In 1852, Harriet Hosmer packs her pistol, her anatomy degree, and two pictures of a sculpture she made and moves to Rome. There, among other “emancipated women” in the expat colony, she becomes one of the world’s most famous artists. But it’s the spirit world that truly calls to her, the realm of the dead that she channels through clairvoyance and seances. So what happens when she answers? (This episode first aired in June 2021. New season begins March 14.)

You can see Hosmer's remarkably tender sculpture of Medusa, now on view in the "Supernatural America" exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, in the online collection: collections.artsmia.org/art/81074/med…oodhue-hosmer