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Showing posts with label Harry Kellar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harry Kellar. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

The Great Houdini Broadcasts -Behind the Curtain of Episode 97

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  The Great Houdini Broadcasts was written by Val Andrews, and published by Micky Hades International back in 1981. It is a booklet made up ...
Thursday, May 9, 2019

The Amazing Zancigs First Couple of Telepathy

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The Zancigs were probably the first mind reading couple to make a name for themselves internationally. Granted, Robert Heller and Haidee...
Saturday, January 12, 2019

The Grave of Olive Dot Robinson, Wife of Chung Ling Soo

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Dot Robinson being floated by Harry Kellar When it comes to one of the greatest magician's assistants in history, surely one of the ...
Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Notes on Episode 11 The Great Maro

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Here is the cartoon that appeared in the Sphinx Magazine on Maro. I believe the reason he left the 'devilish imps' off his poster...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Magic Detective Podcast Ep10 Notes on Harry Kellar in Retirement

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Most people kind of fade out of the limelight when they retire. But this was not the case for Harry Kellar. Sure, he didn't spend all...
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Monday, December 24, 2018

Magic Detective Podcast Ep 9 -Notes

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Episode 9 is up and ready to listen to. This is part 2 of the Amazing Life of Harry Kellar. It covers his years right after the tragic sh...
Monday, November 19, 2018

Episode 8 Magic Detective Podcast Additional Notes

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Episode 8 of The Magic Detective Podcast is about the Life of Harry Kellar. As I was recording the episode today I quickly realized that ...
Sunday, November 11, 2018

Houdini the Patriot

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Today, Nov 11, 2018, marks the 100th Anniversary of the end of World War 1. The war which began in 1914. Coincidentally, the United State...
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Saturday, April 15, 2017

The Magician Who Met Abraham Lincoln

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This story has intrigued me from the first time I heard of it. In fact, I even wrote about it before. A friend sent me an article from a ...
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Monday, December 5, 2016

Dot Robinson, Wife of Chung Ling Soo

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Olive 'Dot' Robinson was the wife of William Ellsworth Robinson, known professionally as Chung Ling Soo. She was born Olive Path a...
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Saturday, September 10, 2016

More On Houdini and Kellar

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More on Houdini & Kellar Five years ago, I wrote an article about Harry Kellar and Harry Houdini , and then wrote a follow-up art...
Thursday, February 4, 2016

Harry Kellar Poster

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Harry Kellar is definitely one of my favorite magicians. He was one of the most beloved magicians of his time, though I think the Maskely...
Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Harry Cooke's Grave

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I've been doing some research on Horatio Cooke recently. He has quite the life story which I covered briefly in an earlier blog artic...
Saturday, March 14, 2015

Remembering Kellar

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Harry Kellar passed away 93 years ago this week on March 10th 1922. I've written about Kellar a lot on this blog and recently over at...
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Friday, May 16, 2014

Remembering The Passing of the Mantle of Magic

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Today marks the 106th Anniversary of the Passing of the Mantle of Magic from Harry Kellar to Howard Thurston at the Fords Theatre in Bal...
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Friday, February 14, 2014

The Golden Age of Magic - In Bronze

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I have posted many statues, sculptures, carvings, figurines and busts of magicians. But now it's time for the finest renditions of ...
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