Claude Alexander Conlin (1880–1954), also known as Alexander, C. Alexander, Alexander the Crystal Seer, and Alexander the Man Who Knows, was a stage magician who specialized in mentalism and psychic reading acts, dressed in Oriental style robes and a feathered turban, and often used a crystal ball as a prop. In addition to performing, he also worked privately for clients, giving readings. He was the author of several pitch books and New Thought pamphlets, as well as texts for stage performers. His stage name was "Alexander," and as an author he wrote under the name "C. Alexander."
According to biographer, David Charvet, Alexander was the highest-paid mentalist in the world at the height of his career, during the 1920s. He earned multiple millions of dollars during his career on stage and that during his lifetime he may have been the highest paid entertainer in the field of magic. Charvet, who interviewed surviving members of Alexander's family, says that Alexander had "seven marriages (sometimes to more than one woman at once), [spent] time [...] in local jails and federal prison, [went on] trial for attempting to extort an oilman millionaire, [made a] failed attempt to out run the authorities in a high powered speed-boat loaded with bootlegged liquor, and [...] admitted killing four men."
-Wikipedia -Charvet, David. Alexander - The Man Who Knows. 2nd revised and enlarged edition, September 2006.
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Claude Alexander Conlin (1880–1954), also known as Alexander, C. Alexander, Alexander the Crystal Seer, and Alexander the Man Who Knows, was a stage magician who specialized in mentalism and psychic reading acts, dressed in Oriental style robes and a feathered turban, and often used a crystal ball as a prop. In addition to performing, he also worked privately for clients, giving readings. He was the author of several pitch books and New Thought pamphlets, as well as texts for stage performers. His stage name was "Alexander," and as an author he wrote under the name "C. Alexander."
According to biographer, David Charvet, Alexander was the highest-paid mentalist in the world at the height of his career, during the 1920s. He earned multiple millions of dollars during his career on stage and that during his lifetime he may have been the highest paid entertainer in the field of magic.
Charvet, who interviewed surviving members of Alexander's family, says that Alexander had "seven marriages (sometimes to more than one woman at once), [spent] time [...] in local jails and federal prison, [went on] trial for attempting to extort an oilman millionaire, [made a] failed attempt to out run the authorities in a high powered speed-boat loaded with bootlegged liquor, and [...] admitted killing four men."
-Wikipedia
-Charvet, David. Alexander - The Man Who Knows. 2nd revised and enlarged edition, September 2006.
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