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Houdini Jack-o’-Lantern 2014
By Tom Interval For this year’s Houdini jack-o’-lantern, I wanted to make a scary version of Houdini’s face. It’s not perfect, but I think I’ve accomplished the scary part. Hope you enjoy, and Happy Halloween week (a.k.a., National Magic Week)! … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Halloween, Holidays, Sculptures
Tagged escape artists, escapologists, halloween, harry houdini, holiday, holidays, houdini, jack-o-lantern, jack-o-lanterns, jackolantern, jackolanterns, magic, magicians, national magic day, national magic week, pumpkin, pumpkins, scary
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John Cox: Wild About Harry Since 1975
By Tom Interval Listen to/watch this blog entry in video format → In 1980, 15-year-old John Cox told a Los Angeles Times reporter he was the third disciple of Harry Houdini. The first two, he said, were carnival worker Edward … Continue reading
Posted in Bess, Collecting, Collections, Ephemera, Experts, John Cox, John Cox, Letters, Multimedia, Other Escapologists, Physical, Playbills, Portrayals, Posters, Posters, Scrapbooks, Sculptures, Websites, Wild About Harry
Tagged blogs, cinema, collect, collectibles, collections, enthusiasts, fans, film, geeks, gregory smith, harry houdini, houdini, houdini miniseries, john cox, kristen connolly, magic, magicians, mila kunis, mini series, miniseries, movies, studio city, web sites, websites, wild about harry, wild about houdini
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Tidings from the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame
By Tom Interval The Niagara Falls-based Houdini Magical Hall of Fame (1968-1995) started a magic club called The Houdini Magical Fraternity. Members would receive promotional discounts and the monthly Fraternity newsletter, Tidings. If you’ve never heard of Tidings, check out the photo … Continue reading
Posted in Houdini Magical Hall of Fame
Tagged canada, clifton hill, harry houdini, history, magic, magical hall of fame, magicians, museum, museums, newsletters, niagara falls, tidings
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Houdini Grave Aerial Map
By Tom Interval Here’s an aerial map of the Houdini gravesite in Machpelah Cemetery in Queens, New York (see below; click to enlarge). It’s based on my visit to the site around 1990. Notice Leopold’s and Gladys’s headstones (Houdini’s brother … Continue reading
Posted in Cecilia, Death, Family, Gladys, Grandparents, Grave, Hannah Steiner, Herman, Leopold, Maternal, Mayer, Nathan, Parents, Siblings, Theodore (Hardeen), William
Tagged buried, family graves, famous, graves, gravesites, harry houdini, magic, magicians, markers, plots, tombstones, weiss
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Quick Lock-picking Fun
Practicing lock picking this weekend. I’m a rank amateur, but I’m having fun. Tom Interval
Posted in General
Tagged harry houdini, houdini, lock pick, lock picking, lockpick, lockpicking, magic, magicians
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Hats Off to Houdini
Here’s a quick little video in honor of Houdini. Tom Interval