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| The residential history
of the island is quite interesting. That is because Walter B. Gibson,
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writer of the famous radio show of the 1930's,
The Shadow, lived in the only house inhabiting the island.
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| He wrote the short
story Crime Over Casco in 1946, which was inspired |
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| by Maine. He also
wrote for the Maine Antique Digest. |
| He was born September
12th, 1897 and died December 6th, |
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| 1985 at the age of
88. Not only was he a famous writer, but a professional magician. |
| He spent most of his
youth in Philadelphia and wrote more |
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| than just one great
work of art. In addition to The Shadow, he wrote 187 books, 668
articles to |
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| various periodicals,
thought up 283 stories for The |
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| Shadow Magazine, 48
syndicated feature columns, helped developed 147 radio scripts,
and told the tales of Blackstone The Magician and The |
| Shadow in 394 comic
books and newspaper strips. He also |
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| did many other writings
under various pseudonyms, |
| such as Maxwell Grant.
As a magician, he invented many |
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widely used magic tricks and traveled with many famous
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| magicians who he befriended. Such
magicians are Howard Thurston, |
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| Joseph Dunninger, Harry
Blackstone, Sr., and the ever popular Harry Houdini. |
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