2020.10.04

Science vs. the Supernatural

This Magazine Launched A Contest To Prove, Or Disprove, The Existence Of Ghosts

ON OPPOSITE SIDES about spiritualism, Arthur Conan Doyle (left) believed it, and Harry Houdini (right) found fakes. / ALAMY

ON OPPOSITE SIDES about spiritualism, Arthur Conan Doyle (left) believed it, and Harry Houdini (right) found fakes. / ALAMY

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