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Dr Karen Attar is the curator of rare books at the Senate House Library in the University of London, and author of new book Books, Readers and Libraries in Fiction.

A mongoose is a mongoose of course, of course. And no one can talk to a mongoose of course, of course. That is, unless, of course you're a thirteen-year-old girl in the Isle of Man. On this episode, Charlie tells the Legends about the strange case of Gef the Talking Mongoose!Late Night Legends is a paranormal podcast and stream which believes Spooky Season should be all year long. Listen every week to learn what paratopic the Legends are getting into.Join our Discord!https://discord.gg/jcEGgpZHqELate Night Legends is for a mature audience and can discuss topics which may not be suitable for all audiences. Please take care of yourself!Sources: Primary Sources:Price, Harry, and R.S. Lambert. The Haunting of Cashen's Gap: A Modern "Miracle" Investigated. London: Methuen & Co., 1936.Irving, James. Unpublished letters and notes regarding Gef (1931-1945). Manx National Heritage Library, Douglas, Isle of Man.Fodor, Nandor. Case files on Gef the Mongoose (1935-1937). Collection of the American Society for Psychical Research, New York.Secondary Sources:Books:Josiffe, Christopher. Gef! The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose. London: Strange Attractor Press, 2017.Price, Harry. Confessions of a Ghost-Hunter. London: Putnam, 1936. (Chapter 12: "The Talking Mongoose")Wilson, Colin. Poltergeists: A History of Violent Ghostly Phenomena. London: Llewellyn Publications, 1981.Journal Articles:"Proceedings of the Talking Mongoose Case." Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 34, no. 642 (December 1937): 121-135.Bartholomew, Robert E. "Mass Delusions and Hysterias: Highlights from the Past Millennium." Skeptical Inquirer 25, no. 3 (2001): 20-25.Newspaper Archives:Isle of Man Times (1931-1945) - Extensive coverage of Gef phenomenonThe Times (London) - Reports on Lambert v. Levita libel case (1936)Daily Express (1935-1937) - Sensationalized accounts of GefAudio/Visual Materials:The Manx Talking Mongoose. BBC Radio 4 Documentary. First broadcast 15 March 2017.Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose. Directed by Adam Sigal. 2023. Feature film dramatization.Unpublished Materials:Dennis, Captain William. Private investigation notes on Gef case (1935-1936). Held in Harry Price Collection, University of London.Irving, Voirrey. Unpublished diary references to Gef (ca. 1931-1945). Current whereabouts unknown.Theses/Dissertations:McKay, Georgina. "Folklore and Forteana in Interwar Britain: The Case of Gef the Talking Mongoose." PhD diss., University of Edinburgh, 2019.Archival Collections:Harry Price Papers. Senate House Library, University of London.Manx Folklore Archive. Manx National Heritage, Douglas.Black Magic by The Amazons, https://lickd.lnk.to/JNcr0sID License ID: P3Vvw8GgqaYBlack Magic by The Amazons, https://lickd.lnk.to/JNcr0sID License ID: P3Vvw8GgqaY

Haunted libraries became famous with Ghostbusters. Our heroes investigate disturbances at the New York Public Library and encounter a ghost that tells them to shush. Surprisingly, this doesn't seem to be so far off the mark if we look at tales of haunted libraries. What stories of ghosts are there from these book-loving spaces of calm? Let's go ghost-hunting at the Lit & Phil in Newcastle, three libraries in Oxford, the Senate House Library, and Raglan Castle in Wales in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore! Find the images and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/haunted-libraries/ Ghosts of Senate House blog - https://ghostsofsenatehouse.blogspot.com/ Fancy dress and Halloween talk - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-guising-to-fancy-dress-the-lore-of-costumes-at-halloween-tickets-723296939617?aff=oddtdtcreator Pre-recorded folklore talks: https://fabulousfolkloreschool.ezycourse.com/all-products?category=1035 Get your free guide to home protection the folklore way here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore/ Become a member of the Fabulous Folklore Family for bonus episodes and articles at https://patreon.com/bePatron?u=2380595 Enjoyed this episode and want to show your appreciation? Buy Icy a coffee to say 'thanks' at: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick Request an episode: https://forms.gle/gqG7xQNLfbMg1mDv7 Get extra snippets of folklore on Instagram at https://instagram.com/icysedgwick 'Like' Fabulous Folklore on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fabulousfolklore/ Find Icy on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/icysedgwick.bsky.social Tweet Icy at https://twitter.com/IcySedgwick

