tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post1665490623285382013..comments2024-03-28T03:39:00.025-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Houdini hanging out in HoustonJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-88668761437788392082020-01-13T13:15:13.759-08:002020-01-13T13:15:13.759-08:00Oh wow. Houdini did suspended straitjacket escapes...Oh wow. Houdini did suspended straitjacket escapes in Houston in Jan. 1916 and Nov. 1923. (He wasn't there in 1919.) Could your dad have seen one of those? How cool if he did!John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-42794742341055481332020-01-13T11:21:12.439-08:002020-01-13T11:21:12.439-08:00My dad was born in 1908. I remember him telling m...My dad was born in 1908. I remember him telling me about seeing a man hanging upside down outside a building in Houston,Texas when he was a little boy. He didn't know who it was but after he became and adult he thought it just might have been Harry Houdini. If Houdini was there in 1919 that would have made my dad 10 years old. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-89947478790134443062018-05-04T07:59:30.300-07:002018-05-04T07:59:30.300-07:00From the way he's contorted in this pic, he mu...From the way he's contorted in this pic, he must have tested ropes for these escapes by literally twisting and pulling and yanking at it with his body just as he did when he was upside down in the straight jacket. He never did anything half-way! Such a cool and unique shot; thanks for sharing, John, and to Ken for posting.Tom and Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01133250855806942658noreply@blogger.com