Mrs. Wakeman vs. the Antichrist

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by Robert Damon Schneck


  revival meetings, 83–84

  seasonal recurrence of bleeding, 82, 83–84

  Roe, William, 178

  Roosevelt, Elliot, 210

  Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 210

  Roosevelt, Teddy, 256

  Rountree, Martha, 215–16

  Ryan, Walter, 105

  Sables, Abigail, 37, 42, 57

  Samaritans, 255–56, 264

  Samson, Philip, 47

  Sanderson, Ivan, 89, 177–78, 195

  Sanford, Almeron, 37, 38, 39, 40

  Sanford, Charles, 31, 44, 45–53

  Sanford, Mehitable (later Matthews), 25, 36

  Sanford, Polly, 35, 37–38

  Sasquatch. See Bigfoot/Sasquatch

  Schneck, Robert Damon, 265–68

  Schweinfurth, George Jacob, 15

  Scudder, Caleb R., 145, 147

  Second Great Awakening, 13–17

  Selahtiks, 173–74

  Sharkey, William R., 10

  Sheets, Mrs. Fred, 135

  Sheldon, Joseph, Jr., 57

  Silliman, Benjamin, 33

  Sisson, Thomas Upton, 114

  Sly, Samuel “Sammy”

  death, 62

  exorcism and murder of Matthews, 37–40, 41–42, 57–61

  on Hunt poisoning incident and financial settlement, 32, 34, 55–56

  mental deficiency, 18, 59, 61

  on sects sympathetic to Wakemanites, 56

  shared housing with Wakeman, 29, 31, 35, 37

  on Ira Wakeman’s death, 24

  worship and practice of Wakemanism, 25–27, 30–31, 55

  Smith, Jerome C., 59–60

  Smith, Joseph, Jr., 42, 187–88, 190

  Smith, LeRoy, 161, 172

  Smith, Marion Lefever “Hank,” 161, 163–64, 167, 169, 170–71, 193

  Snow (preacher), 14

  Soldavini, Charles, 2, 7

  Soldavini, Josephine, 2–3, 7, 11

  Speers, Thomas, 254, 256, 263

  Sperry, Enoch, 31, 44–46, 48–49, 53

  Sperry, Nehemiah, 50

  spirits

  materializations, 183–84

  in metaphysical concept of cosmos, 181–82

  necromancy, 188, 192–93

  treasure guardians, 188–90, 194–97, 201

  treasure-hunting guides, 156, 162–65, 193

  Spiritualism

  basic tenet, 160

  emergence and practical application of, 160–61

  mediumship, 162

  obsolescence of necromancy practices, 192–93

  practice by Ape Canyon prospectors, 156, 162–65, 193

  as science, 161, 165

  séance materializations, 183–84

  Spreitzer, Edward, 247–49

  Springheeled Jack figures, 251, 266

  St. Louis World’s Fair (1904), 102–4

  Stannard, Mary, 62

  Starks, Cloretta. See Robertson, Cloretta

  stigmata

  of Catherine of Siena, 69

  forms of, 69

  of Francis of Assisi, 69–70

  fraudulent and questionable cases, 77–78

  mental and emotional factors, 75, 80

  in non-Catholics, 70

  number of Roman Catholic stigmatics, 70

  nurse’s observation of, 68

  papal guidelines on, 71

  of Pio of Pietrelcina, 70

  Stillman, T., 233

  “Strange Story of America’s Abominable Snowman, The” (Sanderson), 177–78

  Streit, Christian, 122

  suicide. See autodecapitation

  Taylor, Heber, 17

  Teed, Cyrus Reed, 15

  Thomas, Mrs. (spirit), 5

  Tinney, Mr. (hotel guest), 139

  transverberation, 23–24

  treasure hunting. See magical treasure hunting

  Tuskegee syphilis study, 233, 241

  Umberfield, Ichabod, 46–47, 49, 53, 65

  Vann, Lyle, 197

  Vinnedge, William W., 143, 144, 145

  Wait, Mr. (farmer), 187, 190

  Wakeman, Ira, 18–21, 23, 24

  Wakeman, Rhoda

  arrest and trial for murder, 41–42, 57–61

  background and spiritual leanings, 18–19, 27–28

  death, 62

  faith and doctrines, 21–23

  financial settlement with Man of Sin, 34–35, 55

  herbal healing, 31, 36, 55

  homes in New Haven, 29, 31, 35

  immunity to earthly dangers, 23, 33–34

  instigation of murder, 43, 55

  Jesus’s appearance to, 19, 20–21

  lunacy, 28, 60

  marriage and struggle with Antichrist husband, 18–21, 23, 24

  ministry, 24, 30–31

  powers as God’s Messenger, 22–23

  sacred papers, 42

  sincerity, 28–29, 60

  under threat by Man of Sin, 13, 19, 23, 33, 38, 40, 54

  Wakeman, Sarah, 26

  Wakeman, Selina, 19

  Wakemanites. See also Men of Sin; Wakeman, Rhoda

  cash settlement with Man of Sin, 34–35, 55, 58

  doctrines and aspects of faith, 21–23, 55

  Matthews exorcism and murder, 13, 17, 36–43, 55, 57–61, 65

  religious fanaticism and potential for violence, 17, 64–65

  Sperry and Umberfield murders, 45–50, 53, 55

  following Wakeman’s death, 62, 65

  worship meetings, 29–31

  Waldo, Judge, 57, 61

  Weakley, Otho T., 138

  Welch, W. M., 173

  werewolf sightings, 199–201

  Werks, Alalee, 104

  Werks, Perry, 102–4, 113

  Wharton, Mary Ann, 26–27

  Wheeler, George C., 267

  Wilcox, Silas, 255–56, 263

  “Wild Man of the Okefenokee!” (Deen), 115–17

  wild men

  in anti-Darwinism screed, 115–17

  Brown, George, 105

  Darwin’s Human Monkey, 92

  dental and surgical procedures, 97, 98, 103, 108

  general characteristics, 95

  in Georgia, 95

  Humane Society objections, 105

  implant complications and removal, 105, 106–7, 109–10, 112–13

  legal problems, 99, 109, 110–11

  Okefenokee Wild Man, 87–88, 112–17

  in popular imagination, 88–91, 114–15

  scientific aura surrounding, 92

  as sideshow attractions, 90–91

  Werks, Perry, 102–4, 113

  Wild Men of Borneo, 91–92

  Wright, Joe, 106–10

  Zara, the Horned African Demon, 98–102

  Zip the Pinhead/the What-Is-It?, 92

  Wild Men of Borneo, 91–92

  Williams, Wayne Bertram, 237–38

  Willoughby, Charles, 29

  witch executions, 27

  Wizard Clip. See Livingston Wizard (Wizard Clip)

  Wolever, P. W., 153

  Wood, W. H., 2, 6

  Wooding, Israel, 37, 38

  Wounded (Burney), 84–85

  Wovoka (prophet), 14

  Wright, Joe, 106–10

  Wrinkle, John, 253–55, 261, 263

  Zara, the Horned African Demon, 98–102

  Zip the Pinhead, 92

 

 

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