Podcasts about victorian spiritualism

Today we take a peek at the interesting life of author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the man who invented the world's most famous and influential literary detective, Sherlock Holmes. However, Doyle was never really that interested in the fictional creation that made him famous. He was very interested, though, in spiritualism, and took part in hundreds of seances and wrote dozens of books, pamphlets, and newspaper articles attesting to a belief he saw as indisputable fact: that the dead surround us and we can speak with them. For Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, head to: https://www.badmagicproductions.com 

  Dr. Olivia Cacchione, a musicologist, sat with Patrick in the parlor to discuss her current work and study of music and sound in Victorian seances. Olivia also shared about years of uncomfortable out-of-body experiences and hearing voices that led to her being diagnosed with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Plus skepticism, haunted listening, enchantment, possibility vs. disbelief, Victorians and the accordion, the channeled music of Rosemary Brown, and asking the question, “How does music haunt us?” Visit BigSeance.com/257 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Intro :00 Dr. Olivia Cacchione studies the sounds of ghosts and hauntings throughout history. She's a musicologist who earned her PhD at Northwestern University and received a Mellon Fellowship to conduct her extensive archival research across England and America. She is currently working on a book that highlights the role of music and sound in Victorian seances. Olivia's dissertation examined the cultural history of hearing, questioning how music haunts us, with an emphasis on the lived experience of the Victorian-era spiritualist séance. She covered Daniel Dunglas Home's accordion, the Davenport Brothers' musical cabinet, and lesser known mediums like Jennie Lord, who practically invented the musical seance. And Olivia wants you to know that she has a cat who is proudly named Madame Blavatsky. You can learn more about Olivia Cacchione and her work by visiting welcometotheseance.com. :45 What is a musicologist? 2:02 From harp performance to a PhD in musicology. 3:44 Patrick once again nerds out about the theremin. 6:12 More on where this interest in Victorian Spiritualism came from, and the pushback from her colleagues regarding her chosen area of study. 7:32 Hearing Voices. “When I was 15, I began ‘hearing things.' It took me ten years to receive a diagnosis of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.” 10:51 Olivia's voices and out-of-body experiences. Are they paranormal? Or are they just symptoms of her diagnosis? 15:24 Enchantment. 16:45 “[The episodes were] very dark and quite scary, actually.” 18:05 Possibility vs Disbelief. 19:03 Victorian Spiritualists and Seances. For Victorians, it was really dark at night! 21:49 Haunted Listening. 27:56 Patrick reminisces about experiences years ago with his “rapper” from doing EVP research and experiments. 29:28 “How does music haunt us? What does it mean to be haunted, mesmerized, enchanted, or spellbound by a work?” 32:24 Check out Jerry Goldsmith's score for the 1985 film, The Explorers. 35:40 “[Victorians] simply had a different relationship with music.” 39:09 Music as a trigger. 41:11 Victorians and the accordion. 42:47 Residual music from the Bird Cage Theatre. 43:57 A Musical Seance featuring Rosemary Brown, who claimed to channel music from the great composers. 46:01 Alfred Russel Wallace. 48:28 “Before I was diagnosed, I absolutely thought, 'Maybe I'm psychic.' I wanted to lean in that direction with it.” 50:07 “People hear what I'm studying and they immediately want to tell me their own ghost stories. And you realize just how many people have ghost stories, and I love hearing them.” 51:12 Olivia's final thoughts. 54:40 Outro 56:27   Resources welcometotheseance.com     The Big Seance Podcast can be found right here, on Apple 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! 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!  

Elyse & Leandra welcome Steele Alexandra Douris to the Magick Kitchen to dive deep into the Victorian spiritualist movement, a foremother of witchcraft. We talk seances, ectoplasm, crystal balls, pre-Raphelite art and the medievalist movement, and how witches today can be inspired and informed about our history. Learn more about Steele at @steelearcana on Instagram. Connect with Leandra and Elyse in the Magick Kitchen Pantry: a free and paid community where you're invited to a library of Table Talk bonus episodes with us! Join through either of our private communities: The Rebel Mystic by Leandra Witchwood and Magickal Living with Elyse Welles. Follow Elyse @seekingnumina on Instagram and Facebook, and sign up for her newsletter, book a tarot reading, shop self-paced courses, read her articles, and view her tours and retreats to Greece at seekingnumina.com. Follow Leandra @leandrawitchwood on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok and find her blog and books at leandrawitchwood.com.Leave us a voicemail for a chance to be featured on an upcoming episode! https://www.speakpipe.com/TheMagickKitchenPodcast

