Apollonia and Sofie Agnesh Bojakshiya[39] are fortunetellers in a mother-daughter act at the carnival. Although Apollonia is catatonic, she and Sofie can communicate telepathically. Their original biographies declare Apollonia a "once renowned seer who read cards for the rich and famous" and "the only psychic Houdini was unable to debunk."[39] A series of seizures during Sofie's birth in 1913 was given as reason for Apollonia's state.