Spiritualism

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Strange Country Ep. 48: Spirit Photography

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Spiritualism meets photography in episode 48 of Strange Country. William Mumler found a way to connect people with their loved ones by staging live/dead photoshoots. Some skeptics cried fraud while others lined up for the spirit camera.

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Strange Country Ep. 44: Witch of Lime Street

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If there's something strange in your seance room. Who you gonna call? No, not ghostbusters. Harry Houdini. Houdini, the great escape artist, made it his mission to unmask fake mediums, and his abilities were put to the ultimate test in a WWE-style showdown with America's most famous medium. Have any idea who that might be? You probably figured out who won then. Strange Country Ep. 44 is all about the witch of lime street, and features a symphony of sound effects by DJ. Jazzy Kelly. Or is it a spirit ringing your bell box?!?

Cite your sources:

Conliffe, Ciaran. “Mina Crandon, Psychic Fraudster.” Headstuff, 6 Apr. 2015, www.headstuff.org/culture/history/mina-crandon-psychic-fraudster/.

“Houdini's Greatest Trick: Debunking Medium Mina Crandon.” Mental Floss, 1 Nov. 2013, mentalfloss.com/article/53424/houdinis-greatest-trick-debunking-medium-mina-crandon.

Jaher, David. The Witch of Lime Street: séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World. Broadway Books, 2016.

“Mina Crandon & Harry Houdini: The Medium and The Magician.” HistoryNet, 24 Jan. 2018, www.historynet.com/mina-crandon-harry-houdini-the-medium-and-the-magician.htm.

“Photographs from a Séance with Eva Carrière (1913).” The Public Domain Review, publicdomainreview.org/collections/photographs-from-a-seance-with-eva-carriere-1913/.

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Strange Country Ep. 1: The Fox Sisters

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In their inaugural episode, Beth and Kelly talk about Maggie and Kate Fox, two young sisters who claimed they could communicate with the dead. The girls were eventually credited with founding the Modern Spiritualism movement.

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Sources used in the making of the podcast:

Weisberg, Barbara. Talking to the dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the rise of spiritualism. San Francisco, HarperSanFrancisco, 2005.

Abbott, Karen. “The Fox Sisters and the Rap on Spiritualism.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 30 Oct. 2012, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/. Accessed 30 July 2017.

“One of the Fox Sisters Arrested.” New York Times, timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1888/05/05/106321124.html?pageNumber=5. Accessed 30 July 2017. Article originally published in print on May 5, 1888.

“One of the Fox Sisters Dead.” New York Times, timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/07/03/104139081.html?pageNumber=5. Accessed 30 July 2017. Article originally published on July 3, 1892.

“Death of Margaret Kane Fox.” New York Times, timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/03/10/106862739.html?pageNumber=8. Accessed 30 July 2017. Article originally published on March 10, 1893.