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Unobscured

S2 – 11: The Sheep and the Ghosts

Unobscured

iHeartPodcasts and Grim & Mild

History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 β€’ 8K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 11 December 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

What power did the spirits wield? They had convinced millions of their presence. They had moved mediums into high places. They had crossed oceans and shaken slumbering nations. Now the movement's leading lights saw a world to win.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Unobscured, a production of I Heart Radio and Aaron Minky.

0:09.4

Kate Foxx was in London, in Love, and the first in line.

0:13.9

The brilliant chemist William Crooks was investigating spiritualism, and where better to begin than

0:19.5

with a girl who started it all.

0:22.7

After Leah's celebrity appearance at the London Art Gallery, her wealthy friends put their

0:26.7

heads together and determined that Kate needed to be pulled away from Maggie's influence.

0:31.6

They agreed there could be no better change of scene for her than British high society.

0:38.6

Their money rolled out the red carpet for Kate.

0:41.4

Traveling companions and pocket money were hers to command.

0:44.7

She arrived dressed in fine new clothing.

0:47.2

Her parting from Maggie might have been painful, but the optimism of her friends lifted Kate's

0:52.1

spirits, and the sensation that greeted her only raised them higher.

0:57.6

Society receptions brought with them some very welcome attention.

1:01.2

Foremost among Kate's new admirers was the British lawyer Henry Youngkin.

1:05.7

Strikingly handsome and an accomplished spiritualist writer, he had a magnetism that Kate couldn't

1:10.7

deny, but even Nashy held seances, appeared in London spiritualist newspapers, and saw

1:16.4

more of Henry, while Kate also found a glass back in her hand.

1:21.2

That was the brandy.

1:22.7

There was always the brandy.

1:25.8

But there was no time to fight it.

1:27.9

Kate began a series of tests with the scientist William Crooks.

1:31.6

He had once hired Henry for legal advice on some of his business ventures, and the two

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