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Admin, M. “When 'Master Metaphysicians' Tried To Raise An Immortal Baby.” Knowledge Nuts, 5 Jan. 2015, knowledgenuts.com/2015/01/05/when-master-metaphysicians-tried-to-raise-an-immortal-baby/.
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Cannata, Jeff and Anthony Carboni “The Immortal Cult Hokum.” We Have Concerns, episode 406, We Have Concerns Patreon, 17 March 2017, https://wehaveconcerns.simplecast.com/episodes/ad450f3f-ad450f3f
“A Double Suicide Recalls Odd Cult.” The New York Times , 27 Apr. 1955.
“James Bernard Schafer.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Jan. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bernard_Schafer.
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“SCHAFER BACK IN PRISON; Leaves Master Metaphysicians Without a Guiding Hand.”
The New York Times, The New York Times, 5 Jan. 1944, www.nytimes.com/1944/01/05/archives/schafer-back-in-prison-leaves-master-metaphysicians-without-a.html.
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Admin, M. “When 'Master Metaphysicians' Tried To Raise An Immortal Baby.” Knowledge Nuts, 5 Jan. 2015, knowledgenuts.com/2015/01/05/when-master-metaphysicians-tried-to-raise-an-immortal-baby/.
Boese, Alex. “Jean Gauntt, the Immortal Baby.” Museum of Hoaxes, 2015, hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/jean_gauntt_the_immortal_baby.
Cannata, Jeff and Anthony Carboni “The Immortal Cult Hokum.” We Have Concerns, episode 406, We Have Concerns Patreon, 17 March 2017, https://wehaveconcerns.simplecast.com/episodes/ad450f3f-ad450f3f
“A Double Suicide Recalls Odd Cult.” The New York Times , 27 Apr. 1955.
“James Bernard Schafer.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Jan. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bernard_Schafer.
“Mansion To Slum For Immortal Baby .” The Courier-Mail, 19 Dec. 1940.
“Religion: Peaceful Fraternity.” Time Magazine, 18 July 1938.
“SCHAFER BACK IN PRISON; Leaves Master Metaphysicians Without a Guiding Hand.”
The New York Times, The New York Times, 5 Jan. 1944, www.nytimes.com/1944/01/05/archives/schafer-back-in-prison-leaves-master-metaphysicians-without-a.html.
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