Spiritualism was a religious movement that came into the popularity in the mid 1800's, and remained strong through the 1920's. The movement insisted that spirits could reach through the veil to speak with their loved ones in the living world, and psychics raked in the cash to commune with the spirits of desperate widows and grieving families. Enter: Rose Mackenberg, famed "Ghost Detective" on a team of salaried psychic debunkers organized by Harry Houdini himself. Rose exposed hundreds of frauds and even testified before Congress about psychic fraud in the United States. She dedicated her life to making sure vulnerable people were not taken advantage of by Spiritualist fakers, though it didn't hurt that she got to wear fun disguises and work side-by-side with Harry Houdini!

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