Wild About Harry- Restoring Hardeen
- Dean Carnegie looks at the enigmatic Edward Saint
- Off to the Magic Collector Expo
- Is the Margery Box still out there?
- Searching for Houdini in Columbus, Texas
- A Magician Among the Spirits turns 100
- Houdini Unbound by Alan Attwood
- The Houdini movie book we've been waiting for
- Houdini in the April The Linking Ring
- Saga of S.S. Imperator
- Carnegie Magic Detective
- Dr Edward Saint The Houdini Archivist & More
- The Magic Detective Podcast Breaks the 50,000 Mark
- The Baker Challenge Belt
- Happy Birthday Joseph Dunninger!!!
- Houdini Playing Cards For Sale
- The Next Podcast Will Be on Dr. Sesrad Meyers. Who???
- Doug Henning Styled Shoes - For Kids
- Majinga Is Gone But Not Forgotten
- Exposing Magic!
- February is Over And the Moon Is Still Here: David Copperfield Update!
- New York Times
- The Real Lives of Early 20th-Century Celebrities, as Depicted in ‘Ragtime’
- When Harry Met Harry
- A Mysterious Autograph Hound’s Book Is Up for Auction
- Overlooked No More: Rose Mackenberg, Houdini’s Secret ‘Ghost-Buster’
- He’s a Young Black Magician. People Ask: ‘Are You the New Houdini?’
- Part of a Magic Act
- Tony Oursler’s Paranormal Possessions
- The Musical ‘Houdini’ Travels a Bumpy Path
- A Box of Tricks, Studio Size
- ‘Houdini,’ With Adrien Brody, on the History Channel
- Google News
- Harry Houdini at 150: A look at the master magician's Jewish roots - The Jerusalem Post
- Who Killed Harry Houdini? - Theories About His Mysterious Death - Popular Mechanics
- Harry Houdini's 150th birthday magic and history on display in Appleton - Fox11online.com
- On this day in history, October 31, 1926, escape artist Harry Houdini shackled eternally by Grim Reaper - Fox News
- Why Dua Lipa References Harry Houdini on 'Radical Optimism' - Showbiz Cheat Sheet
- Why Dua Lipa References Harry Houdini on ‘Radical Optimism’ - imdb
- Houdini's Columbia Connections | Columbia Magazine - Columbia Magazine
- Harry Houdini: The Man Who Inspired Superheroes - IGN
- Today's Jewish Birthday: Harry Houdini - San Diego Jewish World
- Was Harry Houdini Really Killed By A Punch To The Stomach? - All That's Interesting
Category Archives: Audio
When Harry Met Larry: Was this man Houdini’s assistant?
By Tom Interval Blogcast #10 is live! This one’s about a man who claimed he was Houdini’s assistant for 33 years, but I cast some doubt on that. It’s based on a blog I wrote a few days ago, but … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Escapes, Experts, Family, Gladys, Imitators, Larry Lewis, Leopold, Multimedia, Nathan, Patreon, Patrick Culliton, Podcasts, Siblings, Straitjacket, Theodore (Hardeen), Videos
Tagged 100-yard dash, arizona, assistants, california, harry houdini, houdini, Imitators, Larry Lewis, liars, marathoners, phoenix, runners, san francisco, tall tales
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Blogcast #6: Houdini Optical Illusion on National Geographic Brain Games
By Tom Interval In 2013, National Geographic’s Brain Games commissioned artist Pete Fecteau to create a Rubik’s Cube mosaic of the Houdini two-face optical illusion I made that year. I wrote about it at the time, and that’s the subject of today’s blogcast. Hope you … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Audio, Mosaics, Multimedia, Optical Illusions, Patreon, Photoshop, Photoshop Art, Podcasts, Sculptures, Videos
Tagged ambiguous, art, artists, bistable, brain games, harry houdini, houdini, illusions, magicians, mosaic, multistable, national geographic, new york, new york city, newyork, newyorkcity, nyc, optical, optical illusions, perception, pete fecteau, peter fecteau, rubiks cubes, sculptures, shows, television, tom interval, tv, two-face illusions
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Blogcast #1: Harry Houdini’s Dad Fired for Not Speaking English?
By Tom Interval Last June I wrote an article asserting that Harry Houdini’s father, Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss, was not fired by his congregation simply because he couldn’t speak English. I’ve decided to make that blog the first in a … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Bernard C. Meyer, Bess, Biographies, Books, Cecilia, Family, Gladys, Herman, kenneth silverman, Leopold, Letters, Life Phases, Mayer, Nathan, Parents, Podcasts, Siblings, Theodore (Hardeen), William, Youth, Youth
Tagged cecilia, churches, congregation, family, harry houdini, history, houdini, jewish, jews, mayer samuel weiss, Podcasts, rabbi, temple zion, Youth
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Listen to Houdini’s Final Seance (1936)
By Tom Interval Long before Harry Houdini died on Halloween (89 years ago this Saturday), he and his wife, Bess, purportedly made a pact that the first to die would try to contact the survivor from “the great beyond,” as … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Bess, Death, Halloween, Holidays, Multimedia, Photoshop Art, Seances, Videos
Tagged 1936, 1943, beatrice, bess, code, ed saint, edward saint, final seance, harry houdini, hollywood, hotel, houdini, houdini code, knickerbocker, knickerbocker hotel, los angeles, pact, seance
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Houdini’s Voice Recorded 100 Years Ago Today
By Tom Interval It was exactly 100 years ago today that Houdini recorded his voice on Edison wax cylinders. This particular version is one I put together a couple of years ago. It’s about 3½ minutes long and is different … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Audio, Multimedia, Videos, Voice
Tagged 1914, flat bush, flatbush, flatbush ny, harry houdini, houdini, new york, ny, October 29, speaks, voice
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Kaleidoscope: Houdini, 1960s Radio Show
By Tom Interval Ever heard of the 1960s radio show Kaleidoscope? Created and hosted by WJR Detroit radio personality Mike Whorf, the show, which received a George Foster Peabody award in 1968, offered a “skillful blend of recorded music and … Continue reading
Posted in Multimedia, Radio
Tagged arthur ford, beatrice, bess, biography, detroit, harry houdini, houdini, immortality, kaleidoscope, michael whorf, michigan, mike whorf, old, radio, radio show, religion, spirits, spiritualism, vintage, wjr, yt:stretch=4:3
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Houdini’s Voice
Have you ever heard Harry Houdini’s voice? If not, check out this new version I put together (about 3½ minutes); it’s different from the standard version online. Houdini made the recordings in 1914 on Edison wax cylinders, which weren’t found … Continue reading
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