Podcasts about Patience Worth

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Take a deep dive into the life of Pearl Curran, the writer who used a ouija board to channel her inspiration. The writings of Patience Worth through Curran's hand is a fascinating tale that needs our scientific approach to determine how credible this story truly is. This episode sponsored by the Stories in the Cemetery Interactive Ghost Hunting Experience and Magnanimous Beard Superstore. To purchase tickets to the Interactive Ghost Hunting Experience in Charleston, South Carolina: Ghost Tickets. Use code "GHOST" at checkout to receive a $5 discount at the Magnanimous Beard Superstore! Intro & Outro music, "Renegade" provided by Beat Mekanik. References used to investigate this episode: American Hauntings. (n.d.). The Haunted Museum: The Mystery of Patience Worth. Retrieved February 2025, from American Hauntings: https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/the-mystery-of-patience-worth Dakota. (2010, April 30). Pearl Curran & Patience Worth. Retrieved from Missouri Women: https://missouriwomen.org/2010/04/30/pearl-curran-patience-worth/ Diliberto, G. (2010, September). Patience Worth: Author from the Great Beyond. Retrieved from Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/patience-worth-author-from-the-great-beyond-54333749/ Scanlon, K. (2024, July 21). Patience Worth: the curious case of the author who channelled works from beyond the grave. Retrieved from Far Out Magazine: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/patience-worth-author-beyond-the-grave/ Worth, P. (2016 (Reprint)). Hope Trueblood. Createspace.  

Pearl Curran (1883-1937) was an author. She claimed to serve as the medium for “Patience Worth,” a spirit she first contacted via a ouija board. The phenomenon spawned great public interest and later backlash, as a range of psychologists, journalists, and general readers speculated about Patience and Pearl. As Pearl's commercial success as an author dwindled, she supported herself with traveling ouija board demonstrations. For Further Reading: Patience Worth: Author From the Great Beyond When Cincinnati Was Enchanted by the Ouija Board Patience Worth and Pearl Curran This month we're talking about women who found themselves at the center of controversy -- whether deserved or not. History classes can get a bad rap, and sometimes for good reason. When we were students, we couldn't help wondering... where were all the ladies at? Why were so many incredible stories missing from the typical curriculum? Enter, Womanica. On this Wonder Media Network podcast we explore the lives of inspiring women in history you may not know about, but definitely should. Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we'll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know–but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Educators, Villains, Indigenous Storytellers, Activists, and many more. Womanica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures. Womanica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard, Lindsey Kratochwill, Adesuwa Agbonile, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Sara Schleede, Paloma Moreno Jimenez, Luci Jones, Abbey Delk, Hannah Bottum, Adrien Behn, Alyia Yates, and Vanessa Handy. Special thanks to Shira Atkins. Original theme music composed by Miles Moran. Follow Wonder Media Network: Website Instagram Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Donate to our October 2024 OVERCOMING THE DARKNESS campaign at https://weirddarkness.com/overcoming. Weird Darkness is narrated by professional full-time voice actor Darren Marlar. No A.I. voices are ever used in the show. *** Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free early release: https://www.patreon.com/posts/114730504IN THIS EPISODE: How did Pearl Curran, an ordinary St. Louis housewife, become the center of one of the greatest paranormal mysteries of all time? (Patience Worth And The Ouija Board) *** A home in India is grappling with an angry ghost that apparently has chosen to throw potatoes at it. (Terrifying Tater Tosser) *** It began with a blast the power of a nuclear bomb, lights filled the skies, a fireball the size of the moon streaked across the sky. But this wasn't a UFO or anything paranormal or supernatural. This was all man-made – and it was only the beginning of something much more sinister that was planned. (The Japanese Death Cult's Plan To Split The World In Two) *** John Hatfield could not stay out of trouble. Probably due to the fact that he kept making up false identifies for himself, and getting into trouble with those identities. His antics were so well known that later, a woman who created a falsehood about herself was accused of being an imposter just like him. We'll look at both of their strange stories! (The Keswick Imposter, and the Fasting-Woman of Tutbury) *** Long before Sybil and the Three Faces of Eve, there was Doris Fischer and her case is still considered a classic. (Multiple Personality Doris)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer, Cold Open, and Show Intro00:04:58.508 = Patience Worth and the Ouija Board00:23:01.481 = Multiple Personality Doris00:28:38.177 = Keswick Imposter00:35:42.438 = Fasting Woman of Tutbury00:53:24.459 = Terrifying Tater Tosser00:56:15.779 = Japanese Death Cult Plan To Split The World01:09:00.972 = Show CloseSOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Patience Worth and the Ouija Board” by Dr. Romeo Vitelli for Providentia: https://tinyurl.com/yybffe6z and Troy Taylor for American Hauntings: https://tinyurl.com/y3ma4gk5“Terrifying Tater Tosser” posted at The Shillong Times: https://tinyurl.com/y3gnqhp2“The Japanese Death Cult's Plan To Split The World in Two” from Motherboard: https://tinyurl.com/9unt6b9“The Keswick Imposter and the Fasting-Woman of Tutbury” by Geri Walton: https://tinyurl.com/y3fda3jh,https://tinyurl.com/y4fo7ov7“Multiple Personality Doris” by Dr. Romeo Vitelli for Providentia: https://tinyurl.com/yxtq5ht6Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = =Originally aired: August 17, 2020CUSTOM LANDING PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/PatienceWorth

Patience Worth, un supuesto espíritu que, a principios del siglo XX, se comunicaba a través de una ouija operada por Pearl Curran, una ama de casa sin aspiraciones literarias. A través de sesiones de espiritismo, Patience produjo una enorme cantidad de poesía, obras de teatro y novelas, con un estilo único y arcaico, generando un fenómeno que dividió a la opinión pública. ¿Se trataba realmente de un fantasma con un don para la escritura o de uno de los fraudes literarios más elaborados de la historia? Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

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Tonight on Cryptique:  Ryan and J discuss the enigmatic case of Pearl Curran and the spirit known as Patience Worth!  Pearl Curran, a housewife with a 7th grade education, began writing novels, plays, and poems at a hectic pace.  She received the works from a spirit, who called herself Patience Worth, via an Ouija board.  The works were touted by readers and critics as being the works of a literary genius.  There were dozens of witnesses and she did live shows!  Find out the truth, as we see it, tonight, on Cryptique Please hit us up with a like and let us know what you think at cryptiquepodcast@gmail.com Check out our store with tees, mugs, stickers, and more cryptiquepodcaststore.com It's cold here in the Lou, warm Ryan up at buymeacoffee.com/cryptiquepi