Description This week Author Robin Herne returns to Fika with Vicky. Druid, Poet, Storyteller, and don't forget…Dog Owner, I'm so glad Robin could find a time to visit us live! Today we'll be looking into his works Pantheon: The Egyptians and A Dangerous Place. And if you still have questions from The Magic of Wolves and Bard Song feel free to ask them. Wise and witty, Robin does not disappoint. About Pantheon: The Egyptians - Pantheon - The Egyptians is aimed at the person who has an interest in the beliefs and rituals of Ancient Egypt but has yet to put ideas into practice. With enough detail to also appeal to the more experienced practitioner, Robin Herne's new book interweaves history with theology, philosophy, ethics, and mysticism, with some practical advice on how to engage with the deities and spirits of the ancient land. Part of a new Pantheon series from Moon Books. About A Dangerous Place - Magic and murder meet in Suffolk, with short stories exploring the spirit of place, and the dark side of belief. A Dangerous Place is an anthology of crime stories all set in the same place, but spread out over the course of two thousand years. Each crime is set against the backdrop of changing religious and magical/mystical beliefs, such as Iron-Age Druidry, Anglo-Saxon Heathenry, Victorian Spiritualism, & modern neo-paganism, and interweaves old-fashioned detection with mysticism and criminal Psychology. About Robin: “Robin Herne is a storyteller, poet, artist, dog-owner and Druid. He has written numerous articles for Pagan magazines (such as Pagan Dawn, Many Gods-Many Voices, & Dragonswood), Interfaith books (Pagan Pieces), and had poems included in the work of other authors (Galina Krasskova's 'Full Fathom Five'). He has also contributed crime fiction to anthologies, appeared in television documentaries, and has been a regular broadcaster with BBC Radio Suffolk. He regularly speaks at Interfaith seminars, Pagan conventions, and other events as both a lecturer and a storyteller. He currently lives in Suffolk, England with a demanding malamute and is a founder member of both the Druid group Clan Ogma and the Ipswich Pagan Council. He is also proud to be the first winner of the title Chief Bard of the Fens!” , 2255/5000 Thumbnail Select or upload a picture that represents your stream. A good thumbnail stands out and draws viewers' attention. Learn more Playlists Add your stream to one or more playlists to organize your content for viewers. Learn more

Description This week Author Robin Herne returns to Fika with Vicky. Druid, Poet, Storyteller, and don't forget…Dog Owner, I'm so glad Robin could find a time to visit us live! Today we'll be looking into his works Pantheon: The Egyptians and A Dangerous Place. And if you still have questions from The Magic of Wolves and Bard Song feel free to ask them. Wise and witty, Robin does not disappoint. About Pantheon: The Egyptians - Pantheon - The Egyptians is aimed at the person who has an interest in the beliefs and rituals of Ancient Egypt but has yet to put ideas into practice. With enough detail to also appeal to the more experienced practitioner, Robin Herne's new book interweaves history with theology, philosophy, ethics, and mysticism, with some practical advice on how to engage with the deities and spirits of the ancient land. Part of a new Pantheon series from Moon Books. About A Dangerous Place - Magic and murder meet in Suffolk, with short stories exploring the spirit of place, and the dark side of belief. A Dangerous Place is an anthology of crime stories all set in the same place, but spread out over the course of two thousand years. Each crime is set against the backdrop of changing religious and magical/mystical beliefs, such as Iron-Age Druidry, Anglo-Saxon Heathenry, Victorian Spiritualism, & modern neo-paganism, and interweaves old-fashioned detection with mysticism and criminal Psychology. About Robin: “Robin Herne is a storyteller, poet, artist, dog-owner and Druid. He has written numerous articles for Pagan magazines (such as Pagan Dawn, Many Gods-Many Voices, & Dragonswood), Interfaith books (Pagan Pieces), and had poems included in the work of other authors (Galina Krasskova's 'Full Fathom Five'). He has also contributed crime fiction to anthologies, appeared in television documentaries, and has been a regular broadcaster with BBC Radio Suffolk. He regularly speaks at Interfaith seminars, Pagan conventions, and other events as both a lecturer and a storyteller. He currently lives in Suffolk, England with a demanding malamute and is a founder member of both the Druid group Clan Ogma and the Ipswich Pagan Council. He is also proud to be the first winner of the title Chief Bard of the Fens!” , 2255/5000 Thumbnail Select or upload a picture that represents your stream. A good thumbnail stands out and draws viewers' attention. Learn more Playlists Add your stream to one or more playlists to organize your content for viewers. Learn more

Subconscious Realms Episode 256 - The Spiritualist Movement PT1 - 7 Degrees Of Wisdom - Megan. Ladies & Gentlemen, on this Episode of Subconscious Realms we welcome the Host & Creator of; 7 Degrees of Wisdom, Megan, to discuss The Spiritualist Movement. In PT1 Megan delivers a truly Fascinating perspective & set's things up nicely for PT2....

