<\/a>Rubenstein’s murder\u00a0was a big case at the time due to his supposed millions, the many beautiful women that surrounded him, and his connections to the New York underworld. A year after his murder, Rubenstein’s\u00a0mother contacted ghost hunter Hans Holzer because there were disturbances in the New York apartment where Rubenstein lived (and where she continued to live). Holzer conducted a seance and Rubenstein’s spirit supplied Holzer with the names of people who were supposedly involved with his murder. Holzer wrote up what happened and ended his account with him handing transcripts of the seances over to the police, but without being able to say if the names had any relevance to the detective’s investigation.\u00a0 The case went cold and it and Serge Rubenstein were\u00a0eventually forgotten.<\/p>\nIt wasn’t always possible at the time to verify the information that came out of a seance. They didn’t have the internet and all the million tools, databases, etc., that we have now. So I planned to see if any of the names Holzer supplied were any good. I know where the police case files are. Also, Serge had a daughter,\u00a0Diana Elizabeth, born May 12, 1945. \u00a0I thought I’d try to find her. But for now it’s all still on my to-do list. I am working on another ghost\/seance story that I’ll post about when I’m done.\u00a0 The dead person in this story got to me more than Serge Rubenstein did, her story was sadder and more poignant and so I started on hers first.<\/p>\n
That’s Serge dressed as Napoleon in the picture. Doesn’t it have such a feel of old New York, of a time gone by?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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