Joseph Dunninger

About

Called The Amazing Dunninger on stage, he was known to read his audience's minds.

Before Fame

At age seventeen, he was invited to perform for President Theodore Roosevelt and for Thomas Edison.

Trivia

He had a standing offer of $100,000 to anyone who could perform a psychic act that he couldn't explain.

Family Life

His father was a textile manufacturer.

Associated With

Johnny Carson used him for the basis of his Amazing Dillinger character.