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  Step into the Victorian era with an author and Victorianist, Steele Alexandra Douris. Steele specializes in Victorian crime, gothic fiction, and Spiritualism, and is the author of Spirits, Seers & Séances: Victorian Spiritualism, Magic & the Supernatural. In this episode you'll discover the hidden gems of 19th-century newspapers, periodicals, and the women's magazines that helped to shape the Spiritualist community. Need a response to someone worried about the dangers of practicing any form of spirit communication? Try a timeless quote from prominent Spiritualist, W.T. Stead. Are you ready to try something new at your next party? Plan a Tableaux Vivant, the fascinating and long-lost Victorian party activity! You know that old curio “curiosity” cabinet in the corner? You can thank the Victorians for that. And criminal investigation, detective fiction, and psychometry? You can thank the Victorians for that too! Visit BigSeance.com/243 for more info. Other Listening Options Direct Download Link   In this episode: Intro :00 Steele Alexandra Douris is an author, artist, and Victorianist, specializing in Victorian crime, gothic fiction, and spiritualism. She is a PhD candidate in the English department at Stanford University, where she has taught courses on Victorian spiritualism, ghost stories, and the gothic novel. She holds an MA in English from Stanford University and a BA in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin. As an undergraduate, Steele observed the social behavior of lemurs, wielded a trowel as part of a central Texas archaeological dig, and learned to identify primate fossils and human bones. As a graduate student, she disappeared into the archives of Victorian Britain, and now emerges only periodically to collect new tarot decks, hunt for fossils, and hoard art supplies. Steele splits her time between foggy NorCal and sunny South Texas, towing her mountain of journals and sketchbooks with her wherever she goes. You can learn more about Steele by visiting SteeleAlexandraDouris.com :50 Steele's book is Spirits, Seers & Séances: Victorian Spiritualism, Magic & the Supernatural. 2:36 What is a “Victorianist?” Plus Steele's academic passions. 3:26 A passion for archaeology, art, and literature. 5:01 What did the newspapers have to say about it? “I work a lot in newspapers… 19th century newspapers, 19th century periodicals and early 20th century women's magazines.” 6:38 In her research into Spiritualism, Steele was amazed by how many Spiritualist magazines, newspapers, and periodicals there were at the time, like The Medium and Daybreak. “The material really just gave me a glimpse into the entire engine of the Spiritualist community beyond just what I had pictured at the beginning.” 7:38 Steele includes really great “try it yourself” exercises at the end of each chapter! Examples include instructions for holding a traditional spirit circle, sitting for a solitary seance, meditating like Dr. Mesmer, automatic writing/automatic art, channeling blindfolded, sitting for a psychic portrait, practicing psychometry, channeling your inner folklorist, exploring your own shadow/reading a gothic tale, scrying, making a Halloween card, or holding a Christmas seance! 8:55 Patrick discusses some of the really cool fall issues of The Delineator, an American women's magazine of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 10:51 Tableaux Vivant, a fascinating, long-lost Victorian party activity. 12:02 “It's hard to move in many modern occult circles without tripping over the Victorians. And yet, somehow, in the process of becoming ubiquitous, the Victorians have also become invisible.” 16:16 Patrick on one of his “a-ha” moments from the book: “Some of us dream of putting away our modern tools and technology to pretend we're Victorian. But in reality, Victorians were all about becoming modern, with the huge advances in technology that was happening at the time.” 16:16 What economic class of Victorians are we usually imagining? 21:12 Need a timeless response to someone worried about the dangers of using the Ouija Board or practicing any form of spirit communication? Try this great mid-1890s quote from prominent Spiritualist W.T. Stead, which he claims was channeled by his spirit guide, Julia. 22:28 Victorian personal ads! 26:06 The unique Victorian practice of Psychometry 27:59 Criminal investigation, detective fiction, ballistics, fingerprint analysis, criminal psychology, profiling, and paranormal investigation! 32:23 Curiosity “curio” cabinets, curiosity shops, and specimen cabinets. 33:30 The Worlds Fair Expositions 35:28 Christmas lore and the legends of bells underground and under water. 36:52 The Victorian activities that Steele incorporates into her daily life! 41:50 Final thoughts from Steele 47:13 Outro 48:43 A special THANK YOU to Patreon supporters at the Super Paranerd and Parlor Guest level! 50:03   For more on Steele Alexandra Douris SteeleAlexandraDouris.com Spirits, Seers & Séances: Victorian Spiritualism, Magic & the Supernatural (Amazon) Facebook: @steelearcana Instagram: @steelearcana     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!    

