tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post1841962743393431352..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Houdini's open graveJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-76706908075059686922015-03-02T19:52:16.408-08:002015-03-02T19:52:16.408-08:00According to a reliable source on my website, the ...According to a reliable source on my website, the Boyertown Cast Bronze Casket was placed in a concrete burial vault. See link below for more details. http://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.com/?p=2443 Joe M. Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-44838060846205969912015-02-20T14:29:59.055-08:002015-02-20T14:29:59.055-08:00Thanks Anon.
We don't really know about the c...Thanks Anon.<br /><br />We don't really know about the coffin. I take it you saw the other posts bout this (both listed in the Related Posts above)? One gives a look at the coffin without flowers as it's being set above the grave. But hard to confirmed whether it's glass.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-41765019897123444192015-02-20T08:10:40.481-08:002015-02-20T08:10:40.481-08:00You can see where they have built up the area surr...You can see where they have built up the area surrounding the grave with dirt (eventually to fill it) and have put what looks like a wooden platform by which family members would stand. Amazing photos. This web site provides more and more never seen before information. I would like to finally settle whether Houdini was buried in a glass topped coffin. The lining we know is glass topped but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-88107626885063512242015-02-19T21:39:54.293-08:002015-02-19T21:39:54.293-08:00Excellent, thank you, David. I always suspected th...Excellent, thank you, David. I always suspected the mosaic was revealed along with the bust in '27, but I didn't know for sure. You got to wonder what Houdini would have thought about that. He was certainly obsessed with his own grave and the family plot (having designed it himself). He was clearly proud of his association and work with the SAM, but would he have wanted their emblem on John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-53386551390378189252015-02-19T19:00:27.969-08:002015-02-19T19:00:27.969-08:00John - The MUM (newsletter of the Society of Ameri...John - The MUM (newsletter of the Society of American Magicians) published in the Sphinx magazine of October, 1927, noted under "Committees" reports of the Parent Assembly meeting held October 1: <br />"Houdini Monument (Committee members) (Oscar) Teale, (Elmer) Ransom, and (Gustav) Laurens reported having arranged for the Society to participate at a ceremony, unveiling a monument David Charvethttp://www.charvetmagic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-20044900556652545942015-02-19T12:13:39.478-08:002015-02-19T12:13:39.478-08:00Good to hear from you, Harry. We've been waiti...Good to hear from you, Harry. We've been waiting a long time for you. Especially glad to see you've gone into the Natural Health and Wellness business. Be well, good spirit!John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-40738970449702746022015-02-19T09:57:57.642-08:002015-02-19T09:57:57.642-08:00JOHN COX: THIS OPEN GRAVE OF HARRY HOUDINI'S B...JOHN COX: THIS OPEN GRAVE OF HARRY HOUDINI'S BARIIAL AND HIS BELOVED LOVED ONES AND CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER'S IS SACRADE TO ME AND MY FAMILY AND TODD KARRS HAS NO RESPECT FOR MY PICTURES AND CORPORATION HOUDINI PICTURES CORPORTATION AND DOS NOT HAVE MY PERMISSION OR ANY LEGAL RIGHT TO MAKE MONEY FROM MY PICTURES OR ANY AUDIO RECOORDINGS OF MY PICTURE FILMS THAT I MADE WITH MY BELOVDED naturalhealingwithnutritionandenergy.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537263603292708382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-33550092332596415862015-02-16T13:57:11.314-08:002015-02-16T13:57:11.314-08:00Hard to know what survived. This clips were probab...Hard to know what survived. This clips were probably shot by newsreel cameramen. Who knows how much they shot, developed, or what was saved apart from what they used.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-88133141099322118882015-02-15T19:39:06.633-08:002015-02-15T19:39:06.633-08:00Obviously at one time the entire burial was filmed...Obviously at one time the entire burial was filmed....perhaps by several cameras. Maybe one day it will resurface in its entirety. In the historical films site there is a camera shooting from above probably from the second floor of the building that until recently stood at the cemetery entranceway. Another at ground level besides the building and finally another near the grave that took the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-32803202972949686232015-02-15T12:35:37.668-08:002015-02-15T12:35:37.668-08:00Indeed.Indeed.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-31472814134607861252015-02-15T11:46:58.531-08:002015-02-15T11:46:58.531-08:00Another episode of Houdini's Tales from the Cr...Another episode of Houdini's Tales from the Crypt...Leo Hevianoreply@blogger.com