In the 1870s, a group of gay college friends started a paranormal club… & then sh*t got weird
The following is an excerpt from Weirdly Queer: Exploring the LGBTQ Perspective of the Paranormal, Occult, and Mysterious World by paranormal expert Ken Summers available online and at all good bookstores.A post shared by Ken Summers (@moonspenders)One year after losing his virginity on a picnic in the woods with a handsome young man, Noel Coward was on stage in his second performance of Where the Rainbow Ends.
His mother Violet questioned her encouragement of her son in acting while he was questioning his own sexuality. At this time in early 1913, fate intervened when she learned of a public mind-reading act being performed by Miss Anna Eva Fay—famed medium and mentalist from Trumbull County, Ohio—at London’s Coliseum.
Audience members were given small sheets of paper to write down any questions for her, though she could only promise the time to answer a few of them.
Miss Fay stood on stage, pulled out a random paper and read it.“Do you advise me to keep my son Noel Coward on stage? – Violet Coward”She turned to Coward’s mother who stood in the crowded theater. “You ask me about your son Noel Coward.
