Life During The Spiritualist Movement
Hey Pumpkins! Slightly different post today. Recently I have been listening to an amazing podcast called 'Criminal'. If you are interested in true crime I highly recommend this podcast. (I have been listening to it on YouTube Music.) Anywho, one of their episodes caught my interest. 'Criminal' Episode 79: Secrets and Séances This episode, 'Secrets and Séances', spoke about certain events in spiritual s éances during World War II. We hear about a woman, by the name of Helen Duncan, a medium from Scotland who then moved to England. After performing many s éances over the years she was later arrested for fraud...through a very controversial trial. Who was Helen Duncan??? Helen Duncan brought many people some clarity and relief during the war. The séances that she performed were said to bring back the dead of grieving families who had lost someone to the war. After talking to a Navy soldier, in 1941, who passed with the sinking of the HMS, MI5 was suddenly on her t