In 1944, Duncan was one of the last people convicted under the Witchcraft Act 1735 (9 Geo. 2 c. 5), which made falsely claiming to procure spirits a crime.
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TIL ectoplasm in the ghost sense (as opposed to cellular) is a concept that existed before Ghostbusters. I thought they just took the cell biology term to sound sciency.
According to that page, she was married for 11 more years after she died. That's commitment.
Til death to us part doesn’t apply to witches and mediums.
I mean you’re not wrong, but I’m fairly sure it’s “until death do us part”.
Well I tried to write “til death do us part”
“do” became “to” as either a typo or autocorrect.
I usually hear it with “til” as on old time abbreviation for “until”
And often misspelled as the other word for a cash register drawer. 🥲
Heh, I guess that's a risky abbreviation in a TIL thread.
Mama didn't raise a quitter.
She doesn’t look like a medium. She’s at least a large.
The term refers to her preferred pace.
The salsa?
That was a wild ride. Thanks!
Weirdly misleading title. She must've known, and from leaks she definitely did know.
So instead of charging her for espionage or something they instead charge her for…. Witchcraft?!
She must've known
Well, that was easily deducible from the title (or why wasn't it to you?)
I guess the incorrect spelling is to bait interaction?
wp, OP, wp