{"product_id":"radio-psychics-9781476684659","title":"Radio Psychics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   When radio broadcasting began in the early 1920s, the radio was a magic box aglow with the future, drawing humanity into a new age. Some thought it would dissolve the distance between time and place, others that human minds would become transparent, one tuned to another. Performers claiming psychic powers turned radio broadcasting into a fabulous money machine. These mentalists, born from vaudeville, circuses, sideshows, and the Spiritualist and New Thought movements of the mid-late 19th century, used the language of wireless technology to explain their ability to see the past, present, and future. Casting their mystical knowledge as a scientifically honed craft, these mentalists persuaded millions to pay for dubious advice until governmental and public pressures forced them off the air. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This book is a history of over 25 performers who practiced their art behind studio microphones during the early years of radio broadcasting, from about 1920 to 1940. Here, laid out for \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\tix\u003cbr\u003ePreface\t1\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Broadcasts from the Borderland\t7\u003cbr\u003eThe Mentalist Performance 7  •  Magicians, Mediums, Magnetists and \u003cbr\u003eAstrologers 9  •  Wireless Millennium 23  •  Human Radios 36  •  \u003cbr\u003eTransmitting Secrets 42  •  The Rise and Fall of Radio Mentalism 45\u003cbr\u003e1. First on the Air\t49\u003cbr\u003eHope Eden 49  •  Julius Zancig 63  •  Paul Kara 68\u003cbr\u003e2. Front Yard Burial\t78\u003cbr\u003eLeona Lamar 78  •  Hamid Bey 86\u003cbr\u003e3. Sex Secrets Revealed\t93\u003cbr\u003eSigna Serene 93\u003cbr\u003e4. Who Am We?\t103\u003cbr\u003ePrincess Wahletka 103  •  Joveddah De Rajah 113\u003cbr\u003e5. Hypnotized by Radio\t119\u003cbr\u003eVishnu and Zinnia 119  •  Charles Harad 124\u003cbr\u003e6. The Long Blindfold Drive\t133\u003cbr\u003eFrancill 133\u003cbr\u003e7. Persuaded by Shadows\t151\u003cbr\u003eNorman Baker 154  •  Gayle Norman II 168  •  Phenomena 172\u003cbr\u003e8. Spirits of the Air\t177\u003cbr\u003eEthel Duncan 177  •  Alma and Zandra 183\u003cbr\u003e9. Across the Border\t197\u003cbr\u003e­­Mel-Roy 197  •  Ralph Richards 206  •  Marjah 216\u003cbr\u003e10. Bank on Belief\t221\u003cbr\u003eKoran and Rose Dawn 221\u003cbr\u003e11. A Family of Troupers\t244\u003cbr\u003eAlburtus 244\u003cbr\u003e12. Wizards' War\t267\u003cbr\u003eRajah Raboid 267  •  Princess Yvonne and Doc Irving 286  •  \u003cbr\u003eBob and Larry Nelson 298\u003cbr\u003e13. What the Audience Will Bear\t320\u003cbr\u003eGene Dennis 320  •  Joseph Dunninger 339\u003cbr\u003eCoda\t345\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Some Other Mentalists in Early Radio\t351\u003cbr\u003eChapter Notes\t361\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\t405\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t413\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040490488151,"sku":"9781476684659","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476684659.jpg?v=1750946914","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/radio-psychics-9781476684659","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}