Hawthorne & Local Events

  • Whispers from the Veil: The Séance That Defied Science

    The House of the Seven Gables 115 Derby Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Step into the gaslit parlor of 1920s Salem for a séance, where the line between the living and the dead blurred into a national obsession. This immersive program plunges you into the dark, controversial world of Mina Crandon—known to the world as “Margery“—the most famous and polarizing spiritual medium of the Jazz Age. As scientists, magicians, and skeptics gathered around ...

  • Whispers from the Veil: The Séance That Defied Science

    The House of the Seven Gables 115 Derby Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Step into the gaslit parlor of 1920s Salem for a séance, where the line between the living and the dead blurred into a national obsession. This immersive program plunges you into the dark, controversial world of Mina Crandon—known to the world as “Margery“—the most famous and polarizing spiritual medium of the Jazz Age. As scientists, magicians, and skeptics gathered around ...