Washington Irving Bishop: The Mind Reader Who Was Killed By His Own Autopsy
Washington Irving Bishop was an American mentalist and mind reader of some repute toward the end of the 1800s. But he probably didn't see this story coming.
Washington Irving Bishop was an American mentalist and mind reader of some repute toward the end of the 1800s. But he probably didn't see this story coming.
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