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Cecil Husk (1847-1920) was a British professional singer and spiritualist Mediumship.
In 1891 at a public séance with twenty sitters Husk was exposed as a fraud. He was caught leaning over a table pretending to be a spirit by covering his face with phosphor material. It was noted by investigators that the materializations of Husk had fine singing voices and sounded similar to himself.Anderson, Rodger (2006). Psychics, Sensitives and Somnambules. McFarland & Company. p. 90. Husk also claimed to have the psychic ability to push his entire arm through an iron ring with a size that did not allow its passage over the hand, however, it was discovered that he performed the trick by using a local anesthetic on his hand.Harry Price. (1939). Fifty Years of Psychical Research. Kessinger Publishing. p. 203.
Alfred Edward Turner attended séances with Husk. He became convinced that Husk could materialize spirits and defended the medium in various newspaper articles. During one of the séances he stated that he had witnessed the materialization of W. T. Stead.Anonymous. (15 December 1913). Spirits Appear at Seance in London. The Salt Lake Tribune.Anonymous. (15 December 1913). Stead's Ghost Floating Around. The Daily Gate City.
The magician Will Goldston exposed the fraudulent mediumship of Husk. During a séance that Goldston attended a pale face materialization appeared in the room. Goldston wrote that "I saw at once that it was a gauze mask, and that the moustache attached to it was loose at one side through lack of gum. I pulled at the mask. It came away, revealing the face of Husk."Will Goldston. (1942). Tricks Of The Masters. G. Routledge & Sons, Ltd. p. 4
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