Radio Psychics by John Benedict Buescher

Here, laid out for the first time, is the tale of how they made cash rain from the heavens and harnessed the sensation of the radio in search of wealth, health, love, and success. This book is a history of over 25 performers who practiced their art behind studio microphones during the early years of radio broadcasting, from about 1920 to 1940. Casting their mystical knowledge as a scientifically honed craft, these mentalists persuaded millions to pay for dubious advice until governmental and public pressures forced them off the air.

These 'mentalists,' born from vaudeville, circuses, sideshows, and the Spiritualist and New Thought movements of the mid-late 19th century, used the language of wireless technology to explain their ability to see the past, present, and future. Performers claiming psychic powers turned radio broadcasting into a fabulous money machine. Some thought it would dissolve the distance between time and place, others that human minds would become transparent, one tuned to another. Book excerpt: When radio broadcasting began in the early 1920s, the radio was a magic box aglow with the future, drawing humanity into a new age. Radio Psychics: Mind Reading and Fortune Telling in American Broadcasting, (1920-1940) by John Benedict Buescher A First Look at Second Sight by Bob Loomis. This book was released on with total page 433 pages. Book Synopsis Radio Psychics by : John Benedict Buescherĭownload or read book Radio Psychics written by John Benedict Buescher and published by McFarland.

Radio Psychics by John Benedict Buescher