![]() ![]() ![]() The novel benefitted from unprecedented publicity and quickly became a best-seller. There are even suggestions in some instalments of the series, that the "real" Mabuse is some sort of spirit that possesses a series of hosts. The replacement invariably has the same methods, the same powers of hypnosis and the same criminal genius. Mabuse" to later appear, as depicted in The Testament of Dr. Mabuse" may be defeated and sent to an asylum, jail or grave, only for a new "Dr. Mabuse's agents range from career criminals working for him, to innocents blackmailed or hypnotized into cooperation, to dupes manipulated so successfully they do not realize that they are doing exactly what Mabuse planned for them to do. ![]() Mabuse rarely commits his crimes in person, instead operating primarily through a network of agents enacting his schemes. Mabuse is a master of disguise and telepathic hypnosis known to employ body transference, most often through demonic possession but sometimes utilizing object technologies such as television or phonograph machines, to build a " society of crime.". ![]()
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