A Magician Among the Spirits (images)

Fig 1: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Houdini Photographed at the Auto Club, London, England

Fig 2: John D Fox and His Wife

The Fox Home at Hydesville

Fig 4,5,6,7: Leah Fox Fish, Katie Fox Jencken, Margaret Fox Kane, Elisha Kent Kane

Fig 8: Ira Erastus Davenport and Houdini, Taken on July 5, 1911. The last photograph of the old showman

Fig 9: Facsimile of Portions of a Letter Written to Houdini by Ira E Davenport

Fig 10: Daniel Dunglas Home

Fig 11: Diagram showing arrangement of rooms, windows, etc, where Home's reputed feat of floating took place

Fig 11a: Home's levitation

Fig 12: Eusapia Palladino and her seance table

Fig 13: Ann O'Delia Diss Debar

Fig 14: Henry Slade

Fig 15: 'Locked slate' used by Dr Henry Slade in his writing tests at Philadelphia

Fig 16: Sketch showing Slade's seat at the table, different positions of slates, location of sponge, and method of moving book

Fig 18: Houdini, Mrs Houdini, and Mr Teale demonstrating a method of switching slates over a sitter's head

Fig 19: Tube and piston arrangement for making raps

Fig 20: Rapping mechanism in heel of medium's shoe

Fig 21: So-called 'spirit extra' on photograph of Harry Price made by William Hope of the Crewe Circle

Fig 22: Houdini and Alexander Martin

Fig 23: Photograph of Houdini made by Alexander Martin, at Denver, Colorado, On May 10, 1923, Showing So-called 'Spirit Extras'

Fig: 24: Mme Bisson, Mrs Feilding (Tomchick), and Mlle Eva

Fig 25: Kellar and Houdini