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Radio Ulster,02 May 2026,12 mins,

Series The S茅ance Experiments

1. A Man in His Usual Health

Assume Nothing
Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

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The story of Dr William Jackson Crawford, an engineer and teacher, who carried out a series of strange experiments with a teenage medium and her family before his untimely death on the shores of Belfast lough in 1920. Dr Crawford鈥檚 findings were extraordinary and widely published 鈥� but was it all a hoax? Episode 1 鈥� A Man in His Usual Health. The body of a man is found on a rocky shore near Bangor, Northern Ireland. In his pockets are a sealed letter to his wife, a silver watch stopped at 7.50 and a small bottle of whiskey. Dr Crawford was a respected engineer, but in the years before his death he carried out a series of elaborate and increasingly unusual experiments 鈥� to prove that Belfast teenager Kathleen Goligher could communicate with the dead. Written and presented by Reggie Chamberlain King Readings by Dave Fleming Lucy McConnell Mark Claney Stephen Beggs Produced by Conor McKay Editor Andy Martin A 麻豆社 Northern Ireland production

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