Houdini Exposes Tricks Used by Boston Medium Margery

Published 1924, 43 Pages

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The Scientific American investigation – Houdini Exposes Tricks Used by Boston Medium Margery

• Margery’s séances had already convinced several members of the magazine’s committee that her abilities were genuine. Her supporters included Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a noted spiritualist.
• When Houdini learned the committee was considering awarding Margery the prize, he insisted on attending her séances in Boston in July 1924. 

Houdini Exposes Tricks Used by Boston Medium Margery Debunking Methods

• The bell box: Margery claimed to ring a bell inside a locked wooden box using her psychic powers. During a séance, Houdini detected her using her foot to slide her ankle just enough to touch the bell’s ringing apparatus.
• The flying megaphone: Houdini figured out Margery briefly freed a hand in the dark to place a megaphone on her head. She then jerked her head to make it drop and fly across the room.
• The levitating table: He revealed this trick during another séance at a hotel, discovering Margery was using her head to lift the table from underneath.
• The “ectoplasm”: When Margery produced a supposed supernatural substance, Houdini exposed it as an animal liver she had smuggled into the séance.

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