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Monday, December 2, 2013

Unpublished Houdini: With his baby

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Welcome to Unpublished Houdini. In this series I share a new never-before-published photo of Houdini every Monday from our generous Hinson E...
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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Houdini and Hardeen magic props sell well at Martinka's

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SOLD for $18,750. A Houdini Gambling Bottle and a Magic Wand that belonged to Hardeen sold today at Martinka's latest auction of vi...
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Best of 2013: Houdini's busted bust

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As we count down to the New Year, I thought I'd direct readers back to a few of the more interesting posts from 2013. This was a remar...
Saturday, November 30, 2013

Original 'Grim Game' poster at auction

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An original one-sheet poster for Houdini's 1919 silent feature, The Grim Game , is currently up for auction via Bruce Hershenson's e...
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Friday, November 29, 2013

Houdini and the Hippodrome

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Here's a beautiful old postcard image of the famous New York Hippodrome theater. Houdini had the longest continuous engagement in on...
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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Family gathering

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Here are all five Weiss brothers gathered for…Thanksgiving maybe? Left to right is: Leopold, William, Theodore, Ehrich, and Nathan. All that...
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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

LINK: Wild About Harry since 1975

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The multi-talented Tom Interval has done me a great honor by writing a profile about me and WILD ABOUT HARRY on his own terrific Houdini web...
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Amy Schreibman Walter considers 'Houdini's Women'

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The Good Men Project has posted a new poem by Amy Schreibman Walter called Houdini's Women . The poem celebrates Bess Houdini and Dor...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Unpublished Houdini: Tourists

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Welcome to Unpublished Houdini. In this series I share a new never-before-published photo of Houdini every Monday from our generous Hinson E...
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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Daniel Llewelyn-Williams is A Regular Little Houdini

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Welsh actor Daniel Llewelyn-Williams will première his one-man show, A Regular Little Houdini, at the Clwyd Theatr Cymru in Wales on Nov...
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Getting punchy

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Last month I did a post about whether it was medically possible that the punches to Houdini's stomach delivered by J. Gordon Whitehea...
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Saturday, November 23, 2013

Terror Island terrorizes the Academy

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Houdini lived in Beverly Hills on Wednesday night when a clip from Terror Island was screened as part of Ricky Jay's "Like Ma...
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Friday, November 22, 2013

Houdini key on Beverly Hills Pawn

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A Houdini key made an appearance on Beverly Hills Pawn last night. The key was brought into the high end “pawn shop” by mentalist Wayne ...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Suspended straitjacket escape in 1913, but it's not Houdini

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It's been said that Houdini got the idea for his famous suspended straitjacket escape from a super fan, Randolph Douglas (a.k.a. Randini...
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