One of my favorite folk songs has a funny history to Spiritualism. Not only is Oft, In The Stilly Night a beautiful song about nostalgia and grief, it was also the subject of an incident with physical medium Daniel Douglas Home (1833-1886). Sworn testimonies claim that while doing a demonstration of spirit communication, an accordion began playing this song without anybody touching it. Instruments were known to play on their own in Home’s presence, and he was kicked out of his home at the age of