Paschal Beverly Randolph was a grand master occultist. He was a black man that was a close confidant of Abraham Lincoln, arguably the largest cannabis importer of his time, a sex magician, and possibly the inspiration behind Marvel's Dr. Strange.
He is notable as the first person to introduce the principles of erotic alchemy to North America, and, according to A.E. Waite (the tarot card guy), establishing the earliest known Rosicrucian order in the United States.
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S1E20 - What Fresh Hell Is This
S1E19 - The Season 1 Porch
S1E18 - Digging Up The Dead
S1E17 - Freaks - Johnny Eck
S1E16 - Phantom of Flatwoods
S1E15 - Ghost Train
S1E14 - The Crosswick Monster
S1E13 - Stigmata Minisode Update
S1E12 - Stigmata
S1E11 - Lady Wonder - Psychic Horse
S1E10 - A Place To Hide - The Seance
S1E9 - When Lincoln Could Fly
S1E8 - Bryn Du and the Estes Method
S1E7 - Austin Dam Mystery Man
S1E6 - Witness - Minorities And The UFO Phenomenon
S1E5 - Holiday Haunts - Christmas Ghost Stories
S1E4 - The Hinsdale House (Part 3)
S1E3 - The Hinsdale House (Part 2)
S1E2 - The Hinsdale House (Part 1)
S1E1 - Why Is Halloween So Queer?
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