tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post5989379063593921892..comments2024-03-28T08:03:31.442-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Halloween 1936: The Final Houdini SeanceJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-13156569753815187212022-02-27T06:45:21.524-08:002022-02-27T06:45:21.524-08:00Thanks for the Last Seance. My play, Ether: The st...Thanks for the Last Seance. My play, Ether: The strange Afterlife of Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle skipped that event. He was still doing his show in that timeless space. Susan I. Weinsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08327145154416720160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-36175122591828384762021-07-24T17:03:52.823-07:002021-07-24T17:03:52.823-07:00Maurice Fogel had an effect based on this last Séa...Maurice Fogel had an effect based on this last Séance, probably still available somewhere, I used to have it and had all the pieces to perform it.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639551533435490575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-89783398044948493852018-10-10T06:17:16.640-07:002018-10-10T06:17:16.640-07:00Thanks so much for linking a recording of the sean...Thanks so much for linking a recording of the seance!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01289683647559614784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-26419619262793696332015-06-05T18:08:03.426-07:002015-06-05T18:08:03.426-07:00I've finally got to see the David Copperfield ...I've finally got to see the David Copperfield magic museum. I asked these same questions there. no one seemed to know.Professor Slim Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560047621149566925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-18816058244350908392015-04-06T19:09:46.005-07:002015-04-06T19:09:46.005-07:00I'm also curious when it was made. Not sure.I'm also curious when it was made. Not sure.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-62087619151341336662015-04-06T19:09:19.431-07:002015-04-06T19:09:19.431-07:00After. Religious Racketeers was 1938.After. Religious Racketeers was 1938.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-34546226689803083052015-04-06T17:59:25.917-07:002015-04-06T17:59:25.917-07:00Was the movie Religious Racketeers in production b...Was the movie Religious Racketeers in production before or right after this event?Professor Slim Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560047621149566925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-24616283176980231952015-04-06T17:57:47.346-07:002015-04-06T17:57:47.346-07:00Thanks John ... I'm really interested in how m...Thanks John ... I'm really interested in how many there were and who attended them after the first one in 1929.<br />Professor Slim Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560047621149566925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-75167471415410142902015-04-05T19:54:19.503-07:002015-04-05T19:54:19.503-07:00I was looking at the Houdini shrine ... Just looks...I was looking at the Houdini shrine ... Just looks like his picture in a box with an electric light on it. I imagine that if it was moved from place to place it must have been unplugged. I also wonder just when it was made .. looks brand spanking new in the photo.Professor Slim Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560047621149566925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-30300938491276814972015-03-12T09:15:20.680-07:002015-03-12T09:15:20.680-07:00Only a few. And those I know of where held in the ...Only a few. And those I know of where held in the spring, not on Halloween. If Bess really did an annual seance, she did most of them privately.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-14003484929469597792015-03-11T22:19:26.352-07:002015-03-11T22:19:26.352-07:00Do you know where the other Seances were held and ...Do you know where the other Seances were held and when?Professor Slim Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560047621149566925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-19369442057777189432015-03-09T09:55:21.204-07:002015-03-09T09:55:21.204-07:00That's a good question. I'm really not sur...That's a good question. I'm really not sure.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-84450764490161225152015-03-08T20:09:15.372-07:002015-03-08T20:09:15.372-07:00When did they first "Make" the Houdini S...When did they first "Make" the Houdini Shrine.. I can't find mention of it in 1926, 1927, 1928 or 1929.....?????Professor Slim Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13560047621149566925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-59078085969839294382014-11-01T14:15:46.321-07:002014-11-01T14:15:46.321-07:00Ha! That's a plan.Ha! That's a plan.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-88947937207016994672014-11-01T14:09:16.235-07:002014-11-01T14:09:16.235-07:00It's not over yet John. The Knickerbocker is n...It's not over yet John. The Knickerbocker is now an old folks home. You might pass through there on your way out to the Great Beyond.Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-63226991570904067202014-11-01T09:14:13.850-07:002014-11-01T09:14:13.850-07:00Thank you, David. I never do a Bess story without ...Thank you, David. I never do a Bess story without revisiting your Magic article. It's THE seminal work on Bess (I also gave copy to Kristen Connolly, btw).<br /><br />Yeah, I've often wondered what happened to the "Shrine." Wonder if John Hinson might have any idea.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-74654044894921774202014-11-01T08:40:49.495-07:002014-11-01T08:40:49.495-07:00Bullet - I was thinking the same thing when that r...Bullet - I was thinking the same thing when that rain storm broke last night. Freaky! But how perfect for Halloween. Seems each year we get a Halloween Houdini treat, and I had a few this year.<br /><br />Can you believe I never ate at the Knickerbocker restaurant? Always thought it would be there for me. Should never wait!<br /><br />Hope you had a great Halloween.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-13842930776929176962014-11-01T01:52:47.262-07:002014-11-01T01:52:47.262-07:00Interesting that as i read this -in Hollywood on H...Interesting that as i read this -in Hollywood on Halloween night- we just had an exceptionally ferocious rain shower that lasted only long enough to drench everything in the city and then stopped suddenly and completely. <br /> The chairs that Bess and Ed Saint are sitting on are possibly still in the hotel, don't you think?<br /> i remember a horrible printed page of "history" Bullet Valmonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10602986456504407419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-34023476074082974472014-10-31T10:01:34.144-07:002014-10-31T10:01:34.144-07:00Wonderful story and photos, John. Thank you for th...Wonderful story and photos, John. Thank you for the source reference. So, does anyone know what happened to the "Houdini Shrine"? I've never heard whether it survived after Bess' passing.David Charvethttp://www.charvetmagic.comnoreply@blogger.com