Wundervolle Brotvermehrung

[Ulan]

Ah, was nicht sein darf.
Dass Mirabelli oder Kluski des Betrugs überführt sein sollen, ist mir völlig neu. Stimmt meines Erachtens nicht.

Aber wenn man solche Phänomene grundsätzlich nicht für möglich hält, dann ist das immer ein dankbares Argument.

Es darf sein, aber es ist schlicht nicht. Mirabelli ist eindeutig des Betrugs ueberfuehrt. Er hatte ein handsigniertes Foto eines Levitationstricks verteilt, das noch chemische Spuren der Retousche zeigte. Auf dem Original stand er auf einer Leiter.

Er mag zwar nur in diesem einem Fall des eindeutigen Betrugs ueberfuehrt sein, aber wie heisst's so schoen: "Wer einmal luegt..."

Das Originalzitat vom Wikipedia-Aritkel ueber Mirabelli:
"In 1990, Dr. Gordon Stein found a levitation photograph of Mirabelli in the Society for Psychical Research (SPR) collection at the Cambridge University Library. It was inscribed by Mirabelli to Besterman from his visit in 1934.[5] The levitation in the photograph was discovered to be a trick as there were signs of chemical retouching under Mirabelli's feet. The retouching showed that Mirabelli was not levitating but was standing on a ladder which was erased from the photograph.[6]
According to Stein:
"The fact that the fraudulent photo has been inscribed by Mirabelli to Besterman means that Mirabelli, then at the very peak of his powers was at least in pan, a fraud. He knowingly passed off a fraudulent photo of himself as authentic. It should make us cautious about accepting hearsay statements of Mirabelli's followers about the many wonders he had performed. More importantly, it should make us very cautious about accepting at face value other photographs of Mirabelli's marvels.[5]""

Zu Kluski:
"Fraud incident
In a notable incident during a séance that Paul Heuze attended the medium was requested to produce a face impression. However, a large-sized buttocks impression was found in the wax.[11] It was alleged by a séance sitter that "Kluski dropped... his pants and placed his buttocks in the paraffin".[12]
Heuze believed the impression was Kluski's. This was later confirmed as it was discovered that Kluski had suffered from a burnt buttocks for many days after the incident.[11]"

Worum's da geht, steht in dem Artikel (Harry Houdini hat vor Zeugen gezeigt, wie man den Trick mit heissem Paraffin macht). Ansonsten gibt's noch zwei Zeugen, die behaupten, er haette seinen Betrug zugegeben.

Aber klar. Wahre Glaeubige lassen sich durch Fakten eh nicht beeindrucken.