Charles Bailey (1870–1947) was an Australian apport medium who was exposed as a fraud.
Born
1870
Died
1947
Overview
Charles Bailey (1870–1947) was an Australian apport medium who was exposed as a fraud.
Career
Bailey was born in Melbourne. He worked as a bootmaker and became a famous apport medium. He claimed with the help of his spirit guide "Abdul" that he could apport live items such as fish, crabs, turtles, coins, stones and antiques in the séance room.
In 1910, Bailey was exposed as a fraud in Grenoble, France. He produced two live birds but was unaware that the dealer who he had bought the birds from was present in the séance. According to Joseph McCabe before the séance he had hidden the birds in the "unpleasant end of his alimentary canal".
