Houdini's 132nd Birthday!

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000099">Happy 132nd, Harry!!! Unwrap yerself!</font></strong></p><p><img height="467" src="http://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/docs-pix/houdini.jpg" width="315" border="0" /></p>

[EliSnow]

<font size="1">pssst, Bobo, he's dead.</font>

[mendyweiss]

<img height="426" src="http://www.findagrave.com/photos/2001/222/houdinih2.jpg" width="287" border="0" />

[FezPaul]

buy a cake and eat it

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000099"><img height="426" src="http://www.findagrave.com/photos/2001/222/houdinih2.jpg" width="287" border="0" /></font></strong></p><p><strong><font color="#000099">Any relation?</font></strong></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by bobogolem on 3-24-06 @ 2:15 PM</span>

[mendyweiss]

<strong>bobogolem</strong> wrote:<br /><p><strong><font color="#000099"><img height="426" src="http://www.findagrave.com/photos/2001/222/houdinih2.jpg" width="287" border="0" /> </font> </strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong><font color="#000099">Any relation?</font></strong></p><span class="post_edited">This message was edited by bobogolem on 3-24-06 @ 2:15 PM</span> <p>Nah, Weiss is my alias</p>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong><font size="2">isn't it like his 80th Deathday?</font></strong>

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000099">Halloween 1926</font></strong></p><p><img height="471" src="http://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/docs-pix/houdini-can.jpg" width="418" border="0" /></p>

[torker]

<font face="courier new,courier,monospace" size="2"><em>When my Uncle Sonny blew back into town Said I'll just go for a ride and have a look 'round ... Then he pulled that ol' Houdini like we always knew he would ...</em></font><br />

[Gvac]

<p>If John Edward's talent is real, let's see him contact ol' Harry.</p><p>Houdini used to love exposing psychics by figuring out their tricks, and gave his wife a secret password that only the 2 of them would know.&nbsp; She went to tons of those phonies after he died and not one of them could ever give the right word. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

[TheRealEddie]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>Gvac</strong> wrote:<br /><p>If John Edward's talent is real, let's see him contact ol' Harry.</p><p>Houdini used to love exposing psychics by figuring out their tricks, and gave his wife a secret password that only the 2 of them would know. She went to tons of those phonies after he died and not one of them could ever give the right word. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Yeah, there was a great biography about Houdini and how he dedicted himself to exposing psychics as frauds on the Discovery channel (I think) a couple months back.<br /></p>

[Dirtybird12]

<p>Im pretty sure it was the history channel. but whatever - yeah it was pretty good. </p><p><img height="345" src="http://www.cdzone.co.uk/scans/W/h/Whodini/378600f.jpg" width="350" border="0" /></p><p>the freaks come out at night. </p><p>the only whodini that matters!</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by CircusFreak on 3-24-06 @ 5:39 PM</span>

[bobrobot]

<p><img height="382" src="http://www.lybrary.com/images/a_magician_among_the_spirits.jpg" width="243" border="0" /></p><p><font color="#000099"><strong>Houdini, A Magician Among The Spirits, was first published in 1924, it concerns his exploits in debunking what were called &quot;Spiritualists&quot; in his day. The book is still available today. BTW, the message Houdini &amp; his wife, Bess&nbsp;agreed upon as proof of spiritual contact w/ Houdini from beyond the grave was, </strong><font color="#000000"><strong><font color="#000099">'Believe, Rosabelle, Believe!,'</font></strong> <strong><font color="#000099">w</font><font color="#000099">hich a Spiritualist DID deliver to her at a seance.</font></strong></font></font></p><p><img height="436" src="http://info.detnews.com/dn/history/houdini/images/mrs.gif" width="360" border="0" /></p><p><strong><font color="#000099" /></strong></p>