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| Eva Fay |
This is the 'Spirit Hand' that was used by Eva Fay during her Seance performances.
It has been said that it is cursed and has been known to still be haunted by a spirit or entity that is capable of talking from beyond... using a rapping code.
* A special note- this is NOT the hand used by Anna Eva Fay, but her daughter in-law, Eva Fay. They had a long standing feud going on because of the fact that Eva had purported to be doing the same show as Anna...
* A special note- this is NOT the hand used by Anna Eva Fay, but her daughter in-law, Eva Fay. They had a long standing feud going on because of the fact that Eva had purported to be doing the same show as Anna...
Here is a part of the account of what took place over the time they knew each other.
Eva Fay was the wife of John Cummings 'Fay', who in turn was the son of Anna Eva Fay, the celebrated American medium active around the turn of the century.
Eva Fay performed the same show as her mother-in-law, although her presentation was different. She also made a major addition: Eva had a spirit rapping hand that allowed her to answer questions asked by the audience. The spirit invoked during the séance used the hand to answer the questions asked.
However, the spirit that communicated through the hand gradually became jealous of her husband and caused his death - although the coroner's official verdict was death by accidental shooting.
(see The Fay Family Fight by Barry H.Wiley).
The sound of soft, repeating noises could be heard emanating from the small brown box carried by the medium. He set the box on the table next to a kind of dummy hand whose index finger had once been broken and inexpertly repaired. He then opened the box, in which we saw another - albeit different - hand.
"I will NOT, under any circumstances, demonstrate the power of this spirit rapping hand," he said pointing to the hand with the damaged finger. "It caused a number of mysterious deaths and 'accidents' during the 20th century".
(the Spirit Hand in my possession is Eva's original)
Spirit rapping hands were mainly used by stage mediums in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Usually, the audience would ask the medium questions and the hand would answer by rapping on a piece of wood or glass.
