Lore 271: Chill Seekers
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Aaron Mahnke
4.6 • 46.2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
This epic crossover between two cultural powerhouses is enough to leave us haunted by a tragic era—and it will give you some chills along the way.
Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by GennaRose Nethercott, research by Cassandra de Alba, and music by Chad Lawson.
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| 0:00.0 | As an Arctic explorer and a man of science, it's no surprise that Elisha Kent Kane was a skeptic. |
| 0:18.4 | But when a famous duo of teen spiritualists came through his town in the |
| 0:22.5 | mid-1800s, he couldn't help but catch a seance to see what all the fuss was about. The Fox |
| 0:28.8 | sisters were their names, and when Kane laid eyes on the older sister Maggie, it was love at first |
| 0:34.5 | sight. As soon as he got a chance, he passed Maggie a note. |
| 0:38.7 | It read, |
| 0:39.6 | Have you ever been in love? |
| 0:41.4 | Her cheeky response simply said, |
| 0:44.0 | Ask the spirits. |
| 0:45.7 | Kane began visiting Maggie every day. |
| 0:48.0 | Sure, he had an Arctic journey to plan for, but love came first. |
| 0:51.7 | He took her for carriage rides and recited Longfellow to her. He, |
| 0:55.7 | and most notably his wealthy family in Philadelphia, still viewed Maggie's ghostly profession |
| 1:01.1 | to be, and I quote, profane heresy. Yet despite their differences, the couple's love only grew, |
| 1:07.7 | and they conducted their romance in secret. According to Maggie, they later married |
| 1:12.0 | in secret as well. Now, in love though he was, Kane still had an Arctic expedition to embark on, |
| 1:18.3 | and so shortly after marrying, he was forced to leave his new bride behind. The journey was honestly |
| 1:23.6 | awful. Two people died. The ship became trapped in the ice, and the crew was forced |
| 1:28.9 | to abandon it and escape on foot. But through it all, Kane held his prize possession close, |
| 1:34.9 | a portrait of his darling Maggie. It's almost like Romeo and Juliet, two worlds colliding, |
| 1:41.9 | science versus seance, if you will, with one couple caught between. |
| 1:46.3 | And just like Romeo and Juliet, the story does not have a happy ending. |
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