Our friends, Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz, of the Houdini Museum in Scranton share the following Houdini News with us:
1) Dorothy Dietrich on Mysteries At The Museum:
- Scared to Death episode airs again on the Travel Channel, Wednesday April 17th at 7pm | 6c
2) Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz on Night-Light with Host Mark Eddy. They discuss the legacy of Houdini which includes his friendship with the T. Nelson Downs, the Daily Mirror Challenge, possible new info (to be revealed at a later date) on how Harry got his name and more.
3) A new Mason Blog with an article on Harry Houdini
4) Two part series about a Hopewell man’s (Professor William Dunlop Tait) connection to Harry Houdini. You may recall that Prof. Tait invited Houdini to Lecture on Fraudulent Mediums at McGill and commented that he Looked Deathly at Lecture.
- The Hopewell professor and Houdini’s mysterious death – Part 1
- The Hopewell professor and Houdini’s mysterious death – Part 2 [Note: The photo is from a movie short and not of Harry Houdini performing at the Princess Theatre]
Our latest segment on television’s longest running series “Mysteries At The Museum” began Feb. 2019 and will run thru the year. Upcoming Airing, Wednesday, Apr 17,
7pm | 6c.
“Mysteries at the Museum” is a 60 minute documentary series running for 23 seasons. This is Season 23, Episode 8. Episode title is “Scared to Death” and features the 9 minute story with Houdini Museum-Scranton, PA’s Dorothy Dietrich discussing Houdini’s death. It begins at 27:11 until 35:31 & features Dorothy Dietrich, The Water Torture and asks “was Houdini Murdered or poisoned by the Spiritualists?” Check their site for clips of our other showings.
Dietrich on the Mirror Cuffs,
https://www.travelchannel.com/videos/the-secret-to-houdinis-tricks-0150772
& Museum pictures,
https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/mysteries-at-the-museum/photos/mysteries-doyle-and-houdini-pictures
& Doyle & Houdini,
https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/mysteries-at-the-museum/episodes/doyle-and-houdini-the-poison-squad-the-great-imposter#episode-tunein