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The Fate of Harry Houdini
🕑 Added 2022-05-27 10:16:00 +0000 UTCThere should be a video displaying above... but Patreon doesn't seem to like shorts. I've gotten in touch with Patreon support and they say that it's a problem on their end, and that they're working on it, but that they have no idea when it will be fixed. So, in the meantime, here's a link to the video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uKr4PJFoU_I. Thanks for your patience!
There's a lot of material out there about Houdini - a great deal of which touches on the mystery of his death. Was it a punch to his stomach that killed him, or appendicitis? If you want to delve into the mystery, I recommend this blog, which has a real wealth of detail, including accounts of the fateful meeting between Houdini and Whitehead.
It even includes what, looking back, seems like a terribly fateful quote from Houdini in his final days: "I let a college kid punch me in the stomach, and he caught me wrong, and it's killing me." He was, perhaps, more right than he realised!
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Fascinating Horror
Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
Milo OJ
Wow, that blog really is interesting. Thank you. Now I have something to read during a short break!
Right… a series on ‘mistakes / bad decisions and the ensuing consequences’! That aligns more to your subject matter.
