The Signal, 01.06.12 & 01.07.12, The National Pinball Museum, Arthur Magida’s “The Nazi Séance,” and Clarence Browns’ “Needs”

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David Silverman’s got a collection of almost 900 pinball machines, and he’s about to open the National Pinball Museum right here in downtown Charm City.  We drop in at the museum for a crash course in pinball history.

Arthur Magida talks about his book, “The Nazi Séance:  The Strange Story of the Jewish Psychic in Hitler’s Circle.”  The book tells the tale of Erik Jan Hanussen, a celebrated clairvoyant who let his own ambition blind him to the terrible realities of life in Berlin during the 1930’s.

Plus:  We visit with writer (and recovering heroin addict) Clarence Brown, whose new crime novel, “Needs,” pits a drug-addicted Baltimore detective against an elusive killer.