 He went on to join the British army, serving in India where he became a major.After this, he went on to become a stage conjurer (using the stage name "Cardi") and also a professional psychologist, dealing especially in people's bad experiences with the occult, during the 1950s and 1960s.When he changed his name to Cardell, he was joined by a woman known as Mary Edwards, and the two from then on claimed to be siblings.