Houdini Exposes the Tricks Used by the Boston Medium “Margery.” Harry Houdini. New York: Adams Press Publishers, 1924.
Published during Houdini’s celebrated campaign against fraudulent spiritualists, this illustrated pamphlet documents his investigation of Mina Crandon, the Boston medium known as “Margery,” whose séances attracted considerable attention during the 1920s. Crandon was a contender for a $2,500 prize offered by Scientific American for a demonstration of genuine psychic phenomena. Houdini challenged her claims, exposing what he believed to be the methods behind her manifestations.
The pamphlet includes photographs of the séance cabinet and Houdini’s detailed account of his investigation, along with an exposure of the purported X-ray vision of Spanish performer Argamasilla. An interesting contemporary record of one of Houdini’s most publicized confrontations with spiritualism.
8vo, 39 pages, illustrated, in original pink pictorial wrappers. Very good condition.
Houdini Exposes the Tricks Used by the Boston Medium “Margery.” Harry Houdini. New York: Adams Press Publishers, 1924.
Published during Houdini’s celebrated campaign against fraudulent spiritualists, this illustrated pamphlet documents his investigation of Mina Crandon, the Boston medium known as “Margery,” whose séances attracted considerable attention during the 1920s. Crandon was a contender for a $2,500 prize offered by Scientific American for a demonstration of genuine psychic phenomena. Houdini challenged her claims, exposing what he believed to be the methods behind her manifestations.
The pamphlet includes photographs of the séance cabinet and Houdini’s detailed account of his investigation, along with an exposure of the purported X-ray vision of Spanish performer Argamasilla. An interesting contemporary record of one of Houdini’s most publicized confrontations with spiritualism.
8vo, 39 pages, illustrated, in original pink pictorial wrappers. Very good condition.
