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Joseph Francis Rinn (1868–1952) was an American magician and skeptic of paranormal phenomena. Career. Rinn grew up in New York City. He coached Harry Houdini as a teenager in running at the Pastime Athletic Club. [1] . He remained a friend to Houdini and exposed many fraudulent mediums throughout his career. [2] .
But according to the remarkable book, Sixty Years of Psychical Research, written by Houdini's boyhood friend Joseph F. Rinn in 1950, Houdini was giving semi-professional magic performances two years before he ever read the Robert-Houdin book. Rinn's recollections begin on page 65:
Jan 30, 2013 · In this week’s eSkeptic, Daniel Loxton shares a story about Joseph F. Rinn—a leading media skeptic from the early 20th century— whose classic volume Sixty Years of Psychical Research, though rarely consulted today, remains the deepest and most important sources of skeptical literature on paranormal investigation from about 1890–1950.
Apr 20, 2022 · Joseph Rinn. navigation search. Joseph Rinn (1868-1962), a member of the Society of American Magicians, collaborated with Harry Houdini on psychic matters in the early 1920s. Biography. Rinn grew up in New York as a childhood friend of Houdini when they were both members of the Pastime Athletic Club.
Joseph F. Rinn, President of the Brooklyn Philosophical Association, spoke yesterday afternoon at the Long Island Business College, South Eighth Street, Brooklyn, on "Spiritualism." He...
In this week’s eSkeptic, Daniel Loxton shares a story about Joseph F. Rinn—a leading media skeptic from the early 20th century— whose classic volume Sixty Years of Psychical Research, though rarely consulted today, remains the deepest and most important sources of skeptical literature on paranormal investigation from about 1890–1950.
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