Thomas Lynn Bradford
Thomas Lynn Bradford (died February 6, 1921) of Detroit, Michigan, is most famous for committing suicide in attempt to ascertain the existence of an afterlife and communicate that information to a living accomplice, Ruth Doran. On 6 February 1921, Bradford sealed his apartment in Detroit, Michigan, blew out the pilot on his heater, and turned on the gas, which was successful in killing him.
Some weeks earlier, Bradford had sought a fellow spiritualist in a newspaper ad. Ruth Doran responded. The two agreed "that there was but one way to solve the mystery - two minds properly attuned, one of which must shed its earthly mantle". The New York Times ran a follow-up under the headline "Dead Spiritualist Silent."
References
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- The Afterlife: Real Or Imagined? CBS Sunday Morning News. October 30, 2005
- Mary Roach, Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (2005), W. W. Norton, ISBN 0-393-05962-6
- Mary Roach, "The Big Questions: What happens after you die?", New Scientist, issue 2578, 18 November 2006.
- Jad Abumrad, "Proof" (Interview with Mary Roach), Radiolab Podcast Short, 10 August 2009.
- Dead Spiritualist Silent. New York Times, February 08, 1921.
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