HALLOWEEN IN HARMON WITH HOUDINI, AN OLDIE BUT GOODIE

Remembering Harry Houdini who died this date in 1926. 

And what better way than courtesy of CROTON HISTORY & MYSTERIES....

HALLOWEEN WITH HOUDINI IN HARMON

On Halloween, in 1922, the world-famous magician Harry Houdini gave what he called a “pseudo séance” in the Harmon home of his friend, journalist and social reformer Sophie Irene Loeb. He used the word “pseudo” when he recalled the incident in his book Magician Among Spirits, because he was famous not only for astounding feats of magic, but also for debunking the spiritualists, mediums and seers who used tricks to fool credulous people into believing they could actually communicate with the dead. READ MORE HERE https://crotonhistory.org/2013/10/31/halloween-with-houdini-in-harmon/