The Eddy Brothers and the High Life Ski Club
Morbid

The Eddy Brothers and the High Life Ski Club

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 1, 202646 min

In the early-to-mid 1870s, as interest in Spiritualism and psychic mediums swept the United States, William and Horatio Eddy, two enterprising brothers from the tiny village of Chittenden, Vermont, made headlines for their supposed psychic abilities. In time, the brothers attracted the attention of the movement’s biggest names including Henry Olcott and Helena Blavatsky, until 1875, when allegations of fraud destroyed their massive popularity. References American Hauntings. n.d. The Haunted Museum from Another World. Accessed September 19, 2026. https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/eddy. Bigelow, L.A. 1873. "The Eddy family humbug again." Burlington Free Press, Se...

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Hey, Weirdos, I'm Ash. And I'm Elena. And this is Morbid in October. ["Wear the World", by The

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Y'all were here. September flew by. September literally, excuse me, Proctober wasn't a month. No, it didn't even feel like Proctober

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because it was so fast. I know. What's happening to time lately? It's like bent or something.

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