The end begins

We are now officially inside the 100th anniversary of the final year of Houdini's life. Where did Houdini (unknowingly) begin his final year? Ironically, he spent Halloween sick in bed with a cold. But the next day, he opened his 3 Shows in One at the Hanna Theater in Cleveland, Ohio.

It was a typically eventful week. Houdini faced off with a challenge packing a case from the Bailey Company. He also battled Cleveland's mediums and performed for children at the Sunbeam School for Crippled Children.

This was Houdini's first and last appearance at the Hanna (which still stands today). But this was to be the theater Houdini would have played after his Detroit engagement in 1926.

 

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