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− | '''Jack Baker''', born Kessler, joined up with Wyman Baker. Adopted by Baker’s parents, (thus the change from Kessler to Baker) the two “brothers” teamed up to create “'''Dr. Silkini’s''' Spiritualistic Séance and Ghost Show in 1938: what would become the long-standing, “Asylum of Horrors”. | + | '''Jack Baker''', born Kessler, joined up with Wyman Baker. Adopted by Baker’s parents, (thus the change from Kessler to Baker) the two “brothers” teamed up to create “'''Dr. Silkini’s''' Spiritualistic Séance and [[Ghost Show]] in 1938: what would become the long-standing, “Asylum of Horrors”. |
== Biography == | == Biography == |
Revision as of 14:08, 1 February 2017
Jack Baker | |
Born | John Edwin Kessler June 27, 1914 Detroit, Michigan |
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Died | October 5, 1980 (age 66) Toledo, Ohio |
Jack Baker, born Kessler, joined up with Wyman Baker. Adopted by Baker’s parents, (thus the change from Kessler to Baker) the two “brothers” teamed up to create “Dr. Silkini’s Spiritualistic Séance and Ghost Show in 1938: what would become the long-standing, “Asylum of Horrors”.
Biography
References
- The New Tops, Vol. 12, No. 12, December 1972, "MAGIC and MAYHEM at MIDNIGHT" by Walt Hudson – Part 5, page 26
- M-U-M, Vol. 72, No. 7, December 1882, Part Four - THE JACK & WYMAN BAKER STORY (Dr. Silkini & Company), page 20
- The New Tops, Vol. 20, No. 11, November 1980, Final Curtain, Jack Baker, page 25
- Genii Magazine, Vol. 44, No. 12, December 1980, Obituaries, Jack Baker, page 856
- http://picclick.ca/Spook-Show-Dr-Weirds-Chamber-of-Horrors-Joe-222318504860.htm
- http://utdr.utoledo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1375&context=ut-press-releases