The Body in The Cellar
In 1904, the body associated with the peddler spirit was supposedly found in the cellar when a false wall fell down. The Boston Journal published a story about the discovery on November 22, 1904. The tin box of the peddler was found in the cellar and is now in the Lily Dale Museum. Skeptic researcher Joe Nickell concluded after researching the box and the primary sources of the bones that they constituted further hoaxing. The bones were, at least in part, those of animals. There has been no confirmation that the peddler existed. Also, the alleged false wall appears to be due to an expansion of the foundation, not concealment of a secret grave.
- The Boston Journal http://www.geohanover.com/images/spook.jpg
- The Gale Encyclopedia of Occultism & parapsychology vol I p 600
- History of Spiritualism – Arthur Conan Doyle
- answers.com answers.com on Fox sisters
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