Gordon Higginson (medium)

He was also the President of the Spiritualists' National Union (SNU) for 23 years and Principal of the Arthur Findlay College from 1979 to 1993.

Before another séance Colvin searched the room and claimed to find muslin tightly wrapped underneath a seat.

[4] Higginson's own comments about the allegations against him can be found in his book On the Side of Angels: Authorised Life Story compiled by Jean Bassett.

David and Helen Elizalde, who were self-proclaimed psychic surgeons who had come from Australia, were sponsored by Higginson to tour the UK.

He suggested that the trick consisted of a condom filled with pig's blood, and he replicated the phenomena himself by trickery.