The Bangs Sisters and Henry Jestram: Chicago Photographer Driven Insane by Séances?

In this episode, a bit of fascinating and bizarre photography history. Was Chicago photographer Henry Jestram driven to the insane asylum and his death because of séances performed by notorious spiritualist swindlers the Bangs Sisters?

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Sources and Links

Baltimore Magazine. “Not Dead Yet.”

Hornellsville Weekly Tribune. “The Bangs Sisters: The Two Bouncing Mediums of the City of Chicago.” Hornellsville, New York. Friday, April 20th, 1888. Pg. 1.

Washington Post. “Chicago’s Bogus Spiritualists”. Washington, D.C. April 17, 1888. p. 6.

Wikipedia. “The Bangs Sisters.”

Wikipedia. “Spiritualism.”

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