The Current had tremendous feedback to the interview I did with Lynden MacIntyre on Tuesday, with lots of people contacting them with their own Third Man experiences. Some of those were featured today on the program, and are really worth a listen  as they illustrate well the breadth of the phenomenon.  if you missed today's broadcast you can go to The Current's website to hear the letters.

Maclean's has now posted on its website the magazine's review of The Third Man Factor, titled 'Someone who'll watch over me', written by Brian Bethune. Here's an excerpt:

Once you start looking for accounts of a “third man,” a mysterious, saving—and literally impossible—presence who appears to people at times of extreme stress and danger, you can find them by the dozen, says John Geiger, who presents an array of them in The Third Man Factor (Penguin). They’re fascinating to read, but…

Unbelieveable response so far to the half hour interview on CBC's The Current. If you missed in on the radio you can visit The Current's Website and play it at your leisure. Interesting point: I've received more than two dozen emails from people, most of whom say they have experienced the Third Man Factor. But not one of them has gone on to this Website to share it with others. I think this speaks to something I address in the book -- a reluctance by people to come clean about their…