(January 14, 1864 - September 26, 1935)
Stanley LeFevre Krebs was an American psychologist and fraudulent medium exposer. In 1889, he received a Doctor of Psychology degree from the Chicago School of Psychology. He married the actress Marjorie Main.
He exposed fraudulent mediums with the use of a secret mirror, such as Henry Slade, whom he saw swapping slates and hiding them in the back of his chair, and the Bangs Sisters who were caught tampering with a sealed envelope.
Stanley Krebs was very successful in revealing the fraudulent practices of spirit mediums. One of the tools he employed was a pocket mirror that he used to see what was going on under the table.
In this series of articles in Suggestion he describes various sittings and encounters with spirit mediums such as the Bangs sisters, Dr. Henry Slade, Pierrie L.O.A. Keeler, and the Campbell brothers. Included are some comments, letters, and editorials from Suggestion journal relating to this topic.
An excerpt of this material was published in Journal of the Society for Psychical Research.
1st edition 1901, published in Suggestion Journal;...
The Bangs sisters, Miss May Bangs and Miss Lizzie Bangs worked out of an apartment in Chicago. The author describes in detail a sitting he had with one of the Bangs sisters, and how a sealed envelope placed between two slates could be 'written on by the spirits'.
Includes illustrations with detailed descriptions of the modus operandi.
This is an excerpt from a series of articles in Suggestion journal.
1st edition 1901, published in Journal of the Society for Psychical Research; PDF 11 pages.
Reveals the actual methods used by this master medium to hoodwink the gullible public.
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