• Houdini vs. Spiritualism

  • Jan 1 2025
  • Length: 48 mins
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Houdini vs. Spiritualism

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  • 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? www.wynnethornley.com 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 https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/history/celebrating-life-harry-houdini-who-died-october-31-1926?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 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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