In this episode, I am going to explore the second half of Harry Houdini’s life mission. Utilizing his knowledge of illusion and magic, Harry Houdini made it his personal agenda to expose the fakes, frauds and charlatans of the American spiritualism movement of the early 1900’s.
How well do you think you know Harry Houdini?
Audiobooks I found helpful:
https://open.spotify.com/show/2cwkBqUDz8aPEcSqQqf3M1?si=f11f316f97db477b
https://open.spotify.com/show/6AmEOtBXK15zcPWebV8FXT?si=319953aa285a491e
Just a few Articles and Websites I found helpful:
https://www.intervalmagic.com/houdini/articles/1926_02.27.html?form=MG0AV3
https://www.jstor.org/stable/43306017?form=MG0AV3 https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2012/09/harry-houdini-master-of-disguise.html?form=MG0AV3
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/spiritualism
https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2019/06/the-mama-message.html https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/in-1926-houdini-spent-4-days-shaming-congress-for-being-in-thrall-to-fortunetellers?form=MG0AV3 https://archive.org/details/BostomMediumMargery
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2020/03/11/did-houdini-really-die-after-being-sucker-punched/?form=MG0AV3 https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history/happy-national-magic-day?form=MG0AV3
https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2015/03/houdinis-death-certificate-online.html?form=MG0AV3
Music Credits;
Myst on the Moor by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4104-myst-on-the-moor License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sovereign by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4397-sovereign
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
March of the Mind by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4020-march-of-the-mind
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Ghost Story by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3805-ghost-story
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cryptic Sorrow by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3568-cryptic-sorrow
