The Mediumship of Mr. F. T. Munnings

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia

The Mediumship of Mr. F. T. Munnings is a letter co-signed by R. H. Saunders, H. Dennis Bradley, Arthur Conan Doyle and Abraham Wallace, M.D., dated 3 march 1926, and published in The International Psychic Gazette in april 1926.


The Mediumship of Mr. F. T. Munnings

The International Psychic Gazette (april 1926, p. 110)

(Letter to the Editor.)

March 3, 1926.

Sir, — The most puzzling and disconcerting cases which we ever encounter are those where a medium has intermittent psychic powers — sometimes of a high order — which are accompanied by a total want of moral perception, so that he is prepared to supplement such powers by cold-blooded and deliberate artifice when it suits his purpose. Mr. F. T. Munnings is an example of this type of medium, and it is our duty, after having some experience of his work, to warn the public that they sit with him at their own risk. We know of cases where the psychic result has been beyond suspicion and we know of others — notably one recently in a private family — where he has been exposed in obvious fraud with the tools for deception in his possession. We trust that this warning may prevent any such incident in the future. — Yours faithfully,

R. H. SAUNDERS.
H. DENNIS BRADLEY.
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
ABRAHAM WALLACE, M. D.