Here is a link to the wikipedia article on Spiritualism. We didn't really cover it in class, so I thought it would be a good thing to learn more about, especially since belief in spirits and communicating with the dead is still strong to today and is present in pop culture (the movie The Others with Nicole Kidman, anyone?). It also briefly mentions Mesmer and how sometimes during magnetism-induced trances, some people reported communication with the dead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritualism#Swedenborg_and_Mesmer
Here is a link giving a little bit more history about Kate and Margaretta Fox, the two sisters who communicated with the spirit of a murdered peddlar in their New York farmhouse. The article includes qoutes from people who used to live in the house. It is connected to a larger website on modern spiritualism, if anyone is interested on the the form it takes today.
http://www.spiritualist.tv/news/mar08/160-spiritualism.html
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