stackyFACTSSeance cabinets were basically dark closets where mediums would sit tied to a chair to accumulate spiritual energy. Conveniently, being hidden in the dark also made faking ghostly phenomena much easier.
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Independent voice mediumship claims that spirits can construct phantom vocal cords inside an aluminum cone to speak loudly. This completely sidesteps the need…
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Séances are awkward social gatherings where people sit in near pitch blackness hoping a deceased relative will casually rattle a table. It is peak arrogance…
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Slate writing was a beloved mystical practice where two chalkboards were tied together, and upon opening, a message from beyond appeared. Sleight of hand is…
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Spirit trumpets were essentially cheap metal megaphones left in dark rooms so invisible entities could allegedly whisper through them. They were highly…
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French author Victor Hugo spent the early 1850s in political exile on the island of Jersey, where he became obsessed with table-turning spiritualism and…
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In the 1990s, a team of researchers in a tiny English village claimed to capture indisputable proof of the afterlife. The infamous Scole experiment reportedly…
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