Mr Sludge the Medium part one
Daniel Dunglas Home- Gifted Medium or Scoundrel ? First came across the most famous medium Daniel Dunglas Home when reading Linda Stratmann's Mina Scarletti novels. Set in Brighton during the early 1870's, the lead character is set on a course to expose mediums, who are generally depicted as being tricksters and preying on the grief of those who were suffering bereavement. In the novel Mr Scarletti's Ghost ,Mina reads a pamphlet titled The claims of D.D.Home Refuted Containing a Very Full Account of the Lyon Case and His Disgrace by Josiah Rand M.D. I have not found this publication, though Mina could have read quite a widely circulated Illustrated Police News p...