After serving just 9 months he was granted an honorable discharge from his Battalion Commanding Officer Colonel Theodore Bilbough Jr.

While touring with his dance company in England, he developed an interest in metaphysics after he met Scotsman, Arthur Begbie who introduced him to the world of psychical research, giving Neville his first taste of the spiritualistic seance.

[2] After traveling extensively throughout the United States, Neville eventually made his home in Los Angeles in 1952.

The shows were simple in production, consisting of Goddard speaking extemporaneously to the television audience on biblical esotericism.

The show was eventually cancelled when Channel 11 Studios were unable to secure advertisers suitable to the audience.

In 1954, Goddard was reportedly planning a "metaphysical telefilm show", though it is unclear if the project came to fruition.

Jonathan L. Walton has contended that Frederick Eikerenkoetter, best known as Reverend Ike, in particular adopted theories and teachings rooted in Goddard's ideas.

Van Schmus was born on February 2, 1907, in New Jersey, and died on January 1, 1975, in Los Angeles, California.