<p>The story of Dr William Jackson Crawford, an engineer and teacher, who carried out a series of strange experiments with a teenage medium and her family before his untimely death on the shores of Belfast lough in 1920. 
Dr Crawford’s findings were extraordinary and widely published – but was it all a hoax?</p><p>Episode 5 – The Descendants</p><p>Reggie is back on the road to Bangor to meet Kathleen Goligher’s grand daughter. What more can she tell him about her Grandmother’s life as a spiritualist and medium, and how does she feel about Dr Crawford’s unusual experiments?</p><p>Meanwhile – Dr Crawford’s great granddaughter Clare reveals the engineer did not have a good reputation in their family history.</p><p>Written and presented by Reggie Chamberlain King</p><p>Readings by </p><p>Dave Fleming
Lucy McConnell
Mark Claney
Stephen Beggs</p><p>Produced by Conor McKay
Editor Andy Martin 
A BBC Northern Ireland production</p>

Assume Nothing

BBC Radio Ulster

5. The Descendants

MAY 30, 202612 MIN
Assume Nothing

5. The Descendants

MAY 30, 202612 MIN

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<p>The story of Dr William Jackson Crawford, an engineer and teacher, who carried out a series of strange experiments with a teenage medium and her family before his untimely death on the shores of Belfast lough in 1920. Dr Crawford’s findings were extraordinary and widely published – but was it all a hoax?</p><p>Episode 5 – The Descendants</p><p>Reggie is back on the road to Bangor to meet Kathleen Goligher’s grand daughter. What more can she tell him about her Grandmother’s life as a spiritualist and medium, and how does she feel about Dr Crawford’s unusual experiments?</p><p>Meanwhile – Dr Crawford’s great granddaughter Clare reveals the engineer did not have a good reputation in their family history.</p><p>Written and presented by Reggie Chamberlain King</p><p>Readings by </p><p>Dave Fleming Lucy McConnell Mark Claney Stephen Beggs</p><p>Produced by Conor McKay Editor Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland production</p>