The Secrets of Houdini

by J. C. Cannell

Overview

A professional magician and friend of Houdini, Cannell rationally explains how the master escaped bank vaults, walked through brick walls, floated women in mid-air, read minds, and much more. 98 illustrations and photographs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486229133
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	06/01/1973
Series:	Dover Magic Books
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

"CHAPTER I HARRY HOUDINI, HIS LIFE-STORY"
FAMOUS SPIRITUALIST LEADER WHO BECAM HIS FRIEND
ACCIDENT WHICH BROUGHT HIM A LIFE-PARTNER
EARLY STRUGGLES
ULTIMATE TRIUMPH AND PREMATURE DEATH
CHAPTER II HOUDINI'S SPECTACULAR ESCAPES
HIS REMARKABLE FAILURE AT THE MAGICIANS' CLUB
ESCAPE FROM BANK-SAFE
IRON BOILER
PAPER BAG
MAIL-BAG
WALKING THROUGH A BRICK WALL
BURIED ALIVE
ESCAPE FROM IRON BOX
PACKING-CASE UNDER WATER
THE VANISHING HORSEMAN
BOX AND SACK
THE NEEDLES AND THREAD
THE VANISHING ELEPHANT
THE MYSTERY OF THE MILK-CAN
CHAPTER III HOUDINI'S SPIRITUALIST ACTIVITIES
"GHOSTS" FROM THE VASTY DEEP"
SECRETS OF THE LOCKED BOX
MENTAL EVIDENCE
MYSTIFYING PASSENGERS IN A LINER
"SPIRIT" WRITING ON SEALED SLATES"
"MEDIUMS "CONTROLLED"
THE SUN WORSHIPPERS
TABLE LIFTING
"SPIRITS" DEFY BONDS"
MESSAGES IN BLOOD
PERSONAL SÉANCE-EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER IV FAKIR WONDERS
"MIRACLES" WHICH HOUDINI EXPOSED"
MY RESEARCHES
STOPPING THE PULSE AT WILL
WALKING ON FIRE AND BROKEN GLASS
THOUGHT-READING
HOUDINI AS CLAIRVOYANT
THE INDIAN ROPE TRICK
THE BOY IN THE BASKET
THE MYSTERY OF THE MANGO TREE
SAND AND WATER
NAILING A FAKIR TO WOODEN BLOCKS
CHAPTER V HOUDINI AS HANDCUFF KING
HOW HE BAFFLED THE POLICE FORCES OF THE WORLD
A RUSSIAN PRISON ON WHEELS
IMPUDENT RIVAL PUT TO FLIGHT
THE CLEVERNESS OF SIMPLICITY
CHAPTER VI ROPE-TIES AND HOW TO ESCAPE FROM THEM
THE JACOBY TIE
THE THUMB TIE
BOW TIED IN A SECOND
MAGIC KNOTS
"IMITATION "TOMFOOL" KNOT"
MORE ABOUT SPIRITS
A TRICK DONE BACKWARDS
THE GIRL ESCAPES
SPIRIT KNOTS
THE KELLAR TIE
ROPES AND RINGS
MYSTERY STRING
CHAPTER VII MISCELLANEOUS MAGIC
THE RING AND THE DOVE
THE DISAPPEARING GLASS OF WINE
THE IVORY PILLARS
CUT STRING RESTORED
THE COIN-FINDER
THE BOWL OF INK
THE WATCH AND THE LOAF
THE PIECERED HAND
VANISHING FROM A BOX AND CABINET
THE MYSTERY OF THE CRYSTAL
CHAPTER VIII ILLUSIONS AND DISILLUSION
DISAPPEARING MAN
THE VEILED WOMAN
AN ESCAPE IN MID-AIR
THE CAGED WOMAN
GIRL AND THE DOMINOES
FIRE AND WATER
ILLUSIONS WITH MIRRORS
THE COUNTRY GIRL
THE HAMMOCK
THE ARBOUR
CHAPTER IX CARD TRICKS
EXAMPLES OF THOUGHT READING
A CODE
THE JUMPING CARDS
MAGNETIC ACES
THE CHANGE-OVER
A FEAT OF STRENGTH
THE BOOMERANG CARD
CUTTING THE CARDS
THE TORN CARD
VANISHING CARDS BY PISTOL
THE FOUR ACES
THE HERSCHELL CARD-STABBING TRICK