Who were the Victorians, why were they so fascinated with the paranormal, and how are they continuing to influence our notions of the unexplained? Séances, paranormal investigations, fortune telling, and other spiritualist practices helped define the Victorian era and continue to shape our world today. In the time of Jack the Ripper, A Christmas Carol, Dracula, and Edgar Allan Poe, spiritualism and the supernatural were cultural touchpoints. In the book Spirits, Seers & Séances: Victorian Spiritualism, Magic, & the Supernatural, author Steele Alexandra Douris explores how Victorians, and spiritualists have left such a profound impact on both the past and present — and how belief in ghosts, fairies, and nature spirits shaped our celebrations for All Hallows' Eve and Christmas More about the Author: Steele Alexandra Douris is an author, artist, and Victorianist, specializing in Victorian spiritualism, crime fiction, and the gothic novel. She is a PhD candidate in the English department at Stanford University, where she has taught courses on 19th century spiritualism and ghost stories. She holds an MA in English from Stanford University and a BA in anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin. _______________________________________________________________ Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast with Aaron Sagers is a weekly paranormal pop culture show featuring celebrity and author interviews, with a weekly "Small Talk" mini-sode with reader submitted letters and spooky tales. Sagers is a paranormal journalist and researcher who appears as host of 28 Days Haunted on Netflix, and on Paranormal Caught On Camera on Travel Channel/Discovery+, and Talking Strange is part of the Den of Geek Network. If you like Talking Strange, please subscribe, leave a nice review, and share with your friends. The Talking Strange Paranormal Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you check out spooky content. For more paranormal pop culture, head to Den of Geek, and follow @TalkStrangePod on Twitter. Email us with episode ideas, and guest suggestions, or for a chance to have your letter read on a future episode: TalkingStrange@DenOfGeek.com Follow Host Aaron Sagers: Twitter.com/aaronsagers Instagram.com/aaronsagers Facebook.com/AaronSagersPage tiktok.com/@aaronsagers Patreon.com/aaronsagers (For Q&As, livestreams, cocktail classes, and movie watches) Until Next Time: Be Kind. Stay Spooky. Keep It Weird. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steele Alexandra Douris, author and Victorianist, specializing in Victorian Spiritualism, crime fiction, and the gothic novel joins us for a fascinating look into this era. How many people view the paranormal today stems from the Spiritualist movement of the 19th century. Seances, mediums, and paranormal investigation were all born during this time. Steele's new book, "Spirits, Seers & Seances: Victorian Spiritualism, Magic & the Supernatural" is the perfect introduction to this time. Available wherever books are sold! Steele is also a Ph.D. candidate in the English department at Stanford University, where she has taught courses on 19th-century spiritualism and ghost stories. She holds an MA in English from Stanford University and a BA in anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin.

In this episode, I sit down with Steele Alexandra Douris to talk all about Victorian Spiritualism! Join us for this fun chat! Music is from Epidemic Sound.   Books mentioned in the episode:  *Some links below are affiliated links and help me continue producing content.*   Spirits, Seers, & Seances by Steele Alexandra Douris Amazon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3tWuPNO More on Steele: Steele Alexandra Douris is an author, artist, and Victorianist, specializing in Victorian crime, gothic fiction, and spiritualism. She is a PhD candidate in the English department at Stanford University, where she has taught courses on Victorian spiritualism, ghost stories, and the gothic novel. She holds an MA in English from Stanford University and a BA in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin. As an undergraduate, Steele observed the social behavior of lemurs, wielded a trowel as part of a central Texas archaeological dig, and learned to identify primate fossils and human bones. As a graduate student, she disappeared into the archives of Victorian Britain, and now emerges only periodically to collect new tarot decks, hunt for fossils, and horde art supplies. Steele splits her time between foggy NorCal and sunny South Texas, towing her mountain of journals and sketchbooks with her wherever she goes. https://linktr.ee/steelealexandradouris Thank you to my subscribers!   Want to support the growth of Pagan's Witchy Corner? Become a Subscriber! Subscribers get access to bonus episodes only for them! Subscribe today at one of the links below!  ⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/witchycornerproductions⁠⁠⁠ If you would prefer to listen to it in video format, you can listen to it here: ⁠⁠⁠https://youtu.be/zXNycx-s350⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to Pagan's Reading Nook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pagansreadingnook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more homesteading articles, recipes, reviews, meditations, podcast episodes, and store:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.witchycornerproductions.com⁠⁠⁠ Join the Discord:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/9jRs5SgvQa ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow me on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/witchycornerproductions --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paganswitchycorner/support

Madame Blavatsky is no longer a household name, but her ideas changed the course of history. A central figure in Victorian Spiritualism, she is credited with starting the New Age movement. She influenced everyone from Aldous Huxley and H.P. Lovecraft to Aleister Crowley and David Bowie. Even Dungeons & Dragons borrows from Blavatsky. Although her “miracles” were debunked in her lifetime, her ideas were far from harmless—her theories about race heavily influenced the Nazis and may have led to the Holocaust. This week, Jess talks to author and horror expert Sian Ingham about the difficult legacy of Madame Blavatsky. Sian's books include The Age of Miracles: Essays on the Collapse of History, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated We Don't Go Back: A Watcher's Guide to Folk Horror.

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Originally posted as Episode 11 on July 19, 2018.  It's all about spiritualism on this week's episode as Amanda and Sarah discuss two women associated with the movement. Sarah channels an unusual story about famed spiritualist medium Florence Cook and her "spirit control," Katie King, who was said to be the deceased daughter of a Welsh pirate. Amanda gives a creepy history lesson on the tragic life of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln and her shifty spirit minister Charles J. Colchester. Other subjects covered include big ol' Instagram daddies, donkey facts, and the joy of pretending to be drunk. Sources: "Spirited Sexuality: Sex, Marriage, and Victorian Spiritualism" by Marlene Tromp for Victorian Literature and Culture "Victorian Women and the Theatre of Trance: Mediums, Spiritualists, and Mesmerists in Performance" by Amy Lehman MysteriousPeople.com (lol): Katie King Smithsonian Magazine ("The Spiritualist Who Warned Lincoln Was Also Booth's Drinking Buddy") Wikipedia: Mary Todd Lincoln Recommendations: Sarah recommends you read "Affinity" by Sarah Waters. Amanda recommends you read "Assassination Vacation" by Sarah Vowell and "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith (the latter only kinda). For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Twitter and Instagram. 

