Houdini in Providence

Several movies and documentaries have been made about The Great Houdini. All these movies have been very entertaining, but each mixes fact, fiction, and drama in a very different way. This 1976 version starred Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky and Hutch) Sally Struthers (All in the Family) and Ruth Gordan (Rosemary’s Baby). This version says much…

A jump off a bridge in any number of possible cities around the world. These events were advertised when he was opening a show in a new city. Thousands of people would show up for the free show. I am sure there was the thought that I would be there when Harry Houdini did not…

This is as real as it gets! Houdini was being helped by several of his fellow magicians chained, cuffed, and nailed in a shipping case. His younger brother, Hardeen, helped capture the movie as well as the underwater parts. This in itself was no easy task. This was probably used as part of Houdini’s movie…

After years of strait Jacket escapes Houdini used this as another way to advertise his opening or if ticket sales were not going to his liking. The press was of course invited and many times were given free lunch and libations. It was way more dangerous to hang upside down off the ledge of a…

No autopsy was done but it was assumed the blows to the gut were the cause of his demise. In 2017 The American Journal of Emergency Medicine reported a case of traumatic appendicitis following blunt trauma to the abdomen. Other physicians have reported similar cases: Whether an autopsy was not performed for religious reasons or…