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A 19th-century religion that put the dead on speed-dial, no answer guaranteed.
means The belief that spirits of the dead exist and can communicate with the living, usually via a medium.
from Sparked in 1848 when the Fox sisters of New York claimed mysterious rappings were ghostly Morse code; decades later they confessed the knocks were just cracking toe joints.
Famous believerSherlock's creator Arthur Conan Doyle, deduction abandoned.
Peak followingMillions, fueled by Civil War and WWI grief.
Tech rivalTelegraph inspired the seance's tapping metaphor.