Friday, October 20, 2017

Real Houdini Dirt, Oh My.


I honestly can't figure out if this is a joke or not. I found this over on Pinterest, and it claims to be Genuine Soil From Harry Houdini's Grave. Ok, stop there. I can think of a million reasons why you would NOT want to do this. But then I looked closer at the poster/flyer and it appears that much of the wording has been photoshopped in. Also, there is no contact information on the flyer either, other than a name of sorts, but no web address or email.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this like borderline grave robbing? Although, I doubt the dirt is really from there. And for the record NO, I am not interested. It reminded me of a line that is spoken in one of the Houdini documentaries where they're walking through the Machpelah Cemetery and the guys says "this area brings out the crazies" or something to that affect.

This is a silly way to end the week, lol. I had intended to bring you an actual article, but I have run into a small hiccup, that will delay them until next week. So with that, please have a great weekend!

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Another Houdini Pin


When I saw the Houdini Lapel Pin by Dan Cleri last week, I just had to have one. Actually, I have several now. I think the reason I was so intrigued by it, I had been doing research on these pins because I was thinking of doing some myself. In fact, one I had in mind was doing a Lapel Pin of the Water Torture Cell.

Lo and Behold, I found one online that someone had already done! And I will soon have several, lol. But I wanted to let you know in case you want to pick up one or two yourself. Below is the pin and here is the link:




Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Dunninger & Houdini Together Again

Note: I was holding this for next week, but word got out on one of the boards, so I'm letting everyone know about it that doesn't already know.

Maxine Dunninger is the daughter of Joseph Dunninger the famous mentalist. She lives not too awfully far from me in Virginia. She has an etsy.com page with a few Houdini and Dunninger items for sale. I have purchased a number of items from Maxine in the past.

One of my favorites she has for sale now is this 'leg iron' that belonged to Houdini. I'm honestly not sure if that is really a leg iron, but it's still quite unusual and cool.  I also like a very unusual photo of Houdini in a straitjacket.

Then, for magic fans, there are quite a few Dunninger related items, including photos, programs, posters, flyers and more. And speaking of more, there are two paintings that were done by Joe Dunninger himself. In fact, I think she has a copy of the book she wrote on her Dad's artwork as well. Check it out!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/HORSELOVERSandMAGIC/items?section_id=14693985