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Spirit Sleuths: How Magicians and Detectives Exposed the Ghost Hoaxes Audiobook, by Gail Jarrow Play Audiobook Sample

Spirit Sleuths: How Magicians and Detectives Exposed the Ghost Hoaxes Audiobook

Spirit Sleuths: How Magicians and Detectives Exposed the Ghost Hoaxes Audiobook, by Gail Jarrow Play Audiobook Sample
Release Date: November 26, 2024
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Read By: Mia Barron Publisher: Recorded Books Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 2.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.00 hours at 2.0x Speed
Release Date: November 26, 2024
Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9798894861869

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

13

Longest Chapter Length:

32:05 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

29 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

18:59 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

6

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Publisher Description

The latest from acclaimed author Gail Jarrow reveals how magicians—including Harry Houdini and his team of investigators—exposed fake mediums who exploited the vulnerable and gullible in the early twentieth century.

After millions of people died during World War I and from the 1918 influenza pandemic, the popularity of Spiritualism soared. Desperate to communicate with their dead loved ones, the bereaved fell prey to extortion by fraudulent mediums and fortune-tellers. 

But magician Harry Houdini wasn’t fooled. He recognized the scammers’ methods as no more than conjurer’s tricks. Angered by the way people were exploited, Houdini set out to expose the ghost hoaxes. In his stage show, he revealed the fraudsters’ techniques, and he used a team of undercover investigators to collect proof of séance deceptions. His head secret agent was a young New York private detective and disguise expert, Rose Mackenberg—a woman who continued her ghost-busting career for decades, long after Houdini’s death in 1926.

Ideal for young readers and adults who are drawn to the worlds of psychics and magicians, this riveting book uncovers a little-known chapter in American history and details the ways people were (and still are) deceived by mediums and fortune-tellers.

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About Mia Barron

Mia Barron has worked at theaters in New York and around the country. Her film and television credits include The Guiding Light and the independent feature The F Word. She has won an AudioFile Earphones Award, and in 2003 she was awarded the Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award for her audiobook narration.