Seances

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Everybody hold hands! We're going for a seance!

How long have we've been trying to talk to dead people for? And have we ever actually been speaking to the dead or just to somebody’s clicky toe joints?

In today's episode Kate is joined by Lisa Morton, author of 'Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances', to talk about the long history of spiritualism, its believers and its fraudsters!

Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Thomas Ntinas.

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0:00.0	Everyone leaves a legacy.
0:02.2	But a legacy can change over time as new generations
0:05.6	re-examine old preputations.
0:07.6	From Wundery and Gohanger podcasts, I'm F4hersh.
0:11.0	I'm Peter Frankapan, and in a brand new series,
0:14.0	we're exploring the lives of some of the biggest characters in history,
0:17.4	from Napoleon to Picasso.
0:19.2	And asking, what does their past tell us about our present?
0:23.4	This is legacy.
0:24.7	Follow now wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.0	Is there anybody there?
0:35.0	Can anyone hear me?
0:37.0	Make yourself known to me.
0:40.0	This is your fair dues warning.
0:44.0	Today we're talking about say-onses.
0:47.0	I thought I'd just get us into the mood there.
0:49.0	It's not the rudest one that we've ever had,
0:51.0	so that should help some people.
0:54.0	But we are talking about contacting the dead,
0:56.0	which can be a bit of a tricky subject,
0:58.0	and we're talking about people dying,
0:59.0	and of course I'll be swearing as well,
	...

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