Talking Strange records Live at the Ethereal Horror Fest in Austin, Texas, to ask the question, “How has horror influenced paranormal beliefs, and how has the paranormal changed horror?” What role has The Exorcist played in reshaping beliefs and the genre? what films have forced people to stretch theories? And how does paranormal reality-TV fit in the picture? Joining host Aaron Sagers for this episode recorded in front of an audience are the following guests: Greg Lawson http://www.greglawson.org/ Lawson has spent much of his adult life exploring strange pl ces. From the first Russian colony in Three Saints Bay, Alaska to the pyramids of Egypt, he has explored paranormal hot spots in over 40 countries. He is a career law enforcement officer with over 31-years of experience. He has worked as a hostage negotiator, SWAT officer, mental health investigator, and as a sex crimes and homicide detective. Greg is an international lecturer and the author of five books on the paranormal: Detecting Paranormal, Diaries of a Paranormalist, How to Be a Paranormal Detective, and Roswell: the After-Action Report. His latest work: Messages from Mothman, opens new avenues of interpreting premonitions and paranormal experiences. Meredith Johns https://hawgfly.com/ is a makeup and FX Makeup Artist based in Austin, TX. She is co-owner of Hawgfly Productions, Inc. and has been a professional makeup artist for over 20 years. Some of her many accomplishments include 2nd in the World Bodypainting Festival for FX Makeup, 4th in the World Bodypainting Festival for SFX Bodypainting, and an Emmy Nomination for Key Makeup for the movie Temple Grandin. She has worked on many films including Machete, Machete Kills, Friday the 13th, Blood Fest, Teeth, and Stoker. In addition, you can see her work on several TV series including Mr. Mercedes, The Son, Walker TX Ranger, The Leftovers, and The Long Road Home. Stephen Belyeu https://www.thenightowlpodcast.com/ is an Austin-based filmmaker, storyteller and podcaster. He received his Bachelors in Film & Media Studies from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi in 2005. Stephen has taught filmmaking and storytelling in Austin through organizations such as Totally Cool Totally Art, Austin School of Film, and the Austin Film Society. His debut feature film DIG won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at the 2010 Austin Film Festival. Stephen has also served as Film Competition Programmer and Young Filmmakers Program Director for the Austin Film Festival.In 2017, Stephen launched his independently produced series, The Night Owl Podcast, which has won BEST PODCAST in the Austin Chronicle's readers' poll in 2019, 2021, and 2023. Brandon Hodge MysteriousPlanchette.com is an author, collector, and historian specializing in the history of writing planchettes, talking boards, and other spirit communication devices. Long fascinated by the world of tipping tables, séances, Spiritualism, and ghostly encounters, Brandon is a leading scholar in the occult field whose expertise is consulted by museums and institutions worldwide. Brandon has served as on-air talent for dozens of popular radio and television programs, and his research and his séance artifact collection were featured on both Science Channel's hit show Oddities and the Travel Channel's Ouija-related "Patience Worth" episode of Mysteries at the Museum. Brandon's research on Spiritualism history has appeared in the pages of the Smithsonian Magazine, and his popular Ghosts in the Machines column appears every quarter in the pages of the Magazine of the Society for Psychical Research. Brandon owns the world's finest collection of writing planchettes and other séance-related devices, all featured on his popular website, MysteriousPlanchette.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK in your social media so others who loves strange and macabre stories can listen too:https://weirddarkness.com/patience-worth-and-the-ouija-board/IN THIS EPISODE: How did Pearl Curran, an ordinary St. Louis housewife, become the center of one of the greatest paranormal mysteries of all time? (Patience Worth And The Ouija Board) *** A home in India is grappling with an angry ghost that apparently has chosen to throw potatoes at it. (Terrifying Tater Tosser) *** It began with a blast the power of a nuclear bomb, lights filled the skies, a fireball the size of the moon streaked across the sky. But this wasn't a UFO or anything paranormal or supernatural. This was all man-made – and it was only the beginning of something much more sinister that was planned. (The Japanese Death Cult's Plan To Split The World In Two) *** John Hatfield could not stay out of trouble. Probably due to the fact that he kept making up false identifies for himself, and getting into trouble with those identities. His antics were so well known that later, a woman who created a falsehood about herself was accused of being an imposter just like him. We'll look at both of their strange stories! (The Keswick Imposter, and the Fasting-Woman of Tutbury) *** Long before Sybil and the Three Faces of Eve, there was Doris Fischer and her case is still considered a classic. (Multiple Personality Doris) *** (Originally aired August 17, 2020)SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Patience Worth and the Ouija Board” by Dr. Romeo Vitelli for Providentia: https://tinyurl.com/yybffe6z and Troy Taylor for American Hauntings: https://tinyurl.com/y3ma4gk5“Terrifying Tater Tosser” posted at The Shillong Times: https://tinyurl.com/y3gnqhp2“The Japanese Death Cult's Plan To Split The World in Two” from Motherboard: https://tinyurl.com/9unt6b9“The Keswick Imposter and the Fasting-Woman of Tutbury” by Geri Walton: https://tinyurl.com/y3fda3jh,https://tinyurl.com/y4fo7ov7“Multiple Personality Doris” by Dr. Romeo Vitelli for Providentia: https://tinyurl.com/yxtq5ht6Visit our Sponsors & Friends: https://weirddarkness.com/sponsorsJoin the Weird Darkness Syndicate: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateAdvertise in the Weird Darkness podcast or syndicated radio show: https://weirddarkness.com/advertise= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music Library, EpidemicSound and/or StoryBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ) Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and Nicolas Gasparini (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission of the artists.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =OTHER PODCASTS I HOST…Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymagMicro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrorsRetro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradioChurch of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2023, Weird Darkness.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/patience-worth-and-the-ouija-board/This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3655291/advertisement

  Patrick revisits the mysterious story of Pearl Curran (1883 - 1937), the Saint Louis housewife who between 1913 and 1937, channeled entire books and other works from a spirit known as Patience Worth, and mostly through the Ouija board. Visit BigSeance.com/238 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Intro :00 Patrick is planning for an upcoming speaking engagement and was looking back to some of the early episodes of the podcast. He was reminded of a short episode he produced about Pearl Curran and Patience Worth. :57 Patrick reads portions of “Patience Worth: Author From the Great Beyond” by Gioia Diliberto for Smithsonian Magazine from September of 2010. 2:20 “Speaking through a Ouija board operated by Pearl Lenore Curran, a St. Louis housewife of limited education, Patience Worth was nothing short of a national phenomenon in the early years of the 20th century. Though her works are virtually forgotten today, the prestigious Braithwaite anthology listed five of her poems among the nation's best published in 1917, and the New York Times hailed her first novel as a ‘feat of literary composition.' Her output was stunning. In addition to seven books, she produced voluminous poetry, short stories, plays and reams of sparkling conversation—nearly four million words between 1913 and 1937. Some evenings she worked on a novel, a poem and a play simultaneously, alternating her dictation from one to another without missing a beat.” 4:36 “The Patience Worth case remains one of the most tantalizing literary mysteries of the last century, a window onto a vanished era when magic seemed to exist because so many people believed in it. In the decades since Pearl Curran's death, in 1937, no one has explained how she produced Patience's writing.” 8:32 “At first Pearl spelled out every letter with the Ouija board, but as time passed, the mere touch of her hand on the pointer loosed a flood of spoken words. Eventually, she abandoned the board entirely; a feeling of slight pressure in her head would announce Patience's arrival, and Pearl would begin reciting.” 15:28 Check out the book, The Patience of Pearl: Spiritualism and Authorship in the Writings of Pearl Curran by Daniel B. Shea. 18:23 Looking back at episode 32 of the Big Seance Podcast from 2015, where Patrick reads the article, “Ghostwriter and Ghost: The Strange Case of Pearl Curran & Patience Worth” by Ed Simon, from The Public Domain Review. 18:47 Two Moms and a Baby from the article, “Ouija poet Patience Worth: 100 years and many moons later”, by Jane Henderson, from the St. Louis Post Dispatch. 35:58 Outro 39:34 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 40:50     The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Amazon Music, Audible, iHeart Radio, and YouTube. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the seance!  

