Ghost Church by Jamie Loftus

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8: The Boys Are Fighting (Over Crotch Goo and Ghosts): Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini

This week, Jamie takes a look at the second wave of spiritualism in the United States through American Spiritualism's most famous schism -- believer Arthur Conan Doyle versus skeptic Harry Houdini over the mediumship (and yes, ectoplasm) of Mina Crandon. Featuring Paul F. Tompkins as Doyle and Robert Evans as Houdini. I know, right? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Introducing: Ghost Church by Jamie Loftus

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  1: Not a Cult

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  2: No Proof is Necessary, No Proof is Sufficient

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  3: The Tables Are Tipping

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  4: Four Roads to Cassadaga

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  5: Apples, The Manipulator, and The Curse of Spiritualism

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  6: The Legend of Seneca the Spirit Guide (or: Colonizer, Please)

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  7: The Fool's Golden Rule (Espiritismo and Spiritual Churches)

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  9: Waiting for the Spirit in the Cape