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b"In the 1920s as the world reeled from the first world war and the great flu pandemic, people in their collective grief turned to alternative systems of belief. Spiritualism, already making a new rise, was launched into the spotlight as proponents like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle waltzed around the globe giving lectures on the benefits of communicating with the dead. At the same time, there were others who found the subject altogether distasteful. The infamous magician Houdini had a particular fondness for uncovering false mediums, a past time that would wind up causing some heavy controversy when one of America\\u2019s oldest magazines proposed a competition, to pay $2,500 to the first medium that they could prove to be genuine.\\nSOURCES\\nJaher, David (2016) The Witch of Lime Street: S\\xe9ance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World. Crown Publishing Group, NY, USA.\\nConan Doyle, Arthur (1917) The New Revelation. Hodder & Stoughton LTD. UK.\\nConan Doyle, Arthur (1922) The Coming of The Faeries. Hodder & Stoughton LTD. UK.\\nConan Doyle, Arthur (1923) Our American Adventure. Hodder & Stoughton LTD. UK.\\nKuritz, Hyman. (1981) The Popularization of Science in Nineteenth-Century America. History of Education Quarterly, 21(3), 259\\u2013274. https://doi.org/10.2307/367698\\nBird, J. Malcolm. A Square Deal for the Psychics. Scientific American 127, no. 6 (1922): 388\\u2013445.\\xa0\\nBird, J. Malcolm. Our Psychic Investigation. Scientific American 128, no. 1 (1923): 6-7.\\nNew York Times (1923) To test Mediums Psychic Control. Friday April 6 1923, p.10. NY, USA.\\nNew York Times (1923) Spirit Messages Impress Scientists. Wednesday October 17 1923, p.1. NY, USA.\\nBird, J. Malcolm (1923) Another Mediumistic Failure. Scientific American 129, no. 6 (1923): 6-7.\\nNew York Times (1923) Tie Up Boy Medium; Find Trance Is Real. Wednesday December 19 1923, p.1. NY, USA.\\nHoudini, H (1924) \\u201cMargery\\u201d The Medium Exposed. USA\\nNew York Times (1924) Margery Passes All Psychic tests. Wednesday July 22 1924, p.19. NY, USA.\\nBird, J. Malcom (1928) The Margery mediumship. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research. New York: American Society for Psychical Research. USA\\nDingwall, E.J. (1928). A report on a series of sittings with the medium Margery. Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research 36, 79-158.\\n---------------------\\nFor almost anything, head over to the podcasts hub at darkhistories.com \\nSupport the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories\\nThe Dark Histories books are available to buy here: http://author.to/darkhistories\\nDark Histories merch is available here: https://bit.ly/3GChjk9\\nConnect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast\\nOr find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories\\n& Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/\\nOr you can contact us directly via email at contact@darkhistories.com\\nor join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/cmGcBFf\\nThe Dark Histories Butterfly was drawn by Courtney, who you can find on Instagram @bewildereye\\nMusic was recorded by me \\xa9 Ben Cutmore 2017\\nOther Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that."