Dr. Fritz

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 World War I. 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. ^{[citation needed]}

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. ^{[citation needed]}

After Queiroz's death, Dr. Fritz has been allegedly channeled by a Rubens Farias Jr. (1954– ) of São Paulo; who claims that Dr. Fritz has predicted his own violent death.

Several ^[who?] other mediums, including alleged medium Kléber Aran Ferreira da Silva^[1] 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.^{[citation needed]}

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