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The 19th Century Psychic Influencers w/ London Hughes

Scam Goddess

CHAPTER

The Importance of Heresy in the Life of Elijah

In 1888, 40 years after Maggie and her sister first contacted the murdered peddler in their living room, she confessed. At the New York Academy of Music, Maggie performed once more, but this time, an emotional demonstration with great showmanship. She was paid $1,200 almost $50,000 today for the show. A fact used by supporters of spiritualism as definitive proof that she lied about her psychic powers.

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