THE DISAPPEARING WOMAN Adelaide Herrmann

What'sHerName

Dr. Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.8 • 538 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Adelaide Herrmann ruled the stage for fifty years as one the brightest stars of the Golden Age of Magic. After the death of her husband, renowned magician Herrmann the Great, Adelaide took center stage, and toured for thirty years as one of the most famous magicians in the world. She was more famous than Houdini, and continued performing until her death at age seventy-nine - when she was inexplicably forgotten for nearly a century. Join our guest, anthropologist and mentalist/magician Paul Draper, as we discover how the Queen of Magic just... disappeared. [correction: Paul Draper mistakenly names the librarian of the Magic Castle as Lisa Cummings. Her name is Lisa Cousins.] Music for this episode provided by Jeremy Dittus, Peak Duo, Amanda Setlik Wilson, and Jeff Cuno. Want to help us “make history”? Become a Patron or Donate here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Attention.
0:02.0	Oh, hang on.
0:04.0	Attention.
0:05.0	Rail travellers, platform paces, window gazers and armrest negotiators.
0:10.0	Have you heard?
0:12.0	The big railfare freeze is here.
0:14.0	Railfares have been frozen across England until March 2027 on standard class tickets,
0:20.0	including off-peak, anytime, and season tickets.
0:23.4	For more information, visit nationalrail.com.ukuk slash fares for ease.
0:28.3	Teas and season exclusions apply.
0:54.3	All right, Katie. Picture a magician. Okay, what does a magician look like? He's tall and lanky. He's wearing a top hat, obviously. He's got some kind of cool curly mustache, a black suit. Maybe he's got a cape.
0:56.6	Interestingly, you immediately said he.
0:59.6	Right?
1:00.4	Yes.
1:01.7	A magician is a man.
1:03.2	Right.
1:03.9	He is.
1:05.4	Today we are going to talk about Adelaide Herman.
1:07.7	She was one of the most famous magicians in American and European history.
1:14.6	She. She. And you've never heard of her. No, I have never heard of her. And yet, she was as famous as Houdini in her day.
1:23.8	Wow. She was incredibly influential in the world of illusions and stage magic. She was a
1:29.3	magician, not the assistant. You're saying she was the main act? Actually, she started as an assistant
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