6/1/2023 0 Comments Houdini magic tricks![]() Years before Houdini died, he and his wife Bess devised a secret message that only the two of them knew. It is 64 pages of photos and reprinted news stories about his many escapes. This booklet from 1922 was sold by Houdini at his shows. This letter contains information about an invetsigation in Cleveland. ![]() Houdini was always after information that would help him expose fraudulent mediums. ![]() LETTER FROM DISTRICT ATTORNEY REGARDING FAKE MEDIUMS Houdini offered to get out of any handcuffs brought to him. Look at the left margin to see Houdini's autographīank slip from a deposit made in March 1926, the year of Houdini's deathĮver the publicity hound, especially early in his career, Houdini would issue a "challenge" directed at police departments local to where he was appearing onstage. This was a booklet promoting Houdini's short story in an upcoming issue of WEIRD TALES magazine.ĬLICK HERE to read more about Houdini the fantasy story writer! WORLD FAMOUS HOUDINI BOOKLET and the inside of the booklet Though he was vicious and relentless in his campaign against her, she nonetheless remained popular and successful, outliving Houdini by 15 years. His biggest target was the psychic who was most successful- and raking in the most money- Mina Crandon aka MARGERY. Enraged, he set about publicly exposing their frauds, especially through public demonstrations explaining exactly how these mediums were producing the so-called "spirit manifestations". After trying desperately to connect to his deceased mother through such mediums, Houdini realized that their claims were fraudulent- and very painful to the gullible public who paid money to these spiritualists. Houdini spent a great deal of time and energy exposing "spirit mediums", people who promoted themselves as being able to speak with the dead. If you'd like to see close up photos of them, just click on the links below. I pulled out a few interesting items to show you here. ![]() Of course, this includes items related to Harry Houdini. ![]() Henry Bessette the local magician gave me an antique Change Bag and started my career in magic.Ĭurrently, my magic collection includes more than 11,000 items, ranging from playbills and posters to photos and letters and even to magic props and personal items used by the great magic performers of the past. I have been collecting magic memoriabilia since the age of seven, when Prof. Some of the interesting items in the Monticup collection ![]()
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