Estelle Roberts (10 May 1889 – 30 May 1970) was a British Spiritualist

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Life and career

Roberts is regarded by the British Spiritualist Movement as one of its finest exponents of mediumship in the 20th century but sceptics have not been convinced by her alleged powers. She claimed both physical and mental mediumship, and the teachings of her guide, a Native American Indian, known as Red Cloud, have been published. She toured the United Kingdom giving mediumship demonstrations for money. On 13 July 1930 thousands of people attended the

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for

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's memorial service. During the service Roberts gave a mediumship demonstration to the audience and claimed to witnessed Doyle's spirit in a chair. She wrote the book ''Forty Years a Medium'' (1959). The book was described in a

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by journalist Tom Greenwell as non-scientific and was questioned how anyone apart from the author could take it seriously. The

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of Roberts known as Red Cloud made false predictions. He predicted that

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was not going to break out and that there was going to be peace. Roberts refused for her

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to be tested or observed by any scientist or psychical researcher. The

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offered to test her abilities but she declined to be tested. Roberts claimed to materialise an Indian

called "Red Cloud". Researcher Melvin Harris who examined some photographs of Red Cloud suggested that the face was the same as Roberts and she had dressed up in a feathered

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.Harris, Melvin. (2003). ''Investigating the Unexplained: Psychic Detectives, the Amityville Horror-mongers, Jack the Ripper, and Other Mysteries of the Paranormal''. Prometheus Books. p. 21.

Publications

*''Red Cloud Speaks'' (1938) *''Forty Years a Medium'' (1959) *''Fifty Years a Medium'' (1972)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Estelle 1889 births 1970 deaths English psychics English spiritual mediums People from Kensington