tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post8669441472459956660..comments2024-03-18T20:46:10.605-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: LINK: Houdini and Bess – The Sing Sing ConnectionJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-56688691046183889182016-03-02T18:27:07.166-08:002016-03-02T18:27:07.166-08:00Wow, great info, Jon. Thank you.
You have a 90+ y...Wow, great info, Jon. Thank you.<br /><br />You have a 90+ year old plant?John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-8507355092222869652016-03-02T17:52:26.155-08:002016-03-02T17:52:26.155-08:00For the record, the Houdini's were the only on...For the record, the Houdini's were the only ones visiting Chapin after his fall from grace.<br />Mr. Chapin was so touched by their kindness he arranged to have house plants he grew in the prison <br />sent to the Houdini home. One of which was a corn plant that I now own. <br />Bess did not like him, and soon after Houdini death Chapin tried to win Bessies heart. In fact he told <br />her Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-46752106877217599422016-02-28T15:52:13.376-08:002016-02-28T15:52:13.376-08:00It's an idea for a blog post: The Lost Houdini...It's an idea for a blog post: The Lost Houdini Effects. I'm sure there are a few more out there.<br /><br />There must be a description of HH performing the JJ trick in a newspaper review somewhere.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-89112164065801850892016-02-28T14:36:14.809-08:002016-02-28T14:36:14.809-08:00Yeah, good catch. At some point we have to figure ...Yeah, good catch. At some point we have to figure out exactly what this was. At the moment I feel like it's a lost Houdini effect.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-42409510437878394902016-02-28T13:46:46.947-08:002016-02-28T13:46:46.947-08:00An interesting side note to this story is the esca...An interesting side note to this story is the escape form the hangman's noose. Harry performed it in his Sing Sing Christmas Eve show in 1924. This must be the Jesse James Hanging Trick. It's the third mention of the performance of this effect that I am aware of.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-65612792981960095542016-02-28T12:15:21.741-08:002016-02-28T12:15:21.741-08:00Excellent Meredith! Thank you for this. That Rea J...Excellent Meredith! Thank you for this. That Rea Jaure was bad news. Glad to have this clarified.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-90417199108300316572016-02-28T12:07:51.248-08:002016-02-28T12:07:51.248-08:00I've done my own research on this, and it seem...I've done my own research on this, and it seems that the Bess/Chapin "romance" was cooked up by the infamous Rea Jaure, journalist for the "New York Graphic", a tabloid rag. Bess and Harry had been friends or at least acquaintances of Chapin, and Bess continued to write to him after Harry's death. After the Ford seance, Jaure weaseled her way into an interview with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-54341453215499381232016-02-27T13:52:04.463-08:002016-02-27T13:52:04.463-08:00Romano wonders how HH would have felt if he had ou...Romano wonders how HH would have felt if he had outlived Bess and discovered the romantic letters between her and Chapin. I doubt those letters would have existed if HH hadn't died. Bess was lonely and needed to extend a hand.Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.com