Analyzing a Ghost's Handwriting
Episode description
The dead speak! Well, they write, actually. In this episode, we analyze the ectoplasmic product of a 200-year-old séance: the paranormal penmanship of a ghost. During our exploration of the afterlife, Dana discovers feminist pirate poltergeists, Connor comes out of magical retirement, Greg summons dead goldfish with his toes, and the gang has an existential crisis while weeding out haunted hoaxes. Join hands and have a seat at the séance circle, because it's about to get ghostly.
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Show Notes:
Ghostly handwriting close-ups: https://tinyurl.com/42pstyhc
The Fox Sisters: https://tinyurl.com/mr2db43v
Spiritualism, Pirates, and Mumler Photos: https://tinyurl.com/3uyhyx94
The Tenets of Spiritualism: https://youtu.be/FxgsSd32oTE
William Robinson’s Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena: https://amzn.to/3inAF5g
More on magician William Robinson: https://tinyurl.com/3bsnpw5y
Chung Ling Soo vs Ching Ling Foo: https://youtu.be/BnFpyEqKjYE
Houdini’s work against Spiritualism: https://tinyurl.com/6r6ebca2
Get your own Spirit Slates: https://amzn.to/3QFdeBr
The Infamous Gambols With The Ghosts Catalog: https://tinyurl.com/55pvs4jb
Modern-Day Seance Photographer Shannon Taggart: https://tinyurl.com/yjynvan6
Timestamps:
0:00 - Karl Pfeiffer is not a serial killer
5:35 - Object History: Antique Spirit Slates
7:37 - Mr. Splitfoot and the Mediums
17:17 - The Fox Sisters Have Beef
20:45 - Progressive Poltergeists
31:00 - Capitalism and Conjuring
40:37 -Magicians Ruin Everything
55:10 - By the way, Connor’s a Magician
1:11:10 - Message from the Great Fishtank in the Sky
1:18:35 - Slate Analysis & Speculation
1:31:51 - The Middle Line on Mediums
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Hosted by Greg and Dana Newkirk
Produced by Connor J Randall
Photography by Karl Pfeiffer
Art by Dustin Williams
Theme by Adam Hayman
"The Disembodied Voice" by Chuck Fresh
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