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In 1939, Crandon's husband died and Crandon, an alcoholic, went into a deep depression. At one of her last séances she attempted to jump off the roof of the house.
Jun 12, 2006 · In a narrow room on the top floor, five distinguished men had come together to try to communicate with the dead. Their hostess–and guide to the spirit realm–was vivacious, 36-year-old Mina Crandon, who had in recent months become well-known to the public under a stage name of sorts: ‘Margery the Medium.’.
Oct 31, 2013 · The escape artist continued to defy death in his stage show—locked, bolted, or chained in coffins submerged in water or buried under six feet of sand. Each time, he escaped.
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During a visit to a medium in 1923, Mina believed herself to be in communication with her deceased elder brother Walter. Crandon himself then visited the medium, and said he too heard from Walter. On 27 May, the couple experimented with mediumship for the first time, sitting with four friends in red light at their home at 10 Lime Street, Boston.
Harry Houdini set out to unmask phony mediums who talked to the dead. He almost met his match in Boston's Mina Crandon, wife of a society doctor.
She claimed that she could channel her dead brother, Walter Stinson, and gave seances for friends and associates of her husband, sometimes allowing herself to be stripped nude and examined.
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May 9, 2015 · The Medium Who Baffled Houdini is a new book about Mina "Margery" Crandon by Elaine M. Kuzmeskus. Considering the title and the fact that the author is a spirit medium herself, I expect this book has some bias.
