Secrets of the Psychics

Table of Contents


INTRODUCTION

PART I
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PSYCHIC DECEPTION
It’s All in the Mind
On the mechanisms of deception in psychic fraud
When I was a Psychic… for an Hour

PART II
HISTORICAL INVESTIGATIONS
Eusapia’s Sapient Foot
A New Examination of the Feilding Report
The Case of Anna Eva Fay
The Medium That Baffled Sir William Crookes
Houdini and Conan Doyle:
The Story of a Strange Friendship
Houdini Vs. Margery
When the Magician met the Blond Witch of Lime Street
Houdini’s Last Miracle:
Submerged Under Water!
Investigating Spirit Moulds
Chemistry of "Supernatural" Substances

PART III
INVESTIGATING PSYCHICS TODAY
There be… Poltergeists!
Roll Up for the Mystery Tour…
Secrets of a Russian Psychic
The Mystery of the Watch That was “Alive”
Miraculous Oil Inside a Glass Tube?
The Girl With the X-Ray Eyes
An Experiment in Clairvoyance
The Strange Case of the Creeping Doors
Investigating Table-Tipping
The Case of the Human Magnets
Secrets of the Miracle Mongers

AFTERWORD
Search for Margery:
An Interview with the medium’s grandaughter
Introducing Italy's Version of Harry Houdini:
An interview with Massimo Polidoro

 

(Index to Secrets of the Psychics)