Crandon Collection

Mina Crandon
American physical medium, whose authenticity was much questioned but never conclusively disproved

Margery Crandon 7
Spirit photo of controversial American medium Margery, with alleged spirit faces. Few today would attempt a defence of Margery - writes investigator J Gordon Melton

Margery and Ectoplasm
Margery, with her hands tightly clasped by sitters, nevertheless manages to exude ectoplasm from her nostrils

Crandon & Houdini
Margery in a fraud-proof box devised by Richardson and Houdini; the latter is holding her left hand, her other hand is held by Walter Prince

Margery Seance - 4
Margery, in trance and her wrists held by sitters, exudes ectoplasm which spreads right across her face

Margery Crandon 4
Controversial American medium Margery in trance. She was exposed by Houdini but many believe her genuine

MARGERY AND BIRD
Margery's dead brother Walter mischievously pulls down a strongly-secured cabinet on Malcolm Bird, the intrepid investigator of Scientific American Date: 1924

WALTER T STINSON
Mina Crandon's dead brother Walter Stinson, who ostensibly gave strong evidence for his survival after death during his sister's seances

Controversial American medium Margery is presented with a loving cup by admirers at the Psychic College. Date: 1920s

CRANDON SEANCE
A scene at one of Margerys seances : ectoplasm is emerging from somewhere, to the amazement of all those present Date: circa 1925

MARGERY SEANCE - 5
Margery, in trance and her wrists held by sitters, exudes ectoplasm which drips from her face Date: circa 1924

Margery Crandon 6
Comparison of the thumbprint of Walter, control of American medium Margery, with that of a living Boston dentist - one of the dubious items which aroused suspicions of tricks

Margery Crandon
Mina Stinson - aka Margery Crandon - controversial American spirit medium

J Malcolm Bird
American researcher, Research Officer of the American Society for Psychical Research 1925-1931, a period which included the remarkable Margery Crandon case Date: 1886 - ?

Dr and Mina Crandon
Mina and Dr Crandon photographed during a visit to England

Houdini and Cabinet
Cover of a pamphlet by Houdini in which he exposes the tricks whereby Margery produces her extraordinary phenomena

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