Madame Leota holds a séance to “call in the spirits wherever they’re at.” She helps send guests’ sympathetic vibrations to the other side and calls in the swinging wake. Even before her crystal ball floated, she was a marvel to behold. The imagineer and perfectly named Leota Toombs gave a face to the medium. Eleanor Audley provided the voice. Later updates would use Kim Irvine’s face; Irvine is Leota’s daughter and an imagineer.

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