3. Mary Lincoln Became A Laughing Stock Because Of Her Belief In The Paranormal
Mary Todd Lincoln became interested in the paranormal and often contacted mediums to contact her children after they passed away. Mary convinced herself that she still communicated with her deceased son, Willie, for the rest of her life. Mary continued to contact her children, and later husband, until her dying day.
While modern minds are more open to the paranormal, people in the mid-1800s did not have such open minds. When word got out that Mary Lincoln believed in ghosts, she became a laughing stock in the United States, especially because of her status in American society.