James is joined by author Lisa Morton to chat about her latest book, Calling the Spirits: A History of Seances. The two discuss Seance history including the Fox sisters, teenagers surrounded by spirit rappings, Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, whose unlikely friendship was forged, then riven, by the afterlife. They also give their opinions on fake mediums and other woo woo topics. Calling the Spirits investigates the eerie history of our conversations with the dead, from necromancy in Homer’s Odyssey to the emergence of Spiritualism – when Victorians were entranced by mediums and the seance was born. Lisa Morton is an award-winning author and widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading authorities on the supernatural. Her previous books include Ghosts: A Haunted History and Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween, both published by Reaktion Books.    https://lisamorton.com/zine/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Morton