The Possession of Frederic Thompson

On July 1st, 1909, a New York Times article’s headline read: “SAYS DEAD ARTIST’S SPIRIT OBSESSES HIM; Goldsmith Suddenly Takes Up Painting and Carries on Robert Swain Gifford’s Work. HEARS A STRANGE VOICE Strains of Weird Music, Too, Come to Him as He Visits Scenes Familiar to the Artist.” A man claimed he was possessed and compelled to carry on the work. This dead man. Was Robert Swain Gifford and the man possessed was Fredric Thompson.

This is the Possession of Frederic Thompson.