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Houdini | Harry Houdini Houdini was a masterful performer on a most unconventional world stage and a genius at media manipulation and self-promotion. Houdini compelled an international audience to enter his performance; as he broke through one barrier after another he liberated their imaginations with his own. This song was played when Houdini hustled onto the stage and greeted his audience at the beginning of each performance. www.houdinitribute.com   (198 words)

Amazon.com: "Bess Houdini": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Houdini discovers something large and dripping at the end of his sea... Following his mother’s death, Houdini again began to consult Spiritualists, hoping to receive word from her. Bess Houdini remarked, “Often in the night I would waken and hear him say, ‘Mama, are you here?’ and how sadly he... amazon.com /phrase/Bess-Houdini   (359 words)

Harry Houdini Summary Houdini was always anxious to keep one step ahead of the competition: as a refinement, he began to perform his escapes in the nude or dressed only in a loincloth, flabbergasting the police and inflaming the public's curiosity with each successive news story. Houdini was born Ehrich Weiss (various spellings exist as the family would have originally used hebrew characters; however 'Weiss' is the spelling adopted by the family once in the US and is how the name appears on his gravestone and official papers) on March 24, 1874 in Budapest, Hungary. Houdini died of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix at 1:26 p.m. www.bookrags.com /Harry_Houdini   (5269 words)

Harry Houdini. Who is Harry Houdini? What is Harry Houdini? Where is Harry Houdini? Definition of Harry Houdini. ... Houdini was born on March 24 1874 in Budapest, Hungary. Houdini died of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix on Halloween, October 31, 1926, at the age of 52. Houdini left a final sting for his spiritualist opponents: shortly before his death, he had made a pact with his wife, Bess Houdini, to contact her from the other side if possible and deliver a pre-arranged coded message. www.knowledgerush.com /kr/jsp/db/facts.jsp?title=Harry+Houdini   (1016 words)

SPECTRUM Biographies - Harry Houdini Houdini was constantly improving his act and incorporating new tricks. Houdini was soon escaping from numerous devices, including leg irons, coffins, straitjackets, and prison cells. Houdini's act generated the interest of Martin Beck who ran the Orpheum circuit, the largest chain of vaudeville theaters in the country. www.incwell.com /Biographies/Houdini.html   (794 words)

Houdini | Harry Houdini   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Houdini was a masterful performer on a most unconventional world stage and a genius at media manipulation and self-promotion. Houdini compelled an international audience to enter his performance; as he broke through one barrier after another he liberated their imaginations with his own. This song was played when Houdini hustled onto the stage and greeted his audience at the beginning of each performance. www.geocities.com /Broadway/Stage/3487   (198 words)

HARRY HOUDINI! MASTER MAGICIAN & PSYCHIC INVESTIGATOR Houdini was baffled by the case and admitted that he had no satisfactory explanation for the photograph. Houdini was shocked and traveled to Boston to witness a seance for himself. Bess Houdini continued to hold séances in hopes of communicating with her late husband but as the years went by she began to lose hope that she would ever hear from him. www.prairieghosts.com /houdini.html   (4446 words)

The Great Houdini However, when Bess passed away, Machpelah would not permit her to be buried next to HH since it was a Jewish Cemetary and Bess was Christian. Houdini then went to a corner and demonstrated privately for the judge, his ability to escape the chains and locks without a key. Houdini felt that his own locks (which have several unique characteristics) were better suited and gave them to Dieter afterwards as thanks for his help and friendship. www.pinballhistory.com /houdini.html   (1711 words)

OCHS Houdini Historical Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Houdini was at the forefront of exposing this second wave of mediums. Bess Houdini held a radio broadcast séance on the 10th anniversary of her husband's death. Houdini had promised his wife that if it were possible to contact the living after death, he would contact her through a code. www.foxvalleyhistory.org /spirits.html   (1833 words)

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Horrors (Punched Out)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) On the train to Detroit (where Houdini was scheduled to appear on Sunday) Houdini was suffering mightily from the pain in his stomach, so a worried Bess telegraphed ahead and arranged for a doctor to be standing by at their hotel when they arrived. Houdini rushed through his show and was obviously not performing well, and before the third act began he finally decided that he could carry on no longer. The blows to Houdini's stomach may indeed have hastened his death, but in a way different than commonly believed: he was likely already suffering from appendicitis at the time Whitehead struck him, and he may have written off his subsequent stomach pain as being caused by the punches he took rather than the appendicitis. www.snopes.com /horrors/freakish/houdini.htm   (1334 words)

Red Magic: Houdini's Secret According to the Amazing Randi, Houdini was born in a “miniature time warp.” The world-famous magician explains, “when the designers of the Gregorian calendar attempted to reconcile the error in the Julian calendar, they dropped several days...Houdini had two birthdates--March 24 and April 6, 1874--a fitting beginning to the life of an illusionist” (17). As Houdini’s wife, she was his main supporting player, his accomplice in difficult escapes, his chief mourner when tensions mounted on stage, his partner in abject and somewhat shameful poverty, his trophy during the long periods of lonely success, and finally, as his widow, the keeper of the flame at Houdini’s altar. Houdini himself attended séances shortly after his mother’s death in 1913 to learn the meaning of her final word: “Forgive.” Time after time Houdini found himself hurt and humiliated by the false pronouncements of fake fakirs. www.curiouschapbooks.com /red_magic__houdini_s_secret.html   (2126 words)

