Florence Cook and Katie King: The Story of a Spiritualist Medium

The story of 19th century physical medium. Florence Cook and her ‘spirit control’ Katie King is a controversial one to say the least. Allegedly the possessor of psychic abilities from a young age, Cook was to become famous in Victorian Spiritualist circles and beyond for producing the full materialisation of the spirit 'Katie King’ in front of numerous witnesses and for undergoing methodical testing of her alleged psychic abilities by the eminent scientist Sir William Crookes. However, the genuineness of Cook’s mediumistic abilities and the objectivity of Crookes investigations have been called into question by some researchers who view the behaviour of both the medium and the scientist as highly questionable. 

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