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Friday, July 31, 2020

July 2020 in review

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Here's a rundown of posts by category that appeared on WILD ABOUT HARRY this month. Most Viewed Post Relics from Houdini's 278 ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020

The photo Houdini thought would fool Conan Doyle

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On January 6, 1922, Houdini wrote a peculiar letter to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle which, as far as I know, has never been discussed in the ma...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Too sexy for this blog

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I wasn't going to post anything today, but then this happened. This is the creation of our awesome friend Lisa aka HoudiniFan . I...
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Monday, July 27, 2020

Hocus Pocus #2 conjures Houdini and Rose (and me)

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The second issue of Richard Wiseman's best-selling UK comic Hocus Pocus is devoted to spiritualism and features the exploits of Houdini...
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Sunday, July 26, 2020

Ectoplasm watch

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Here's a little tease for this week. If you have the book Houdini and Conan Doyle: The Story of a Strange Friendship by Bernard Ernst a...
Saturday, July 25, 2020

Houdini's wagon wheel rolls away with $4,200

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The wagon wheel that came from the basement of Houdini's 278 sold today at Potter & Potter's Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins P...
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The Tatler Mirror Cuff mystery deepens (update)

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Our friend Joe Notaro at  Harry Houdini Circumstantial Evidence has devoted two new posts to the ongoing mystery of the "Tatler Cuff....
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Friday, July 24, 2020

First public image of Houdini's Milk Can?

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The below appeared in The Pittsburgh Press on March 17, 1908 and offers might be the very first public image of Houdini's Milk Can esca...
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Thursday, July 23, 2020

10th Anniversary: Wild about Danny

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It was ten years ago today that I landed a "scoop" (of sorts) by attending a panel at the San Diego Comic Con featuring Danny Elfm...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Pssst... Wanna buy The Grim Game on DVD?

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If you've listened to my interviews on the Transatlantic History Ramblings podcast you will have heard co-host Lauren say that The ...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Transatlantic History Ramblings go Wild for Houdini

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Over the past week I've had the pleasure of discussing Houdini on the podcast Transatlantic History Ramblings . This is a long form...
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Monday, July 20, 2020

Houdini fiction blowout

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Over the years I've accumulated a great deal of Houdini Fiction (novels featuring Houdini as a major or minor character). Too much , in ...
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Sunday, July 19, 2020

"His cheek bled considerably"

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Here's something I found the other day that I haven't been able to stop thinking about. So I figured I'd share it today and m...
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