
Astonishing Legends The Watseka Wonder - Part 2
Sep 11, 2021
03:16:50
Past-Life Regression
- Scott Philbrook shares his impression of Chandler, a TV medium from the '90s.
- He mentions this in connection to Mary Lurancy Vennum's brief possession by a young boy.
Podcast Milestones
- Forrest Burgess congratulates The Midnight Library podcast on reaching 1 million downloads.
- He also praises Marie Mayhew's podcast, Whatever Remains, for being featured on 48 Hours.
9/11 Reflections
- Forrest and Scott share personal experiences from 9/11.
- Scott was in Los Angeles, preparing to move to New York City.
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Introduction
00:00 • 4min
I've Got Wat. Who Is That?
03:55 • 2min
A New Round of Pint Glasses
05:40 • 3min
The Watseka Wonder
09:03 • 3min
The Healing Power of the Brain Magnets
11:38 • 2min
You Got M Followed That Cause
13:41 • 2min
I've Directly Experienced the Benefits of Homeopathy
15:29 • 2min
How Does This Work?
17:12 • 3min
Is the Narrative True in Every Part?
19:45 • 2min
There Is a Life Beyond This
21:26 • 4min
Is There a Confirmation Bias in This Case?
25:24 • 5min
People Don't Want a Response
30:54 • 2min
The History of Psychology and Spiritism
32:28 • 2min
Ay, Yes, Hang on to Your Bowlers
34:52 • 2min
Progressive Insurance Company - The General Auto Insurance Services, Inc.
36:53 • 4min
Psychical Research
41:12 • 5min
Psychologist, H Addington Bruce
46:37 • 3min
William James - A Bigwig
49:20 • 4min
Marketing Is Not Controllable, Is It?
53:46 • 2min
Are You a Psychic Medium?
55:54 • 4min
The Irreducible Mind to Ortsicology for the 20th Century
01:00:14 • 2min
Irreducible Mind by F W H Myers
01:02:15 • 2min
Myers's Personality Survives Death
01:04:31 • 2min
Myers's Personality and the Peranormal
01:06:04 • 3min
Is It a Crisis of Confidence or Conscience?
01:08:37 • 6min
Myers's Supernaturalism
01:14:21 • 5min
Paranormal Experiences - Is That Sound in the Outside World?
01:18:58 • 4min
Progressive Casualty Insurance Company
01:22:37 • 3min
What Is Telepathy?
01:25:45 • 3min
Phantasms of the Living, Volume One
01:28:37 • 2min
The History of Psychical Research
01:30:27 • 4min
Translating the Mind Body Problem Into an Empirical Research Problem
01:33:59 • 2min
Myers' Filter Interpretation of Mind Body Correlation
01:35:43 • 3min
The Irreducible Mind
01:38:15 • 5min
The Peronmal Podcast - A History of Hodgson
01:43:43 • 1min
Psychic Mediums
01:45:07 • 3min
The Magician's Guide to the Magic of Cold Reading
01:47:48 • 2min
The Sidgwicks, the Sceptics of Mystic Mediumship and Telecinetic Ability
01:50:16 • 2min
I'm Picking Up What You're Putting Down, Brotherim
01:52:18 • 2min
The One Case That Could Really Get to You, Scott.
01:53:59 • 5min
I Went to a John Edwards Show Alive
01:59:27 • 5min
Is This Real or Not?
02:04:50 • 2min
The Late Shift
02:06:28 • 3min
The Relationship Between Richard Hodgson and Leonora Piper
02:09:16 • 2min
Is This a Hoax?
02:11:03 • 2min
The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts
02:12:45 • 4min
The Secret of Hodgson's Death
02:17:09 • 3min
The End of a Loved One
02:20:02 • 3min
I'm Enjoying This
02:22:35 • 3min
Bruce's Analyse of Laurency Venom
02:25:40 • 3min
The Reincarnation of a Woman, by Dr. Robert Hodgson
02:28:54 • 3min
Is There a Multiple Personality?
02:31:51 • 3min
Is This an Experiment?
02:35:21 • 2min
Doctor Sidas Restores the Primary Self of the Reverend Dr. Hannah
02:37:43 • 5min
Is There a New Secondary Personality, or a Deceased Person?
02:43:05 • 4min
'I'm Not Just, You Got to Stop Weasing That.' - Ray Bradberry
02:46:57 • 5min
Psychics, Psyches, and Psychiatry
02:51:59 • 2min
Mary Roff's Spirit Will Have to Leave
02:54:15 • 5min
The Case of Lluncy Vellum
02:59:39 • 2min
The Power of Suggestion
03:01:55 • 4min
Is She Shucking in and Gibing?
03:06:13 • 5min
The Siren Call of Hungry Ghosts
03:11:38 • 3min
The Essence of Evil - Is It?
03:14:19 • 3min
Astonishing Legends
03:17:04 • 2min
Now that we've covered the story essentials of the strange case of Mary Lurancy Vennum, known as "The Watseka Wonder," it's time to take a look at the possible causes and mechanics of this apparent miracle. Suppose Lurancy's possession was merely the imaginative prank of an attention-seeking impressionable teenager. How then did she know intimate, inscrutable details of her possessor Mary Roff and that of her family, when Mary had died over ten years before she was born and the Roff family were vague acquaintances? It's perhaps possible that this naive fourteen-year-old had mastered the manipulation techniques employed by experienced Mentalists and charlatan psychic mediums to fool desperate parents, but how likely is that? In Part Two of our series, we consider the investigation of a noted psychical researcher at the time, Dr. Richard Hodgson, who interviewed witnesses and studied case notes about thirteen years after the significant events in light of contemporary hypotheses. In a historical line between 1877 and 1908, we then look at the analysis of a psychology journalist, H. Addington Bruce, through the lens of his evolved understanding of that field 30 years later. In the greater context surrounding this case are the history of psychical research and a brief overview of some of the prominent figures involved in the Spiritist movement. We then round out the series with a more modern-day interpretation and our own conclusions. Even saddled with an antiquated title like The Watseka Wonder and recognizing the significant advancements in the field of abnormal psychology, this case remains wonderous indeed.
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