Leanna Renee Hieber is an actress, playwright, ghost tour guide and the award-winning, bestselling author of over fourteen Gothic, Gaslamp Fantasy, Supernatural Suspense and Non-Fiction books for adults and teens with publishers such as Tor, Sourcebooks and Kensington Books. A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts, co-authored with Andrea Janes, is a 2022 Bram Stoker Award finalist for "Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction". The book explores the intersection of women's history and ghost stories.Her Strangely Beautiful saga, beginning with The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, hit Barnes & Noble and Borders Bestseller lists and garnered numerous regional genre awards. Tor Books notes Strangely Beautiful as a "foundational text of Gaslamp Fantasy" and new, revised editions are now available via Tor. Darker Still hit American Bookseller's Association's "Indie Next List", was a Scholastic Book Club "Highly Recommended" title and a Daphne du Maurier award finalist.The Spectral City was a # 1 bestseller across several genres and digital platforms. A 4-time Prism Award winner for excellence in the genre of Fantasy Romance, Leanna's short stories have been featured in notable anthologies and her books have been selected for national book club editions as well as translated into many languages. She lectures on Gothic fiction and ghostly themes for prominent institutions such as New York University, Miami University and at conventions, libraries and conferences around the country.A proud member of Actors Equity and SAG-AFTRA, Mystery Writers of America, SFWA, Historical Novel Society, International Thriller Writers and The Dramatists Guild, she lives in New York where she is a licensed NYC tour guide working with Boroughs of the Dead and has been featured on television in Mysteries at the Museum and Beyond the Unknown, discussing Victorian Spiritualism. She tours a one-woman show as 19th century designer Clara Driscoll and is represented by Sara Megibow and Chelsea Hensley of the KT Literary Agency. She tweets often @leannareneeSRTN Website

In this special spooky episode, Ellie and Carrie discuss the cultural logic of hauntings in both American history and their own lives. They grapple with childhood notions of their late father's ghost, something Carrie feared and Ellie denied. Understanding hauntings as living loss, they bring in the work of historian Tiya Miles, whose book Tales from the Haunted South offers ghost stories as potentially radical works of historiography that often deal with narratives left out of the official record. But such narratives are also taken less seriously because they are ghost stories. For Miles, the Native American ghost and the enslaved ghost play twin roles interrogating trauma in the American gothic. Ellie offers a brief history and social explanation of the Salem witch trials, undergirded by patriarchal prescriptions and the anxieties of Puritan predestination. Meanwhile, how have misogynistic conceptions of women as vessels prone to hysteria colored female possession narratives from Dido to Bertha Mason to Regan MacNeil (a.k.a. the Exorcist girl, who's chained to a bed while the Devil makes her say "Fuck me! Fuck me!")? During the Victorian era, women spiritualists used such stereotypes to their advantage, finding their own voices while speaking for the undead. Other topics include the role of inherited trauma in the most powerful horror stories (see the Graham family in Ari Aster's Hereditary), queerness and ghosts (see Dani in The Haunting of Bly Manner), and the relationship between 19th-century spiritualism and technology, especially when it came to the new medium of photography. In addition to Miles, books referenced are Judith Richardson's Possessions: The History and Uses of Haunting in the Hudson Valley, Renée L. Bergland's The National Uncanny, Sacvan Bercovitch's The American Jeremiad, and, of course, Susan Sontag's On Photography and Regarding the Pain of Others. Articles are “Most witches are women, because witch hunts were all about persecuting the powerless” by Bridget Marshall for The Conversation (2019), “Why Did So Many Victorians Try to Speak with the Dead” by Casey Cep for the New Yorker (2021), and “What Ghost Stories Taught Me About My Queer Self” by Nell Stevens for the New Yorker (2022).

