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'''W. G. Magnuson''' a professional pseudo-psychic who performed as "Del-Ardo". | '''W. G. Magnuson''' (c.1904-?) was a professional pseudo-psychic who performed as "Del-Ardo". | ||
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As a "human pincushion", he worked at Ripley's Believe It Or Not Odditonum Show, doing up to 22 performances a day. He received an extra dollar for each spectator who fainted at the sight—his arms, legs, neck, and face being punctured by needles, pins, and police badges. | As a "human pincushion", he worked at Ripley's Believe It Or Not Odditonum Show, doing up to 22 performances a day. He received an extra dollar for each spectator who fainted at the sight—his arms, legs, neck, and face being punctured by needles, pins, and police badges. | ||
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* [[Eckam's Bargain Mindreading and Spirit Mysteries]] (1939) | * [[Eckam's Bargain Mindreading and Spirit Mysteries]] (1939) | ||
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* http://www.conjuringlibrary.net/is/Egyptian_Hall_Instruction_Sheetslist.asp?start=761 | * http://www.conjuringlibrary.net/is/Egyptian_Hall_Instruction_Sheetslist.asp?start=761 | ||
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Revision as of 17:09, 19 September 2013
W. G. Magnuson | |
Born | Walter Magnuson circa 1904 |
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Flourished | 1920s-1970s |
Categories | Books by W. G. Magnuson |
W. G. Magnuson (c.1904-?) was a professional pseudo-psychic who performed as "Del-Ardo".
Biography
As a "human pincushion", he worked at Ripley's Believe It Or Not Odditonum Show, doing up to 22 performances a day. He received an extra dollar for each spectator who fainted at the sight—his arms, legs, neck, and face being punctured by needles, pins, and police badges.
He edited the house organs of the International Mentalists Association, The Seer (2 issues) and Mystic (1 issue), both published in 1929.
In MUM for March, 1982, an advertisement by J. D. Richardson included a bonus item called "DEL-ARDO SPEAKS" under which it stated:
- " "Del-Ardo" Magnuson, well-known to the old-timers, is the original Ripley's "Living-Dead Man," the best of the human pincushions, and one the greater American mentalists of this century. Now, at age 78, Dr. Magnuson reveals in his own words the presentation, methods, and inside secrets of his famous act, just as he performed it over 50 years ago."
Books
- The Twentieth Century Mindreading Act (1935; reprint 1988)
- Eckam's Bargain Mindreading and Spirit Mysteries (1939)
References