In the late 19th century, Victorian society was captivated by spiritualism. Séances became fashionable gatherings where mediums claimed to summon spirits into physical form.
One such case involved Miss Wood — a medium whose séances allegedly produced full-body materialisations under observation.
To prevent deception, investigators introduced a radical control measure: a wire cage.
The idea was simple. If Miss Wood remained confined, she could not physically impersonate the spirit.
Yet during the séance, witnesses claimed a luminous female figure appeared — separate from the cage.
Was this paranormal history… or psychological suggestion amplified by candlelight and expectation?
The 1879 experiment sits at the crossroads of belief and skepticism. Just three years later, the Society for Psychical Research would form to investigate such phenomena scientifically.
Whether illusion or anomaly, the wire cage ghost trap remains one of Victorian history’s most fascinating mysteries.
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