Patience Worth was a popular writer in the early 20th century. But she was a 17th-century ghost, using Pearl Curran as her conduit from spirit realm to printed page. Research: Braude, Stephen E. “Dissociation and Latent Abilities.” Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. June 2000. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233449262_Dissociation_and_Latent_Abilities Cory, Charles. “Patience Worth.” Psychological Review. 1919. pp. 397-407. https://archive.org/details/psychologicalre01pratgoog/page/396/mode/2up Denny, Diana. “Written by Pearl Curran … Or Ouija Board?” Saturday Evening Post. Sept. 16, 2010. https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/09/written-pearl-curranor-ouija-board/ Diliberto, Gioia. “Patience Worth: Author From the Great Beyond.” Smithsonian. Sept. 2010. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/patience-worth-author-from-the-great-beyond-54333749/ Millard, Bailey. “Will she meet her astral guide?” Los Angeles Times. Jan. 16, 1938. https://www.newspapers.com/image/380740453/?terms=pearl%20curran&match=1 “Mrs. Pearl Curran, Known as ‘Patience Worth,” Dies.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Dec. 4, 1937. https://www.newspapers.com/image/139329811/ Prince, Walter Franklin. “The Case of Patience Worth.” Boston Society for Psychic Research. https://books.google.com/books?id=KUvOAAAAMAAJ&dq=I+am+molten+silver,+running.+Let+man+catch+me+within+his+cup.+Let+him+proceed+upon+his+labor,+Smithing+upon+me.+Let+him+with+cunning+smite+my+substance.+Let+him+at+his+dream,+Lending+my+stuff+unto+its+creation.+It+shall+be+no+less+me.&source=gbs_navlinks_s Ross, Isabel M. “Enduring Mystery of the Ouija Board reincarnation.” New York Tribune. November 23, 1919. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/data/batches/dlc_davis_ver01/data/sn83030214/00206532452/1919112301/0761.pdf Simon, Ed. “Ghostwriter and Ghost.” The Public Domain Review. Sept. 17, 2014. https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/ghostwriter-and-ghost-the-strange-case-of-pearl-curran-patience-worth/ “The Women Helping to Boost.” Cherryvale Journal. January 28, 1910. https://www.newspapers.com/image/418556008/?terms=%22pearl%20curran%22&match=1 “State Aid By Women.” The St. Louis Star and Times. January 27, 1910. Https://www.newspapers.com/image/204738278/?terms=%22pearl%20curran%22&match=1 Yost, Casper S. “PATIENCE WORTH: A PSYCHIC MYSTERY.” New York. Henry Holt and Co. 1916. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/50810/50810-h/50810-h.htm Worth, Patience. “The Sorry Tale; a Story of the Time of Christ.” Henry Holt and Company. June 1917. https://archive.org/stream/sorrytaleastory01currgoog/sorrytaleastory01currgoog_djvu.txt Simon, Ed. “Darkness Made Visible: Eamonn Peters on Imagined Literature.” The Anthology of Babel, edited by Ed Simon, Punctum Books, 2020, pp. 365–88. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.2353922.22 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Unravel the chilling mystery of Patience Worth, a spirit from the 17th century, who broke the silence of the grave to communicate through Pearl Curran's Ouija board. Dive deep into this eerie tale on this podcast episode, where we unveil a world where the dead penned literary masterpieces and one woman's mundane life was forever entangled with whispers from beyond. Can you resist the allure of history's most fascinating ghost writer? Promo: History Goes BumpMusic:-       Music: Peace of Mind by Kevin MacLeodFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4199-peace-of-mindLicensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license-       Music: Clean Soul by Kevin MacLeodFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3514-clean-soulLicensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license-       Ghostpocalypse – 6 Crossing the Threshold by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Support the showBecome a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fabledcollective

In this episode I discuss the ouija board, it's history, it's rise to popularity, and strange stories of the wonderous talking board. Did Mark Twain communicate with a journalist to write a new book through the ouija board? Did Pearl Curran really speak with Patience Worth to write essays, poems and novels through the ouija board? Find out on this week's episode. The Literary works of Patience Worth: 1.Telka 2.The Sorry Tale 3. Hope Trueblood 4.The Pot upon the Wheel 5. Samuel Wheaton 6. An Elizabethan Mask The literary work of Emily Hutchings: 1.  Jap Herron: A Novel Written from the Ouija Board (1917) Resources for this episode: 1. The New Yorker 2. Journalnews.com 3. The Smithsonian

This week's headline comes from The Ogden Post on December 11, 1915. Join me for the strange tale of Pearl Curran and her dead companion, Patience Worth.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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In 1913, a house wife named Pearl Curran started to write.  She soon started to produce award winning poems, and then she created three successful novels.  In her lifetime she put over 400,000 words on paper, which is a huge achievement.  But according to Pearl, she didn't write a word at all.  In actuality, the person who was the creator behind all this was a spirit who was Pearl was channelling. Welcome to Bonus Episode 37 - Patience Worth.   We got merch!  Shop now: HorrifyingHist1.redbubble.com www.horrifyinghistory.podbean.com Join our fan club at: https://www.patreon.com/horrifyinghistory   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/horrifyinghistory Instagram: https://instagram.com/horrifying_history Twitter: https://twitter.com/horrifyinghist1   Horrifying History would like to thank the following sponsors for this episode: FlowBend: Quitting smoking is hard, and this is where FlowBlend comes in.  FlowBlend offers an effective way to help free yourself from nicotine addiction.  Their all natural CBD and Nootropic pouches help improve focus, mood, and keep you motivated.  Receive 20% off your order by using the promo code HORROR at www.flowblend.com Nothing Pacific Podcast: Are you needing some nothingness in your life?  Hosts Ibraham and Marty discuss topics that they have no experience in with the help of their listeners, which has hilarious results.  You can find them on your favourite podcast platform. Misty Mysteries Podcast: If you like true crime and the paranormal you need to check out this podcast.  Host Keely covers a missing person/unsolved true crime case one week, and the next she tackles a creepy paranormal topic.  You can find Misty Mysteries where you listen to your favourite podcasts.   Speaking of Crime Podcast: This true crime series investigates mysterious unsolved cases.  It is real people, real stories, and real crimes.  You can find Speaking of Crime Podcast on your favourite podcast provider or on their website www.speakingofcrime.podbean.com   Horrifying History is part of the Darkcast Network.  Check out their other amazing podcasts at https://www.darkcastnetwork.com  

Penny & Midge explore the strange story of Patience Worth and Pearl Curran - a 17th century novel-writing ghost and the seemingly unremarkable housewife who claimed to channel her. Follow the ghouls on Instagram at @ghoulsnightinpod Check out Ghouls Night In merch! Cover art by Alex Zimdars

Donna covers Patience Worth and Pearl Curran.  They used the Ouija board to communicate with each other... or did they?  Were they the same person? Kerri covers Charles Starkweather and his senseless killing spree.  You'll hate hearing how he murdered multiple people (and a pet) in cold blood.  If you have any local true crime, local urban legend/lore, ghost stories.. we want them all!! We want to hear from YOU.  Especially if you have any funny Ambien stories! Email us at aparanormalchicks@gmail.com Join The Creepinati @ www.patreon.com/theAPCpodcast Please rate and review us on Spotify, Apple Podcast and Stitcher!  Thanks so much. Don't forget to check out Creeps and Crimes Podcast and let them know we sent y'all!! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. YOU and your mental health matter!  Learn more and save 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/APC This episode is also sponsored by Care/Of.  If you want 50% off your first Care/of order, go to takecareof.com and enter code CREEP50!!

Donna covers Patience Worth and Pearl Curran.  They used the Ouija board to communicate with each other... or did they?  Were they the same person? Kerri covers Charles Starkweather and his senseless killing spree.  You'll hate hearing how he murdered multiple people (and a pet) in cold blood.  If you have any local true crime, local urban legend/lore, ghost stories.. we want them all!! We want to hear from YOU.  Especially if you have any funny Ambien stories! Email us at aparanormalchicks@gmail.com Join The Creepinati @ www.patreon.com/theAPCpodcast Please rate and review us on Spotify, Apple Podcast and Stitcher!  Thanks so much. Don't forget to check out Creeps and Crimes Podcast and let them know we sent y'all!! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. YOU and your mental health matter!  Learn more and save 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/APC This episode is also sponsored by Care/Of.  If you want 50% off your first Care/of order, go to takecareof.com and enter code CREEP50!!

