Lincoln's Ghost: Houdini's War on Spiritualism and the Dark Conspiracy Against the American Presidency

Lincoln's Ghost: Houdini's War on Spiritualism and the Dark Conspiracy Against the American Presidency - Hardcover

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Lincoln's Ghost: Houdini's War on Spiritualism and the Dark Conspiracy Against the American Presidency - Hardcover

Lincoln's Ghost: Houdini's War on Spiritualism and the Dark Conspiracy Against the American Presidency - Hardcover

by Brad Ricca
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The incredible untold story of how the world's greatest magician, Harry Houdini, waged war upon Spiritualism, uncovering unknown magic, political conspiracies, and surprising secrets along the way.

You won't live forever, Houdini. You've got to DIE. I put a curse on you . . .

During a séance in 1924, Houdini--the greatest entertainer in the world--was cursed by a vengeful spirit, who said his days were numbered. Houdini laughed. He believed talking to the dead was impossible. By 1926, Houdini was dead.

This is the untold story of the last performance of Harry Houdini, who--inspired by his hero Abraham Lincoln--devotes himself full-time to a personal crusade against Spiritualism, the practice of speaking to the dead. In a spellbinding journey across Jazz Age America, haunted by the aftermath of the Great War and a deadly pandemic, Houdini encounters modern-day haunted houses, warlocks, and monsters, and uncovers a shocking conspiracy that stretches all the way to the American presidency--and to the House of Houdini itself.

In a compelling dual-timeline narrative alternating between Houdini's 1926 dramatic courtroom testimony before Congress and the last otherworldly cases he takes on that lead him there, Lincoln's Ghost is a powerful examination of deception, love, politics, the afterlife, and the very nature of magic itself.
ISBN9781250338907
Author Brad Ricca
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
GenreBiography and History
FormatHardcover
PublishedOctober 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages320
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Lincoln's Ghost: Houdini's War on Spiritualism and the Dark Conspiracy Against the American Presidency

Lincoln's Ghost: Houdini's War on Spiritualism and the Dark Conspiracy Against the American Presidency - Hardcover

Lincoln's Ghost: Houdini's War on Spiritualism and the Dark Conspiracy Against the American Presidency - Hardcover

By Brad Ricca

About Brad Ricca

BRAD RICCA is the author of the Edgar Award-nominated Mrs. Sherlock Holmes, True Raiders, Olive the Lionheart, and Super Boys, winner of the Ohioana Book Award for Nonfiction. He won the St. Lawrence Book Award for American Mastodon. Ricca lives and works in Cleveland.

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