Weekend Compendium: 20 February 2016 brings you the week’s posts: the Witch of Leadville, eye-lash history, the ghost of a living woman, a discontented and destructive daemon, as well as creepy crawlies in hair and jungle.
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Chris Woodyard
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February 20, 2016
in Animal Tales , Costume History , Crime , Death , Ephemera , Fairies and Elemental Spirits , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Grim and Grewsome , lethal clothing , medical oddities , News , Occultism/Magic , Panics , religion , Scientific Oddities , Social History , Victorian , Weekend Compendium , Witches
and tagged astral projection , Colorado , demons , false eyelashes , false hair , ghosts of the living , giant spiders , gregarines , Leadville , M.R. James , poltergeists , Spiritualism , Valentines , Victorian hairpieces , Victorian humor , Weekend Compendium: 20 February 2016 , witchcraft , witchcraft trials
The Medium’s Valentine: A verse for Valentine’s Day to make your medium happy.
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Chris Woodyard
on
February 13, 2016
in Ephemera , News , Occultism/Magic , religion , Social History , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged medium valentine , occupational valentine , Spiritualism , Spiritualist medium , Spiritualist Valentine , The Medium's Valentine , Victorian medium , Victorian valentine
Weekend Compendium: 16 January 2016
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
January 16, 2016
in Costume History , Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , Interesting People , lethal clothing , medical oddities , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Spiritualism , Strange Bodies , Strange Lives , Victorian , Weekend Compendium
and tagged Dr. Henry Slade , extravagant funerals , French couture , French models , frozen ghosts , frozen to death , funeral jobs , funeral service , mannequins , Minnesota ghosts , mourning customs , mourning professions , poisoned stockings , Spiritualism , weekend compendium
Dr. Slade, the Medium and the strange stories whispered about him.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
January 12, 2016
in Fortean Mysteries , Interesting People , medical oddities , News , Psychic Research , Spiritualism , Strange Bodies , Strange Lives , Victorian
and tagged Dr. Henry Slade , Dr. Slade , Dr. Slade the Medium , homosexuals , shamans , slate writing , spirit messages , Spiritualism , spiritualist mediums , the Medium , transsexuals , Victorian spiritualism
In 1879 the Virgin Mary paid a visit to a séance in Terre Haute Indiana and graciously agreed to have a photograph taken.
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Chris Woodyard
on
December 8, 2015
in Ephemera , News , Psychic Research , religion , Social History , Spiritualism , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Highland Mary , Mrs Anna Stewart , photograph of the VIrgin Mary , Robert Burns , spirit photography , Spiritualism , Spiritualist medium , Virgin Mary , Virgin Mary photograph
Hints to Séance-room Investigators who want to torture mediums in their quest of Spiritualist Truth.
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
November 19, 2015
in Ephemera , News , Psychic Research , Social History , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged fraudulent mediums , seances , Spiritualism , spiritualist fraud , testing mediums , torturing mediums , unmasking fake mediums
The frequent appearance of a “dead” woman to her sister and other persons, including a clergyman, over the course of several years. The ghost was also remarkably physical, dragging her child out of bed and shoving her former husband into the street.
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Chris Woodyard
on
September 15, 2015
in Death , Folklore , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Psychic Research , Spiritualism
and tagged Cambridgeshire , Cambridgeshire ghosts , English ghost stories , family spirits , Mepal , mother's ghost , Spiritualism
Meet Mr Aloysius Tappenham, a dealer in Frauds, and his latest discovery, Mlle. Claire, whose specialty was the production of any spirit you liked, to order.
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Chris Woodyard
on
July 9, 2015
in Death , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , News , Psychic Research , Short Story , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged Anthony Hope , fake ghosts , fake mediums , fictional mediums , ghost hoaxes , Spiritualism , stage medium
Spiritualist Emma Hardinge Britten tells of a terrifying phantom stalker who could apparently project himself through time and space.
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Chris Woodyard
on
June 30, 2015
in Crime , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , Interesting People , News , Occultism/Magic , Poltergeists , Psychic Research , Spiritualism , Strange Lives , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Emma Hardinge Britten , John Gallagher , persecution , spirit guides , Spiritualism , stalking
A British clairvoyant, who communicated with four out of Henry VIII’s wives, post-mortem, tells of a visit from a very indignant Anne Boleyn.
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Chris Woodyard
on
May 19, 2015
in Ghosts , News , Psychic Research , Social History , Spiritualism , Victorian
and tagged Anne Boleyn , Anne Boleyn's ghost , Anne Boleyn's spirit , Bessie Williams , chanelling , Florence Marryat , Henry VIII , Mrs Russell-Davies , royal ghosts , Spiritualism , trance communications