Craig Chester - Craig Chester and Montgomery Clift

Craig Chester and Montgomery Clift

On The Moth Podcast released on April 26, 2010, Chester recounts his encounter with Academy Award nominated actor Montgomery Clift, who has been dead for over 40 years. Chester goes on to explain the story of how two separate psychics (one a professional psychic, the other a long-time psychic who does not provide readings for money) approached him to tell him about a spirit that insists on reaching him. They both explain on two separate occasions, (Chester verified they did not know each other or are in any way connected) that Montgomery Clift wants Chester to write a screenplay about his life. The spirit of Montgomery Clift goes on to explain that he wants Chester to do this because he has the chance to live the life he was never able to; Chester is openly gay and Clift was documented as having homosexual experiences, and the spirit of Clift explains he was lived "in the closet" as a gay man during his life.

The spirit of Clift reaches out to Chester on another occasion, and explains (through one of the psychics) that he must go to his former home (which has been preserved since Clift's death) and spend the night there. This is where Chester finally makes the connection to himself and Clift while soaking in the same bathtub that Clift died in.