Rose Mackenberg: Houdini's Ghostbuster
Ridiculous History
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4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
While the papers of the time relegated Rose Mackenberg to a sidekick role as the "girl detective" working with famed skeptic and escape artist Harry Houdini, this spiritualist-turned-spook-spy spent decades busting con artists purporting to be mediums. And, after Houdini's death in 1926, Rose Mackenberg continued her mission, exposing fraudulent ghost racketeers -- a genuine, real-life ghostbuster.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm David Eagleman. I have a new podcast called Inner Cosmos on I Heart. I'm going to explore |
| 0:06.8 | the relationship between our brains and our experiences by tackling unusual questions. Like, |
| 0:13.6 | can we create new senses for humans? So join me weekly to uncover how your brain |
| 0:20.9 | steers your behavior, your perception, and your reality. Listen to Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman. |
| 0:27.4 | On the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:33.0 | Last season, millions tuned into the betrayal podcast to hear a shocking story of deception. |
| 0:38.1 | I'm Andrea Gunning and now we're sharing an all-new story of betrayal. |
| 0:43.3 | Ashley Litten was helping her husband set up a business fan mail count when she discovered a |
| 0:47.5 | terrible secret. I saw a hidden folder and I opened it with the help that I just see. |
| 0:54.4 | Listen to season two of betrayal on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your |
| 1:01.2 | podcasts. Between April 1971 and September 1972, six young black girls were snatched off the streets |
| 1:10.1 | in Washington, D.C. This child was laying on the side of the road. The person said, I murdered |
| 1:16.3 | your daughter. The killer believed that he may have been seen. I will admit the others when you |
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| 1:28.8 | Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Ridiculous history is a production of I Heart Radio. |
| 1:51.9 | If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who in fact should you call? |
| 2:06.1 | If there's something weird and it don't look good, you just might better call. Ghostbusters. |
| 2:13.4 | Hi, I'm Ben. I'm Noel trademark. What is it? Huey Lewis? Huey Lewis sued. Was it Roy Parker, |
| 2:20.8 | Jr.? Roy Parker, Roy Parker, Roy Parker, Jr. Casey on the case with that one. That's also a super |
| 2:27.9 | producer, Casey Pegger. Double the double sound. Yeah, Roy Parker, Jr. famously sued by Huey Lewis. |
| 2:37.6 | I want a new drug fame. If you want a fun little side by side, it's don't, don't, don't, |
| 2:42.7 | don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't versus I think I want a new drug is pretty much that. |
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