                   Between 1912 and 1937 Patience Worth would write several books and a ton of poetry from beyond the grave. Patience allegedly lived in the 1600's and you're probably wondering how a ghost became a published author, through a Ouija board thats how. A woman named Pearl Curran would use the board to talk to Patience and then copy her stories down and have them published using the spirits name rather than her own.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEInstacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

“PATIENCE WORTH AND THE OUIJA BOARD” and 5 More Strange But True Stories! #WeirdDarknessClick here to find Weird Darkness in your favorite podcast app: https://linktr.ee/weirddarkness IN THIS EPISODE: How did Pearl Curran, an ordinary St. Louis housewife, become the center of one of the greatest paranormal mysteries of all time? (Patience Worth And The Ouija Board) *** A home in India is grappling with an angry ghost that apparently has chosen to throw potatoes at it. (Terrifying Tater Tosser) *** It began with a blast the power of a nuclear bomb, lights filled the skies, a fireball the size of the moon streaked across the sky. But this wasn't a UFO or anything paranormal or supernatural. This was all man-made – and it was only the beginning of something much more sinister that was planned. (The Japanese Death Cult's Plan To Split The World In Two) *** John Hatfield could not stay out of trouble. Probably due to the fact that he kept making up false identifies for himself, and getting into trouble with those identities. His antics were so well known that later, a woman who created a falsehood about herself was accused of being an imposter just like him. We'll look at both of their strange stories! (The Keswick Imposter, and the Fasting-Woman of Tutbury) *** Long before Sybil and the Three Faces of Eve, there was Doris Fischer and her case is still considered a classic. (Multiple Personality Doris)(Dark Archives episode from August 17, 2020)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“Patience Worth and the Ouija Board” by Dr. Romeo Vitelli for Providentia: https://tinyurl.com/yybffe6z and Troy Taylor for American Hauntings: https://tinyurl.com/y3ma4gk5 “Terrifying Tater Tosser” posted at The Shillong Times: https://tinyurl.com/y3gnqhp2 “The Japanese Death Cult's Plan To Split The World in Two” from Motherboard: https://tinyurl.com/9unt6b9 “The Keswick Imposter and the Fasting-Woman of Tutbury” by Geri Walton: https://tinyurl.com/y3fda3jh, https://tinyurl.com/y4fo7ov7 “Multiple Personality Doris” by Dr. Romeo Vitelli for Providentia: https://tinyurl.com/yxtq5ht6 Subscribe to the podcast by searching for Weird Darkness wherever you listen to podcasts – or use this RSS feed link: https://www.spreaker.com/show/3655291/episodes/feed.Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music, EpidemicSound and/or AudioBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ), Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and/or Nicolas Gasparini/Myuu (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission. 

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Last week we discussed the arrival of Patience Worth and her strong connection to Pearl Curran. Pearl loved out the rest of her life with Patience, but their legacy has lived on long after Pearl passed. This week we discuss Casper S. Yost's experience observing Pearl and Patience and his findings. We also discuss some other theories that have come about since Pearl's death, but this one is definitely still a bit of a mystery in our books!Don't forget to check out our Patreon link to join and get a bunch of really wicked cool perks!Connect with us:Patreon - www.patreon.com/howtonotgetkilledInstagram - @howtonotgetkilledTwitter - @H2NGKWebsite - www.howtonotgetkilled.comEmail - howtonotgetkilled@gmail.comContent Warning: Explicit Language.

In July 8, 1913 a woman named Pearl and her friend Emily were attempting to contact spirits using a Ouija board, something they had done on many evenings before. On this particular night, their lives, specifically Pearl's, changed forever. The women were contacted by a spirit who called herself Patience Worth. It turns out, this spirit had a lot to say! Join us this week for the first instalment of one of the greatest psychic mysteries the world has ever seen.Don't forget to check out our Patreon link to join and get a bunch of really wicked cool perks!Connect with us:Patreon - www.patreon.com/howtonotgetkilledInstagram - @howtonotgetkilledTwitter - @H2NGKWebsite - www.howtonotgetkilled.comEmail - howtonotgetkilled@gmail.comContent Warning: Explicit Language.

In the early 1900s, Pearl Lenore Curran began experimenting with a Ouija board.  Shortly after a woman named Patience Worth started communicating with her. They would go on to publish novels, plays, poems and essays together.  Nearly a million of Patience's words were transcribed. Pearl claimed to be nothing more than a vessel for Patience Worth. Scientists, psychics and skeptics had a hard time disproving the existence of the spirit who lived in the 17th century. Support the show

  Have you witnessed an armoire levitating and moving a distance of four feet before settling back down? Anthropologist and Psychic Medium Kenneth Joholske has! In this interview, Kenneth tells stories from paranormal investigations, his mediumship, and tales from his summers at Lily Dale, Western New York's historic home for mediumship and spiritual healing since 1879. Visit BigSeance.com/202 for more info!   Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Episode Teaser :00 Intro :50 Happy New Year! And RIP Betty White. 1:30 Send in your predictions for 2022! Use SpeakPipe.com/BigSeance or email patrick@bigseance.com. 2:26 Kenneth Joholske's Bio 3:23 Welcome to the parlor, Kenneth! 4:54 What is Cultural Anthropology? 5:34 Balancing being both a scientist and a medium. 6:12 Encountering poltergeist phenomena. 6:58 “And then all of the sudden, the armoire picks up off the floor and floats four feet to the right and then lays itself down. And I'm like, what?!” 8:37 Missed Moments and tech in paranormal investigation. 12:45 Kenneth had a terrifying experience of seeing a ghost at age seven. “I felt like Jamie Lee Curtis.” 13:54 Learning about Spiritualism and mediumship. 16:00 “The Dame Edna of the spiritual world.” 17:15 Seances at the French Embassy. A history of mediumship in Kenneth's family. 18:19 Guidance from Carol Gasber and experiences at Lily Dale, Western New York's historic home for mediumship and spiritual healing since 1879. 19:40 “Mediumship is like music.” 22:25 “Angel Moments”, and did Schubert tap on Kenneth's shoulder at the piano? 22:54 Rosemary Brown, the housewife who claimed to channel history's great composers. 25:13 Pearl Curran, the housewife who claimed to channel Patience Worth and wrote many novels using the Ouija Board. Check out The Mysterious Story of Patience Worth, episode 32 of the Big Seance Podcast. 28:00 More fascinating experiences at Lily Dale, the “City of Lights.” 28:49 “Physical mediumship, by the way, is still alive and well. People still do trumpet. It's just not taught as well as mental mediumship is.” 33:40 Materialization and Apports at the Church of Two Worlds. “And there was a pop of energy in the room, and it kind of jolted people. And when the lights came up, there were rose petals—hundreds of them—in the shape of a wing—a dove wing. And I actually saved some of them. They were hot to the touch.” 36:24 Lily Dale during the pandemic 38:10 Does a seance require a medium? 40:19 Gadgets and tools in the paranormal. 42:21 A full-blown apparition at the Henryton Institute. 45:13 “You're never alone.” Leaning on mediumship in those down times. 47:40 Phone calls from the Other Side. 50:06 How do Spirits speak audibly without vocal cords? 52:30 EMF and EVP may or may not be capturing phenomena, plus a story from Edwards Ferry in Maryland. 54:46 Kenneth's most treasured possessions. 59:24 Where to find Kenneth Joholske and the services he offers. 1:00:06 Kenneth recommends Mysteries: The Powerful Sequel to The Occult and Poltergeist: A Classic Study in Destructive Hauntings, both by Colin Wilson. 1:01:01 Final thoughts from Kenneth Joholske 1:03:21 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 1:04:59 Outro 1:07:15   For more Kenneth Joholske Kenneth on Facebook   The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Amazon Music, and iHeart Radio. Please subscribe and share with a fellow paranerd! Do you have any comments or feedback? Please contact me at Patrick@BigSeance.com. Consider recording your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! You can also call the show and leave feedback at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. The candles are already lit, so come on in and join the séance!    