Arthur Ford hoax Bess wrote Ford that her husband had "awaited in vain all his life" for that word from his mother (Christopher 1975: 126). Houdini signed the paper to the effect that the message was genuine, she was confined to bed after a fall, had been taking drugs and was not in a position to know what she was doing" (Christopher: 130). Bess Houdini also wrote a letter, published in the Graphic, stating that she did not give Ford the code. www.skepdic.com /fordhoax.html   (1403 words)

The handcuff king of America | Books | Arts | Telegraph But Houdini spoiled it when he wrote in a newspaper that he "had never seen or heard anything that could convince me that there is a possibility of communication with loved ones who have gone beyond". Bess lent succour to the spiritualist cause when she said the code had been relayed from the other side. Houdini had earned a fortune, but he had also spent one, and after his death Bess had thrown out his most valuable possessions – the locks, props and books – so that she could be free of the master escapologist. www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/01/07/bokal224.xml   (965 words)

Houdini | Harry Houdini | Houdini's Death   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Bess was also admitted to the hospital to be treated for her stomach ailments. Houdini purchased a bronze coffin and had himself locked into it and submerged in a hotel swimming pool for an hour and a half before the coffin was pulled out of the water and opened to reveal a smiling, healthy Houdini. In fact, Houdini died of acute peritonitis (an infection of the abdominal lining--in this case a streptococcus infection) secondary to inflammation and rupture of the appendix. www.geocities.com /Broadway/Stage/3487/death.html   (1644 words)

Houdini Halloween Seance To Be Held Once Again - On The Net Houdini, being a magician and a rather ingenious fellow himself, knew that these séances were just clever hoaxes. Naturally, Houdini was not popular among mediums around the country, as he was a threat to their livelihood. Since the Halloween night when Bess Houdini turned off the light at her husband's portrait, the séances to contact the dead magician have continued in many parts of the country, both officially and unofficially. www.rense.com /general5/houdin.htm   (1415 words)

Houdini Bess 25 - Magic Tricks, Illusions, Magicians. Harry Houdini is still considered today as one of the greatest illusionists and magicians in history. Bess Houdini at one of the many séances that followed... Houdini was born on March 24 1874 in Budapest, Hungary, of Jewish background. www.about-magictricks.com /Houdini-Bess-25.html   (495 words)

Amazon.ca: Video: Houdini   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) HOUDINI is not meant as a movie that is true to life. Shortly after his marriage, Houdini and his wife attend a dinner in which the MC dares volunteers from the audience to wriggle out of a straight jacket. The tragedy of the movie is not unlike the tragedy of the man. Had Houdini retained a bit more of the Erich Weiss latent within him, his life might not have ended prematurely either on film or in real life. www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6301954807   (866 words)

The American Experience | Houdini | Program Description   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) After years of performing with his wife, Bess, in circuses, traveling medicine shows, and dime museums -- the lowest branches of show business -- Houdini began to wow the crowds on the vaudeville circuit with his handcuff escapes. Furious, Houdini retaliated by introducing what he described as "the climax of all my labors -- the Chinese Water Torture Cell." He would hang by his ankles in a tank full of water, with the lid padlocked. In 1918 Houdini attempted to break into the movies with a 15-part serial called "Master Mystery." But his acting skills didn’t hold a candle to his talents as an escape artist, and his Hollywood career bombed. www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/houdini/filmmore/description.html   (861 words)

Spook Show Posters - Spookshows.com Houdini and Bess had devised a code that only the two of them knew - it was the code that the Medium must get through to Bess to prove that the Medium was not a fraud, and that a type of afterlife exists. The correct "code" was never transmitted, with the exception of one Medium who "received" the correct message, but it was confirmed later by Mrs Houdini that she had inadvertently given him the key to discovering the message the previous year. The final seance by Bess Houdini was held in 1936 on the roof of the Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood (which still stands today) and was conducted by Dr Edward Saint. www.spookshows.com /spooks/spook_shows.htm   (725 words)

Larry Widen -- Milwaukee History -- HOUDINI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Houdini later cited the vivisectionist's performance in Milwaukee as a primary motivation for becoming a magician. Harry took Bess into his act, now called simply, "The Houdinis." She was slimmer and faster than Theo and could perform the Mystery Box illusion, now called "Metamorphosis," with ease. For the climax of the performance, Houdini brings the sheriff and his deputies onto the stage where they proceed to strap the master magician in a straitjacket that encases from his shoulders to his feet. www.widenonline.com /oldmilw/articles/houdini.htm   (3571 words)

