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Houdini's "Girl Detective": The Real-Life Ghost-Busting Adventures of Rose Mackenberg
Houdini's Girl Detective The RealLife GhostBusting Adventures of Rose Mackenberg Author:Rose Mackenberg The 1920s: a time of unprecedented belief in "spiritualism", or the practice of ostensibly communicating with the spirits of the dead. Into this milieu stepped Rose Mackenberg, a private detective trained by the great magician and escape artist, Harry Houdini. Her mission was to investigate and expose "ghost racketeers" who used magic tricks an... more »d psychological manipulation to con bereaved people out of their hard-earned cash."Houdini's Girl Detective" is an illustrated anthology of Rose Mackenberg's original 1929 newspaper article series, detailing her sometimes hair-raising adventures exposing the chicanery of the ghost racket.« less