Nothing says Christmas quite like a creepy Ouija board story, nomsayin?   This week we discuss the curious case of Pearl Curran / Patience Worth.  The story goes that Patience Worth contacted Pearl through a Ouija board session and through her wrote several books and poems.   Was this a case of a symbiotic spirit possession, or just delusions of an over-imaginative person?   Have a great Holiday! Thank you! www.TheWhatCasters.com

Abrochen su cinturón mis estimados, porque hoy presenciaremos un caso misterioso e interesante, una exquisita historia que se pone en contacto con el efímero y hermoso arte de la poesía. Solo que, en este suceso, la escritora, es un espíritu que dictó su creatividad a través de un juego. Así es, el único instrumento espiritista patentado, la Ouija.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/ViajeOnirico. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/viaje-onirico. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

The veil is thin, another episode has slipped through. We'll hear the latest from Doink Dinkles, be inspired by Patience Worth, and learn about science from Agénor de Gasparin. All this and more. This episode is sponsored by Normalize Talking To The Dead. A real website you can visit. Go ahead. Click the link. Happy Haunting!

This week Stauney introduces us to an  strange pairing, a woman and the ghost she claimed was using her to write poetry and novels.  Before this incident, Pearl Lenore Curran lived a very normal and ordinary life, with dreams to work in music and be a singer. However, after an "encounter" with an ouija board, she soon begins to claim that she is communicating directly with a ghost named Patience Worth and that Patience is using Pearl as a tool in order to write her poetry and novels from the other side of the grave. This throws Pearl into the limelight, as well as a bunch of controversies around the spirituality movement. We talk about Pearl's early life, what we know about Patience Worth, Ouija board history, and debate whether or not this encounter with Patience was fact or fiction.Check out our Hilma Af Klint EpisodeWant to check out some of our favorite books? Check out our booklist Follow Us on Instagram @morethanamuse.podcast 

Welcome to Ouija October!This week we have a fascinating Love Letter From Auntie Eden before we dive into part one of Ouija October!  Get ready for some seriously weird history that tells the story of this episode's non-existent guest named Patience Worth!Singer in the Shadows: The Strange Story of Patience Worth by Irving LitvagKaren A. Dahlman's YouTube ChannelMust watch!! Karen's 5-part series on the Ouija Board featuring The Wizard of Ouija! This entertaining 5 part video series will deliver more facts than you'll know what to do with. You want truth? Here it is! And some laughs to boot!Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5 Hey!! Help a girl out here!! Please subscribe to my TikTok channel!!I really want to do live streams and they make you have 1,000 subscribers first!!tiktok.com/@GOSTradioSupport the show

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! "Hace muchas lunas viví. De nuevo vengo. Patience Worth es mi nombre"... Patience Worth, un presunto espíritu incorpóreo, se comunicó a través de la médium Pearl Curran desde junio de 1913 hasta diciembre de 1937. Hasta aquí nada extraño, al menos para nuestro programa, pero lo realmente notable es la copiosa producción literaria que llevo a cabo. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

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Patience Worth hit America's literary scene hard in the early 20th century. She was a celebrated poet, novelist, and a charming conversationalist. But she was far from your typical literary celebrity: Patience was a ghost. To view this episode's full list of sources, please visit parcast.com/supernatural Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Patience Worth hit America’s literary scene hard in the early 20th century. She was a celebrated poet, novelist, and a charming conversationalist. But she was far from your typical literary celebrity: Patience was a ghost.  To view this episode’s full list of sources, please visit parcast.com/supernatural

In this episode, Madelyn and Bill talk about the history of the Ouija board, but get stuck on the pronunciation. Bill wraps up the episode with a discussion about Patience Worth.

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Episode 76 of the Paranormal Mysteries Podcast:The topic of today’s show focuses on a phenomenon known as channeling which is a form of Mediumship in which a person allows themselves to be taken over by or to receive messages from another personality while in a dissociated state of consciousness or trance. Whereas mediumship is a term most often applied to communication with the dead, channeling is used for interaction with various nonphysical beings, including Angels, nature spirits, totem or guardian spirits, deities, demons, higher intelligences, and extraterrestrials, as well as spirits of the dead.Channeling, like mediumship, has ancient roots. The ancient Egyptians used states of mystical trance to communicate with the gods. In ancient China, shaman-like people used trance states to interact with the spirit world. Channeling is recorded in the history of early India, and in ancient Greece it was used for oracular prophecy. Many spiritual leaders have received their guidance through channeling; examples are the prophets of the Old Testament and Muhammad, who received the teachings of the Koran while in trances and in DREAMS.In the United States, channeling came into vogue in the 1970s when the channeled writings of the entity Seth, speaking through Jane Roberts, became best-selling books. Similar to the rush of popular interest in Spiritualist mediumship that occurred in the 19th century, channelers went into business, some charging exorbitant fees for sittings. Fad interest was over by the end of the 1980s, although the more prominent “channels,” as some individuals prefer to be called, retained their followings.In many respects, today’s topic is a perfect example of this phenomenon, but it would seem that the strange story of Pearl Curran and Patience Worth would bring forward just as many skeptics as it would believers. So much so, that even today it’s regarded as one of the most interesting and controversial cases of channeling in history, but I’ll let you be the judge.Podcast Source:https://www.spreaker.com/show/paranormal-mysteries-podcastContact:Email: paranormalmysteriespodcast@gmail.comWebsite: http://paranormalmysteriespodcast.comSupport The Podcast:Patreon Membership:https://www.patreon.com/join/paranormalmysteries?One-Time Donation:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/paranormalSpecial Thanks to All of Our Wonderful Supporters:Trista, Robin, Marjorie, Clyde, Kathy, Brett, Cassandra, Jan, Sarah F, Skyler, Courtney B, Worsenary, Dave, Kortnie W, Juli, Tiffany, Tom, Stephen, Alysa, Mystica, Carley, Kyriakos, Eunecka, Mary, Andrew, Sarah, Angie, Nick, James S, Molybdenum, Mattie, KA, Collin, James P, Chris, Christy, Buster, Michael, Kim, Amanda, Ivonne, Santiago, Angelo, Jordan, Andrea, Colt, Analyssa, Kasey, Sonia, Kadee, Pam, Christina, Seth, Lisa, Kevin, Breeann, Raymond, Florencia, Katie, Arely, Haze, Stella, Lydia, Shannonlee, Karl, Whitney, T.F., Caleb, Kristin, Jess, Kyle, Valerie, Ashley, Sarah, Ruben, Lara, Kristine, Benjamin, Fenway, Evelyn, Luz, Marjolaine, Olga, Abigail, Kirby, Tia, Lucie, Lesley, Laura, Karen, Someone, Nhimo, Lunico, Aaron, Audrey, LisaSocial Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paranormalmysteriespodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/paranormalmysteriespodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/ParaMysteryPodSources:* LONGREADS “Ghost Writer: The Story of Patience Worth, the Posthumous Author” (longreads.com)*Occult World (occult-world.com)

