spiritualism, Browne Boys, Melbourne, Arthur Conan Doyle, psychic phenomena, mediums, missing persons, controversial beliefs, skepticism, the supernatural

## Introduction

Let’s get one thing straight: spiritualism is not just some quaint belief system from the past. It’s a dangerous cocktail of desperation and delusion that was, and still is, exploited by charlatans masquerading as mediums. In Melbourne, Australia, this absurdity reached a climax with the infamous case of the Browne Boys. Thei...