As the case of U.S. astronaut Jerry Linenger on the Mir space station described in The Third Man Factor shows, the future of the Third Man is in space, in so-called "capsule environments," especially on long-duration missions. The Circuit’s Teddy Wilson heads down to SPACE TV’s spooky (and haunted) basement and chats with author John Geiger about his new book, The Third Man Factor. SPACE describes the book on its website: "It chronicles the so-called “third man” phenomenon…people in…

In the March/April issue, Outpost, the adventure travel magazine, devotes three pages to The Third Man Factor. The feature article, titled "Third Man In", is written by Outpost editor Liza Finlay, and includes exclusive information about an unusual experience on Marble Island, in Hudson Bay, during archeological research into the lost 1719 James Knight expedition, research that was subsequently published in the book Dead Silence: The Greatest Mystery in Arctic Discovery. "I just…

The Globe and Mail has featured The Third Man Factor as part of its "Ask an author" Q & A series, which some members of thirdmanfactor.com participated in! Some answers to questions about the book will be published in the Feb. 14 Globe, but the full exchange has already been posted on Globe books. Here is an excerpt of the first few questions:

There has been a lot of interest among filmmakers in The Third Man Factor, with this good news just announced by my literary agent Patrick Walsh:

John Geiger’s extraordinary and completely original scientific account of THE THIRD MAN FACTOR - a syndrome in which people at the very edge of death will often experience a sense of an incorporeal being beside them, encouraging them to make one last effort to survive – has just been optioned by Akiva Goldsman, the screenwriter of THE DA VINCI…

The Third Man Factor has entered The Globe and Mail's list of Canadian Bestsellers at #12 in non-fiction. The list appears in the Feb. 17th print edition.

The Globe and Mail gave a wonderful endorsement of The Third Man Factor in its Feb. 7 edition. The review, oddly titled Three's a crowd, has a much more appropriate headline on the paper's website: To the power of three. Written by well-know Canadian writer Wayne Grady, the review includes much praise for the book. Here's some highlights:

John Geiger, the celebrated author of Frozen In Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition, has collected dozens of  accounts and arranged them in…

I felt like I needed the help of a Third Man to get me through the stress of appearing on national television this morning. I am decidedly not a morning person, but the cool professionalism of Canada AM's legendary co-host Seamus O'Regan and the soothing, albeit, electric "fire" burning on the set saw me through the interview. You can see it yourself by clicking on the video player on Canada AM's website.

The Toronto Star's major feature on The Third Man Factor, titled, " DID YOU SEE THAT? Third man theory of otherworldly encounters", is -- appropriatedly enough -- currently the third most emailed item on newspaper's website, thestar.com. Reporter Nancy J. White writes: "Some believe it's a guardian angel. Others say it's the brain's way of coping under great duress. Whichever, the experiences are eerily similar: the sense of a presence that encourages, advises and even leads a person…

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.