There are few topics I find more fascinating than the rise of Spiritualism in the early 20th century — and Houdini’s determination to rebuke it. Add to it the real life friendship — and falling out — between the master of magic and the creator of Sherlock Holmes, and it’s almost too good to be…
Some people believe that Halloween is one night a year when the spirits can come back to wander among the living. So it would only follow that it is the best night to have a seance to try to contact the spirits. Houdini, who spent years debunking false mediums, died on Halloween night. he promised…