tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post7265994833294145881..comments2024-03-28T03:08:20.391-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Houdini exposed mediums MUCH earlier than we thoughtJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-34713724934604218242019-01-12T08:58:01.419-08:002019-01-12T08:58:01.419-08:00Great! You can email me via my contact page HERE.Great! You can email me via my contact page <a href="https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/p/contact_6512.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.<br />John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-54350061350063661952019-01-11T20:45:00.385-08:002019-01-11T20:45:00.385-08:00I found an advertisement for HH’s performance that...I found an advertisement for HH’s performance that week. Also i found an article written by a skeptic who saw this same psychic perform that very week. How can I get them to you?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02418826070663152238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-55647304323132844742018-04-11T10:43:06.161-07:002018-04-11T10:43:06.161-07:00Fascinating to read about HH’s views and opinions ...Fascinating to read about HH’s views and opinions on mystics, et al. As always; great posts, John. Thanks! Jill Marie Morrishttp://www.jillmariemorris.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-19134910948907960432018-04-11T10:18:48.865-07:002018-04-11T10:18:48.865-07:00UPDATED with a fantastic account of the evening fr...UPDATED with a fantastic account of the evening from Houdini himself!John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-68498979193442251762018-02-09T08:03:49.812-08:002018-02-09T08:03:49.812-08:00Harry and Rinn went to mediums and them afterwards...Harry and Rinn went to mediums and them afterwards puzzled out their methods, but I don't believe they ever did any kind of public exposures or demonstrations. That's what most strikes me about this. This is Houdini doing a show of exposures.<br /><br />Good to see you, Meredith. It's been a while I think. :)John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-54649002577691621282018-02-08T23:48:52.884-08:002018-02-08T23:48:52.884-08:00Really interesting stuff. I knew Harry had exposed...Really interesting stuff. I knew Harry had exposed fake mediums since his teens with Joseph Rinn, but it's interesting and almost ironic that he kept it up until right before doing his medium gag with Bess.<br /><br />-MeredithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-3820172186571384642018-02-07T07:54:48.616-08:002018-02-07T07:54:48.616-08:00This is a really amazing find; thank you for shari...This is a really amazing find; thank you for sharing. It also makes good business sense; debunking spiritualists who claimed to have supernatural powers seems logical for a performer who was deemed by many in the audience to have supernatural powers, but never claimed that he did. The sense of mystery about him could only grow.Tom and Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133250855806942658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-27788818421100654392018-02-06T20:24:38.906-08:002018-02-06T20:24:38.906-08:00As I said, it's ingrained. To this day every m...As I said, it's ingrained. To this day every movie and documentary lays out the events like this. You hear it constantly. In fact, it's one of the things that everyone, even laymen, seem to know about Houdini. I open my spiritualist talk with this familiar narrative, then say it's not true, and we are off to the races.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-18186502703663796212018-02-06T20:20:13.277-08:002018-02-06T20:20:13.277-08:00It was actually right before. HH did this on Feb. ...It was actually right before. HH did this on Feb. 17. Harry and Bess did their "Spiritualistic Seance in open light" on Feb. 27, again at an A.O.U.W. Lodge, but in St. Louis.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-90490452617710003942018-02-06T19:31:29.902-08:002018-02-06T19:31:29.902-08:00The most constant misunderstanding we face over th...The most constant misunderstanding we face over the years on our tours is the belief that when Houdini's mom died, he started to attend seances in earnest to contact her. And that he then became disillusioned and began to expose mediums. I believe it was started and repeated again and again by a few old timers who thought it made a good sounding story, though not true.<br /><br />Dorothy magicusahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01003852244178713391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-54033450948993524882018-02-06T18:29:01.559-08:002018-02-06T18:29:01.559-08:00Was this 1897 expose before or after his medicine ...Was this 1897 expose before or after his medicine show psychic readings? If it was after that stint, then his conscience must have persuaded this expose.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.com