In her "confession," Lorraine Wiseman-Seilaff (left) asserted that Aimee Semple McPherson paid her expenses and promised her more money to produce a fake "Miss X" of Carmel. Mrs. Wiseman said Mrs. McPherson coached her to dress like the evangelist and do her hair the same way. This picture shows her and Mrs. McPherson together and illustrates their similarity in appearance. Mrs. McPherson said that Wiseman-Seilaff was the mysterious "Miss X" at Carmel with Kenneth G. Ormiston after McPherson was "kidnapped," according to her story.
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