A Magician Among the Spirits

About this book

A voice answers from the séance cabinet. A sealed message appears to contain impossible knowledge. Harry Houdini, a man who earned his living making miracles look real, decides to examine the miracles performed by others.

Houdini examines slate-writing, ectoplasm, spirit photography and the tricks professional mediums used to create convincing manifestations. His investigations are rigorous and often theatrical, yet they have a personal edge. The death of his mother had left him longing for evidence that the dead could still speak.