When the 11-year-old Willie Lincoln died in the White House in February of 1862, his parents were inconsolable. Lincoln did no official work for three weeks — a president in the midst of a civil war. Mary was deemed by some to have gone insane. While the president slowly began to accept that his son…
31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN – Day 10
Some people believe that Halloween is one night a year when the spirits can come back to wander among the living. So it would only follow that it is the best night to have a seance to try to contact the spirits. Houdini, who spent years debunking false mediums, died on Halloween night. he promised…
31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN – Day 7
Early photography coincided (perhaps not coincidentally) with a spike in spiritualism, mediums and magic. Because the common person did not understand the mechanics of photography, it was relatively easy to trick them with photographs — something that could only show reality. The Perfect Medium is a well written book with hundreds of such photos. The…