While looking for movie-related correspondence in a Houdini scrapbook compiled by Houdini’s personal friend, Quincy Kilby, I came across a couple January 1919 letters signed “Semper Idem” which I thought I would share.
“Semper Idem” was thought to be the secret code message between Houdini and Hilliar; could it also be the secret code message between Houdini and Kilby or was it just a phrase he used in some of his letters to Q.K. and others like Edwaun Fay Rice, curator of the Boston Public Library. What say you!
January 18:
January 28:
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Great stuff, Joe! The Kilby letter rounded out more information on Houdini’s 1920 British tour. As we know, he had contractual obligations to fulfill from 1914, what I didn’t know was that there would be stiff penalties if he didn’t return to tie the loose ends. It all worked our anyway because he met Doyle and veered toward the world of Spiritualism.