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I'm Aaron Manky, creator and host

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of Unobscured, a podcast series

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that explores some of the darkest, most

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misunderstood moments in history. Season

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one was a deep dive into the Sale,

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in which trials in this season of Unobscured

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will trace the path of the spiritualists

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who followed the voice of Andrew Jackson

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Davis. Over the course of the nineteenth

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century, spiritualism became a kaleidoscope

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of novel beliefs, courageous people,

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and world shaking events. Here's

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historian Molly McGarry. There

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were always many spiritualisms,

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both in the nineteenth century and beyond. So

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some people came to the science tables seeking

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answers, wanting deeply to commune

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with lost loved ones. Others were

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curious investigators looking to see

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for themselves with this new technology could materialize.

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But what I found in what I've been most struck by

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is that many spiritualists took

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seriously the possibility of channeling

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the voices of the dead as a means

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of both connecting with the past and imagining

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both worldly and otherworldly futures.

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New episodes of Unobscured will air on

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Wednesday's beginning in October two. Listen

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to Unobscured on the I Heart Radio app,

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Apple podcasts, or wherever you get

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your podcasts.