Inside Secret Archives: What Happened to Edison's Spirit Phone?

About this episode

Hello Seekers! Welcome back to the 3rd installment of our ongoing Occult Objects: Where Are They Now? mini-series! When we talk about the history of the occult, we're almost always talking about the people: charismatic cult leaders, philosophers, and (of course) Aliester Crowley. But everyone eventually passes on and, when that happens, the real physical anchors left behind are the objects: personal paperwork, ritual altars and cherished trinkets. In today's episode, I am tracking the "paper trail" across the globe and asking one simple question: Where did it all go? Inside OSP: Where Are They Now - Ep. 3, I cover: • The Babalon Papers: How Jack Parsons' explosove rocket science and ritual magic with L. Ron Hubbard ended up split between high-security Texas archives and locked O.T.O. vaults. • The Relics of Anton LaVey's Black House: What happened to the taxidermied wolves, Baphomet sigils and altar pieces after the wrecking ball hit 6114 California Street? • The 2,000 Spoon Cadillac: Uri Geller's wild metallic art car and where it sits parked today. • Edison's Spirit Phone: The real life glass vacuum tubes and lab notebooks from America's greatest inventor sitting in