Title: The magician and the spirits
Description: A century ago, the curious idea that spirits not only survive death but can be contacted on the  other side  was widespread. Psychic mediums led countless s ances, claiming to connect the grieving with their lost relations through everything from frenzied trance writing to sticky expulsions of ectoplasm.
Subjects: Spiritualism, Magicians, Juvenile literature, Escape artists, United states, biography, United states, biography, juvenile literature
Places: United States
People: Harry Houdini (1874-1926)