Celebrity Medium Tyler Henry Uncovers His Family’s Dark History

STORY AT THE SAME TIME TYLER WAS HELPING OTHERS FIND PEACE. >> HOW MANY NAMES CAN YOU THINK OF IN THE FAMILY? >> TWO. >> OKAY. BECAUSE THE TWO Rs KEEPS COMING UP. >> AS TYLER HENRY WAS FINDING FAME AS THE STAR OF E! HOLLYWOOD MEDIUM HELPING FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE, EVEN HELPING DETECTIVES AND INVESTIGATORS SOLVE COLD CASES. HIS OWN MOTHER TERESA KOELEWYN WAS COPING WITH A DARK SECRET OF HER OWN. >> THREE YEARS AGO MY MOM DISCOVERED THAT SHE WAS TAKEN AS A BABY. >> BEFORE THEN TERESA BELIEVED HER MOTHER WAS STELLA WHO MURDERED AND TORTURED TWO PEOPLE IN THIS CENTRAL VALLEY MOTEL. >> I STILL CAN'T COME TO TERMS WITH THAT PART. I MEAN, IT'S ONE THING TO MURDER SOMEONE BUT TO -- >> THE INNER GENERATIONAL EFFECT OF TRAUMA. >> STELLA'S CRIMES DEVASTATING THE LIVES OF THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES BUT TERESA'S OWN FAMILY, TOO. THIS TRAUMATIC HISTORY REVISITED IN TYLER'S NETFLIX SERIES "LIFE AFTER DEATH." >> YOUR MIDDLE NAME WAS -- >> I KNOW MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN DOCTORED. >> STELLA WAS NOT HER BIRTH MOTHER. HER BIRTH MOTHER, NOW DECEASED, HAD BEEN STRIKD BY STELLA. THE EXACT CIRCUMSTANCES STILL UNKNOWN. >> AND SHE RAISED ME AND USED ME IN A WAY THAT SHE NEEDED TO BENEFIT HERSELF. >> THE SERIES CAPTURING TERESA'S EMOTIONAL REUNION WITH HER BIOLOGICAL FAMILY. >> MY FEELINGS WHEN I MET WITH MY BIOLOGICAL FAMILY WERE BITTERSWEET AS WELL. WHILE I LOVED THEM AND ADORED THEM IMMEDIATELY, THEY ARE WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL PEOPLE, I ALSO FELT A LOSS BECAUSE I FELT LIKE WHAT IF I HAD BEEN ABLE TO BE RAISED WITH THEM? >> IRONICALLY TYLER SAYS HIS PSYCHIC ABILITIES WEREN'T ABLE TO REVEAL MUCH ABOUT THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM. >> REALLY FOR ME MY PROCESS HAS TO NOT BE IMPEDED BY LOGIC OR BY INFORMATION, AND SO BECAUSE IT'S ME, BECAUSE I HAVE MY OWN FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS AND EXPECTATIONS, THAT BIAS PREVENTED ME FROM BEING ABLE TO CONNECT INTUITIVELY. >> IT WAS SURREAL, HE SAYS, TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE READING FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> I FELT LIKE THE TABLE WAS TURNED IN A SENSE I FOUND MYSELF IN A VULNERABLE POSITION IN PURSUIT FOR ANSWERS. I FOUND MYSELF FEELING A SENSE OF DESPERATION. I THINK IT TAUGHT ME AN INSIGHT INTO CLOSURE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING AS MUCH AS YOU ACHIEVE AS YOU HAVE TO GROW THROUGH AND FIND ACCEPTANCE AROUND. >> FOR THERESA THE REVELATIONS BROUGHT AN EMOTIONAL RELEASE. >> BECAUSE I KNOW I'M NOT RELATED TO HER AND I'M NOT LIKE HER. I'M A GOOD PERSON. >> BUT RAISED NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF FAMILY. >> AND IT MADE ME HAPPY TYLER DOESN'T HAVE A GRANDMOTHER WHO IS A MURDERER AND THE BITTERSWEET PART OF THAT IS WHILE IT MEANS SHE'S NOT MY BIOLOGICAL MOTHER, IT ALSO MEANS THAT MY SIBLINGS THAT I LOVE SO MUCH ARE NOT MY BIOLOGICAL SIBLINGS BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER. WE WILL ALWAYS BE CLOSE. >> THE IMPORTANCE OF ASKING QUESTIONS. IF THERE'S A BLIND SPOT, FOLLOW UP. >> THERE'S A REASON. >> THERE ARE ENTIRE GENERATIONS OF SILENCE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO BREAK THE SILENCE AND THE TRUTH REALLY CAN SET YOU FREE. >> THERESA AND TYLER SAY THEY HOPE THE SERIES BRINGS ATTENTION TO CRIME VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES ESPECIALLY CHILDREN. AND THERESA'S OWN STORY IS AN EXAMPLE HOW ONE PERSON CAN CAUSE SO MUCH DAMAGE NOT ONLY TO THOSE SHE PHYSICALLY HARMED BUT TO HER OWN CHILDREN AND THEIR LOVED ONES. GUYS? >> WOW. >> GENERATIONAL TRAUMA. >> ERIN, THANK YOU. FOR MORE STORIES LIKE THIS TUNE IN TO

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Length: 3min 55sec (235 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 25 2022