Houdini Exposes Margery by Harry Houdini

Houdini Exposes the Tricks Used by the Boston Medium “Margery”
with a Complete Exposure of Argamasilla and his Claim to X-Ray Vision

Exact facsimile of the first edition
11 photos of Houdini
18 illustrations
Includes 8 pp. exposé of Spanish psychic Argamasilla
Newly scanned and meticulously restored

40 pp.
Saddle-stitch binding
6 x 9 in.
Satiny matte-finish cover
High-quality coated text pages

From 1922 to 1924, Houdini helped test the allegedly otherworldly abilities of Mina Crandon, a Boston spiritualistic medium known as “Margery” who claimed to contact the spirit world at her darkened séances. After his gullible Scientific American committee friends fell for her fraud, Houdini composed this 1924 booklet about his extensive sessions to expose her wily methods, posing for many of the photos himself inside the uncomfortable-looking isolation box he’d devised.

Published by his colleague Oscar Teale’s Adams Press, the work features detailed drawings of Houdini and the tricky medium during her séances. The pamphlet is actually two books in one, since following the Margery exposé is “Joaquin Maria Argamasilla: The Spaniard with the X-Ray Eyes,” an eight-page section on Houdini’s explanations of the techniques of phony Spanish mystic Joaquin Maria Argamasilla.