The Eddy Brothers
Fresh off our Madame Blavatsky episodes, Nathan takes us into the Spiritualist Cinematic Universe with the Eddy Brothers (and honestly, the whole Eddy fam). In 1800s Vermont, these “magical, mystical, maybe-grifter” siblings turn séances into a full-on business: spirit cabinets, floating instruments, “materialized” dead relatives, and lots of convenient curtains. Their haunted-house-turned-invite-only Airbnb hosts nightly shows featuring pirates, politicians, and some extremely cringey Native American “spirit guides.” Reporter Henry Steel Olcott investigates, the grift starts unraveling, and the family scatters. Plus: Houdini vs Spiritualism beef as a bonus rabbit hole.
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The bible actually doesn’t condemn all mysticism just specifically pagan practices or practices that try to kind of ignore or bypass God. Us Catholics have TONS of mystic saints.
This is probably a dumb question, but what exactly is the name of the other podcast? I looked up “beef” and a literal podcast about the beef industry came up lol
Try beef with Bridget Todd!
Love hearing references to one of my fave podcasts (BTB) on one of my other favorites!
That hotel reminds me of those fancy restaurants that social media stalk people that make reservations to make it custom (my reference is The Bear). Also there was e really good mini series called Houdini in 2014 with Adrien Brody and they have those debunking spiritualism scenes and friendship with Arthur Conan Dolyle. Only 2 episodes worth a watch.