Frank Decker
From Kook Science
Frank Decker was an American medium associated with Helen Wells's Spiritual and Ethical Society.
Press Coverage
Decker vs. Dunninger (1930)
- NYT (9 Apr. 1930), "MEDIUM IN BOX FAILS TO WIN $21,000 PRIZE; Frank Decker Produces Psychic Phenomena Two Hours, but Physical Means Match Feats. 'PATSY' IS HEARD AGAIN Spirit Control Repudiates Hint of Inebriation in Previous Reports — Many 'Messages From Beyond.'", New York Times (New York, NY): 20, https://www.nytimes.com/1930/04/09/archives/medium-in-box-fails-to-win-21000-prize-frank-decker-produces.html
- O'Neill, John J. (16 Jan. 1930), "Spirits and Magic Tie In $21,000 Prize Test. 'Patsy,' With Irish Brogue, Moves Things in Seance, but Scientist Duplicates Physical Phenomenon to Satisfaction of Newspaper Jury.", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY): 3, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-spirits-and-mag/148910508/
Brooklyn Eagle Coverage (1930-'31)
- O'Neill, John J. (6 Nov. 1930), "Eagle Science Editor Levitated by Ghosts That See in Dark: Observer Is Lifted Toward Ceiling After Making Test on Ability of Spooks to Touch Him Twice in Same Spot in Inky Black Room.", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY): 1, 5, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-eagle-science-e/148187695/
- O'Neill, John J. (24 Feb. 1931), "'Spirit' Demonstrates 'Chemical' Discovery: 'Dr. Wilbur Stoddard,' Alchemist of 200 Years Ago Working Through Frank Decker, Medium, Produces Illuminated Telepathic Image.", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY): 17, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-spirit-demons/148188208/
- O'Neill, John J. (28 Mar. 1931), "Form of Giant Indian Materializes in Dark: White Eagle, Six Feet Nine Inches Tall, Comes Into Being at Seance of Frank Decker, and Has Writer Test Heights and Solidity.", The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY): 1, 22, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-form-of-giant-i/148188333/