{"id":825,"date":"2020-09-04T20:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T00:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=825"},"modified":"2022-05-14T20:15:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T00:15:53","slug":"william-fayssoux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"William Fayssoux"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_827\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-827\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Fayssoux-ad-Salisbury_Evening_Post_Thu__Apr_20__1916_-2-264x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Fayssoux-ad-Salisbury_Evening_Post_Thu__Apr_20__1916_-2-264x300.jpg 264w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Fayssoux-ad-Salisbury_Evening_Post_Thu__Apr_20__1916_-2.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the Salisbury, North Carolina, Evening Post, April 20, 1916.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>William Irvine Fayssoux was a psychic and illusionist in the south early in the 20th century.\u00a0 He traveled throughout Appalachia, performing feats that would seem incredible even today. 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