Bess houdini, kays - Houdini (1953) Supposedly Bess Houdini put the handcuff and leg iron keys into her mouth and gave her husband a passionate, lingering kiss before he attempted each trick. Harry and Bess Houdini with Ford's spirit trying to butt in Bess Houdini publicly avowed that only she and Houdini knew the code. Bess Houdini's Voice, almost a minute in length from the Film "Mystic Circle Murder" Photo of Bess sitting on Desk in later years after Houdini's Death. kays.surferfind.com /?q=kays-bess-houdini   (250 words)

Final Seance: Houdini and Conan Doyle; Book Review (Skeptical Inquirer March 2002) Houdini was religiously conservative, even disowning one of his brothers for violating one of Leviticus's sectarian taboos (218-219). On the question of whether Arthur Ford correctly identified the message Houdini had promised to communicate to his widow if he ever came back, Polidoro quotes enough statements from Bess Houdini to make clear that only her desperate desire to believe led her to an initial authentication of Ford's claim. Even after Houdini's death, in a letter to Bess Houdini, Doyle reiterated his stubborn conviction that Houdini possessed the very powers he devoted his life to refuting, including an ability to dematerialize his body in order to pass through solid walls (225). www.csicop.org /si/2002-03/polidoro.html   (910 words)

Houdini's Efforts at Debunking - John Edward - TVTalkShows.com While Bess planned to honor her husband's requests about attempting contact with him after death, this may not have been what prompted her to seek the secret code that he promised to send her from beyond the grave - if possible. Like her husband had been at the death of his mother, Bess was at a loss as to what to do with her life with Houdini gone. While she was not rich, Houdini had left a trust fund for her and substantial amounts of life insurance had been carried on him. www.tvtalkshows.com /board/showthread.php?t=27570   (2538 words)

Houdini (1998) (TV)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) The movie falsifies every relationship it depicts; Houdini's brother wasn't a whining ingrate, Houdini's wife Bess was steadfast and loyal, Houdini knew Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for many years, not for the single lunchtime meeting shown in the movie. But the insulting aspect is the element of spiritualism; Houdini spent years debunking it, and NOT just because mediums couldn't put him in touch with his mother. Houdini was a very interesting and colorful performer, and he deserves a reasonably accurate biography instead of more claptrap like this. us.imdb.com /Title?0159276   (403 words)

The Houdini Seances | MagicTricks.Com: Magic, Magicians and Magic History Houdini was a skeptic on the subject of spirits returning from the dead to speak to the living. Despite his skepticism, Houdini and Bess devised a secret message that was to be used to test the validity of any so-called spirit message coming from either of them, should one or the other pass. Bess' wedding band bore the inscription "Rosabelle", the name of the song she sang in her act when they first met. www.magictricks.com /houdini/seancehistory.htm   (539 words)

Their Stamp on History: Harry Houdini (1874-1926) Houdini offered a $10,000 reward to any psychics or spiritualists who proved themselves by producing an effect that couldn’t be replicated by a skilled illusionist. In October 1926, Houdini invited a fan in his dressing room and let the young man punch him in the stomach, something he did often as a show of his well-trained abdominal muscles. This time, however, the blows aggravated a case of appendicitis and Houdini fell quite ill. Always the performer, Houdini refused to go to the hospital until after his next two shows were completed. www.stamponhistory.com /2006/04/03/0001   (447 words)

Pictures Of Houdini Wife - Magic Tricks, Illusions, Magicians.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) When Houdini took the stage in Melbourne, Spencer's pictures were presenting pictorial interviews with... is one of the guests in the background with Houdini and his wife posing in the forground... Houdini returned home after freeing himself under frozen waters. www.about-magictricks.com /Pictures-Of-Houdini-Wife.html   (546 words)

VICTORIAN ANGEL MUSIC, INC ____HOUDINI AND BESS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Houdini and Bess is not only the story of Harry Houdini, the great escape artist and magician, but of his love for his beloved wife, Bess, and of his extremely close relationship with his mother, Cecilia. Although the musical is filled with his many seemingly miraculous escapes from death-defying acts, it is also the story of his desire to return to his loved ones even after death. He made a promise to Bess that through the code they had used in their earlier mind-reading acts, he would send her a message if he preceded her in death. www.victorianangelmusic.com /1houdini_bess.html   (288 words)

Scranton show Harry Houdini resource, for biography, information about his life, death, escapes, exposes of ... Houdini escapes, many are still being done today Houdini escapes from a see through glass box! Houdini Information World's only Museum entirely devoted to Houdini houdini.net   (497 words)

HOUDINI - Segmented Discussion Questions Part II: 1936: Bess, Houdini's brother Theo, and his assistant Collins all gather for a seance in an attempt to reach Houdini's spirit. In the main story, Houdini does many tricks and, after a short courtship, proposes marriage to Bess. Part VII: Houdini and Bess argue over his obsession with his art and her drinking. learning.turner.com /tntlearning/houdini/segmented.html   (303 words)

100 Houdini Links Houdini vs. the Spiritualists The death of Houdini's mother focused his attention on the thriving business of spirit mediumship, or the... Houdini had his feet shackled to the top of a concrete block which was placed... Houdini was born in Appleton - and although... www.mysteries-megasite.com /main/bigsearch/houdini.html   (2731 words)

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