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Showing posts with label #HOUDINI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #HOUDINI. Show all posts
Monday, December 1, 2025

Houdini's Final Days in the Hospital - A Revelation

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  Note: I have made a couple updates since the original post. Turns out Dr. Lefevre who is mentioned in the Kalush bio did not create the se...
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Friday, November 14, 2025

The Lost Episode - Houdini in Congress Part 2....still missing.

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  While reading Brad Riccas new book,   Lincolns Ghost , I had a strange feeling that I had read it before. In fact, the further I delved in...
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Saturday, June 21, 2025

Newest Houdini Bust by Spectral Motion

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  I just love the work that Spectral Motion does. I love their movie work. But especially, love their magic work. They have a collection of ...
Friday, May 30, 2025

A REAL Houdini Secret Revealed and Going To Auction

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  Magicians want to pride themselves on knowing 'all' of Houdini's secrets. Frankly, that's a delusional approach. Houdini h...
Sunday, May 4, 2025

Houdini and The Welsh Brothers Circus

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  I saw this posted on Facebook and took a look. It's from 2002, and is a wonderful article about Houdini and his time with the Welsh Br...
Monday, March 24, 2025

The Great Erich Weiss Born This Day!

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  Truly a day to celebrate. My last posts were about famous artists who died on this day. But now we can at least celebrate the BIRTH of som...
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Monday, June 3, 2024

Happy Birthday Tony Curtis

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  Born June 3rd, 1925 as Bernard Schwartz. He became known as Hollywood Actor Tony Curtis. And to those in the magic world, he was HOUDINI. ...
Friday, May 31, 2024

#Houdini Trends on Twitter

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  May 30th, 2024, I noticed that the hashtag #HOUDINI was trending high on Twitter/X.  I just happened to be on Twitter last night and I hap...
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

The Houdini Milk Can Poster Breaks the Bank!

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  A recent Potter and Potter Auction featured a Houdini Milk Can Escape Poster. This poster dates back to 1908 and was produced by Russell-M...
Saturday, October 14, 2023

The Aftermath of Playing Houdini

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  The Aftermath of Playing HOUDINI In 1998, actor Johnathon Schaech took on the role of Harry Houdini. It was his first lead role in his car...
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Wednesday, November 9, 2022

The Unusual Friendship Between Houdini and Ira Davenport

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From the McCord Museum     The Davenport Brothers were two brothers from Buffalo NY that along with the Fox Sisters, helped to usher in the ...
Sunday, June 26, 2022

A Bit of Houdini Music

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  Take a listen. Sound familiar? This is the music used throughout the 1953 Tony Curtis HOUDINI movie. Though in the movie, it was only the ...
Sunday, March 27, 2022

Podcast on Houdini's Needle Mystery

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Finishing my Houdini Week is podcast Episode 75. In this episode I take a deep dive into Houdini's Needle Mystery. I've written abou...
Monday, March 2, 2020

Chase-ing Houdini's Radio

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The photo above is Houdini's Radio Illusion. An unusual production effect that was used in his 3-In-1 Show/The Final Houdini Tour....
Sunday, February 23, 2020

Houdini Testifies Before Congress Day 1

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In 1926, Harry Houdini stepped way beyond his role of magician, escape artist, showman, and actor. He does something which was rare for a...