A moment of listlessness on her 25th anniversary tour led Angel Morgan to think outside the box.
“I got really, really bored and I decided when we did the Factory Theatre that we were going to do something a little bit different — we were going to change it up,” she said during a September Zoom call.
What happened next, at her show in Keswick, was the debut of a spirit box in her second act.
“I was stressing for weeks before that, thinking, ‘What am I doing? Nothing’s going to happen,’” she recalled. “And oh my God, it just brought through voices for the audience.”
With her show, Spirit Box: The Psychic Experience, set to hit Toronto’s Factory Theatre on September 20, Morgan is bringing the spirit box back after its crowd-pleasing debut.
“I thought, ‘OK, let’s do this,’” she said of the Belhaven stop near Keswick that capped her anniversary tour. “It was the creepiest show I think I’ve ever done.”
That night, a voice from the device called out to an audience member named Miles. He answered, saying it was his dad. There were also the sounds of dogs and other voices, much to the delight of Morgan, as she works as a pet psychic.
Morgan, who often works alongside paranormal investigators, said she had never heard animals come through the spirit box — until that show.
“I’ve done this for three years and I’ve never heard animals through the spirit box,” she said. “Again, we got voices. We got dates. It was insane.”
The energy didn’t stop there. Morgan asked if anyone wanted to join a séance. About 20 to 30 people stayed behind, forming a circle. She set up a few tools of the trade — a REM pod, cat balls and a spirit bell.
“My séances are different,” she said. “I have the circle, then two male guards sit on the outside. Then we have another circle, so it’s actually quite hermetic. That’s not only to keep things out but to keep things from coming in.”
She wasn’t alone that night. Fellow medium Sara Sophia of Orillia joined her, though Morgan usually works with three or four mediums.
Following that eerie show in the Keswick area, Morgan is taking the same approach to dates in Port Dover, Niagara, and Toronto. On November 2, in time for the Day of the Dead, she’ll bring it to Vancouver.
“It’s new life, new times, new show, new everything,” she said.
Angel Morgan plays Toronto’s Factory Theatre on September 20. Tickets are available through the venue or her website.