tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post4617058309798758707..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: LINK: Identity of the Mirror representative revealedJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-26753482552186558552014-01-03T11:33:40.807-08:002014-01-03T11:33:40.807-08:00Didn't Houdini say: The secret of showmanship ...Didn't Houdini say: The secret of showmanship consists not in what you really do, but what the mystery loving public thinks you do?<br /><br />The Mirror challenge could be the prototype of later Houdini challenges: he secretly initiates the challenge, sets up the specifications, prepares for it such as by altering the object or secretly obtaining helpful materials, and gets plenty of Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-50905453330409142452014-01-03T11:12:41.500-08:002014-01-03T11:12:41.500-08:00I would never use the word "faked." Some...I would never use the word "faked." Some of Houdini's challenges were "set-ups" because they had to be. You just can't count on someone stepping up with handcuffs or a packing crate every night.<br /><br />As far as the Mirror goes, Bill Kalush in Secret Life did publish what appeared to be evidence that it was a set-up, but I'm happy that Mick Hanzlik shot that John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-37407970577933464742014-01-03T10:22:32.552-08:002014-01-03T10:22:32.552-08:00Employees typically dont work for one employer for...Employees typically dont work for one employer forever. Houdini was a very famous person....again I would expect that someone would talk at some point in time. Secrets usually dont remain secret forever. Also jumping to conclusions that Houdinis challenges were faked without solid evidence does the Houdini legend harm. I would suggest that we refrain from doing so unless evidence is shown Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-25019709824158691492014-01-03T09:19:34.341-08:002014-01-03T09:19:34.341-08:00The distinction is that getting out of locked hand...The distinction is that getting out of locked handcuffs is a physical task. In some circumstances it could be physically impossible to do so, in about an hour, without a key. <br /><br />Keeping a publicity stunt a secret isn't so hard to imagine. It's just a publicity stunt for a vaudeville act, not a state secret. Just a transitory moment in a newspaper's quest to sell papers. The Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-37301054643485075222014-01-03T07:27:36.879-08:002014-01-03T07:27:36.879-08:00The article states that the account was from anoth...The article states that the account was from another article "recently" published in Pearsons Weekly which was a British periodical at that time. Is there any evidence that this article is not valid or is everyone just speculating? I am finding it hard to believe that Houdini could have concocted this entire escape yet noone from 1904 to 2014 ever came forward with the real story ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-33347926376463976472014-01-02T15:49:10.533-08:002014-01-02T15:49:10.533-08:00If you read the article it was a reprint from what...If you read the article it was a reprint from what was written in an English newspaper at some earlier date. Why do we think there were rumors 6 years after the fact? Its disturbing to me that everyone immediatly jumps to the conclusing that an article is fake. There were no grwat knowledge of how difficult that lock mechanism would be to pick back in 1904. I seriously doubt houdini would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-16515209043113630642014-01-02T13:09:23.639-08:002014-01-02T13:09:23.639-08:00I am inclined to agree with Patrick. I also smell ...I am inclined to agree with Patrick. I also smell a rat. Surely this article would have been published way before the 6 years that had elapsed after the challenge.<br /><br />Also, why would a guy who had spent 6 years of his life around a set of unique handcuffs, suddenly "loan" them to a complete stranger for a "gag" to try and beat Houdini. Also, as Houdini ended up with Mick Hanzlikhttp://www.loxandkeys.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-63227615999291184072014-01-02T10:33:50.078-08:002014-01-02T10:33:50.078-08:00First thought: Don't trust a press agent. Stor...First thought: Don't trust a press agent. Story of finding the blacksmith seems too good to be true, or as magicians say, it's "too perfect." <br /><br />More to the point, would Houdini accept a challenge he hadn't prepared for? The essential point about the Mirror challenge is that the handcuffs had a Bramah lock; in fact, a nested lock. He could not have expected to pick Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-81665182238493517382014-01-02T10:14:11.711-08:002014-01-02T10:14:11.711-08:00I smell a rat.
A Houdini rat.
This article doesn&#...I smell a rat.<br />A Houdini rat.<br />This article doesn't synch up with the timeline of the challenge and acceptance.<br />Nathaniel Hart should have attended the event. Too shy?<br />So Bennett found Hart and the Mirror Cuff. <br />This article is an apologia to cover up loose ends and divert rumors.Patrick Cullitonhttp://www.houdinisghost.comnoreply@blogger.com