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| + | '''Edward Saint''' was a companion of [[Bess Houdini]] after [[Houdini]]'s death. | ||
| − | + | Saint was the primary driving force behind the Houdini Seances and conducted them himself atop the Knickerbocker Hotel just off Hollywood Boulevard for over 10 years until Bess finally decided to put an end them in 1936. | |
| − | + | He was a charter member of the [[IBM]] Ring 21 in Hollywood, California.<ref>http://www.ibmring21.org/famous.html</ref> | |
| + | A good friend of Genii's Editor, [[William Larsen, Sr.]], and wrote a monthly column, "Thru The Monocle", for a number of years.<ref>Cover [[Genii 1937 November]]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 19:14, 28 January 2011
Dr. Edward Saint (1891 - 1942) was a carnival worker, magician and seance conductor. [1]
| Edward Saint | |
| Born | Charles David Meyers 1891 |
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| Died | 1942 |
Edward Saint was a companion of Bess Houdini after Houdini's death.
Saint was the primary driving force behind the Houdini Seances and conducted them himself atop the Knickerbocker Hotel just off Hollywood Boulevard for over 10 years until Bess finally decided to put an end them in 1936.
He was a charter member of the IBM Ring 21 in Hollywood, California.[2]
A good friend of Genii's Editor, William Larsen, Sr., and wrote a monthly column, "Thru The Monocle", for a number of years.[3]
