{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64e89a796854bf00115a70e0/66bb7cab94a112c8bb28bca1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Harry Houdini: the Original Ghostbuster","description":"<p>Harry Houdini was the greatest magician that ever lived. He was also the greatest ghostbuster ever, exposing countless spiritual mediums as frauds. Why?</p><p><br></p><p>Maddy Pelling and Anthony Delaney are joined by Efram Sera-Shriar, historian of the occult and author of \"<em>Psychic Investigators</em>: <em>Anthropology, Modern Spiritualism, and Credible Witnessing in the Late Victorian Age\"</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>Get ready for the moving story of Harry Houdini, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and a son's love for his mother that would not die even after she was gone.</p><p><br></p><p>Edited by Ella Blaxill. Produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.</p><p><br></p><p>Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Sign <a href=\"https://www.historyhit.com/subscription/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> for up to 50% for 3 months using code AFTERDARK</p><p><br></p><p>You can take part in our listener survey<a href=\"https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/6FFT7MK\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds &amp; the Paranormal is a History Hit podcast.</p>","author_name":"History Hit"}