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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