Julien Proskauer

Julien Proskauer

Julien J. Proskauer (June 14, 1893–December 18, 1958) was an American magician and author.

Proskauer was born June 14, 1893 to Joseph Proskauer and Bertha Richman Proskauer in New York City.^[1] He was a friend of Harry Houdini and was well known for debunking fraud mediums.^[2] His book The Dead Do Not Talk (1946) exposed the fakes, frauds and tricks in spiritualism.^[3]^[4]

He was the President of the Society of American Magicians (1935–1936).^[5] He was a contributor to many magazines and journals on magic.

He died December 18, 1958 and is buried in New York.

Publications

The Dead Do Not Talk (1946)
Fun at Cocktail Time (1938)
Suckers All! (1934)
How'd ja do That? (1934)
Spook Crooks! (1932)

References

↑ "Julien J. Proskauer". New York Births and Christenings 1640-1962 via Family Search. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
↑ Worden, Helen (November 1944). "Exposing Tricks of the Fake Mediums". Popular Science. Vol. 145 no. 5. pp. 67–71,213–214. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
↑ Arthur Hidden Raynolds. (2011). This Gullible World. Tate Publishing. p. 115. ISBN 978-1617778216
↑ "The Dead Do Not Talk". Kirkus Reviews.
↑ Claudia De Lys. (1979). Giant Book of Superstitions. Citadel Press. p. 436

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Skeptics	David Abbott John Henry Anderson George Miller Beard Ruth Brandon Lionel Branson Derren Brown William Carpenter Milbourne Christopher Edward Clodd Edmund Smith Conklin Tony Cornell Millais Culpin Stuart Cumberland Eric Dingwall Joseph Dunninger Henry Evans Chris French Martin Gardner G. Stanley Hall Trevor Hall William A. Hammond C. E. M. Hansel Carlos María de Heredia Carl Hertz Terence Hines Harry Houdini Joseph Jastrow C. E. M. Joad Stanley LeFevre Krebs Rose Mackenberg David Marks John Nevil Maskelyne Henry Maudsley Joseph McCabe Henry C. McComas Georgess McHargue Charles Arthur Mercier Albert Moll John Mulholland Fulton Oursler Joe Nickell Ernest Clephan Palmer Ronald Pearsall Frank Podmore Massimo Polidoro Harry Price Julien Proskauer James Randi Joseph Rinn C. E. Bechhofer Roberts Chung Ling Soo Gordon Stein Amy Tanner Ivor Lloyd Tuckett Lyttelton Winslow Richard Wiseman

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