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Ghosts of Florence: Roma Lister and the Haunted Villa

Posted on May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 by TheCustodian

“It was in one of these periods of strange happenings that I accepted my friend’s invitation, having little fear of ghosts.” – Roma Lister As I’ve written previously, late nineteenth-century Florence was a bona fide ghostland. Following the rise to international stardom of the Fox sisters (who are generally acknowledged as the “mothers” of spiritualism),…

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Roma Lister and the Mysterious Dream Powder

Posted on April 2, 2025April 3, 2025 by TheCustodian

“During my life, I have had occasion to make my own little theories, and, what is perhaps more interesting, I have been able to test them.”  – Roma Lister Roma Lister, like many of those in her circle (doctors, bohemians, dressmakers, diplomats, countesses, magistrates) were many-sided. They all had their working-day-world fixations and obligations. But…

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Roma Lister: A Haunting Vision in Florence

Posted on March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 by TheCustodian

Long ignored by scholarship, Lister was a writer, folklore collector, and occultist who served as an inspiration and adviser to the American man of letters Charles Godfrey Leland. Throughout her life, Lister, like her friend Lady Walburga Paget and others, often had strange, visionary experiences.

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Lady Paget and the Enchanted Villa of Bellosguardo

Posted on December 29, 2022December 29, 2022 by TheCustodian

“Bellosguardo…it is a haunted, legendary spot; fate and witches sweep round its walls by night, while the cry of the civetta makes music for their aërial dance…” -Charles Godfrey Leland Nineteenth-century Florence was haunted, and its haunters–whether of blood or spirit–were the stuff of legend. In the 1850s and 60s, Baron Kirkup garnered a reputation…

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