The Amazing Houdini

In case anyone is interested in watching on Wednesday at 10/9c on the History Channel:

Brad Meltzer’s Decoded 
Houdini: Murdered?

What if I told you Harry Houdini’s death was not an accident, as we’ve been led to believe, but an act of murder? Most contend the world’s most famous magician died when one of his tricks went fatally wrong, but new evidence suggests that his death may have been no accident. Most compelling is the long list of famous—and infamous—suspects who all had their reasons for wanting Houdini dead. By investigating Houdini’s possible murder, the team discovers the world’s most thrilling entertainer may have had an equally exciting life off the stage, including deadly feuds, love affairs, and even involvement in international espionage.

“Harry and Dash, just barely out of their teens, went to see a performance in a local theater in which a medium was tied into a chair and placed inside a cabinet, and then all sorts of things happened. Instruments flew out of the top. Instruments played: violins, harmonicas, and whatnot. And the implication was, the suggestion was that the spirits were doing this, because the medium was incapable of doing it. The medium was fastened to the chair. And there was no hesitation on Harry’s part to turn to Dash and say, “That’s not what’s happening. That person released himself from the handcuffs and from the ropes.” And I think that at that very moment in that theater, the idea of the escape act was born.” - James Randi, illusionist, speaking about one of the potential sources for Harry Houdini’s eventual stage act

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