Annie Brittain

Annie Brittain (ca. 1930) most well known as Mrs. Brittain was a British clairvoyant medium.

Brittain was most famously endorsed by Arthur Conan Doyle who described her as his favourite medium. However, magician Harry Houdini who attended a séance on Doyle's request described her mediumship as ridiculous and unconvincing.[1] In a notable incident Brittain made entirely incorrect guesses about a policeman who was disguised as a farmer. She was arrested and convicted for fraudulent fortune telling.[2] She had also been convicted and fined on another occasion.[3] Despite the convictions of fraud, spiritualists such as Doyle and Oliver Lodge defended the medium.[2][4]

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References

  1. ↑ Polidoro, Massimo. (2001). Final Seance: The Strange Friendship Between Houdini and Conan Doyle. Prometheus Books. p. 38. ISBN 978-1573928960
  2. 1 2 Taylor, J. Danforth. (1920). Psychical Research and the Physician. Boston Medical and Surgical Journal 182: 610-612.
  3. ↑ Miller, Russell. (2008). The Aventures of Arthur Conan Doyle. Harvill Secker. p. 376. ISBN 978-0436206139
  4. ↑ Lycett, Andrew. (2007). The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 403.
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