Joaquín Argamasilla, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish nobleman
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Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
About Joaquín Argamasilla
- Joaquín María Argamasilla de la Cerda y Elío (Madrid, 4 April 1905 – 1985) was a Spanish noble who was the 11th Marquis de Santacara, but he is better known for claiming in the early 1920s a supposed ability to see through opaque objects.
- Argamasilla convinced important people of the era such as Gustav Geley and Charles Richet of his powers, but he was exposed by Harry Houdini as a fraud in 1924.
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