10 Facts About Henry Slade

Henry Slade was a famous fraudulent medium who lived and practiced in both Europe and North America.

Henry Slade was writing these messages from the "dead" using tiny pieces of chalk held in the fingers of either hand, the toes of either foot, or his mouth.

In 1872, Slade was caught in fraud in New York by John W Truesdell, who had two sittings with him.

Henry Slade was prosecuted for fraud on October 1,1876 in London and was sentenced to three months in prison.

However, Henry Slade made an appeal, which was sustained, on the ground that the words "by palmistry or otherwise" had been omitted in the indictment.

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Henry Slade performed a trick where he would play an accordion with one hand under the table.

Johann Karl Friedrich Zollner, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leipzig conducted several controlled experiments, using Henry Slade, to evaluate his claims of paranormal ability in 1877.

Henry Slade failed some of the tests carried out under controlled conditions but still succeeded in fooling Zollner in several other attempts.

In 1882 in Belleville seance sitters caught Henry Slade making "spirit" raps against the rung of his chair, using his foot to move a slate, writing "spirit" messages and substituting slates.

Henry Slade was exposed as a fraud in 1885 by the Seybert Commission as it was discovered that the slates had prepared messages on them.