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Margery Crandon 4Controversial American medium Margery in trance. She was exposed by Houdini but many believe her genuine
Stella CranshaweSpirit medium discovered by Harry Price, who seems to have believed her genuine, in contrast to Helen Duncan
Testing RasmussenApparatus used by Christian Winther to test Danish medium Anna Melloni Rasmussen (born 1898) at Copenhagen : positive results were obtained
Schneider HandkerchiefIn a seance with Harry Price, Austrian medium Rudi Schneider causes a handkerchief to move paranormally by psychokinesis
Spirit Photo BoddingtonH Boddington and a female spirit form, photographed under test conditions
Levitation SeanceAt a dramatic seance, one of the sitters finds himself levitated while all kinds of trickery is in progress
Jan Guzyk, MediumPolish medium, in 1922 or 1923
Mrs LeonardGLADYS OSBORNE LEONARD English spirit medium
Flower ApportsSupernormal flowers which were apported during a seance with the medium Miss X (the one standing)
Eglinton & FigureFull materialisation of a spirit entity at a seance with Eglinton as medium
Stainton MosesThe Rev. W STAINTON MOSES (1839-1892), English spirit medium
Kluski FigureA mysterious figure, swathed in a white shroud, appears behind Kluski at a Warsaw seance
Mediumship / DemangeA table is levitated even though it is separated from the medium by a screen
Mediumship / GazzeraFemale figure evoked by Italian physical medium Linda Gazzera (who was subsequently exposed by Schrenck-Notzing) Date: 1911
But it was only young from next door, larking with the bust out of the library; and it being the fashion to make fun of dear old Shakespeare just now, the joke took immensely. Date: 1864
Opening of Julia's Bureau, with W T Stead and staffGroup photo at the opening of Julia's Bureau, a seance circle, with W T Stead (far right) and staff. The Bureau was based in Mowbray House, Norfolk Street, London
Spirit head and shoulders sketch of D. D. HomeDaniel Dunglas Home (pronounced Hume') (March 20, 1833 June 21, 1886) was a Scottish Spiritualist, famous as a physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety of heights
Ethel Beenham, Harry Price's secretary, demonstrates how a skilful medium can perform any number of psychic phenomena even though her hands and feet are tied. Date: 1930s ?
DAVENPORT POSTER 2Poster for Ira Davenport, who returned to the stage after the death of his brother William : pretending to be spirit mediums they were skilful stage magicians. Date: 1894
MARGERY AND BIRDMargery's dead brother Walter mischievously pulls down a strongly-secured cabinet on Malcolm Bird, the intrepid investigator of Scientific American Date: 1924
WALTER T STINSONMina Crandon's dead brother Walter Stinson, who ostensibly gave strong evidence for his survival after death during his sister's seances
French spirit photographer Edouard Isidore Buguet (1840-1901) is cleared of evil fluids by a medium, before he takes a spirit photograph: he was convicted of fraud in 1874 Date: circa 1874
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HARE'S APPARATUSRobert Hare's device for communicating with the dead Picture 1 of 2 Date: circa 1854
SPIRIT PHOTO HUDSONA male sitter reads a book, unaware that a female spirit - possibly his dead mother - is hovering behind him. Date: circa 1872
EGLINTON & WRITINGSlate writing by the spirits of the dead is demonstrated at an Eglinton seance Date: 1886
Spirits materialise at a seance organised by Achille Borgnis ; they are illuminated by luminous plaques Date: circa 1920
IVY CARTER BEAUMONT known as Rosemary medium who recalled past life in Ancient Egypt Date: 1893 - 1961
The Materialisation of a Dead SonCharles Victor Miller at Paris, 18th June, 1909, produces figure claiming to be the dead son of M & Mme Benezech, who duly recognise him. Date: 18 June 1909
Mediumship - a spirit perplexed 1853A spirit perplexed. A woman visiting a medium requests she asks the spirit of her deceased husband Augustus where he put the receipt for a repaid claim. Date: 1853
Controversial American medium Margery is presented with a loving cup by admirers at the Psychic College. Date: 1920s
WEBBER LIFTS TABLEJack Webber (1907-1940), English physical medium, raises a table above shoulder height, by manipulating gravity and etheric forces Date: 1939
MEDIUMSHIP / WEBBERJack Webber (1907-1940), English physical medium, uses ectoplasm to send objects round the seance-room Date: 1939
Elizabeth Hope, known as Elizabeth d Esperance, materialises the spirit of Leila Date: 1855 - 1919
CRANDON SEANCEA scene at one of Margerys seances : ectoplasm is emerging from somewhere, to the amazement of all those present Date: circa 1925
MARGERY SEANCE - 5Margery, in trance and her wrists held by sitters, exudes ectoplasm which drips from her face Date: circa 1924
SUNNY ISLANDLife in the Summer Land : an excursion to Sunny Island Date: 1887
SPIRIT MISSIONARYBeulah, a spirit missionary, who devotes herself to guiding errant mortals into the true path of spirituality Date: 1887
UNHAPPY SPIRITSUnhappy spirits in the Spirit World, bitterly regretting now that they did not behave themselves while on Earth Date: 1887
SPIRIT PHOTO - BUGUETFrench photographer Edouard Buguet depicted in the act of faking a spirit photograph Date: circa 1870
SPIRIT PHOTO DEANEMrs Mackenzie sits, unaware that the spirit of John Ruskin is floating over her right shoulder Date: 1920s
JULIAS BUREAUJulias Bureau, created by journalist W T Stead, claims to receive messages from the Borderland : Punch mocks... Date: 1893
MEDIUM / MILLERCHARLES VICTOR MILLER American medium who held dramatic seances in Paris : materialisation of a figure Date: 1908
POST PARRISH 6At Ephrata, Pennsylvania, Ethel Post Parrish materialises the spirit of Silver Belle picture 6 of 7 Date: 1953
POST PARRISH 5At Ephrata, Pennsylvania, Ethel Post Parrish materialises the spirit of Silver Belle picture 5 of 7 Date: 1953
PALLADINO AT GENOVAEusapia raises a table while controlled by Morselli, at Genova, 12 July 1906 picture 1 of 2 Date: 1854 - 1918
Harry Prices investigations into the mediumship of DuncanPhotographs from Harry Prices investigations into the mediumship of Helen Duncan and of Ms Esson Maule, who was involved with the exposure of Helen Duncan during a seance in Edinburgh
Marthe Beraud ( Eva C ) exudes ectoplasm from her navel, which loops round her nipples, at the home of Madame Bisson at 33 rue George Sand, Paris, Date: 9 January 1913