Since the dawn of civilization, humans have longed to continue to connect with loved ones who have passed on. In the 19th century, the wildly popular religious movement Spiritualism was created as "proof" that mortals here on earth could connect with those who have crossed over to the other side. https://nsac.org (National Spiritualist Association of Churches) https://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/the-automatic-hand-spiritualism-psychoanalysis-and-surrealism/ ("The Automatic Hand: Spiritualism, Psychoanalysis, and Surrealism" by Rachel Leah Thompson An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture ISSUE 33: (WINTER 2021)) https://www.whitehousehistory.org/seances-in-the-red-room ("Seances in the Red Room" White House Historical Association) https://exploringupstate.com/hydesville-memorial-park-and-the-fox-sisters-newark-ny/ (Hydesville Memorial Park and the Fox Sisters - Newark, NY - Exploring Upstate) https://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/44539462.pdf (News from the Spirit World: A Checklist of American Spiritualist Periodicals By ANNBRAUD E) https://www.getty.edu/news/the-man-who-photographed-ghosts/ ("A Supernatural Scammer In Getty's Collection" By Sarah Waldorf) https://www.britannica.com/topic/spiritualism-religion (Spiritualism | Britannica) https://victorianweb.org/victorian/religion/spirit.html (Victorian Spiritualism. Dr Andrzej Diniejko, D. Litt.; Contributing Editor, Poland The Victorian Web) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2010.01515.x ("The Rise of 19th-Century American Spiritualism, 1854–1873" by David K. Nartonis, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion ) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/31/why-did-so-many-victorians-try-to-speak-with-the-dead ("Why Did So Many Victorians Try to Speak with the Dead?" | The New Yorker) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/ ("The Fox Sisters and the Rap on Spiritualism." by Karen Abbott, Smithsonian Magazine) Follow us on IG: @themorbidmuseum Email us at themorbidmuseum@gmail.com Artwork: Brittany Schall Music: "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Kevin MacLeod 2022 All Rights Reserved

Join Kat with a hot cup of potion for a cozy little gossip session about Victorian Spiritualism! Girl power? Exploitative? Let's talk it out. Support your local creepy chicks! Our theme song is "Possibly haunted" By C. Steve Stallings. Follow us on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | OR email us at possiblyhauntedpodcast.gmail.com

As a follow-up to my previous episode, in which I briefly explained the basis for Victorian-Era Spiritualism before discussing the rise and fall of the Fox Sisters, I examine conditions in 19th century British and American society that I believe help to explain why Spiritualism appealed to so many individuals of all social classes during this period. ***** References: Bond, Charlotte. “How Spiritualism Gave Victorian Women a Voice.” https://www.thevintagenews.com/2021/06/16/spiritualism-gave-victorian-women-voice/ Diniejko, Andrzej. “Victorian Spiritualism.” https://www.victorianweb.org/religion/spirit.html Doyle, Arthur Conan. “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Adventure 3, A Case of Identity.” https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/32/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes/347/adventure-3-a-case-of-identity/ Highland, Maria. “Victorian Spiritualism and Seances.” https://reframingthevictorians.blogspot.com/2014/03/victorian-spiritualism-and-seances_12.html Sedlak-Hevener, Amanda. “Odd Details about Victorian Era Spiritualism.” https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-victorian-era-spiritualism-and-the-occult/amandasedlakhevener “Supernatural Victorian Era.” http://victorian-era.org/supernatural-victorian-era.html#:~:text=Supernatural%20Victorian%20Era%20The%20Victorian%20era%20marked%20the,beliefs.%20England%20witnessed%20some%20sort%20of%20a%20contradiction. “Victorian Spiritualism and Spiritualists.” http://victorian-era.org/victorian-spiritualism-spiritualists.html ***** Email: thevictorianvarietyshow@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/victorianvarie1 If you'd like to support the show financially, you can do so here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/marisadf13 I'd greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to rate and review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, as that will help this podcast reach more listeners! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marisa-d96/message

In the first episode of a 2-part series on Victorian-Era Spiritualism, I will briefly describe what inspired this movement and its core beliefs, then focus on Maggie and Kate Fox, who are credited by many with helping to put the beliefs of Spiritualism into practice in Hydesville, New York, in 1848. ***** Email: thevictorianvarietyshow@gmail.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/victorianvarie1 If you'd like to support the show financially, you can do so here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/marisadf13 I'd greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to rate and review this podcast on Apple Podcasts, as that will help this podcast reach more listeners! ***** References Abbott, Karen. “The Fox Sisters and the Rap on Spiritualism.” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/ American Hauntings Ink. “The Haunted Museum: The Fox Sisters. The Rise and Fall of Spiritualism's Founders.” https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/foxsisters Askins, Alice. “Very Mysterious: The Fox Sisters and the Spiritualist Movement.” https://historicgeneva.org/recreation/fox-sisters/ Diniejko, Andrzej. “Victorian Spiritualism.” https://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/religion/spirit.html Guiley, Rosemary Ellen. “Fox Sisters.” https://occult-world.com/fox-sisters/ Highland, Maria. “Victorian Spiritualism and Séances.” https://reframingthevictorians.blogspot.com/2014/03/victorian-spiritualism-and-seances_12.html Mad Halloween. “How the Fox Sisters Gave Rise to Modern Spiritualism.” https://madhalloween.com/how-the-fox-sisters-gave-rise-to-modern-spiritualism/ Occult Museum. “Speaking with Spirits: The Fox Sisters and the Birth of Spiritualism.” http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/speaking-spirits-fox-sisters-birth-spiritualism/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marisa-d96/message

