The Phantom Carriage at the Eddy House The Spiritualist Eddy Brothers and their family see a phantom carriage sent as an omen of a death in the family.
Rainbow Orbs for Luncheon As a Victorian family gathered around the dinner table, the room was filled with colored balls of light, which turned into the likeness of dead relatives.
“Attend, ye braves!” Shakespeare Speaks from the Beyond If you have tears, prepare to shed them now…Today we look at some of the post-mortem communications purporting to come from Shakespeare. Hard on the heels of 19th-century “Bardolotry” came the Spiritualists, who couldn’t leave his bones undisturbed, but summoned the departed Bard from the vasty deeps to channel wit, wisdom, poetry, plays and unmitigated blather.
“Ship sinking; all hands lost.” Titanic Premonitions and Postmonitions Today we dip into the Spiritualist literature to bring to the surface some ominous portents that predicted or heralded the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
The notion that ghosts are demons is not a new one. Here a noted spiritual leader, Wilbur Glenn Voliva and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, go head-to-head about the nature of ghosts, demons, and Spiritualism.
A Table Tipped by the Messiah Himself: The Geneva Enthusiasts What made a group of intelligent, religious, and wealthy people turn their destiny over to a table-tipping charlatan? Daniel Dunglas Home calls the kettle black.
