Houdini, Harry: Houdini Exposes the Tricks Used by the Boston Medium "Margery"
©1924 Harry Houdini, Adams Press Publishers, NY
Softcover, saddle-stitched, 6x9", 40 pages
Houdini Exposes Medium Margery
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Harry Houdini: Houdini Exposes the Tricks Used by the Boston Medium Margery

Comments: Full title page: Houdini Exposes the Tricks Used by the Famous Boston Medium "Margery" to win the $2500 prize offered by the Scientific American. Also a complte exposure of Argamasilla, the famous Spaniard who baffled most Scientists of Europe and America, with his claim to X-Ray vision"

Contents (from book):

1 "Margery" the Medium Exposed
1 Houdini's Relation to Margery and the Scientific American
5 Dr. Crandon Séance 23 July 1924
8 Dr. Crandon Séance 24 July 1924
11 Houdini Stops the Press
12 Boston 25-26 August With Cabinet-Box
21 Mrs. Crandon Threatens Me
21 Dr. Comstock Also Draws a Blank Séance
23 Charges Against J. Malcolm Bird and Hereward Carrington and Concluding Remarks

27 Editorial Comments of the Margery Case: news accounts of the time
27 Chester Balks
27 Houdini Stopped the Show
27 Margery In the Laboratory
28 Trust in Houdini
28 Awaiting the Chester Verdict
28 Margery's Manifestations
29 Houdini and Spiritism
29 Margery Fails
30 The Quest Eternal
31 Magician and Medium
31 Spirit Tests Ended by Occult Student

33 Joaquin Maria Argamasilla - The Spaniard With X-Ray Eyes
33 The Claims to See Through Metal
35 Seeing Through a Borrowed Watch
36 Seeing Through the Box


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