Houdini Is Everywhere This Year

In early July, The Society of American Magicians had their annual convention in Appleton Wisconsin, Houdini's adopted home town. As much as I wanted to attend, I was unable. But our friend John Cox over at Wild About Houdini was there and did a great job covering events, taking photos and of course speaking on Houdini at the event. Please visit his blog at this link https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2026/07/houdini-lived-in-appleton-last-week.html

The book, Houdini The Man Who Died Twice by Dr. Larrian Gillespie is also out and ready to purchase. I don't have this book yet, so I can't give you a review or opinion, but by all accounts it contains some stunning new information. I'm looking forward to getting a copy at summers end. You can get a copy here: Houdini The Man Who Died Twice

Brad Ricca's book, Lincoln's Ghost, is also available on Amazon. It's a very interesting read. You can get a copy of that book here: Lincoln's Ghost

Charles Greene's book, Exposing Houdini is out. It's fantastic. This I do have a copy of and though I haven't been able to go through it completely yet, I can say, it's just first class. Charles is a great magic historian and this particular book really shines. You can get a copy at: ExposingHoudini.com I will be writing a review of this book, soon, I hope.

My friend Wayne Alan has two books in the works, actually three, but only 2 are on Houdini. He's been working on these things since the 1980s! Much like myself, work and family commitments got in his way and delayed them. But he's expecting to have them out this year and fairly soon from what I understand. Any guy who has parts of Houdini's actual hospital room in his collection, is a guy who won't stop at anything to track down information on Houdini. 

John Cox, from WildAboutHoudini.com announced recently that his new book on Houdini will be called, Houdini The Handcuff King is coming out this fall. You can get that from John's site. Also, his book, Escaping Obscurity is still available at https://wildaboutharrypress.com/     

I swear I just saw that another book on Houdini was announced just a couple days ago, but I can't find the information on it. I am out of the loop right now on all of this stuff due to my performing schedule. I've done 28 shows since the first of this month and have a lot more yet to do. And those shows are all over the map, so I'm rarely home or in front of the computer. This has delayed the latest episode(s) of my podcast. It has delayed any new articles on the blog. And frankly, delayed a couple projects I'm doing for Houdini 100. I will get caught up, I promise. I'm hoping, with any luck, to at least get a few things ready for late July or early August. You know me, I always get caught up. But work comes first!