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There are plenty of practitioners who were willing to sell it to them. The public was desperate for a message from the other side. In the early 20th century mediums, spiritualists and psychic practitioners of all kinds were undergoing a massive boom with all the tragedy and death associated with the great war and the global flu pandemic. Harry Houdini when he wasn’t busy escaping from locked jail cells and underwater saves the great Houdini made it a personal mission to unmask fraudulent mediums.
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This week I’m going to be talking about a magician and not just any magician, but one of the most famous of all time. This is episode 240 for the magician and the medium Margery Hi, I’m jake. Welcome to hub history, where we go far beyond the freedom trail to share our favorite stories from the history of boston, the hub of the universe. Locating Houdini’s jump from the Harvard Bridge.Correspondence between Houdini and Margery.Springfield Union: Margery will not get the Scientific American prize.Springfield Union: Houdini’s response to Doyle.Boston Herald: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle endorses Margery and scorns Houdini.Houdini says Boston is where spiritualists honed their craft.Houdini interrupted and challenged onstage by Margery supporters.Houdini declares spiritualism bunk, demonstrates mediums’ methods.Walter Franklin Prince’s article in the American Journal of Psychology.Douglas Daily Dispatch: Spiritualists to try contacting Houdini in the afterlife.Union Daily Times: Houdini finds danger in psychic phenomena.New York Herald: Ad for Houdini’s “Miracle Mongers”.Alaska Daily Empire: Margery’s identity revealed.DC Evening Star: results of the Margy box test.And she might have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for that meddling magician, too! The leading contender for their approval (and their large cash prize) was a Beacon Hill medium who went by the stage name Margery. The practice of spiritualism was so widespread and accepted that the journal Scientific American was on the brink of giving it the stamp of scientific legitimacy. With all the death associated with the Great War and the global flu pandemic, the public was desperate for a message from the other side, and there were plenty of practitioners who were willing to sell it to them. In the early 20th century, mediums, spiritualists, and psychic practitioners of all kinds were undergoing a massive boom. When he wasn’t busy escaping from locked jail cells and underwater safes, the Great Houdini made it a personal mission to unmask fraudulent mediums. And not just any magician, one of the most famous of all time, Harry Houdini.