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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that there has never yet been a public or private demonstration of spiritualism which has not been exposed eventually as trickery and fraud. It is my personal belief that no one who has left this earth has, or ever will come back in body or spirit," said Mr. Frederick Dunworth, well known exposer of fraudulent spiritualism, after fully convincing a large audience in the Living Room of the Union last night that he could raise tables mysteriously, make spirit photographs, and read minds, by trickery...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUNWORTH EXPOSES FAKE MEDIUMS IN UNION TALK | 10/16/1925 | See Source »

...large gap lies between spiritualism and psychic phenomena," says Mr. Dunworth. "We are not certain but that the latter is possible. Still, under this guise, much trickery is perpetrated. The difference between magicians and those who claim they can communicate with the spirits, is that the ormer admit the presence of fraud and deception. When spiritualists cannot readily produce their occult messages, they will turn to trickery, instead of postponing the seance to another time, which is sufficient proof of their inability...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUNWORTH TO EXPOSE TRICKERY OF MEDIUM | 10/15/1925 | See Source »

Last winter Harry Houdini, famous magician, gave a demonstration at Symphony Hall wherein he tried to prove that "Margery," noted medium, was a fraud. Mr. Dunworth will show tonight, in the same manner, how other tricks by mediums are done. The title of his address is "Spiritism, an Instructive and Educational Expose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUNWORTH TO EXPOSE TRICKERY OF MEDIUM | 10/15/1925 | See Source »

Last year Mr. Dunworth substituted at the Yale Club in New York when the scheduled speaker was unable to arrive on time. The Club reports that the Yale graduates became so interested in the performance of Mr. Dunworth that they did not allow him to stop even when the regular speaker for the evening arrived...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUNWORTH TO EXPOSE TRICKERY OF MEDIUM | 10/15/1925 | See Source »

Besides demonstrating the methods of dishonest mediums. Mr. Dunworth will perform mystifying tricks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUNWORTH TO EXPOSE TRICKERY OF MEDIUM | 10/15/1925 | See Source »

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