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Anna Eva Fay Pingree

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Anna Eva Fay Pingree

Birth
Southington, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA
Death
12 May 1927 (aged 76)
USA
Burial
Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.4457778, Longitude: -71.0635694
Plot
Family Mausoleum
Memorial ID
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Famous "medium" in the 1870s era. In vaudeville she billed herself as "The Indescribable Phenomenon". Washington Irving Bishop, another famous magician of the era, worked for her as an assistant & manager. He later exposed her methods.

Birth name: Ann Eliza Heathman

Her family mausoleum is of granite and was built in 1908. Over the doorway is her married name: Anna Eva Fay Pingree.

Her home was at 1121 Franklin Street, Melrose. (Houdini visited her here.)

Barry H. Wiley has carefully researched her life, and has written the definitive book on her: "The Indescribable Phenomenon: The Life and Mysteries of Anna Eva Fay". This superb book is published by Hermetic Press, Seattle - c 2005.
Famous "medium" in the 1870s era. In vaudeville she billed herself as "The Indescribable Phenomenon". Washington Irving Bishop, another famous magician of the era, worked for her as an assistant & manager. He later exposed her methods.

Birth name: Ann Eliza Heathman

Her family mausoleum is of granite and was built in 1908. Over the doorway is her married name: Anna Eva Fay Pingree.

Her home was at 1121 Franklin Street, Melrose. (Houdini visited her here.)

Barry H. Wiley has carefully researched her life, and has written the definitive book on her: "The Indescribable Phenomenon: The Life and Mysteries of Anna Eva Fay". This superb book is published by Hermetic Press, Seattle - c 2005.


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  • Added: Jan 3, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32602592/anna_eva_fay-pingree: accessed ), memorial page for Anna Eva Fay Pingree (31 Mar 1851–12 May 1927), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32602592, citing Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by NWO (contributor 46583762).