Posts Tagged: seance
Instead of “Fashion Friday,” today will be “Flashback Friday.” I’m re-posting an earlier piece on seance cons in the 19th century, and the devices used. Enjoy! The Entertainment Circuit We often think of seances as events held inside private homes, sort of like consulting a fortune-teller’s tent at a carnival. Certainly, many mediums worked in…
the Fox sisters, Leah, Margaret, and Kate The Fox sisters: Seances (whereby a spirit is summoned to communicate with the living) became quite popular in the 1800s, due in large part to the Fox sisters. In 1848, the first recorded spirit-rapping in America took place when Margaret and Kate Fox attempted to communicate with the…
