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Houdini insisted that Scientific American publish an expose of Mina Crandon, but the editors held off. He then published a 40-page pamphlet, Houdini Exposes the tricks used by the Boston Medium “Margery” to win the $2500 prize offered by the Scientific American. He also took to exposing Mina Crandon’s tricks during his stage show.
Mina Stinson Crandon died in her sleep on November 1, 1941. Although she was said to have spent her final years unhappy and disillusioned, tending to her husband during a long convalescence, then succumbing herself to illness, her supporters never ceased to remind her that her fame as a medium was known throughout the world.
10 ott 2015 · David Jaher's account of Harry Houdini attempt to debunk Boston society psychic Mina Crandon mixes history with high-wire theatricality — even though most readers will know who came out on top.
Crandon war in zweiter Ehe mit dem angesehenen Bostoner Chirurgen Dr. LeRoy Goddard Crandon verheiratet, der dem in den 20er Jahren boomenden Spiritismus anhing. Beim gemeinsamen Besuch einer Geisterbeschwörerin weissagte diese den Crandons, Mina habe ebenfalls die Gabe, Geister von Toten anzulocken.
9 ott 2019 · Mina "Margery" Crandon (1888 – November 1, 1941) was an American spiritualist medium. Media in category "Mina Crandon" The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total.
Margey Crandon Tra i più sconcertanti fenomeni che il movimento spiritista vide nel XX secolo, Mina Crandon Stinson, piú conosciuta come Margery Crandon fu una celebre medium americana che mai nella vita si diede alla professione medianica. Nacque intorno al 1890 e arrivó alla notorietà nel 1924 nel momento in cui la rivista Scientific American offrì … Origini e storia dello spiritismo ...
Notes. - Mina Crandon, known as Margery, was a medium who fully challenged Houdini. In her impressive Boston home, with the unwavering support of her husband, a respected surgeon and member of the Harvard faculty, she held seances to demonstrate her alleged supernatural powers. In 1924, she applied for a $2,500 prize offered by the "Scientific ...
