Ep. 85 – The Skeptic

The story of a noted skeptic, and what happened when he attempted to debunk ghosts

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, spiritualism was all the rage across America. People across the country regularly visited so-called psychic mediums to communicate with ghosts. But in 1874, an ardent skeptic of the paranormal heard about a pair of brothers from Vermont, who claimed to be able to conjure the spirits of the dead on their rural farm. What happened next would change that skeptic’s life forever.

 

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Notes:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/spiritualism/history/history.shtml

 

https://www.prairieghosts.com/eddy.html

 

https://www.the-voicebox.com/eddybrothersthe.htm

 

Music:

 

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

 

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/

 

Myuu, Hopeless, Outsider, Shelter, Identity Crisis, Keep Going, Lost World

 

 

Naoya Sakamata, Incident

 

 

Ep. 57 – The Spirit Board

The scary and murderous history of the Ouija Board

Throughout history, many cultures around the world have claimed to have had people who could contact the spirits. In the late 19th century, during the height of Spiritualism, a Baltimore novelty and toy company began selling a device they claimed could allow the user to gain knowledge from spirits beyond the grave. The history of the Ouija board is nearly as mysterious as the way it’s supposed to work. Some people appear to have even been driven to commit murder by the board.

 

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Notes:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-strange-and-mysterious-history-of-the-ouija-board-5860627/

http://www.museumoftalkingboards.com/history.html

The Ouija Board Did It: 7 Real Crimes Connected to Ouija Boards

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Kai Engel, Deserted City, Will I Ever See Another Sunrise

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

Borrtex, Choice

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/

Coldnoise, Remember

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/

Alex Mason & The Minor Emotions, I Will Not Return, Cry About Me

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/

Naoya Sakamata, Comeback, Dissociation

Myuu, Lights Out

 

Ep. 39 – The Evangelist

During the early 20th century, America was caught up in a growing spiritualist movement that swept the nation. One hotspot for seances and new religious movements during the 1920s was Detroit. There, a self-styled “Divine Prophet” named Benny Evangelista met a brutal end. He and his entire family were murdered by an unknown assailant wielding an axe.  Here the true story of this bizarre unsolved murder, as well as the story of a man so determined to prove there was an afterlife, that he set in motion a plan to go there in person.

 

Notes:

http://weirddetroit.blogspot.com/2011/10/hauntings-have-been-part-of-human.html

A Ghost Story From Detroit’s Past You’ve Probably Never Heard

http://coldcaseshardcopy.blogspot.com/2011/07/divine-profetil-author-and-private.html

http://benny.weirdlectures.com

http://www.clickondetroit.com/features/st-aubin-street-massacre-1929-detroit-family-murders-still-unsolved

St. Aubin Street Massacre: The Benny Evangelist Family Murders

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Coldnoise, Tale for Mind, Memories, Who We Are, Malaika, Remember

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/

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