Status Updates From Houdini: The Life and Times...

Wow, his battle with the spiritual fraudsters was big. He straight up puts them as lunatics and criminals whose sole intention is to defraud unsuspecting innocent people. The punch(es) wasn’t how I imagined, so it’s nice to know how that actually transpired. Damn Whitehead.

What a phenomenal showman! While he may have been “difficult” he probably deserved to be. There were A LOT of weirdos around. RIP HH

Houdini’s relationship with Sir Authur Conan Doyle is hilarious to me. Doyle was clearly disturbed by the death of his son and others in WWI, but the way he fell into Mysticism, Psychics and “Mediums” was just weird and sad. He tried so hard to convert Harry and even went so far as to claim he DID convert him. Harry got pissed and publicly denied Doyle and dissolved their friendship. Houdini was based af.

Houdin’s flirtation with flight. His foray into movie making. Particularly The Grim Game and his stunt jumping from the wing of one airplane to another. Considering MI: The Final Reckoning, which just released last month, features Tom Cruise doing a bi-plane wing-walking stunt in the final climax. It would seem what’s old is new again! Houdini inspiring artists long after his passing. Legends truly never die.

Erik Weisz. Eric Weiss. “Erri” “Harry” I thought that was fascinating how he came to be called Harry.

His quick affair with aviation. His record for having been the first person to fly in Australia. An American, no less.

His journal entries are also fun to read.