Tag: seance
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A spirited story of the psychic and the Colonel
from alpheus.org: On a warm autumn afternoon in 1874, Henry Steel Olcott, an attorney and popular New York journalist, found himself in Vermont looking for ghosts. On assignment for his […]
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Houdini and the Supernatural
from thegreatharryhoudini.com: In the 1920s, after the death of his mother, Houdini began focusing his energy on debunking psychics and mediums. Although he eventually focused on proving these people to […]
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new york city’s mystic history
Gothamist has posted a great interview with Mitch Horowitz, editor-in-chief of Tarcher — the mind/body/spirit publisher of the Penguin Group — and author of Occult America: White House Seances, Ouija […]