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Julien J. Proskauer

Julien J. Proskauer

(New York City, NY: 14th June 1893 - 18th December 1958).

Printer-businessman. Amateur magician since 1909 and psychic investigator. Aka "Psycho". SAM President 1935-36. Headed the splinter group from the SAM that founded the Magicians Guild of America in 1944. Published The New Conjurors' Magazine 1945-47.

Wrote Spook Crooks! (1932, 300pp); How'd ja do That? (1934, 92pp), a piracy of Johnston and Sterling's Modern Card Miracles (1919); Suckers All! (1934, 318pp); Puzzles for Everyone (191pp); and The Dead Do Not Talk (1946, 198pp, ghosted by Walter B. Gibson). Articles in Sphinx and The New Conjurors' Magazine and tricks in Genii.

Coauthors: Walter Gibson

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The Dead Do Not Talk by Julien J. Proskauer

Here are more inside secrets of the fake mediums, in this tell-all ebook for psychic entertainers, ghost hunters and anyone who's curious to learn the scams of the fraudulent spirit worker. Picking up where Proskauer's Spook Crooks! leaves off, here are 200-plus more pages ripped from the case files of Harry Houdini and the author, from their tireless search for the truth about séance mediums.

You'll learn about the investigation of so-called haunted houses, the secret of an ingenious perpetual motion machine, the spirit post office scam, and how to trap and expose spirit mediums. The mail-order psychic business...

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How'd Ja Do That? by Julien J. Proskauer

This was a piracy of Hugh J. Johnston's and F. B. Sterling's book Modern Card Miracles.

A treatise on card systems and setups, as well as effects that will fool laymen and magicians alike!

Presentation, secrets, routine and patter are all included. Because most of the effects rely on subtlety instead of difficult sleights, even amateur performers can now fool with professional-caliber presentations. Included are card miracles for parlor, platform, club and stage, as well as effects that will garner free publicity if performed for newspaper editors and reporters. While advertisements say that no sleight of hand is required, one simple sleight...

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Spook Crooks! by Julien J. Proskauer

Spook Crooks! is Julien Proskauer's searing expose of the world of phony prophets, fake mediums, and other con artists who fleeced innocent victims of their cash, dignity and in some cases their lives.

Proskauer, a friend of Houdini's, took it upon himself to nearly single-handedly rid the radio airwaves of fortune tellers and psychic swindlers in the early 1930s, much to the chagrin of honest mentalists who were caught in the crossfire.

A slick billet switch, the gypsy money switch, and many other secrets are revealed in crystal clear text and illustrations.

Robert A. Nelson, owner of mentalism's most esteemed...

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Julien J. Proskauer & Walter Gibson
The New Conjurors' Magazine: all volumes by Julien J. Proskauer & Walter Gibson

First advertised as The New Conjurors' Magazine and dropped the word "New" after Vol 1, No. 1. Houdini's brother, Hardeen, helped get this magazine launched, but he passed away shortly after the magazine started. It was selected as the official organ for the Magician's Guild of America. It eventually changed hands to Ed Dart in 1947 (Volume 4, #10), with Robert Lund as editor (Gibson still continued as a columnist).

Genii magazine absorbed The Conjurors' Magazine and from November, 1949 until 1974 as Genii became Genii, The Conjurors' Magazine. It was eventually changed to Genii The International Conjurors'...

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The New Conjurors' Magazine: Volume 2 (Mar 1946 - Feb 1947) by Julien J. Proskauer & Walter Gibson

This is volume 2 of The New Conjurors' Magazine.

  • No 1:
    • SPEAKING OF PICTURES: George Karger and Audley Walsh; Give Conjurors' Another Scoop
    • TRIPLE CUT LOCATION - Blackstone
    • MAGIC'S BELOVED COUPLE Tess and Max Holden
    • CHATS BY KOLAR
    • A STORY BY DELL O'DELL
    • SHORT CHANGE - Hornmann
    • TRICK WITHOUT A NAME - Sgt. Schroeter
    • REVIEWS - J. J. Proskauer
    • COMEDIAN'S CORNER - Warner Perry
    • MAGICIANS HONOR TREPEL
    • VISIBLE COLOR CHANGE - Miaco
    • HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE
    • PRACTICAL PRODUCTION TRAY
    • CUT AND RESTORED BILL - Marks
    • YANKEE DOODLE HAT - A TOMMY WINDSOR CREATION
    • MEXICAN TURN-OVER - McDermott ...
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The New Conjurors' Magazine: Volume 1 (Feb 1945 - Jan 1946) by Julien J. Proskauer & Walter Gibson

The first Conjurors' Magazine made its appearance in 1792 in London under the editorship of Henry Lemoine. This, the first monthly periodical ever devoted to the art of magic, featured "singular deceptions, philosophical amusements, curious experiments, mathematical operations and sympathetic secrets."

Then in 1906 Harry Houdini together with his brother Theo Hardeen revived this almost forgotten publication under the title of The Conjurer's Monthly Magazine (spelled with an 'e' instead of an 'o').

In 1945 Walter B. Gibson and Julian Proskauer gave this title another shot at life and started The New Conjurors' Magazine...

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