Episode 38: WRITING GHOST STORIES WITH LEANNA RENEE HIEBER Kat, Jen, and Christina welcome Leanna Renee Hieber to talk about writing fictional accounts of ghosts and hosting ghost tours in New York City! Christina's Sketchy new Artbook Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Full Moon Ghost Hunt of the historical Doty Homestead https://www.eventbrite.com/e/full-moon-ghost-hunt-doty-homestead-10pm-130am-tickets-160994305301 Leana's links and social media: Http://leannareneehieber.com @Leannarenee on Twitter and @leannareneehieber Instagram Leanna Renee Hieber is an actress, playwright, ghost tour guide and the award-winning, bestselling author of Gothic, Gaslamp Fantasy novels such as the Strangely Beautiful, Magic Most Foul, Eterna Files and The Spectral City series. Leanna's Dead Ringer, a historical paranormal mystery podcast, is forthcoming from Realm. She is expanding her Dark Nest Chronicles with Time Immemorial, a new timeslip novella series for Scrib'd, releasing in digital and audio editions with Leanna narrating. Leanna's first foray into non-fiction begins in 2022 with an examination of women's narratives in haunted house and ghost stories for Kensington Books, title forthcoming. A 4-time Prism award winner and Daphne du Maurier award finalist, Leanna's books have been selected for national book club editions as well as translated into many languages. Her short stories have been included in numerous notable anthologies and she is a licensed NYC tour guide, giving ghost tours with Manhattan's Boroughs of the Dead. Hieber has been featured in film and television on shows like Mysteries at the Museum and Beyond the Unknown, discussing Victorian Spiritualism and ghostly fascination. For writers' resources, free reads and more visit: http://leannareneehieber.com About her writing: She writes Gothic, Gaslamp Fantasy for adults and teens. Gaslamp Fantasy is a specific term for atmospheric books set in a gaslit-era (hence the Gaslamp term) with fantasy elements, distinguishing the genre from Steampunk which utilizes tech and gadgets in a science fiction capacity. Gaslamp Fantasy utilizes magic / psychic elements / paranormal elements to solve problems. They highlight real history and weave in a fantastical premise. Even the paranormal aspects are pulled from real history, pseudoscience, new technologies and the extreme paranormal preoccupations of the late 19th century. She interested in the ways that paranormal storytelling can allow for the concept of secret and alternate histories, allowing diverse casts and strong female heroines to find their places in the world and come together to save the day against all odds. About her latest novel, A Summoning of Souls; the conclusion of The Spectral City trilogy, the Publisher's Weekly review of the book from its release: Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Book Review: A Summoning of Souls by Leanna Renee Hieber. Rebel Base, $4.99 e-book (368p) ISBN 978-1-63573-060-9 (publishersweekly.com) Boroughs of the Dead: https://boroughsofthedead.com/tours-manhattan/ Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! hometownhauntedmail@gmail.com Drops every Wednesday at midnight! Follow us on Social: @cincabinetcurio (twitter) @cincycabinetofcuriosities (instagram) Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities (facebook) Follow Kat: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/witches-sorcerers-/list?title_no=417865 Follow Christina: https://embracethecrone.com/ https://www.instagram.com/cswyellokat/ Follow Jen: https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

Episode 36: THE VICTORIAN SPIRITUALISM CRAZE WITH JEFF SUESS Kat, Jen, and Christina welcome back Jeff Suess to discuss Victorian Spiritualism and his book coming out this fall about Tomorrowland! Get Jeff's books here: https://www.jeffsuess.com/ You can read his weekly column at https://www.cincinnati.com/staff/2647337001/jeff-suess/ Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! hometownhauntedmail@gmail.com Drops every Wednesday at midnight! Follow us on Social: @cincabinetcurio (twitter) @cincycabinetofcuriosities (instagram) Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities (facebook) Follow Kat: https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/witches-sorcerers-/list?title_no=417865 Follow Christina: https://embracethecrone.com/ https://www.instagram.com/cswyellokat/ Follow Jen: https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

This week the Paranormal Concept show take a look at the influence of Victorian Spiritualism and how it may well have shaped the way we look at the paranormal today

We have more nasty stories from listeners this week! A listener rented an old victorian house and then saw exactly what you'd expect in an old victorian house. Lisa either created or imported a ghost. Check out the Philip experiment. Another Lisa had an evil twin doppelgänger causing all kinds of problems. Adam had some really messing with his sleep. Shea's grandmother saved her and her dog from a very bad man. Lauren was haunted as a toddler by shadow people.Please send us your own true paranormal experiences in either a voice memo or e-mail to funnyfeelingpod@gmail.com.Affordable, private online counseling. Anytime, anywhere. BetterHelp will match you to one of 10,000 licensed therapists. Get feedback, advice and guidance from your counselor. As a listener, you'll get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/afunnyfeeling. Join over 1 million people taking charge of their mental health.Advertise on A Funny Feeling via Gumball.fm

Join Paul, Kerry, and Richard as they delve into the explosion of spiritualism in the victorian period. They will be taking a look at the many colourful characters that shaped the way we view spiritualism in this day and age from the Fox sisters to Florence Cook.

