Saturday, April 14, 2018

Carnegie: Magic Detective: Who Was Houdini's Boyhood Hero?


I'm relisting one of my older articles. Today is the day that President Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre in 1865. I had written a couple pieces about Lincoln and Houdini and Lincoln and magic in general a few years ago. I wanted to offer them up to my readers again in a slightly updated form. I had to correct a piece of info that I had gotten wrong. I hope you enjoy this bit of Lincoln and Houdini history. Please click the link below to view that story...


Carnegie: Magic Detective: Who Was Houdini's Boyhood Hero?: The first thought that comes to mind was Robert Houdin the french magician who Houdini acquired his name from. But actually if that was y...

3 comments:

  1. Check out THAT other photo of HH with Lincoln's ghost in Lot 58 of the upcoming Haversat & Ewing auction.

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    1. Yeah, that one is great too. I just saw another version which is totally different. Kinda blew my mind.

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  2. There's a third Lincoln ghost photo?

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