S10 Ep. 4: Mackenberg

2023-06-04

Hello dear listeners, and welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth Media Network, your foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky. This week, I offer a tale that weaves together spiritualism, Harry Houdini, and a detective named Rose Mackenberg. As you may remember from a past episode, Houdini wasn’t a fan of spiritualists. He saw them as charlatans who took impressionable and grieving individuals for their money. This episode marks summer hiatus for the p...

Hello dear listeners, and welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth Media Network, your foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky.

This week, I offer a tale that weaves together spiritualism, Harry Houdini, and a detective named Rose Mackenberg. As you may remember from a past episode, Houdini wasn’t a fan of spiritualists. He saw them as charlatans who took impressionable and grieving individuals for their money.

This episode marks summer hiatus for the podcast. I'll return in September with more tales of the strange, weird, and macabre. Until then, Stay Spooky!

Show Notes:

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https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1920s.html

https://blog.newspapers.com/astonishing-adventures-of-houdinis-favorite-detective/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/female-ghost-buster-rooted-out-spiritual-frauds-for-houdini

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/obituaries/rose-mackenberg-overlooked.html

Houdini’s Crystal Ball (?)/Mackenberg Manuscript: https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2011/11/rose-mackenberg-manuscript-and-houdinis.html

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