Greetings. My Evil Manservant, Jeebes, has unearthed from the depths of his rather encyclopædic stereoptyicon collection a most startling historical revelation, found here for your ephemeratic perusals at Spirit History.

In summary, it would seem that perhaps the otherwordly manifestations of the séance-enthralled Spiritualists were betimes, shall we venture to say, just a tad bit…well….erm…fraudulent.

Astonishing, don’t you agree?

Why ‘pon my oath, just last night I thought I was speaking with Madame Blatavatsky, using my especially-designed Post-Mortem Contrapulatronic Victrola! How could I be so lacking in reason as to engage in such a patently fraudulent scheme? O the horror! Thank goodness for the ministrations of Jeebes, evil though he may be, for revealing my folly.

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