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Chapter 5 of Brad Steiger's 'Haunted Lovers', was the clear favourite on Thurs' post 👇. There are a couple of great stories in this chapter; today I'll deliver Phantom Sweethearts & tomorrow Sex Beyond the Grave! 👻Phantom Sweethearts👻 On June 20th, 1879, the 33-year-old Sarah Catherine Eaton was happily wed to Benjamin, the son of former US President Franklin Pierce, at the Eaton family home in the Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. "In all ways but one," Steiger writes, the Eaton-Pierce nuptials could stand as a typical Midwestern marriage celebration, circa 1879: Sarah had been dead since she was a 3-week-old baby, and Benjamin had been killed in a railroad accident when he was 12"! The local Times & the New York Times reported on the ceremony, which was performed by a Scandinavian clergyman named Emmanuel Swedenborg... who had himself been dead since 1772. Sarah's parents, referred to as Colonel & Mrs Eaton, claimed to have had continued contact with their daughter as she grew into adulthood in the spirit world. On the big day, 2 mediums "entered a cabinet" & "combined their psychic energies to materialize the spirit forms of Sarah & Benjamin," who appeared, happily, before guests through the aperture of the spirit cabinet. Guests stated that the newlyweds joined the party for supper & engaged in conversation before returning "to the etheric realms for their honeymoon." The local newspaper listed prominent relatives & American politicians - all deceased - amongst the aforementioned guests, so perhaps they weren't the most reliable sources... 💒: If you were invited, would you attend a ghost wedding? 👻: Follow along for tales of Sex Beyond the Grave 🙀 tomorrow! I'll skim the other voted-for chapters and keep sharing if there are any standout tales. 📸: 'The Davenport Brothers in front of their spirit cabinet', 1870, via Wiki Commons. . #generallygothic #gothic #glimpsesofghosts #ghosts #👻 #ghoststories #haunted #haunterlovers #ghostwedding #americanfolklore #americanghosts #americanhistory #history #franklinpierce #americanpresident #potus #14thUSpresident #kansas #newyorktimes #spiritcabinet #spirits #medium #paranormal #1800s #1870s #blackandwhitephotography https://www.instagram.com/p/B2fvN5kgzyZ/?igshid=g4y1np5irumr