Episode 76 of the Paranormal Mysteries Podcast:The topic of today’s show focuses on a phenomenon known as channeling which is a form of Mediumship in which a person allows themselves to be taken over by or to receive messages from another personality while in a dissociated state of consciousness or trance. Whereas mediumship is a term most often applied to communication with the dead, channeling is used for interaction with various nonphysical beings, including Angels, nature spirits, totem or guardian spirits, deities, demons, higher intelligences, and extraterrestrials, as well as spirits of the dead.Channeling, like mediumship, has ancient roots. The ancient Egyptians used states of mystical trance to communicate with the gods. In ancient China, shaman-like people used trance states to interact with the spirit world. Channeling is recorded in the history of early India, and in ancient Greece it was used for oracular prophecy. Many spiritual leaders have received their guidance through channeling; examples are the prophets of the Old Testament and Muhammad, who received the teachings of the Koran while in trances and in DREAMS.In the United States, channeling came into vogue in the 1970s when the channeled writings of the entity Seth, speaking through Jane Roberts, became best-selling books. Similar to the rush of popular interest in Spiritualist mediumship that occurred in the 19th century, channelers went into business, some charging exorbitant fees for sittings. Fad interest was over by the end of the 1980s, although the more prominent “channels,” as some individuals prefer to be called, retained their followings.In many respects, today’s topic is a perfect example of this phenomenon, but it would seem that the strange story of Pearl Curran and Patience Worth would bring forward just as many skeptics as it would believers. So much so, that even today it’s regarded as one of the most interesting and controversial cases of channeling in history, but I’ll let you be the judge.Podcast Source:https://www.spreaker.com/show/paranormal-mysteries-podcastContact:Email: paranormalmysteriespodcast@gmail.comWebsite: http://paranormalmysteriespodcast.comSupport The Podcast:Patreon Membership:https://www.patreon.com/join/paranormalmysteries?One-Time Donation:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/paranormalSpecial Thanks to All of Our Wonderful Supporters:Trista, Robin, Marjorie, Clyde, Kathy, Brett, Cassandra, Jan, Sarah F, Skyler, Courtney B, Worsenary, Dave, Kortnie W, Juli, Tiffany, Tom, Stephen, Alysa, Mystica, Carley, Kyriakos, Eunecka, Mary, Andrew, Sarah, Angie, Nick, James S, Molybdenum, Mattie, KA, Collin, James P, Chris, Christy, Buster, Michael, Kim, Amanda, Ivonne, Santiago, Angelo, Jordan, Andrea, Colt, Analyssa, Kasey, Sonia, Kadee, Pam, Christina, Seth, Lisa, Kevin, Breeann, Raymond, Florencia, Katie, Arely, Haze, Stella, Lydia, Shannonlee, Karl, Whitney, T.F., Caleb, Kristin, Jess, Kyle, Valerie, Ashley, Sarah, Ruben, Lara, Kristine, Benjamin, Fenway, Evelyn, Luz, Marjolaine, Olga, Abigail, Kirby, Tia, Lucie, Lesley, Laura, Karen, Someone, Nhimo, Lunico, Aaron, Audrey, LisaSocial Media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paranormalmysteriespodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/paranormalmysteriespodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/ParaMysteryPodSources:* LONGREADS “Ghost Writer: The Story of Patience Worth, the Posthumous Author” (longreads.com)*Occult World (occult-world.com)

Episode 43 S é ances and Ouija Boards: Carol conjures up the afterlife while Holly communicates with the dearly departed. Credits Seances:: Encyclopedia2./Séances ( http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/S%C3%A9ances ) | Mary Todd Lincoln, Spiritualist. Did The First Lady's Supernatural | By Mitch Horowitz ( https://medium.com/s/radical-spirits/mary-todd-lincoln-spiritualist-914078802371 ) | 6 Classic Séance Tricks Explained ( https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87458/6-classic-seance-tricks-explained ) | The Fox Sisters and the Rap on Spiritualism ( https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/ ) | Scary Seance Experience ( https://www.real-ghosts.website/2014/12/scary-seance-experience.html ) | Séances, Spirits & Mediums - Victorians & Spiritualism ( https://www.historyundressed.com/2017/06/seances-spirits-mediums-victorians.html ) | 10 Creepy Stories From Seances That Seemed A Little Too Real ( https://www.ranker.com/list/scary-stories-from-seances/melissa-brinks ) | 10 Famous Séances ( https://listverse.com/2013/09/14/10-famous-seances/ ) Quija Boards: Ouija ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija ) | Exorcism of Roland Doe ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism_of_Roland_Doe ) | Robbie Mannheim's exorcisms: Tale behind 'The Exorcist' ( https://www.history101.com/robbie-mannheims-exorcisms-the-exorcist/ ) | Prison Inmates Get Scared by Ouija Board ( https://www.thebereancall.org/content/prison-inmates-get-scared-ouija-board ) | The Double Murder Trial Where Jurors Consulted A Ouija Board ( https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-08/ouija-board-juror-misbehaviour-murder-trials/9734868 ) | The First Murder By Ouija Board ( https://knowledgenuts.com/2013/07/30/the-first-murder-by-ouija-board/ ) | History of the Talking Board ( https://www.museumoftalkingboards.com/history.html ) | Ouija board madness ( https://equinoxparanormal.tumblr.com/post/66245309149/ouija-board-madness-the-following-article-from ) | Patience Worth ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patience_Worth ) | William Fuld ( https://www.williamfuld.com/ouija_boards_ouija.html. ) | Why Does Hasbro Make Ouija Boards? ( https://vocal.media/horror/why-does-hasbro-make-ouija-boards ) | World's largest Ouija board materializes in Salem ( https://www.cnet.com/news/worlds-largest-ouija-board-materializes-in-salem-massachusetts/ ) | Salem Witch Board Museum – Salem, Massachusetts ( https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/salem-witch-board-museum ) | World’s Largest Ouija Board Unveiled in Salem, Massachusetts ( https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/603961/worlds-largest-ouija-board-unveiled-salem ) Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/fireside-phantoms/donations

Please share a link to this episode in all of your social media to help enlarge our Weirdo family! And please recommend Weird Darkness to your friends, family, and co-workers who love the paranormal, horror stories, or true crime! Thank you!IN THIS EPISODE: How did Pearl Curran, an ordinary St. Louis housewife, become the center of one of the greatest paranormal mysteries of all time? (Patience Worth And The Ouija Board) *** A home in India is grappling with an angry ghost that apparently has chosen to throw potatoes at it. (Terrifying Tater Tosser) *** It began with a blast the power of a nuclear bomb, lights filled the skies, a fireball the size of the moon streaked across the sky. But this wasn’t a UFO or anything paranormal or supernatural. This was all man-made – and it was only the beginning of something much more sinister that was planned. (The Japanese Death Cult’s Plan To Split The World In Two) *** John Hatfield could not stay out of trouble. Probably due to the fact that he kept making up false identifies for himself, and getting into trouble with those identities. His antics were so well known that later, a woman who created a falsehood about herself was accused of being an imposter just like him. We’ll look at both of their strange stories! (The Keswick Imposter, and the Fasting-Woman of Tutbury) *** Long before Sybil and the Three Faces of Eve, there was Doris Fischer and her case is still considered a classic. (Multiple Personality Doris)TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE…Find a full or partial transcript at the bottom of this blog post: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/7192MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE…“Could UFOs Be Tulpas?” episode: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/6522 “H.P. Lovecraft’s ‘Pickman’s Model’” episode: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/7163 “The Humpty-Doo Poltergeist” episode: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/7170 Become a patron: https://WeirdDarkness.com/WEIRDOVisit the Weird Darkness store: https://WeirdDarkness.com/STOREFind all my social media, email and contact info: https://WeirdDarkness.com/CONTACT“Church of the Undead” podcast: http://TheChurchOfTheUndead.comSTORY AND MUSIC CREDITS/SOURCES…(Over time links can and may become invalid, disappear, or have different content.)“Patience Worth and the Ouija Board” by Dr. Romeo Vitelli for Providentia: https://tinyurl.com/yybffe6z and Troy Taylor for American Hauntings: https://tinyurl.com/y3ma4gk5 “Terrifying Tater Tosser” posted at The Shillong Times: https://tinyurl.com/y3gnqhp2 “The Japanese Death Cult’s Plan To Split The World in Two” from Motherboard: https://tinyurl.com/9unt6b9 “The Keswick Imposter and the Fasting-Woman of Tutbury” by Geri Walton: https://tinyurl.com/y3fda3jh, https://tinyurl.com/y4fo7ov7 “Multiple Personality Doris” by Dr. Romeo Vitelli for Providentia: https://tinyurl.com/yxtq5ht6 Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music, varying by episode, provided by Alibi Music, EpidemicSound and/or AudioBlocks with paid license; Shadows Symphony (http://bit.ly/2W6N1xJ), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ), and/or Nicolas Gasparini/Myuu (https://www.youtube.com/user/myuuji) used with permission. 

