Houdini writes about the famous mediums in his time. Names like Palladino and Ann O'Delia Diss Debar should ring a bell. He also elaborates on his exchanges with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who was a firm believer in spirits and paranormal phenomena.

1st edition, 1924, Harper & Row, New York; reprint 1972, Arno Press, New York; 296 pages.

Introduction
Preface
I. The Founders of Modern Spiritualism
II. The Davenport Brothers
III. Daniel Dunglas Home
IV. Palladino
V. Ann O'Delia Diss Debar
VI. Dr. Slade and His Spirit Slates
VII. Slate Writing and Other Methods
VIII. Spirit Photography
IX. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
X. Why Ectoplasm?
XI. By-Products of Spiritualism
XII. Investigations - Wise and Otherwise
XIII. How Mediums Obtain Information
XIV. What You Must Believe to Be a Spiritualist
XV. Magicians as Detectors of Fraud
XVI. Conclusion
Appendix
Photos

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