A Mediumistic Maid April 18, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : ContemporaryThere is the need for a collection of all Arthur Conan Doyle’s gadding around in his ‘psychic’ years. And when that time comes Strange History will have several stories to offer up: sometimes ACD turns up as an expert on the spot, at other times the press use ACD as an expert or talking head. […]
Spirit Photo Fakes: Katie King January 5, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : ModernThe Count (a regular contributor here) is to blame. Beach had hoped to spend just a couple of thousand nano-seconds on spirit photography, but it is so extraordinarily interesting. Last time we looked at some late nineteenth-century photographs where ghostly loved ones were portrayed with their families in the most transparent fakes. But what about […]