Emma and Christy look at archival photographs from the séances of Mina 'Margery' Crandon (around 1925) and talk slimy protrusions, sex, scientific photography, the testing of mediums, and the science of spiritualism. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE IMAGES WE DISCUSS, as well as complete show notes, references, and suggestions for further reading. IMAGES DISCUSSED: Will Conant, Untitled (Ectoplasmic Hand Emerging from Margery's Navel) (1925) The Belvedere Torso (1st century BC) William Hunter, 'Table 6' in The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus Exhibited in Tables (1774) Baron von Schrenck Notzing, 'Flashlight Photograph [of Eva Carrière]' (1911) in Phenomena of Materialisation (1913) Will Conant, Untitled (Ectoplasmic Hand Emerging from Margery's Navel and Resting on Eric Dingwall's Hand) (1925) [Photographer unknown], Untitled (Margery in a Trance During a Séance) (c. 1925) Carolee Schneemann, Interior Scroll (1975) [Photographer unknown], Untitled (Margery Under Control: Neck Secured with Steel Wire) (c. 1925) Annie Louisa Swynnerton, Cupid and Psyche (1890) [Photographer unknown], Untitled (Walter Putting Ectoplasmic Sample into Test Tubes) (1924) [Photographer unknown], Untitled (Walter's Hand Emerges from Margery and is Fingerprinted in Wax) (1925) (The archival photographs of Margery belong to the Harry Price Archives at Senate House Library, and the Society for Psychical Research, London.) CREDITS: ‘Drawing Blood' was made possible with funding from the Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network. Follow our Twitter @drawingblood_ Audio postproduction by Sias Merkling ‘Drawing Blood' cover art © Emma Merkling All audio and content © Emma Merkling and Christy Slobogin Intro music: ‘There Will Be Blood' by Kim Petras, © BunHead Records 2019. We're still trying to get hold of permissions for this song – Kim Petras text us back!!

The Media of Mediumship project is running jointly at the University of Stirling and the Science Museum Group. The project team comprises Principal Investigator Professor Christine Ferguson, Co-Investigator Dr Efram Sera-Shriar and Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Emma Merkling. In this very spooky episode, Christine, Efram and Emma tell us how from the late-19th Century on, novel technologies of the period - including photographic cameras, radio transmitters and devices for producing and recording different types of electromagnetic radiation such as X-rays - were used to explore what we now think of as the 'supernatural'. The team show that during this period, phenonema such as the ability of a medium to channel the spirits of the dead, or the physical manifestations of this ability such as the production of ectoplasm, were open to scientific debate, having not yet fallen outside the boundaries of legitimate scientific study. Similarly, what phenomena it was possible for novel technologies such as radio and photography to record or capture was not yet settled. Spiritualists, occultists, scientists, as well as magicians and outright con-artists (with more than one of these labels often applying to the same individual) used these novel technologies variously to evidence or debunk various claims, draw boundaries between legitimate and illegitimate scientific and spiritualist or occult practises, whilst also satisfying a Victorian public for whom attending a séance, for example, was a popular form of entertainment. The team discuss this fascinating history with reference to some of the technological artefacts and other objects of the period, which are held by the Science Museum Group and Senate House Library, and which were implicated in some of the most high-profile contemporary controversies e.g. the Cottingley fairies.

Charles Dickens and EcoCities: Alex Fitch talks to architects, curators and practitioners who promote architecture in wider culture. This month: exhibition designer Rebecca Simpson discusses the creation of ‘Childhood in Dickensian London’ at Senate House Library, the process of chosing images for display and collaborating with curators. Also, architect C.J. Lim talks about his visual […]

Audio from Session 4: Connecting with Different Partners in Society, held Wednesday 26 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference. Talks included: 4.1 Beyond Assisting Digital Humanities Scholars: 5 Years of Researchers in Residence at the National Library of The Netherlands, Martijn Kleppe, Lotte Wilms and Steven Claeyssens, National Library of The Netherlands, The Netherlands 4.2 Students with Autism as Research Partners: Responding to Real World Trends in Society, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Siobhan Dunne, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 4.3 Beyond the Usual Suspects: Building a 21st Century Reading Community in Scotland, Ines Byrne, National Library of Scotland, United Kingdom Lightning talk: Dementia and Memory Institutions, Nick Barratt, Senate House Library, United Kingdom Chair: Émilie Barthet, University Jean Moulin Libraries Services, Lyon, France

Senate House Library Thinking Inside the Boxes: An Exploration of Senate House Library's Political Pamphlets Collection | 1 Welcome and Introduction Maria Castrillo (Head of Special Collections & Engagement) The archival researcher as detec...

