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Spirit Boards

October 17, 2024 boneandsickle America, American lore, EPISODE, folklore, ghosts, history, Ouija boards, pop culture, Spiritualism, United States

Ouija boards, or more generally, “spirit boards” have antecedents going back to the very first days of the Spiritualist movement.[…]

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Episode 11: The Dead Speak

October 8, 2018 boneandsickle Arthur Conan Doyle, Edwardian, EPISODE, folk music, Fox Sisters, ghosts, history, horror, Red Barn Murder, Spiritualism, Victorian

The 19th-century Spiritualist movement was rife with fraud and misplaced hopes, but what made people so eager to believe in[…]

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