Mossback's Northwest
Mossback's Northwest: When Spiritualism Haunted the PNW
Ouija boards, séances and a desperate desire to speak to the dead once consumed the Northwest.
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Ouija boards, séances and a desperate desire to speak to the dead once consumed the Northwest.
From ancient tectonic fractures to 21st Century tremblers, Seattle has been shaped and formed by shaky forces beneath our feet.
Mediums traveled the region claiming to speak to the dead. Crowds flocked to see them.
In the late 19th and early 20th century, the Salish Sea from Victoria BC to Olympia was filled with elusive pirates on a decades-long crime spree.
While waiting for the “Big One,” we remember Seattle earthquakes of ’49, ’65 and 2001.