By Leslie Lindsay  Maybe it’s the time of the year, maybe it’s just me, but I have a thing with witches, ghosts, psychics, and haunted houses. Throw in the roaring 20s, the Jazz Age, circus freaks, and I’m all ears. Is there life after death? That question has been posed for all of human history, but not until the 1920s rolled around and folks were desperate to connect with departed loved ones, those who had sacrificed their lives to the torrents of WWI, or passed on from the devastating Spanish flu epidemic, the search for an answer was at an all-time high. The bereaved fell out of the shadows, seeking spirit guides and mediums to help them connect to their loved ones. And then the Scientific American magazine got wind and launched an ambitious study into the paranormal, resulting in a contest to find an authentic medium. A cast of five judges were assembled to judge the psychic phenomena. Today, I am honored to have author David Jaher chat with us about his meticulously researched …