Spirit Sleuths
How Magicians and Detectives Exposed the Ghost Hoaxes

Very haunting, very creepy. This book delves into the world of mediums, ghosts, and “spirit” photos. I absolutely loved this book, because it was eye opening into what people did to make dead people’s relatives believe that they were there with them. Fake hands, and plaster casts were given to peopl......more

Jarrow turns her astute attention to the phenomenon of spiritualism and the investigators who worked to disprove the con, including Harry Houdini.......more

This book completes Jarrow's "Spooky Titles" trilogy of books (The Amazing Harry Kellar: Great American Magician and Spooked!). It joins her other series of award-winning standalone titles, including The Deadly Trilogy (Red Madness, Fatal Fever, and Bubonic Panic), The Medical Fiascoes Series (Blood......more

Who would have thought that aside from being the Houdini that we all know from his death-defying stunts spent quite a bit of time showing the public that spiritualists were frauds by doing the things they were doing out in the open and in the light. He spent the majority of his life with his sidekic......more