William Rauscher

Born William Vernon Rauscher, Jr.
October 17, 1932 Long Branch, New Jersey

Reverend William Vernon Rauscher (b. 1932) is a magic historian and lecturer.

Books
Arthur Ford: The Man Who Talked with the Dead (co-author) – 1973
The Spiritual Frontier: A Priest Explores the Psychic World – 1975
The Psychic Mafia (collaborator) – 1976
Church In Frenzy: The Crisis of Christianity Today – 1980
John Calvert: Magic and Adventures around the World (1987)
The Great Raymond: Entertainer of Kings – King of Entertainers – 1996
Servais Le Roy: Monarch of Mystery (with Mike Caveney - 1999)
To Be or Not To Be: A Pastoral View of Suicide in Today's World – 2000
The Houdini Code Mystery: A Spirit Secret Solved (2000)
S. S. Adams: High Priest of Pranks and Merchant of magic – 2002
The Mind Readers: Masters of Deception – 2002
Magic in Rhyme: A Magician's Anthology of Poems, Verses, and Limericks – 2003
Religion, Magic, and the Supernatural: The Autobiography, Reflections and Essays of an Episcopal Priest – 2006
Pleasant Nightmares: Dr. Neff and His Madhouse of Mystery (2008)
Edd Patterson: A Lifetime of Magic and Art – 2008
Kalanag – The story of Helmut Schreiber, who presented mysteries on the stage and left us with a mystery of himself.

References
The Linking Ring, Vol. 34, No. 8, October 1954, William V. Rauscher, Jr., Compiler - Magician, by Alvin Richard Plough, page 30
The Linking Ring, Vol. 74, No. 5, May 1994, Memoirs Of A Magician's Ghost, by John Booth, CHAPTER 281 - The Last Master of the Flying Clocks, page 73
The Linking Ring, Vol. 74, No. 6, June 1994, Memoirs Of A Magician's Ghost, by John Booth, CHAPTER 282 - Rauscher the Magician, Clergyman and Scholar, page 76
M-U-M, Vol. 93, No. 10, March 2004, S.A.M. Magic Hall of Fame, Personality Profiles, William V. Rauscher, pagd 70
Cover, The Linking Ring, Vol. 88, No. 11, November 2008, Scholar of Mystery, A Story About William V. Rauscher, by Jason Goldberg, page 34
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