Heinrich Melzer (born 1873) was a German Spiritualist Mediumship.
History
Melzer was born in
Dresden. For thirty years he gave séances and claimed to have the ability to materialize
and
.
[ Biography for Heinrich Melzer] In the séance room he would only materialize the flowers under the table, and as the table was not checked
Skepticism accused him of simply hiding the flowers under the table before his séances. When the room was checked and scientific controls were introduced no flowers appeared. In 1926 Melzer was exposed as a fraud as he was caught with small stones attached to the back of his ears by flesh coloured tape.
[E. Clephan Palmer. (2003). The Riddle of Spiritualism. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 35-39. ]
