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Mina "Margery" Crandon (1888–November 1, 1941) was an American psychic medium who said that she channeled her dead brother, Walter Stinson. Investigators who studied Crandon concluded that she had no such paranormal ability, and others detected her in outright deception.
Jun 12, 2006 · Their hostess–and guide to the spirit realm–was vivacious, 36-year-old Mina Crandon, who had in recent months become well-known to the public under a stage name of sorts: ‘Margery the Medium.’. Margery greeted her visitors in a flimsy dressing gown, bedroom slippers, and silk stockings.
Mina Crandon, also known as Margery, was a famous American séance medium in the 1920s. She produced various phenomena, such as direct voice, levitation, and apports, under the scrutiny of many investigators, but also faced accusations of fraud.
Oct 31, 2013 · Her name was Mina Crandon. Followers called her “Margery”; detractors knew her as the Blonde Witch of Lime Street. And she was renowned for conjuring the voice of her dead brother, Walter, whose...
- The Mag
Nov 24, 2015 · But for sheer human drama, there is a strong argument that all of these were topped by the pitched battle, both personal and intellectual, between Harry Houdini, the great debunker of self-proclaimed psychics, and Mina Crandon, the most successful psychic of the twentieth century.
- David Jaher
Houdini was a vocal opponent of Spiritualism and a critic of mediums who claimed to contact the dead. He wrote a pamphlet to expose Mina Crandon, known as Margery, who claimed to produce psychic phenomena under test conditions.
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Famous American medium of Boston, whose phenomena became the focus of a major controvery over fraud and physical mediumship. Mina Stinson was born July 29, 1889 on a farm in Princeton, Ontario. She moved to Boston in 1904 and worked as a secretary to the Union Congregational Church.
