Sensational Tales of Mystery Men by Will Goldston

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Stories and anecdotes of the Who’s Who of magic in the early 20th century. Several are about Houdini.

An IntroductionForewordThe Truth About The ZancigsThe Tragedy Of HancoWhen G. W. Hunter Dried UpHow Denny And Will Goldston Escaped GaolThe Truth Of Horace Goldin’s ArrestThe Cornells And Their Ghastly Publicity StuntThe Strangeness Of LafayetteDante PerplexedDante’s Experience In RussiaMuller The MysticWas Chung Ling Soo Murdered?A Handcuff Escape That Went WrongCeeley And The Naked LadyFrank Van Hoven’s Tragic FailureFrank Van Hoven And A Fellow Artist’s WifeWishart And The Dead BodyRaymond And The UndertakerWhat Hannen Swaffer Told The Magic CircleThe M.P. Who Does MagicThe Prince Who Stabbed His PartnerA Foreword On HoudiniMy First Encounter With HoudiniHoudini And The Magical IllusionsHoudini’s Film FailureHoudini At The PalladiumHoudini At ManchesterA Regrettable IncidentThe Houdini Packing Case EscapeHoudini And “The Unmasking Of Robert Houdin”Houdini Objects To Someone Else’s BoostDid Houdini Fail?Is Houdini Earth Bound?Is Bessie Houdini A Cheat?Maurice And The Girl In The CarThe Great Maurice And A New IllusionHow Magic Is Accepted In NigeriaMurray – His Greatest EscapeHow Zomah Delayed A MurderCarl Hertz The ImitatorThe World’s Cheapest TheatreHertz And His Monte Carlo SyndicateCarl Hertz And The Bird CageHarry Kellar’s Search For A SuccessorWas John Nevil Maskelyne A Genius?The Mystery Of My Resignation From The Magic CircleDavid Devant – The Master MagicianMy Impromptu ActThe Battle Of The PierrotsMy Cemetery AdventureAn Error That Cost £1,000Will Goldston’s Spy ServiceMy Quickest VanishA Confession By Will Goldston