From a young age, Samantha Richards knew things that others didn't, saw things that others couldn't, and said things that others simply couldn't understand. She had the sight, the ability to see "beyond" and deliver messages. This ability, which some might consider a gift, was the source of great stress and pain for the young woman. After an out-of-body experience in her teens, she stopped the spirits from speaking to her through their usual routes, and life became quieter.

In 2000, at the age of thirty-one, tragedy struck when her first child died during delivery. In her grief and her...