The Atlas Obscura Podcast · Friday, October 23, 2026
Local historian and Air Force veteran Ron Nagy shares historical details about Lily Dale, including a visit by Susan B. Anthony. Nagy notes that Anthony was not a spiritualist and remarked after receiving a reading that she didn't like the person when they were living and certainly didn't want to hear from them when dead.
“Susan Anthony was not a spiritualist. She was here, she had a reading and she says, "I didn't like that person."”
“When they were living, I don't want to hear from them now when they're dead.”