Alexander (magician)
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Claude Alexander Conlin, also known as Alexander, C. Alexander, Alexander the Crystal Seer, and Alexander the Man Who Knows, was an American spiritual author, vaudeville magician who specialized in me
Conlin circa 1915
1910 poster: "Alexander, Crystal Seer, Sees Your Life from the Cradle to the Grave"
Poster for Alexander's show with crystal ball
Mediumship
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Mediumship is the practice of purportedly mediating communication between familiar spirits or spirits of the dead and living human beings. Practitioners are known as "mediums" or "spirit mediums". The
Medium Eva Carrière photographed in 1912 with a light appearing between her hands
Séance conducted by John Beattie, Bristol, England, 1872
Colin Evans, who claimed spirits lifted him into the air, was exposed as a fraud.
A photograph of the medium Linda Gazzera with a doll as fake ectoplasm