Lincoln's Ghost: Houdini's War on Spiritualism and the Dark Conspiracy Against the American Presidency [Hardcover]

The incredible untold story of how the world's greatest magician, Harry Houdini, waged war upon Spiritualism, uncovering unknown magic, political conspiracies, and surprising secrets along the way.

You wont live forever, Houdini. Youve got to DIE. I put a curse on you . . .

During a s?ance in 1924, Houdinithe greatest entertainer in the worldwas cursed by a vengeful spirit, who said his days were numbered. Houdini laughed. He believed talking to the dead was impossible. By 1926, Houdini was dead.

This is the untold story of the last performance of Harry Houdini, whoinspired by his hero Abraham Lincolndevotes himself full-time to a personal crusade against Spiritualism, the practice of speaking to the dead. In a spellbinding journey across Jazz Age America, haunted by the aftermath of the Great War and a deadly pandemic, Houdini encounters modern-day haunted houses, warlocks, and monsters, and uncovers a shocking conspiracy that stretches all the way to the American presidencyand to the House of Houdini itself.

In a compelling dual-timeline narrative alternating between Houdinis 1926 dramatic courtroom testimony before Congress and the last otherworldly cases he takes on that lead him there,Lincoln's Ghostis a powerful examination of deception, love, politics, the afterlife, and the very nature of magic itself.

Lively... A highly readable work of social history that, courtesy of Harry Houdini, takes us into odd realms indeed. Kirkus Reviews

A gripping historical tale. Library Journal

InLincoln's Ghost, Brad Ricca gives us a mesmerizing mix of ghost story, political thriller, consplC%