Related:
- Home
- Life
- Escapes
- Magic
- Movies
- Houdini's Movies
- Les merveilleux exploits de Houdini à Paris (1909)
- The Master Mystery (1918)
- The Grim Game (1919)
- Terror Island (1920)
- The Man From Beyond (1922)
- Haldane of the Secret Service (1923)
- Velvet Fingers (1925-26)
- Medium Well Done (1937)
- Religious Racketeers (1938)
- Houdini Picture Corp.
- Film Developing Corp.
- Filming locations
- Unmade Movies
- Deconstructing Houdini '53
- Spiritualism
- People
- Beatrice Houdini
- Theo Hardeen
- Cecelia Weiss
- Mayer Samuel Weiss
- Jim Collins
- Franz Kukol
- Martin Beck
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Margery
- J. Gordon Whitehead
- Edward Saint
- Jacob Hyman
- Leopold Weiss
- Carrie Gladys Weiss
- Bernard M.L. Ernst
- Charmian London
- Jess Willard
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Sherlock Holmes
- Assistants
- Imitators
- Other magicians
- Media
- Full Bibliography
- By Houdini
- Biography
- Fiction
- Foreign
- For Kids
- Methods
- Wild About Harry Bookshelf
- Houdini His Life Story (1928)
- Houdini The Man Who Walked Through Walls (1959)
- Houdini The Untold Story (1969)
- The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini (1993)
- Houdini!!! The Career of Ehrich Weiss (1996)
- The Secret Life of Houdini (2006)
- The Metamorphosis: The Apprenticeship of Harry Houdini (2012)
- The Witch of Lime Street (2015)
- The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini (2019)
Friday, December 31, 2021
Ron Cartlidge has passed away
Related:
Thursday, December 16, 2021
Packing in 2021
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Houdini's "Triumphant Return" and farewell
Related:
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
The Magic Castle unveils their new Houdini Séance
The Magic Castle in Hollywood has officially relaunched their popular Houdini seance as The Houdini Séance Experience. The seance shut down in 2018 for a total retooling which is now complete. Member reservations are now being accepted for 2022. They've also offered a first look at the completely redesigned Houdini Seance Room (below).
The Academy of Magical Arts is proud to present “The Houdini Séance” - Hollywood’s most famous and immersive theater experience, a Milt Larsen original, one-of-a-kind evening in the astonishing Houdini séance room at the Magic Castle®. We’ve prepared a sensational dining experience for you and your guests, and we’ve invited a world-class medium to sit at the table and conduct a special séance, an attempt to contact the great magician, Harry Houdini, who died on Halloween in 1926. You’ll witness dazzling artifacts from his amazing career; hear the story of his battles with fraud mediums, and enjoy an evening of magical mysteries with weird surprises that you’ll never forget.
Monday, December 13, 2021
Houdini's lost top hat is found
William Lindsay Gresham's 'Nightmare Alley'
Sunday, December 12, 2021
Coney Island's oldest building demolished
#BreakingNews: Sad sight on Surf Avenue: The historic Grashorn Building, Coney Island's oldest structure, seen today and in the 1880s, is now being demolished. The demo permit was issued in 2019: https://t.co/WQcY4MoHSc pic.twitter.com/WTiOWoB3z0
— Coney Island History (@ConeyHistory) December 10, 2021
The responsible party is Joe Sitt's Thor Equities who also demolished the historic Henderson Theater building where Houdini performed in 1915. It's heartbreaking to see Houdini's Coney Island being wiped away by developers who don't seem to care about history.
Friday, December 10, 2021
Deconstructing Houdini '53: Wedding night
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Meet Paul Michael Glaser in Anaheim, Dec. 18
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Houdini's great wall
Monday, December 6, 2021
LINK: Magic in the Walls of 502 Broadway
Saturday, December 4, 2021
All business
While most associate these photos with Houdini's Hollywood days and date them as 1919, I recently found this image used in a 1918 movie magazine. So it appears these were taken in New York and mark some of the first portraits taken of Houdini with his cut and dyed hair and without his mourning suit (yes, I still believe my theory).
Friday, December 3, 2021
Cypress Lakes High School presents The Last Illusion
Thursday, December 2, 2021
Overshadowed shines on Hardeen
NYC comics Zach Russell and Charles Engle talk about Houdini's thick-dicked brother, Theo, try to start a viral conspiracy about Charles' foot, and debate whether Houdini was the Chris Angel "Mindfreak" of the 1900's.
Click to listen on PodBean or YouTube
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Title card for Houdini's Merveilleux Exploits (1909)
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Purchase David Muller's 'Growing Up With Houdini'
Monday, November 29, 2021
The Houdini Picture Corporation's last stand
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Magic Detective Podcast: The Houdini Wonder Show
Ep. 71: The Houdini Wonder Show
Related:
- LINK: The Houdini Wonder Show
- Dean Carnegie dials in Houdini's Radio of 1950
- Dean Carnegie discovers the hidden Daisy White
Saturday, November 27, 2021
Houdini by Huck
Friday, November 26, 2021
Where's Harry? (Updates)
Click to enlarge. |
The Auditorium in Daytona Beach, Florida. |
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Houdini's last Thanksgiving
Providence Journal, Nov. 27, 1925 |
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
LINK: Anniversary of Houdini’s visit to Garnett noted as moment of change for famous performer
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
Manny and Me
Monday, November 22, 2021
LINK: Ex-Library Houdini Book: Connection to the Past
Saturday, November 20, 2021
The Scandinavian tour that wasn't
New York Clipper, July 12, 1913 |
New York Evening World, July 29, 1913 |
Friday, November 19, 2021
The Linking Ring is Wild about Tom Interval
I just received this award from the International Brotherhood of Magicians (IBM) publication, The Linking Ring, for the cover story I wrote about @HoudiniWild in October 2020. The Linking Ring Award of Excellence is given annually. Thanks to TLR and @IBMMAGIC. #magic #ibm pic.twitter.com/xKg6ZQvU7n
— Tom Interval (@intervalmagic) November 19, 2021
Related:
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Steve Canyon's Grim Game
Related:
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Suspended straitjacket escape in Providence? (UPDATES)
Click to enlarge. |