01443cam a2200253 4500 546503856 TxAuBib 20100310120000.0 060112s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781894877459 1894877454 TxAuBib Wangler, Chris. Famous people of the paranormal : psychics, clairvoyants and charlatans / Chris Wangler. Edmonton, AB : Ghost House Books, 2005. 248 p. : ill. ; 21 cm ; ill. ; 21 cm. Acknowledgments, Intro ; 1. Legends : Wolf Messing, John Dee, Emanuel Swedenborg, Erik Jan Hanussen, Gerard Croiset, Cagliostro ; 2. Unusually Inspired : Erich von Daniken, John Grant, William Blake, Helene Smith ; 3. Insightful Skeptics : Houdini, James Randi, Reginald Scot ; 4. Paranormal Pioneers : Charles Fort, Eileen Garrett, Bernard Heuvelmans, Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer, Jeane Dixon ; 5. Charlatans Galore : Miss Cleo, Jose Arigo, Charles H. Foster, Henry Slade, James Van Praagh ; 6. Cult Figures : Aleister Crowley, JZ Knight, Rasputin, Sybil Leek. This collection presents the life stories of people who tapped into a public fascination with the unknown. 20100310. Psychics Biography. Clairvoyants Biography. Spiritualists Biography. TXGAI