Lincoln's Ghost

Houdini's War on Spiritualism and the Dark Conspiracy Against the American Presidency

De: Brad Ricca

Narrado por: James Lurie

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 won’t live forever, Houdini. You’ve got to DIE. I put a curse on you . . .

During a séance in 1924, Houdini―the greatest entertainer in the world―was 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, who―inspired by his hero Abraham Lincoln―devotes 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 presidency―and to the House of Houdini itself.

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

©2025 by Brad Ricca. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Interesting topic, horrible delivery

Some very interesting details about Houdini’s war against the spiritualists however it is so choppy and scattered there is no through line. Like the author took a bunch of newspaper and court documents, threw them in a hat and then pulled them out randomly and started writing. Also, very little about Lincoln. No idea why that is in the title other than to sell the book