Mrs. Wakeman vs. the Antichrist (27 page)

“Strange Story of America's Abominable Snowman, The” (Sanderson),
177
–78

Streit, Christian,
122

suicide.
See
autodecapitation

Taylor, Heber,
17

Teed, Cyrus Reed,
15

Thomas, Mrs. (spirit),
5

Tinney, Mr. (hotel guest),
139

transverberation,
23
–24

treasure hunting.
See
magical treasure hunting

Tuskegee syphilis study,
233
,
241

Umberfield, Ichabod,
46
–47,
49
,
53
,
65

Vann, Lyle,
197

Vinnedge, William W.,
143
,
144
,
145

Wait, Mr. (farmer),
187
,
190

Wakeman, Ira,
18
–21,
23
,
24

Wakeman, Rhoda

arrest and trial for murder,
41
–42,
57
–61

background and spiritual leanings,
18
–19,
27
–28

death,
62

faith and doctrines,
21
–23

financial settlement with Man of Sin,
34
–35,
55

herbal healing,
31
,
36
,
55

homes in New Haven,
29
,
31
,
35

immunity to earthly dangers,
23
,
33
–34

instigation of murder,
43
,
55

Jesus's appearance to,
19
,
20
–21

lunacy,
28
,
60

marriage and struggle with Antichrist husband,
18
–21,
23
,
24

ministry,
24
,
30
–31

powers as God's Messenger,
22
–23

sacred papers,
42

sincerity,
28
–29,
60

under threat by Man of Sin,
13
,
19
,
23
,
33
,
38
,
40
,
54

Wakeman, Sarah,
26

Wakeman, Selina,
19

Wakemanites.
See also
Men of Sin; Wakeman, Rhoda

cash settlement with Man of Sin,
34
–35,
55
,
58

doctrines and aspects of faith,
21
–23,
55

Matthews exorcism and murder,
13
,
17
,
36
–43,
55
,
57
–61,
65

religious fanaticism and potential for violence,
17
,
64
–65

Sperry and Umberfield murders,
45
–50,
53
,
55

following Wakeman's death,
62
,
65

worship meetings,
29
–31

Waldo, Judge,
57
,
61

Weakley, Otho T.,
138

Welch, W. M.,
173

werewolf sightings,
199
–201

Werks, Alalee,
104

Werks, Perry,
102
–4,
113

Wharton, Mary Ann,
26
–27

Wheeler, George C.,
267

Wilcox, Silas,
255
–56,
263

“Wild Man of the Okefenokee!” (Deen),
115
–17

wild men

in anti-Darwinism screed,
115
–17

Brown, George,
105

Darwin's Human Monkey,
92

dental and surgical procedures,
97
,
98
,
103
,
108

general characteristics,
95

in Georgia,
95

Humane Society objections,
105

implant complications and removal,
105
,
106
–7,
109
–10,
112
–13

legal problems,
99
,
109
,
110
–11

Okefenokee Wild Man,
87
–88,
112
–17

in popular imagination,
88
–91,
114
–15

scientific aura surrounding,
92

as sideshow attractions,
90
–91

Werks, Perry,
102
–4,
113

Wild Men of Borneo,
91
–92

Wright, Joe,
106
–10

Zara, the Horned African Demon,
98
–102

Zip the Pinhead/the What-Is-It?,
92

Wild Men of Borneo,
91
–92

Williams, Wayne Bertram,
237
–38

Willoughby, Charles,
29

witch executions,
27

Wizard Clip.
See
Livingston Wizard (Wizard Clip)

Wolever, P. W.,
153

Wood, W. H.,
2
,
6

Wooding, Israel,
37
,
38

Wounded
(Burney),
84
–85

Wovoka (prophet),
14

Wright, Joe,
106
–10

Wrinkle, John,
253
–55,
261
,
263

Zara, the Horned African Demon,
98
–102

Zip the Pinhead,
92