Harry Houdini's Ghost Visits, Discredits Clairvoyant

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A Melbourne 'spiritualist' was confused and distressed this week when the ghost of Harry Houdini visited her during a standard seance. Grace Moonchild, 36, said the famous magician had come to disprove the validity of her chosen profession. While alive, Houdini spent time in the 1920s debunking spiritualists and psychics, exposing their phony practices as shams. Moonchild suspects Houdini's ghost visited her in order to achieve a similar aim.

The incident has left Moonchild in an hysteric state, given the paradoxical nature of the visit. "I don't get it. If my work is a sham, how did he visit me from the spirit realm?" the mother of two said. "If the seance raised Houdini's ghost, isn't that proof that I'm not a faker?" The former school teacher also added that Houdini's ghost looked 'nothing like Tony Curtis'.

Spokesman for the Royal Society of Houdini Lovers, Gary McCormack, said that this is exactly the sort of thing Houdini would do. "It's just like good old Harry to continue in his ghostbusting pursuits; even if, by doing so, he disproves his own point" the 52 year old said. "I would warn other psychics to beware: your tricks are about to be discredited from the spirit world itself."

Moonchild said that Houdini, also famous for his abilities as an escapologist, had taunted her from the netherworld, saying "You are a charlatan and a trickster, Grace Moonchild! I have come to let all know that your supernatural powers to raise spirits are false!" The historical stunt performer also added that Moonchild's candles smelled terrible.

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