Current Status of The Collection
For years, I've been calling it "The Hypnosis in Media Collection", but lately, its just been "The Collection". Maybe, if this all gets made part of some library or museum,…
“The Shadow” — The Origin
“The Shadow knowsâ€
With that, one of the most successful pulp characters was introduced to the radio and magazine audience. Even today, that phrase is recognized and the character remembered: the Shadow, who possessed the hypnotic power to “cloud mens’ mindsâ€.
30 Days of Hypnosis: Day 12
What's your favorite pop culture reference about hypnosis? Whew! So many possibilities. The first one that comes to mind is "The Hypnotic Eye". A movie about a sinister stage hypnotist…
A Holiday Treat — The (Physical) Hypnosis in Media Collection
As a special Holiday present, I present the (physical) Hypnosis in Media collection in its semi-entirety. The bookshelf unit here holds the main part of the Collection. As you can…
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‘Hypnotism Practiced Over Airway!’ — Radio World, March 27, 1926
An experiment on the effectiveness of hypnotism by radio was conducted in Boston and Springfield, Mass, by WBZ. Prof. Gerald M. P. Fitzgibbons, who stood at a microphone in Springfield,…
The Science Fiction Encyclopedia — Online
A website that I will be investigating further is the Science Fiction Encyclopedia website. An outgrowth of the 1995 encyclopedia of the same name edited by John Clute and Peter…
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‘The Hypnotized Audience’ — “The Shadow”
The March 27, 1938, broadcast of “The Shadow” was entitled ‘The Hypnotized Audience’. The Shadow and his partner Margo Lane are embroiled in a plot to free a convicted murderer by kidnapping the state governor and hypnotizing him into freeing the prisoner.
