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Harry Houdini and his exposure of the fraud spiritualist, spirit photography, spirit slate writing, ectoplasm, clairvoyance, and other quakery and cons perpetrated on the gullible, by the likes of the Boston Medium Margery, the Davenport Brothers, Annie Eva Fay, the Fox Sisters, Daniel Dunglas... read more
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- Arthur Conan Doyle: Add a description of this character.
- Dr. Slade
- Palladino
- Mrs. Houdini
- Harry Kellar
- Mr. Marsh
- Katie
- Mlle
- Lady Doyle
- Mrs. Guppy
- Bisson
- Mrs. Buxton
- Lankester
- Mr. Hope
- Davenports
- Davis
- Martin
- Dr. Crawford
- Robert Houdin
- Margaret Fox
- Mrs. Kane
- Mr. Mckenzie
- Alexis
- Powell
- Oliver Lodge
- Mrs. Folsom
- Mrs. Deane
- Mrs. Lyon
- William Crookes
- Carter
- N. Y.
- D. D. Home
- Miller
- Mumler
- De Vega
- Zollner
- Donkin
- Mr. Feilding
- A. Conan Doyle
First Sentence edit
The story of modern spirit manifestations, so called, dates from 1848 and the "solitary farmhouse" of John D. Fox and his wife in the village of Hydesville, in New York State, and centres around their two little girls, Margaret, eight, and Kate, younger by a year and half.
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- Harry Houdini (Author)
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- Dewey: 133
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