Seances Archives - Bone and Sickle

Spirit Boards

October 17, 2024 boneandsickle America, American lore, EPISODE, folklore, ghosts, history, Ouija boards, pop culture, Spiritualism, United States

Ouija boards, or more generally, “spirit boards” have antecedents going back to the very first days of the Spiritualist movement.[…]

Spook Shows

October 24, 2020 boneandsickle EPISODE, folk theater, Frankenstein, ghosts, Halloween, history, holidays, magic, movies, Spiritualism, Spook Shows, theater

Midnight Spook Shows featured stage illusions borrowing from techniques used in fraudulent seances alongside vaudeville-style comedy and burlesque. Performances were staged[…]

#12: Seances & Scandals

October 15, 2018 boneandsickle Edwardian, EPISODE, folklore, Fox Sisters, ghosts, history, Seances, Spiritualism, Victorian

Hope you enjoy part two of our exploration of Spiritualism and seances. This one is particularly full of shocking, sad, and amusing[…]