Join Paul, Kerry, and Richard as they delve into the explosion of spiritualism in the victorian period. They will be taking a look at the many colourful characters that shaped the way we view spiritualism in this day and age from the Fox sisters to Florence Cook.

It's all about spiritualism on this week's episode as Amanda and Sarah discuss two women associated with the movement. Sarah channels an unusual story about famed spiritualist medium Florence Cook and her "spirit control," Katie King, who was said to be the deceased daughter of a Welsh pirate. Amanda gives a creepy history lesson on the tragic life of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln and her shifty spirit minister Charles J. Colchester. Other subjects covered include big ol' Instagram daddies, donkey facts, and the joy of pretending to be drunk. Sources: "Spirited Sexuality: Sex, Marriage, and Victorian Spiritualism" by Marlene Tromp for Victorian Literature and Culture "Victorian Women and the Theatre of Trance: Mediums, Spiritualists, and Mesmerists in Performance" by Amy Lehman MysteriousPeople.com (lol): Katie King Smithsonian Magazine ("The Spiritualist Who Warned Lincoln Was Also Booth’s Drinking Buddy") Wikipedia: Mary Todd Lincoln Recommendations: Sarah recommends you read "Affinity" by Sarah Waters. Amanda recommends you read "Assassination Vacation" by Sarah Vowell and "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" by Seth Grahame-Smith (the latter only kinda). For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 

It’s October! That means Halloween season is finally upon us and what better way to get spooky then with our returning guest, Clark Canez (Ep 5 Greek Mythology) to talk about Victorian Spiritualism! Clark and Cassi have a blast talking about how the invention of seances by New York sisters led to such a seance craze that the sisters visited Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd in the White House to conduct a seance for them! We discuss how the loss of Queen Victoria’s husband put the Queen into a lifelong mourning that greatly changed the ritual of mourning, funerals and death superstitions. During this time photography was invented and it didn’t take long for this death obsessed culture to use photography to try and capture ghosts. (And some people made a very good living creating fake ghost photos!) This is a super fun, eery episode that will get you into the Halloween spirit. You may also find yourself wishing you lived in the Victorian Age!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Nick and Heidi for more garbled facts about the Victorian Spiritualism movement and learn some surprising facts about what the Fox Sisters could could do with their toes. *No not THAT!* Don't forget to stay tuned after the episode for some interesting outtakes. Prince Albert.... in a can.... No not THAT Prince Albert! © 2018 Papago Podcast NetworK

Sprits rap three times on this podcast if you are there… The nerds are joined by an apparition of Ash Pryce, writer of ‘How to talk to the dead’ and accomplished skeptic. The crazy victorians really got into the dead even though it all started as a scam. Download Podcast Watch Episode on YouTube

Today we talk with Vincent W. Wright about Sherlock Holmes, how Conan Doyle pulled many details for his stories from archaeology, and how the Sherlockian methods are used in archaeology even today. LINKS A little more Sherlock Holmes than Indiana JonesThe difference between “Seeing” and “Observing”: Why Sherlock Holmes would make a better archaeologist than Indiana Jones.“Our Case Is Not Complete”: Sherlock Holmes, Victorian Spiritualism, and the Scientific Use of the Imagination AGENT BASED MODELING, ARCHAEOLOGY, DIGITAL HISTORYSherlock Holmes, Samuel Vimes, and Archaeological EquifinalityArchaeology through the Lens of Sherlock HolmesBEVERLY CONNOR ON THE IMPORTANCE OF FORENSICS, ARCHAEOLOGY AND SHERLOCK HOLMES‘A Study in Sherlock’ – The Case of a Revolutionary Detectiveillustrious clientsBasil Rathbone moviesScarlet ClawHound of the BaskervillesGranada Jeremy Brett tv seriesHound of the Baskervilles episodeOriginal StoriesHound of the BaskervillesThe Adventure of the Devil's FootThe Adventure of Silver BlazeThe Adventure of the Sussex VampireOther Conan DoyleLot No. 249HP Lovecraft Literary Podcasthttp://hppodcraft.com/2014/04/10/episode-204-lot-no-249/http://hppodcraft.com/2014/04/17/episode-205-lot-no-249-part-2/ Arthur MachenThe Shining PyramidUnlucky Mummy (tie to earlier episode) 1927 Conan Doyle Interview Michael SalerAs IfTEDx talkX-FilesFireConan Doyle Criminal CasesGeorge IdaljiDr. Joseph BellUndershaw Mansion and Stepping Stones Schoolhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undershawhttp://www.steppingstones.org.uk/Stepping-Stones-is-growing/The DFN Charitable FoundationWilliam Gillettehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gillettehttp://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30932322 Cornelius HoltorfArchaeology is a Brand!Jeb Card - 221B Blog Post ContactEmail us at ArchyFantasies@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter at @Archyfantasies and find us on FaceBook.Theme Music by ArcheopSoup ProductionsProduced by Chris Webster and Tristan BoyleEdited by Christopher Sims