"Fort Myers, FL"

Gateway to the Everglades! And also home to some of the weirdest cults America has ever seen!

a graphic illustration of the cellular cosmogony

We Live Inside

greetings from the inside of the Hollow Earth

Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed may have been a madman, or the Messiah, but only he was bold enough to tell the truth: that we live on the inside of a hollow Earth.

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, Most Popular, People & Places, Series 4

Tags: 1893 Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition American Civil War Ann O'Delia Diss Debar Chicago, IL communism cult Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed "Koresh" eclectic medicine faith healing Florida Fort Myers, FL geodetics Harmony Society Koreshan Unity Messiah New York, NY Presented by #13 pseudo-science religion San Francisco, CA The Constant

Published: August 10, 2020

Spirit Princess

one woman, thirty aliases, forty years and too many crimes to count

The greatest and most notorious Spiritualist swindler of all time was a woman from Kentucky who looked a bit like Lola Montez (if you squinted).

Categories: Biography, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Series 3

Tags: "General" Joseph Hubert Diss Debar "Prince" Michael Keyfor Mills Ann O'Delia Diss Debar Baltimore, MD Boston, MA Canada Catholicism Chicago, IL crime cult David Livingston Mackay Detroit, MI dime museum Dr. Cyrus Reed Teed "Koresh" Florida Fort Myers, FL Freeman Bernstein Harmony Society Illinois Joseph D. Townsend Koreshan Unity London, England Massachusetts Michigan New York, NY Presented by #13 religion Spiritualism Theosophical Society Theosophy United Kingdom Windsor, ON

Published: March 23, 2020

The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope

"Fort Myers, FL"

We Live Inside

greetings from the inside of the Hollow Earth

Spirit Princess

one woman, thirty aliases, forty years and too many crimes to count