A Woman to Know: Mina Crandon

She certainly was clever in her maneuvering to pull the wool over the eyes. — Harry Houdini

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She'd conjure up the "ghost" of her dead brother, Walter, and ask him to speak at séances. She'd ooze a ghostly substance known as "ectoplasm" from her ears and eyes, then photograph the "evidence." She'd even brandish a limp ha…