Sensational Tales of Mystery Men by Will Goldston

Stories and anecdotes of the Who's Who of magic in the early 20th century. Several are about Houdini.

• An Introduction
• Foreword
• The Truth About The Zancigs
• The Tragedy Of Hanco
• When G. W. Hunter Dried Up
• How Denny And Will Goldston Escaped Gaol
• The Truth Of Horace Goldin's Arrest
• The Cornells And Their Ghastly Publicity Stunt
• The Strangeness Of Lafayette
• Dante Perplexed
• Dante's Experience In Russia
• Muller The Mystic
• Was Chung Ling Soo Murdered?
• A Handcuff Escape That Went Wrong
• Ceeley And The Naked Lady
• Frank Van Hoven's Tragic Failure
• Frank Van Hoven And A Fellow Artist's Wife
• Wishart And The Dead Body
• Raymond And The Undertaker
• What Hannen Swaffer Told The Magic Circle
• The M.P. Who Does Magic
• The Prince Who Stabbed His Partner
• A Foreword On Houdini
• My First Encounter With Houdini
• Houdini And The Magical Illusions
• Houdini's Film Failure
• Houdini At The Palladium
• Houdini At Manchester
• A Regrettable Incident
• The Houdini Packing Case Escape
• Houdini And "The Unmasking Of Robert Houdin"
• Houdini Objects To Someone Else's Boost
• Did Houdini Fail?
• Is Houdini Earth Bound?
• Is Bessie Houdini A Cheat?
• Maurice And The Girl In The Car
• The Great Maurice And A New Illusion
• How Magic Is Accepted In Nigeria
• Murray - His Greatest Escape
• How Zomah Delayed A Murder
• Carl Hertz The Imitator
• The World's Cheapest Theatre
• Hertz And His Monte Carlo Syndicate
• Carl Hertz And The Bird Cage
• Harry Kellar's Search For A Successor
• Was John Nevil Maskelyne A Genius?
• The Mystery Of My Resignation From The Magic Circle
• David Devant - The Master Magician
• My Impromptu Act
• The Battle Of The Pierrots
• My Cemetery Adventure
• An Error That Cost £1,000
• Will Goldston's Spy Service
• My Quickest Vanish
• A Confession By Will Goldston