Spirit Trumpet

Among the most recognizable tools of the Spiritualist movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Spirit trumpets, also known as séance trumpets, were among the most recognizable tools of the Spiritualist movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Their primary function was to amplify or channel the voices of spirits during séances, where mediums claimed to communicate with the dead.

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Gef, The Talking Mongoose of Cashen’s Gap

Either Quite the Most Remarkable Spook Story Ever Recorded or Else Quite as Remarkable a Hoax

Gef, also known as the Dalby Spook or the Talking Mongoose, is a mysterious creature that gained fame in the 1930s. The story of Gef originates from Cashen’s Gap, a remote farmhouse on the Isle of Man, located in the Irish Sea. Gef claimed to be an intelligent mongoose who could communicate with the Irving family living in the farmhouse.

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