tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post4274429945375031972..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: The Truth About Houdini's mysterious missing sceneJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-66063959010875690132022-05-23T21:44:02.438-07:002022-05-23T21:44:02.438-07:00The Houdini Hall of Fame played the exact same seg...The Houdini Hall of Fame played the exact same segment of that cross escape (see the YouTube video I posted in 2013: https://youtu.be/nlqYAxpCYQY?t=1775 (29:35 - 31:17). And I'm sure I remember seeing Sid do the same cross escape and revelation on another Houdini documentary, perhaps on In Search Of Houdini.Tom Intervalhttps://www.intervalmagic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-9512670098179344732022-05-19T08:49:36.330-07:002022-05-19T08:49:36.330-07:00You can see that photo from A Mind in Chains HERE....You can see that photo from A Mind in Chains <a href="https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2013/02/houdinis-head.html" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. I forgot I had posted it. Also forgot that my Houdini head at one time was used for the cross mannequin. Maybe they need to be reunited! :)John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-45249527787997739592022-05-17T07:35:24.465-07:002022-05-17T07:35:24.465-07:00Thanks Joe. Yes, very likely the same one. There&#...Thanks Joe. Yes, very likely the same one. There's also a pic of it as it was displayed at the Hall of Fame in Houdini A Mind in Chains.<br /><br />To me this seems more like a piece of magic or spiritualism apparatus than a challenge escape. It's gaffed for quick release and wouldn't stand up to examination.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-41386931350706976552022-05-16T22:52:06.331-07:002022-05-16T22:52:06.331-07:00Item #366 - in the 2004 Las Vegas/Sid Radner "...Item #366 - in the 2004 Las Vegas/Sid Radner "The Great Houdini Auction"....<br /><br />...It MIGHT be the same one as demo'd by Radner.<br /><br />I seem to recall that Teller purchased it.Joe Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06608127877001698010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-46552310812728899702022-05-16T19:49:15.778-07:002022-05-16T19:49:15.778-07:00Oh, thank you for confirming it's not on the M...Oh, thank you for confirming it's not on the McIlhany version. I have that on VHS, but it looks like I never transferred it to a digital file. I do have the cross footage, but just on it's own and I don't recall where I got it.<br /><br />Yeah, the Hall of Fame called this Houdini's cross escape, but at the moment, I can't find it anywhere in his actual life. The Hall of Fame John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-55366934275764711482022-05-16T19:36:59.819-07:002022-05-16T19:36:59.819-07:00I have seen that footage somewhere but can’t seem ...I have seen that footage somewhere but can’t seem to find it; I can corroborate that it is not on the HHC “Truth About Houdini” VHS tape, nor the bootleg copy put out as “The Magic of Houdini.<br />Regarding Houdini doing an escape from a cross: <br />Growing up with Houdini lists item 9 as “The Houdini Cross Escape --- used in Houdini’s earlier performances, and for special performance sensationJoe M Notarohttp://harryhoudinicircumstantialevidence.com/noreply@blogger.com