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Surprise! Here's a fun bonus episode about a few classic murders involving the ouija board, as well as an in-depth look at the mystical writer Pearl Curran – a woman who claimed to write hundreds of novels and poems with the assistance of the ouija board, and the spirit Patience Worth.

Hey guys!  Thanks for checking in and hanging out with us.   This week’s paranormal in the news has ghosts trying to enforce social distancing. Kitsie gives new meaning to the phrase ghost writer.  She tells the tale of Patience Worth and Pearl Curran,  and a Ouija Board confession of sorts. Clayton tells the terrifying story of a haunted painting possibly haunted by the man who painted it with is own blood. Clayton has a friend talk about the amazing paranormal journey he’s been on for most of his life.  And how it ties into an Oddity Files episode you can watch on Amazon Prime.   Be sure to follow us on all Social Media Platforms @oddityfiles on Twitter @oddityfiles on Instagram and www.facebook.com/OddityFiles.  And don't forget that not so secret Facebook group called Oddity Files Fan Group.

Come one, come all, and join Cassie and Anna as they provide odd distraction from the increasing weirdness going on in the world. First, follow Cassie to New York City and she discusses the death house...a strange place filled with the history of 22 deaths and...Mark Twain? Next, Anna discusses a tale of ouija, literature, and possession. Gear up for another adventure into the Land of Odd, and most importantly...stay strange.

An innocent session with a spirit communication board leads to a teenage girl being possessed by multiple demons.  Religious organizations turned their backs as William Dorian searched for allies in a terrible battle for his daughter's soul.  The book, The Holy Water Incident, details the extreme measures the family took to rid their lives of demons straight from hell, and Dorian will  be sharing all the beind the scenes details of his journey on Supernatural Girlz Radio.  Buckle up - this will be o ne wild ride. William Dorian, (Nashville, TN), has been interested in the paranormal for over 40 years.  Together with Eileen Curran, the daughter of the famous medium Pearl Curren, he began channeling the spirit of Patience Worth.

On this episode, Nicolina tells the story of Patience Worth and Pearl Curran - the story a literary ghost that manifests from a Ouija board. Marie tells the story of a well known Ouija board demon and how they terrorized one family. The girls get listener mail from Suffolk, England.

Author of The Holly Water Incident William Dorian joins us to preview his new book.  William was first introduced to the paranormal world when he became friends with Eileen Curren Murphy, the daughter of Pearl Curren, the internationally famous channel for the Patience Worth spirit who wrote best selling and critically acclaimed novels, poetry and short stories via the Ouija board and automatic writing during the first three decades of the 20th century. Dorian and Eileen also contacted Patience during their brief friendship in 1974-75 in New Orleans, Louisiana, through the Ouija board and later Eileen’s automatic writing.       Even after he no longer lived near Eileen, Dorian found he could still communicate with Patience via the Ouija board and continued to do so for 20 years, primarily as something of a parlor trick/party game. Never seeing anything evil or harmful in the practice, he frequently played ‘ouija’ with his daughter, Brittany, after she got to be a teenager.       That, of course, is when ‘all hell broke lose’ and Brittany started contacting negative entities on the Ouija board without her father being present. This eventually led to her possession by demonic entities when she was 15 and several exorcisms and a haunting of their home for 17 years. The haunting finally ended when Renee’ Anderson and her paranormal team ousted the offending spirits in 2017.

On this episode of Esoterica, Sarah talks about the Besom and Q relates the case of Patience Worth. 

Waiting can be a drag or it can be an opportunity for you to grow in faith. The choice is yours.

In this episode, Patrick takes you on a field trip through his paranormal and metaphysical library, plus he leaves you with a whopping list of the 20 Paranormal and Metaphysical Books that are fit for any paranerd! Visit BigSeance.com/126 for more info. Other Android OptionsListen in Spotify Listen in Stitcher Listen in iHeart Radio Direct Download Link   In this episode:  Intro :00 Welcome to my library! :40 Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, the fiction series that started my journey into books and reading! 1:40 The organization of my library. 5:12   My 20 paranormal and metaphysical book recommendations fit for any paranerd! 10:43 Ghosts Among Us: Uncovering the Truth About the Other Side by James Van Praagh 11:57 Life on the Other Side: A Psychic's Tour of the Afterlife by Sylvia Browne 12:40 The Ghost Hunter’s Survival Guide: Protection Techniques for Encounters with the Paranormal by Michelle Belanger 13:35 True Haunting by Edwin F. Becker 15:13 Part 1 and Part 2 of Patrick's interview with Ed Becker The 1971 televised NBC coverage of the Becker family's famous exorcism 15:40 The Becker family's story as featured on Syfy’s Paranormal Witness 16:40 Grave’s End: A True Ghost Story by Elaine Mercado 17:00 House of Spirits and Whispers by Annie Wilder 17:45 Patrick's interview with Annie Wilder  Voices of Eternity by Sarah Wilson Estep (Free PDF Download) 19:58 Association TransCommunication (ATransC) There Is No Death and There Are No Dead by Tom and Lisa Butler 24:30 I’m Still Here by Martha Copeland 26:37 The Big Circle and The Big Circle Videos Know Yourself: A New Technique for Developing Your Psychic and Spiritual Awareness by Patricia Hayes 29:32 Messages: Signs, Visits and Premonitions from Loved Ones Lost on 9/11 by Bonnie McEneaney 30:27 Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism by Barbara Weisberg 33:28 The Patience of Pearl: Spiritualism and Authorship in the Writings of Pearl Curran by Daniel B. Shea 37:19 The Mysterious Story of Patience Worth on The Big Seance Podcast #32 This House Is Haunted: The True Story of the Enfield Poltergeist by Guy Lyon Playfair 38:00 Patrick's interview with Guy Lyon Playfair  The Most Haunted House in England by Harry Price 39:48 The Scole Experiment: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death by Grant and Jane Solomon 40:37 Halloween: An American Holiday, an American History by Lesley Pratt Bannatyne 43:39 Patrick's interview with Lesley Pratt Bannatyne Disconnected from Death: The Evolution of Funerary Customs & the Unmasking of Death in America by Troy Taylor and April Slaughter 47:49 Reunions: Visionary Encounters with Departed Loved Ones by Raymond Moody, M.D. 48:57 Our Unseen Guest - Darby & Joan 49:45 Some of the book recommendations from members of The Big Seance Parlor on Facebook! 50:13 Author Montague Summers Weird Hauntings by Joanne Austin Ghosts Among Us by Leslie Rule When the Ghost Screams by Leslie Rule Coast to Coast Ghosts by Leslie Rule Black Eyed Kids by Melissa George The Light Between Us by Laura Lynn Jackson We Don't Die by Joel Martin and Patricia Romanowski Between Two Worlds by Tyler Henry Spectral Edition by Tim Prasil A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 52:53 Outro 54:42   Record your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! Call the show at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. Visit BigSéance.com for more information. Please help The Big Séance Podcast by subscribing to the show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Google Play Music, and iHeart Radio.

