course I understand how I experience I think He's so scared But, uh, do you want to keep on?

I do, definitely I mean, I've I thought that may have gotten right at the beginning through the worst part of the feet, frankly, because whatever it was, when it first came to me that night, it was ultimately terror. It almost always happened. Beginning, like this, the beginning moment, he was buried at her. And after that, dinti, can. The silver.

Okay. Was that, did it not accept it? Good. It didn't seem to take very long. It felt very nice. I was. Yeah. Yeah, I was the merriest issue because, you know, you said, I thought you were like explaining to me how it was going to be done.

And the next thing I knew, I was thinking I changed my mind. But as soon as I see, comes over to the butt, it's me. It throws up to back the top of the web. He's looking down at me. He's got eyes out. Three guys. These sanity eyes And a brown head

So things are like me There's got a winger in his hat It has a tip of silver Well touches I see pictures I see pictures of the world Just blowing up I see pictures of looking

Putz He's up And he touches my head with this thing It's a picture of like the whole Big Wats And there's a dark red fire in the middle of it. There's a white smoke all around it.

That's your home. That's your hope. And you're right. I do you hurt me. I said that. Why did they just put that thing on me? And it's half the whole world blow it up. That's what I want to know.

What is this about? What the hell is it about? I don't know what it's about. What is this going to blow up? What's going to blow up? I know what's going to blow up. Herdard's going to blow up. I know it is, too.

Green. Shows me a park. I see Andrew. Finally got to do with him. Is this the devil? What the hell is this? Yes, I know you won't hurt me. I know you won't.

I know you won't. My house is on fire. No, it's not. That sounds stupid. I didn't say that. I don't think of a lot of guise. It's Sturgeon. I knew that already.

I was expecting it. I knew just when it would come. And he took him a little thing like an illegal. It struck it like a match in front of my face, and it made a big bone. And, uh, the proper house is okay. What's he damn? I don't know. I don't remember the thing. I jumped up out of the bed.

I was already, when I said the house is on fire, I'm already out of the bed. Right away. Slanted eyes. I would say he had slanted eyes. It was real hard to see because he kept putting this thing in my head. Almost every time I would move, he'd put this thing on my head. I would see these energies here. I thought at first when we talked, the thing was talking. But when you hypnotize me again, I could see the images. And he was this little room-ruler thing about that.

You know, he's got a silver tip art, quite silver, because I can see glimmers on it, and it's dark in the room. Did you try to light up the room for me or something when you said the room was light? Yeah, I did. Because the room was very dark. It was dark, very dark. It's soon now that it should be more,

because this obviously is a... It's obvious that this is obvious that this is... happened to and I I would be highly irresponsible to myself not to continue. I think that's how bad for myself. It's not a question to be a hero. It's not a much super question of not wanting me to walk out before you even. I miss you daddy. Oh God daddy. I just never to know. I just never to know me. You dead? I'd pull my poor dad.

I don't hurt that. Oh, she wouldn't help you. It's my dad dying. And my mother's just sitting there and staring at him like he was a little animal. Why didn't she at least just give him my kiss or something? I never knew it was like that. Christ. Did that make sense?

Nice to say you? Yes, then I did. You know, I don't know what to make of all of this. You just don't know what to make him. You know, I feel a tremendous relief right now because I can remember this. This is good to be able to remember. It's not an easy memory, but it's good to remember.

In the middle of the night, Saskia awoke in a haze. Her husband, Mike, was on his laptop, What was on his screen would change Saskia's life forever. I said, I need you to tell me exactly what you're doing. And immediately, the mask came off. You're supposed to be safe. That's your home.

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