When Charles #Dickens unexpectedly died in 1870, readers felt doubly cheated, not only losing the author, but also the ending of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." But with spiritualism at its height, avid fans decided to take matters into their own hands and consult...his ghost! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👻" title="Geist" aria-label="Emoji: Geist">
In Battleborough, Vermont, in 1872, tramp printer Thomas Power James had a trance in a boarding house seánce. "Charles Dickens" wrote a polite note to James, requesting a 15 Nov. meeting.

Ghost Dickens asked James to write the ending of "Edwin Drood" through "spirit-pen" https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👻" title="Geist" aria-label="Emoji: Geist">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🖋️" title="Füller unten links" aria-label="Emoji: Füller unten links">
T.P. James kindly did so, with a medium& #39;s aid. The result was a completed "Part Second" (1873), which features a "Medium& #39;s Preface"!

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👻" title="Geist" aria-label="Emoji: Geist">Ghost Dickens claims that injured Edwin Drood is rescued by Durdles, allies with Datchery to expose an insane Jasper, and later marries Rosa https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👻" title="Geist" aria-label="Emoji: Geist">
None other than #Sherlock creator Arthur Conan Doyle attended a seánce at which American violinist Florizel von Reuter (who died 1985!) interrogated Ghost Dickens about the lost finale of "Edwin Drood," and was told,

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For more on the reputed activities of Ghost Dickens and theories about "Edwin Drood," read @DrPeteOrford& #39;s "The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Charles Dickens& #39; Unfinished Novel & Our Endless Attempts to End It" (2018): https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood_Charles_Dicke/bMWIDwAAQBAJ">https://www.google.com/books/edi...
Courtesy of the A.C.D. Encyclopedia, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle& #39;s full account of his "meeting" with Ghost Dickens can be read in "The Edge of the Unknown" (1930), section "VI. The Alleged Posthumous Writings of Known Authors": #VI._The_Alleged_Posthumous_Writings_of_Known_Authors">https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/The_Edge_of_the_Unknown #VI._The_Alleged_Posthumous_Writings_of_Known_Authors">https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php...
Last, but not least, O& #39;Donnell& #39;s text on Ghost Dickens& #39;s afterlives, complaining about the arrogance of his spiritualist fans: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Twenty_Years_Experience_as_a_Ghost_Hunte/QMhCAAAAIAAJ">https://www.google.com/books/edi...
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