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Throughout the history of the paranormal there have been those who have stepped forward claiming to have vast paranormal powers. One area in which such individuals from history are particularly abundant is in the area of psychic mediums, or those who claim to have the power to talk to and channel spirits from the other side. There is no shortage of such bizarre people, especially in the era when Spiritualism was in its heyday, and they run the range of obvious frauds, to those who have demonstrated remarkable abilities that are not really easily dismissed or explained. One such individual was a man who made quite the name for himself on the Spiritualist scene, with a very weird life and a reputation that is at once suspicious and amazing.