The Memory Palace
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Mar 12,2010
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The harp bit at the beginning and end is In California from the new Joanna Newsom triple record. Then three pieces from Max Richter’s 24 Postcards in Full Color and Song for Jesse from Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ soundtrack to The Assassination of Jesse James by Yada Yada Yada.
There’s plenty of great stuff written about the Fox sisters, including a book-length take (Talking to the Dead, by Barbara Weisberg) which appears to be all that. I’ll recommend a dynamite book called Occult America: The Secret History of how Mysticism Shaped Our Nation, which despite its hyperventilating, Dan Browny spoooooooky conspiracy title, is great and readable and scholarly at the same time. Great context. And, this is sort of an standing order: go to the NYTimes’ pre-1981 archive. There are some vintage stories about the Fox Sisters there.
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A very enjoyable story as usual. But I have a question, you said Margaret Fox made her confession in the theater at age 54, but towards the end you said the sisters both died “poor, not seeing 50″. Is this a mistake?
Fantastic!! I look forward to your update each week – thank you for putting together such high quality audio. You really make these stories come alive.
No. It’s the ghost. Actually, yes, slip of the tongue there. Just a one man operation over here. Thanks for the catch!
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