Posthumous Letters
Posthumous Letters
Many investigators of psychic science, members of the Society for Psychic Research and others, have left sealed letters, whose contents are known only to the writer. On the death of the writer and before the letter is opened, an attempt is made by a medium to reveal the contents.
Since only the writer knows what the letter contains, it is presumed that on his death this knowledge can only be communicated through his discarnate spirit.
A notable posthumous letter from the escapologist Harry Houdini, was a code message apparently confirmed to his widow by the medium Arthur A. Ford. However, the genuineness of this story has been alternately confirmed, denied, and confirmed again.
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