523:"In Chicago in 1909 Hereward Carrington investigated and caught the sisters in fraud. Carrington addressed a letter in a sealed envelope to 'Dearest Mother Jane Thompson' (who never existed), and he received a reply addressed to 'Dearly Loved Son Harold,' signed by his devoted mother, Jane. Moreover, Carrington had the magician David P. Abbott duplicate the Bangs sisters' work exactly. Over the years a number of charges of fraud were brought against them, and fraud in their slate writing and their materialized spirits were convincingly established."
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Marshal for doing business without a license. They claim that the Marshal might as well arrest a Methodist minister on a similar charge, as they are evangelists. The case will be heard tomorrow.
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William Bangs, their embarrassed brother, and manager of the Chicago Club While they were out on bail, Lizzie's seven-year-old daughter
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their way of producing 'spirit paintings' or 'portraits'. The ladies simply substituted one canvas for another, under the cover of their voluminous dress, the table or window-curtains."
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263:paid $ 1,500 for a number of departed portraits.
916:. Fort Wayne, Indiana. April 2, 1988. p. 4.
800:. Chicago, Illinois. April 17, 1890. p. 2.
708:. Springfield, Ohio. April 18, 1988. p. 3.
148:, and Mary was born there in 1862. Edward was a
1105:The Spirit Portrait Mystery, Its Final Solution
1022:Real-Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal
977:. Chicago, Illinois. July 30, 1909. p. 6.
955:. Chicago, Illinois. July 16, 1909. p. 3.
821:. Chicago, Illinois. March 7, 1890. p. 9.
685:. Chicago, Illinois. April 2, 1988. p. 1.
646:. Chicago, Illinois. April 2, 1988. p. 3.
513:Hidden Memories: Voices and Visions From Within
355:The Spirit Portrait Mystery, Its Final Solution
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843:. Chicago, Illinois. May 16, 1891. p. 9.
758:. Washington, D.C. April 17, 1888. p. 6.
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140:1905 Newspaper Ad: "The Bangs Sisters"
1681:International Spiritualist Federation
726:Women Swindlers in America, 1860-1920
625:. Atchison, Kansas. August 24, 1881.
571:. Atchison, Kansas. August 23, 1881.
156:. Their mother was a medium herself.
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589:"An Evening with the Bangs Children"
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1636:List of Spiritualist organizations
679:"The Bangs Sisters Appear in Court"
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1070:. Light. December 14, 1912. p. 598
971:"Mrs. Bangs-Lesher Pays $ 25 Fine"
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815:"The Carrie Sawyer Gang Indicted"
754:"Chicago's Bogus Spiritualists".
661:"Bangs 'Sisters' Interest Police"
482:Witter, David (5 November 2013).
1084:The Illustrated History of Magic
1007:(175): 10–16 – via IAPSOP.
837:"Doesn't Want Any "Fake Spooks""
723:Segrave, Kerry (27 March 2007).
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880:Schill, Brian (January 2008).
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1047:. Souvenir Press. pp. 47-48.
729:. McFarland. pp. 12–13.
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175:Religio-Philosophical Journal
1998:People from Atchison, Kansas
1651:London Spiritualist Alliance
949:"Spirit Tip Costs $ 400,000"
780:Hornellsville Weekly Tribune
598:. Vol. 7, no. 20.
515:. Prometheus Books. p. 223.
468:. Vol. 10, no. 2.
462:"Spirit Painting (Part II)"
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324:Glimpses of the Next State
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1676:Arthur Findlay College
1515:William Stainton Moses
1480:Gladys Osborne Leonard
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1064:Moore, William Usborne
1045:Pioneers of the Unseen
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775:"The Bangs Sisters"
542:The Miracle Factory
312:Hereward Carrington
248:Fort Wayne Sentinel
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1585:Emanuel Swedenborg
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420:. You can help by
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1365:John Edward
1265:Dan Aykroyd
564:"News Item"
361:Later years
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232:G.W.N. Yost
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100:Nationality
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