tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post2888318702797302390..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: AUDIO: Marie Hinson remembers the death of her sister Bess HoudiniJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-36453611044174401222014-10-04T19:26:41.803-07:002014-10-04T19:26:41.803-07:00Horace Marshall was never called "Ed" H...Horace Marshall was never called "Ed" He was called "Marsh" by a very few people including Blackstone Sr. Yes, he worked behind the scenes on many things. Yes, he bought the rights to the Schlosser business which had relocated to Youngstown, Ohio from New York where did build many things for Houdini's big magic show of 1926. <br />I met Nick Stone a few times. KnowingRichard Hugheshttp://hughesmagic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-5912078067791523482013-09-25T18:52:11.824-07:002013-09-25T18:52:11.824-07:00I think I found something. Is this your dad? http:...I think I found something. Is this your dad? http://www.flickr.com/photos/nutflsh/8183625977/AmazingGordohttps://www.facebook.com/AmazingGordonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-42401380283578835402013-09-05T01:03:23.887-07:002013-09-05T01:03:23.887-07:00That's sure what it sounds like.That's sure what it sounds like.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-27714129602344245852013-09-04T21:24:20.745-07:002013-09-04T21:24:20.745-07:00You mean that Grant and Hutton were having a marit...You mean that Grant and Hutton were having a marital spat on the train?Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-21428970955172961932013-09-03T08:13:12.720-07:002013-09-03T08:13:12.720-07:00Thanks John. It's good to have these dates and...Thanks John. It's good to have these dates and places nailed down.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-70195363737106706072013-09-03T08:11:20.722-07:002013-09-03T08:11:20.722-07:00Yeah, I think this might put any controversy over ...Yeah, I think this might put any controversy over that to rest (no pun intended).John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-4775303463783487092013-09-03T07:44:56.294-07:002013-09-03T07:44:56.294-07:00BTW, what a strange piece of trivia that Cary Gran...BTW, what a strange piece of trivia that Cary Grant and Betty Hutton where next door to Marie on the final train to New York. And fighting all the way.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-35388960952292992512013-09-03T07:39:38.786-07:002013-09-03T07:39:38.786-07:00Certainly very close. This was, I believe, taken b...Certainly very close. This was, I believe, taken by a newspaper photographer in the nursing home right before she left for NY. At least it ran in stories about how the "terminally ill Mrs. Houdini" was going back home. There is a photo of her being loaded onto the train in Pat Culliton's book. That's gotta be the last photo of her ever taken.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-23605236147113446002013-09-03T07:36:37.844-07:002013-09-03T07:36:37.844-07:00Thanks Beth. Glad you're enjoying these. Bouns...Thanks Beth. Glad you're enjoying these. Bouns post coming in a few hours. I want to make sure people coming back from their Labor Day holiday see this one at the top of the page. But you'll love it.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-3217062028746258902013-09-02T16:50:13.650-07:002013-09-02T16:50:13.650-07:00You can see the pressure dials of Bess's oxyge...You can see the pressure dials of Bess's oxygen tank behind her and Marie. This photo must have been taken shortly before Bess' death.Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-80912733489340141342013-09-02T16:10:30.964-07:002013-09-02T16:10:30.964-07:00Wow....just wow... This set of recordings is just ...Wow....just wow... This set of recordings is just INCREDIBLE to hear. Thanks so much for sharing all of this, John! I'm definitely looking forward to those bonus recordings! Hot damn!Beth S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-45329757930722349992013-09-02T16:03:13.835-07:002013-09-02T16:03:13.835-07:00Another remarkable recording. Thanks again for sha...Another remarkable recording. Thanks again for sharing these, John. (A note of trivia for those who don't know: Babe Ruth also is buried in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. He died a little more than five years after Bess.)Tom Intervalhttp://www.houdinimuseum.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-41404497888730051112013-09-02T13:44:14.978-07:002013-09-02T13:44:14.978-07:00Amazing! Good insight on the burial controversy!Amazing! Good insight on the burial controversy!DAVID SALTMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270760638995836991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-61988572648867408612013-09-02T12:47:29.251-07:002013-09-02T12:47:29.251-07:00Awesome! I look forward to tomorrow and also to Oc...Awesome! I look forward to tomorrow and also to October 22 for clips on Bess and Ed Saint.Joe M Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-61485922283100304242013-09-02T11:34:05.135-07:002013-09-02T11:34:05.135-07:00my grandmother is buried in Shrewsbury ma with her...my grandmother is buried in Shrewsbury ma with her son Vincent and his wife Helen Hinson. my mother and father, she move up from new York to mass around 1976, she died 1982, Bess is buried at the Gates of Heaven in white planes NY. With her brother in law John A. Hinson died in 1972.John Hinsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-59599256175018414822013-09-02T11:00:06.861-07:002013-09-02T11:00:06.861-07:00While you are looking up my father , you may find ...While you are looking up my father , you may find Mr Marshal an interesting subject. His given name was Horace Marshall.His family and close friends called him ED. Ed bought Mr Schlosser's company. Schlosser built the illusion "fight of time" for Houdini. When I was a child Ed and my father would "disappear" into Ed's workshop for hours developing or perfecting things truthseeker2https://www.blogger.com/profile/07588466319506980579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-78056049016048163502013-09-02T09:38:10.094-07:002013-09-02T09:38:10.094-07:00Thanks Joe. Bonus all set for tomorrow (John Hinso...Thanks Joe. Bonus all set for tomorrow (John Hinson sent me some great pics to use with this one). Then maybe in time I will pull out the clips about Bess and Ed Saint. Marie tells the story of when they met, etc. Maybe I'll do that one on the anniversary of Ed's death in Oct.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-2496035860192649752013-09-02T09:32:59.618-07:002013-09-02T09:32:59.618-07:00Great stuff. Thanks for sharing the story of your ...Great stuff. Thanks for sharing the story of your father with us, truthseeker. Nicola Stone... I will look him up. :)John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-76811455129399895802013-09-02T09:31:25.857-07:002013-09-02T09:31:25.857-07:00Speechless! I can’t wait for the bonus.Speechless! I can’t wait for the bonus.Joe M. Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-76410448243461864582013-09-02T09:26:51.659-07:002013-09-02T09:26:51.659-07:00My father was also an escape artist. He was 14 whe...My father was also an escape artist. He was 14 when Houdini died. like Houdini, my father began his intense interest in magic as a very young boy. His passion was locks and keys just as Houdini's had been.<br />My father was a well known Magician and escape artist locally. He preformed underwater escape acts as well as the straight jacket escape with great success in front of crowds truthseeker2https://www.blogger.com/profile/07588466319506980579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-58386858387951685662013-09-02T09:24:50.811-07:002013-09-02T09:24:50.811-07:00It really is, isn't it. And for those who alwa...It really is, isn't it. And for those who always question why Bess wasn't buried in Machpelah, I think this answers that. It's so clear that she went back to her family in the last years of her life. They helped her and looked after her, and the Houdini years really were behind them all. And when it comes down to the practicalities of death and caskets and plots, etc. (and the expenseJohn Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-33579502751434779132013-09-02T09:05:28.645-07:002013-09-02T09:05:28.645-07:00Simply Amazing! Simply Amazing! Carnegiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10142955905272650610noreply@blogger.com