In the 1920s, a Virginia horse named Lady Wonder stunned the public with her supposed psychic powers - spelling out answers, solving crimes, even picking presidents. Was she a telepathic marvel, as Dr. J.B. Rhine believed? Or a clever illusion, as magician John Scarne claimed? Discover the story behind the horse that made America believe.
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Episode Sources
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<li style="font-weight:400;">“Meet Lady Wonder, the Psychic Horse Who Appeared Twice in LIFE.” LIFE Magazine retrospective.<a href='https://www.life.com/animals/meet-lady-wonder-the-psychic-horse-who-appeared-twice-in-life/'> </a><a href='http://life.com'>Life.com</a></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">“Lady Wonder: The Psychic Horse.” Strange Company Blog by Undine, May 2016. <a href='http://strangeco.blogspot.com'>strangeco.blogspot.com</a></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">Newspaper Archives via Newspapers.com: Roanoke Times, March 1957 – Obituary and public reaction to Lady’s death; The Knoxville News-Sentinel, 1952 – Reports on Lady’s police involvement; Richmond Times-Dispatch, 1948 – Coverage on Lady’s election predictions; Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), feature on John Scarne’s skepticism.</li>
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<li style="font-weight:400;">Find a Grave Memorial – Claudia Fonda <a href='https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63554262/claudia-fonda'> findagrave.com

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<li style="font-weight:400;">The Story of Beautiful Jim Key by David Hoffman (public domain archive) <a href='https://archive.org/details/storyofbeautiful00roge/page/n2/mode/1up?view=theater'> Internet Archive

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<li style="font-weight:400;">Jim Key Digital Archive – Missouri State Library <a href='https://cdm15138.contentdm.oclc.org/customizations/global/pages/collections/jimkey/jimkey.html'>Missouri Digital Heritage

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<li style="font-weight:400;">State Symbols – Missouri Wonder Dog and Related Animal Curiosities <a href='https://www.sos.mo.gov/symbol/wonderdog'>sos.mo.gov</a></li>
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Out of the Mines, courtesy of Ross Gentry, Asheville, North Carolina.

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