Today we discuss the history of the Lincoln's, The Booth's and the intersection of the White House and the Occult. But more importantly, this history is really a reflection of a nation divided, and the aftermath of grief. It doesn't seem so far away from the current state of the state. 

Sources

• Whitehousehistory.org article by Alexandra Kommel: Seances in The Red Room. 
• CSUN University Library: The Edwin Booth Family Collection
• National Geographic Article by Parissa Djangi: Seances at the White House
• In The Houses of Their Dead by Terry Alford

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