Jack Baker (magician)

Jack Baker
Born
Jack Baker

1913 or 1914
Toledo, Ohio
Died(1980-10-05)October 5, 1980
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Stage magician
  • film producer
  • film distributor
Years active1930s–1980

Jack Baker[nb 1] (born John Kessler; 1913/1914 – October 5, 1980), also known by his stage name Dr. Silkini, was an American stage magician, film producer and distributor best known as the host (or "ghostmaster") of the traveling midnight ghost show, Dr. Silkini's Asylum of Horrors.

According to fellow ghostmaster and ghost show historian Jim Ridenour, Baker "worked the spookers for 42 years, [and] made millions of dollars."[2]

  1. ^ Curry, Christopher Wayne; Curry, John W. (2000). A Taste of Blood: The Films of Herschell Gordon Lewis. Creation Books. p. 89. ISBN 978-1871592917.
  2. ^ Craig, Rob (2013). It Came from 1957: A Critical Guide to the Year's Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland & Company. p. 45. ISBN 978-0786477777.


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