Senate House Library Thinking Inside the Boxes: An Exploration of Senate House Library's Political Pamphlets Collection | 1 Welcome and Introduction Maria Castrillo (Head of Special Collections & Engagement) The archival researcher as detec...

Senate House Library Thinking Inside the Boxes: An Exploration of Senate House Library's Political Pamphlets Collection | 2 Cajas con historias pendientes: algunas hipótesis sobre un tiempo de utopía y muerte / Boxes with unfinished stories: so...

Senate House Library Thinking Inside the Boxes: An Exploration of Senate House Library's Political Pamphlets Collection | 2 Cajas con historias pendientes: algunas hipótesis sobre un tiempo de utopía y muerte / Boxes with unfinished stories: so...

Senate House Library Thinking Inside the Boxes: An Exploration of Senate House Library's Political Pamphlets Collection | 3 Authoritarianism and resistance in Mexico, 1968-2000: a view from the pamphlets Thomas Rath Brazil and international h...

Senate House Library Thinking Inside the Boxes: An Exploration of Senate House Library's Political Pamphlets Collection | 3 Authoritarianism and resistance in Mexico, 1968-2000: a view from the pamphlets Thomas Rath Brazil and international h...

Senate House Library A purported cast of Shakespeare's funerary monument Richard Espley | Head of Collections, Senate House Library Follow: @senatehouselib

Senate House Library Fragments of Egyptian mummy wrappings Richard Espley | Head of Modern Collections, Senate House Library Follow: @senatehouselib

Senate House Library 4 eighteenth century tally sticks Nick Barratt | Associate Director of Collections and Engagement, Senate House Library Follow: @senatehouselib

Senate House Library An 1840 examination box from the University of London Charles Harrowell | Special Collections Administrator, Senate House Library Follow: @senatehouselib

Senate House Library Transformations of Scrooge Colin Homiski (Senate House Library) Michael Slater, MBE, Emeritus Professor of Victorian Literature (Birkbeck, University of London) Illuminations Series

Senate House Library Transformations of Scrooge Colin Homiski (Senate House Library) Michael Slater, MBE, Emeritus Professor of Victorian Literature (Birkbeck, University of London) Illuminations Series

Senate House Library Vocal Constructivists Concert Colin Homiski (Senate House Library) Jane Alden (Trinity College Dublin | Director of the Vocal Constructivists)

Senate House Library Vocal Constructivists Concert Colin Homiski (Senate House Library) Jane Alden (Trinity College Dublin | Director of the Vocal Constructivists)

Senate House Library Passage: A symposium on writing about walking in London, 1500-1900 Walking to Work: George Gissing and Charles Booth on the streets of London Richard Dennis Supported by the Centre for Metropolitan History at the Instit...

Senate House Library Passage: A symposium on writing about walking in London, 1500-1900 Walking to Work: George Gissing and Charles Booth on the streets of London Richard Dennis Supported by the Centre for Metropolitan History at the Instit...

Institute of Historical Research Collection and Concealment: Archiving the Transgressive at Senate House Library, University of London Dr Richard Espley (Senate House Library, University of London) Archives and Society seminar series

Institute of English Studies A KEY DOCUMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE SHAKESPEARE AUTHORSHIP CONTROVERSY: A Research Symposium upon the Cowell Manuscript in the Durning-Lawrence Library, Senate House Library. Sponsored by: The Institute of English Stud...

Institute of English Studies A KEY DOCUMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE SHAKESPEARE AUTHORSHIP CONTROVERSY: A Research Symposium upon the Cowell Manuscript in the Durning-Lawrence Library, Senate House Library. Sponsored by: The Institute of English Stud...

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