S2 – 9: Wounds

11/27/19 • 44 min

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The war was over but the fight to determine the future of the nation continued. And the spirits had much to say. Devastated families cried out for their lost loved ones. Sometimes, the beloved dead answered back.

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S2 – 8: Open Graves

As shots rang out and armies crossed the nation, black spiritualists in New Orleans found themselves fighting for their homes against all comers. But most of the nation’s spirit believers were focused on the spirits clamoring around a different residence—Abraham Lincoln’s White House. Could they guide a generation of followers through the fires of conflict into the light of a new day?

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Seances circled a high stakes table. Spirits were still comforting families, but in cities like New Orleans and New York, they also held to a glowing vision. The future of the nation's laws, and the levers of its economy, were up for grabs. Now was the time to bring heaven down to earth.

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Unobscured - S2 – 9: Wounds

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Welcomed Unobscured, a production of I Heart Radio and Aaron Minky.

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Colonel Crosby died on April second of eighteen sixty. He had been one of the first to march out from Philadelphia with the volunteers at the start of the war. He took fire throughout the fighting, and at one point was shot in the head. After he went back into combat, a bullet shattered his arm, which was then amputated in a w