Review: When We Spoke to the Dead: How Ghosts Gave American Women Their Voice by Ilise S. Carter

This was a fascinating look at the history of Spiritualism and its role in the history of faith, fraud, feminism, and financial opportunities. This covers things like women’s suffrage, the changing of people’s faith and rituals, the rise in popularity of these spiritualists in media, the racism of the movement, and scientific testing done to … More Review: When We Spoke to the Dead: How Ghosts Gave American Women Their Voice by Ilise S. Carter

Review: Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar

Before picking up this book, I had never heard of this incident and had no idea about all the controversy around what might have happened to these nine hikers. Eichar weaves together his journey to uncover the mystery of this incident with the hikers’ accounts to create a very interesting and captivating look at what … More Review: Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar