The Amazing Criswell
Overview
- For the mentalist Kreskin (born 1935), see The Amazing Kreskin.
Jeron Criswell King (August 18, 1907 – October 4, 1982), born Jeron Criswell Konig, and known by his stage-name The Amazing Criswell (icon), was an American
United States
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psychic
Parapsychology
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known for wildly inaccurate predictions. In person, he went by Charles Criswell King, and was sometimes credited as Jeron King Criswell.
Criswell was flamboyant with spit curled hair, a stentorian style of speaking, and a sequin
Sequin
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ed tuxedo
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