RIP Harry Houdini

JDENredden · Oct 31, 2009

Its Halloween and marks the 83rd anniversary of Houdini's death.

So lets pay tribute to arguably the best magician and escape artist of our time.

Rest In Peace Harry Houdini

J.

Toby · Oct 31, 2009

R.I.P. Harry

devil · Oct 31, 2009

may he rest in peace

MattTarrant · Oct 31, 2009

RIP Ehrich Weiss Houdini

popchris3 · Oct 31, 2009

R.I.P. Harry Houdini!

Man, great idea posting this. We should all pay our respects every halloween for the man who redefined the magic of his time!

theory11rocks · Oct 31, 2009

rip harry houdini

.Molawin · Oct 31, 2009

R.I.P Harry Houdini.

-M.

zdogmagic · Oct 31, 2009

popchris3 said:
R.I.P. Harry Houdini!

Man, great idea posting this. We should all pay our respects every halloween for the man who redefined the magic of his time!

RIP Houdini.

i agree with popchris3, we should pay our respects to famous magicians that have died.

Magician_Jonny · Oct 31, 2009

r.i.p
I thought we may could create a trick just for him...

demon5magic · Oct 31, 2009

R.I.P

Also, speaking of Houdini, tonight at 9:00 EST, http://weirdthings.com/ is going to be hosting a seance live on the internet, trying to contact Houdini. (Before this turns into a debate, It is hosted by the James Randi Educational Foundation. Hosted by skeptics, just wanting to have fun.)

ssc9309 · Oct 31, 2009

RIP Harry Houdini

William Draven · Oct 31, 2009

Death, the one escape he couldn't get out of.

dejavu05 · Oct 31, 2009

He truly was an amazing magician, may he rest in peace.

P.S. I don't want to turn it into a debate either, but I find it disgusting that they are holding a seance to try and communicate with Houdini, the man that spent practically his whole life fighting seances and spiritualists.

William Draven · Oct 31, 2009

dejavu05 said:
He truly was an amazing magician, may he rest in peace.

P.S. I don't want to turn it into a debate either, but I find it disgusting that they are holding a seance to try and communicate with Houdini, the man that spent practically his whole life fighting seances and spiritualists.

Well it's a well known fact that Houdini was so interested with death that he set up a secret code word with his wife. So that once he's died he'd try to escape the confinds of death itself, and prove that he did it by revealing the code word to his wife in a seaonce. She held one every year on the eve of his death (for 10 years) but was never able to contact and confirm that it was him.

She eventually gave up.

He was an amazing man, who lead an amazing life.

demon5magic · Oct 31, 2009

William Draven said:
Well it's a well known fact that Houdini was so interested with death that he set up a secret code word with his wife. So that once he's died he'd try to escape the confinds of death itself, and prove that he did it by revealing the code word to his wife in a seaonce. She held one every year on the eve of his death (for 10 years) but was never able to contact and confirm that it was him.

She eventually gave up.

He was an amazing man, who lead an amazing life.

Exactly. If you want more information on why they are doing this, you can read this article. It's not disgusting in the least because, as Will explained, Harry asked his wife to do the same thing. And as I said before, it's all in good fun.

Randomwrath · Nov 1, 2009

Although Houdini died, he truly gained immortality. In years to come, he will still be remembered as the greatest escape artist ever. In that sense, he did cheat death.