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in the 1950s and continuing up to the present. There is no evidence that he actually existed.

Alleged manifestations

In the 1950s, psychic surgeon Zé Arigó (1918–1971) claimed to be operating as a channel for the spirit of a Dr. Adolf Fritz, a German doctor who had died in

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. Arigó became famous in Brazil and abroad, and was the subject of documentaries and books. After Arigó's death in a car accident, two brothers, Oscar and Edivaldo Wilde, claimed to channel the spirit of Dr. Fritz. Their careers were cut short when both died in violent car crashes. Following them was Edson Queiroz, a gynecologist. Queiroz treated hundreds of thousands of patients in the guise of Dr. Fritz, while further advancing the techniques of Arigó. He, too, met a violent death at the hand of a knife-wielding assailant. After Queiroz's death, Dr. Fritz has been allegedly channeled by a

Rubens Farias Jr. Rubens Farias Jr. (born 1954) is a Brazilian psychic surgeon, who claims to be a channel for the spirit of Dr. Fritz. His clinic is in Bom Sucesso, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro. Rubens was trained as an engineer. He is not the first Brazilian to m ...

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; who claims that Dr. Fritz has predicted his own violent death. Several other mediums, including alleged medium Kléber Aran Ferreira da Silva have been reportedly able to channel Dr. Fritz' spirit. Exhaustive research has found no mention of a doctor with any of those names in German records.

References

* Lyn Halpe
Adventures of a Suburban Mystic: A True Story of Spiritual Transformation and Supernatural Encounters
Trafford Publishing, 2001 * William Moreir
Dr. Fritz the Phenomenon of the Millennium
iUniverse, 2001 * Franz Höllinge
Religiöse Kultur in Brasilien: zwischen traditionellem Volksglauben und modernen Erweckungsbewegungen
Campus Verlag, 2007

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fritz, Dr. 1918 deaths Date of birth unknown Physicians from Munich

Alleged manifestations

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References

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