Episode 16 discusses the bizarre case of Pearl Curran, who claimed to have written numerous books, poems, and plays by channeling the spirit of Patience Worth. Join us on Saturday, February 10th as Troy and Cody record a FREE LIVE SHOW at the Dead of Winter conference at Mineral Springs in Alton, IL. Find out more at [AmeircanHauntingsInk.com/WINTER] 11. This episode was written by Troy Taylor and produced and edited by Cody Beck. Find us at AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com. Find Cody on Twitter and Instagram at @CodyBeckSTL and at CodyBeck.com. Find Troy at AmericanHauntings.net or on Facebook at Facebook/AuthorTT. Introduction music was written and recorded by Charlie Brockus at Light House Sounds Studios in Alton, Illinois. Find them at LightHouseSounds.com. Sign up to be notified of new episodes at AmericanHauntingsPodcast.com. Monologue music from: Artist: [Borrtex] 12 Album: [Ability] 13 Song: Determination Album: [Christmas Time] 10 Song: Love and Generousity Album: [Ability] 13 Song: Choice Websites: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Borrtex/Emotion/ https://www.facebook.com/BorrtexOfficial/ https://instagram.com/borrtex License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Sponsors for Episode 16: American Hauntings Ink- Haunted History, Books, Tours & Events since 1993! It's Raining Zen- Alton's only New Age and Metaphysical Shop Best Western Premier Hotel- Host of 2018 Haunted America Tour I Had That Toy- Vintage Toys and Games from the 70's and 80's

Hugh Nibley dijo que es imposible escribir un libro como el Libro de Mormón con una educación como la que el profeta tenía, y, de hecho, él desafió a sus estudiantes universitarios a hacer algo similar, confiado en que nadie siquiera se tomaría la molestia. El problema es que este desafío fue vencido décadas antes de haber sido emitido, y la persona que destruyó ese desafío fue una mujer de la época de José Smith llamada Pearl Curran, cuya vida es sorprendentemente similar a la del profeta. Puede leer el ensayo completo en el blog del podcast cliqueando aquí. Puede apoyar al podcast en nuestro sitio de Patreon, en http://www.patreon.com/PesquisasMormonas

Ohio State University Associate Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Theatre Jennifer Schlueter is a playwright and her latest, Patience Worth, premiered in March in St Louis and will have a two-day run on May 19-20 at Ohio … Continue reading →

Patrick Keller discusses the upcoming Conjuring 2 movie, the Enfield Poltergeist, life in St. Louis in 1875, and the Spiritualist Movement. Plus, Tim Prasil shares the haunting report of a 10-Foot Ghost! Visit BigSeance.com for show notes!  Pssst... Are you looking for the SpeakPipe Link? In this episode:  Episode Preview :00 Intro :32 I wish I would have paid more attention in history class! 1:06 St. Louis Modern Exhibit at the St. Louis Art Museum 1:51 A Walk In 1875 St. Louis Exhibit at the Missouri History Museum 4:02 Where have all the houses gone? 6:51 The Spiritualist Movement in St. Louis 9:48 Pearl Curran, who channeled Patience Worth, wasn’t born yet in 1875. 10:37 What did the Big Séance Parlor look and feel like in 1875? 12:09 My Grandfather’s Clock (1874-1875, recorded 1905) 12:48 Mark your calendars for the LIVE Ouija Session with Karen A. Dahlman on Friday, February 26, at 8pm CST. 15:34 The Conjuring 2 and This House is Haunted: The True Story of the Enfield Poltergeist by Guy Lyon Playfair 17:31 Were Ed and Lorraine Warren really involved in the Enfield Poltergeist? 17:31 A clip from an early investigation of the Enfield Poltergeist 21:05 Another Spectral Edition by Tim Prasil (10-Foot Ghost!) 24:35 Thank you Traycee and Pat, and Lana and John for your support! 28:42 Outro 20:36   Record your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! Call the show at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. Visit BigSéance.com for more information.   Please help The Big Séance Podcast by subscribing, rating, and reviewing the show on iTunes, TuneIn Radio, or Stitcher! 

Call the show (775) 583-5563! Psst… Are you looking for the SpeakPipe link?   The mysterious story of Pearl Curran, who channeled entire books and other works from a spirit known as Patience Worth, and all through the Ouija board. Also, the winner of the Love Never Dies book giveaway!      Visit BigSeance.com for more show notes!   In this episode: Ghostwriter and Ghost: The Strange Case of Pearl Curran & Patience Worth by Ed Simon, from The Public Domain Review 1:18  Two Moms and a Baby from the article Ouija poet Patience Worth: 100 years and many moons later, by Jane Henderson, from the St. Louis Post Dispatch (Shared by permission.) 18:17 I am currently reading The Patience of Pearl: Spiritualism and Authorship in the Writings of Pearl Curran by Daniel B. Shea 21:57 Rebecca Codner is the winner of the Love Never Dies Book Giveaway! Congratulations, Rebecca! Also, thanks to author Jamie Turndorf and Hay House for the book! 22:26 An update on my future episode with Keith Johnson, demonologist and paranormal investigator who was one of the first investigators on the scene at the house where the experiences that inspired The Conjuring movie took place. 24:57 Additional music in this episode:  String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major Op. 51 iii. Romanza by Antonín Dvořák  Mazurka Op. 63 No. 3 by Chopin, performed by Vadim Chaimovich   Record your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! Call the show at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. Visit BigSéance.com for more information.   Please help The Big Séance Podcast by subscribing, rating, and reviewing the show on iTunes or Stitcher! Also, check out BigSéance.com!  

Call the show (775) 583-5563!   My conversation with Ginger Collins-Justus, owner and operator of Missouri History and Hauntings. Ginger shares some odd tales and little known haunted history of the state that I call home. We also chat about some of the historic connections that Missouri has with spiritualism.      Visit BigSeance.com for show notes.   In this episode:  Just before the interview, I give an update on the Third Annual Big Séance Thanksgiving Ouija Séance.    Ginger chats about her latest event at Maevas Coffee House at the historic Milton Schoolhouse in Alton, Illinois. The Milton Schoolhouse was featured on Syfy’s Ghost Hunters a few years back.    Her intuitive gifts and ability to speak with spirits and spirit guides.    Ginger drives a hearse!   Some of Missouri’s history with witchcraft and Voodoo.    Some old Missouri legends and ghost stories.   Early St. Louis and Bloody Island.     Pearl Curran and the fascinating story of Patience Worth.    The Fox sisters and their connection to Missouri.    The tragic love story of Leona Corder and Jesse Wall.    Morbid Mondays   Ginger's upcoming events!   Record your voice feedback directly from your device on my SpeakPipe page! Call the show at (775) 583-5563 (or 7755-TELL-ME). I would love to include your voice feedback in a future show. Visit BigSéance.com for more information.   For More on Ginger Collins-Justus and Missouri History and Hauntings: Missouri History and Hauntings on Facebook MoHistoryHauntings.com Missouri History and Hauntings on Instagram   Thanks, Ginger!   Please help The Big Séance Podcast by subscribing, rating, and reviewing the show on iTunes or Stitcher! Also, check out BigSéance.com!   And now, find Patrick Keller and The Big Séance on Google+!    

In 1913, Pearl Curran, a St. Louis housewife, sat at a Ouija board with her friends when suddenly the planchette went wild under her hands. It said, "Many moons ago I lived. Again I come. Patience Worth my name." And so began the literary career of the long-dead Patience Worth. Pearl transcribed novels, plays, essays, and poetry supposedly composed by Patience, and both became celebrities. Daniel Shea, emeritus professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis, recently wrote a book about the phenomenon, The Patience of Pearl: Spiritualism and Authorship in the Writings of Pearl Curran. In it, he uses modern psychology and the writings themselves to uncover the truth of this ghostly voice.

Our sixth annual ghost story podcast takes a little twist this time around. Oh sure, we have two of New York's most FAMOUS horror stories in our first part, beginning with a spirited sailor named Mickey who haunted a classic structure on the Lower West Side. Today's it's the Ear Inn, where you better watch your drink. Then we switch to a Colonial-era tale of obsession and entrapment in old Flatbush, the tale of Melrose Hall with its secret passages, stairwells and dungeons. But in the second half, we observe New York's spiritualism craze of the early 20th century through two frightening faceoffs. In the first, its the madame of the Ouija board, Pearl Curran, and her ghostly companion Patience Worth vs. one of New York's original ghostbusters, the adventurer and conjurer Joseph Rinn. And in the final tale, Tom explores the secrets of Harry Houdini and what happens when a close confidante -- in this case, the noted author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- believes his powers are of a supernatural variety. Featuring our annual ghost-story dramatics, a few sound effects, and the surprising haunted history of Carnegie Hall. www.boweryboyspodcast.com Support the show.

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