2014 was an amazing year for Harry Houdini Circumstantial Evidence (HHCE) for a number of reasons:
Started the year off with a post revealing a name for the representative from the Mirror.

• London Hippodrome Match – A Press Agent’s Challenge

That led to the folks at Handcuffs.Org doing a full scale search for the man.  Click on the link below and type William Bennett [aka William A Bennet and William Gray] in the Search for box and hit Go!.

• http://www.network54.com/Forum/261154/search

Speaking of handcuffs, I did a number of blogs on handcuffs in 2014:

• The Infamous Glass of Water
• Master Mystery Handcuffs I Have Met
• When were these handcuff photos taken?
• The Hungarian Handcuff

Attended a number of excellent Houdini events with fellow Houdini “Nuts”:

• The Haunted Houdini Tour conducted by Richard Carradine.
• Malibu Playhouse Flim Flam Houdini and the Hereafter by Gene Franklin Smith
• Houdini in Hollywood by John Cox

Discovered and revealed several rare photos of Houdini in Hollywood:

• Chain Defies Houdini
• Harry gets cozy with the ladies at Lasky Studios
• Houdini Tries Some Hollywood Magic with Wanda Hawley
• What is Houdini hiding behind his straw hat?

Discovered and shared some fascinating information on Whitehead:

• Whitehead Second Visit
• The Student and the BOOK?
• Whitehead is Found at Old McGill in 1926
• Is Whitehead also found at Old McGill in 1927?

Set the record straight on some fallacies WRT Houdini:

• Did Houdini ever perform an overboard box escape in Pittsburgh?
• Smoking in Australia
• Atlantic City Miracle Fallacy
• Houdini and the Olympics
• Eiffel Tower and Brooklyn Bridge?

Shared some incredible Grim Game ads, photos, and not widely known info about Houdini and the movie:

• Number 46 of top movies in 1919
• THE GRIM GAME Cinema Trade Promotion (Stills 298-54 and 298-63)
• Lookout Mountain in Laurel Canyon
• Irvin Willat
• Ormer Locklear (Locke) connection to Houdini and The Grim Game
• Houdini Arrives at Lasky Studio
• The Grim Game, Magicians and the Magic of Hollywood Cinema
• LINK: There Will Be No Fighting Over The Grim Game…Period!
• “Houdini Night” produced by Larry Weeks
• Random Treasures Inaugural Auction was a Grim Game

Shared some incredible Master Mystery ads, images, and not widely known info about Houdini and the movie:

• “The Great Gray Mystery” Coaching Super Bowl Sunday
• Baker’s Dock Scene
• More Master Mystery Film Fun Images
• Spanish-language Master Mystery Ad
• Another Spanish-language Master Mystery Ad
• “The Master Mystery” Reissued By Hardeen?
• The Master Mystery Aeroplane Accident?
• Master Mystery Handcuffs I Have Met

Shared some incredible Terror Island ads and not widely known info about Houdini and the movie:

• Terror Island – Not a Serial! (Ad 1 of 7)
• Terror Island – Not a Serial! (Ad 2 of 7)
• Terror Island – Not a Serial! (Ad 3 of 7)
• Terror Island – Not a Serial! (Ad 4 of 7)
• Terror Island – Not a Serial! (Ad 5 of 7)
• Terror Island – Not a Serial! (Ad 6 of 7)
• Terror Island – Not a Serial! (Ad 7 of 7)
• Eiffel Tower and Brooklyn Bridge?

Uncovered a 1926 railroad time table that may show the details of Houdini’s overnight train ride from Montreal to Detroit on October 23-24:

• Houdini’s last train ride

Help unfold the Double Fold Milk Can Mystery:

• Unfolding the Double Fold mysteries

Mentioned numerous times by John Cox at his Wild About Harry (Houdini) blog and Facebook pages:

• Wild About Harry (Houdini) blog
• Wild About Harry (Houdini) Facebook
• Houdini’s movies on Facebook

Last but not least, my son got married in 2014 to a beautiful girl.

• HHCE Son Gets Married

I am truly blessed and look forward to 2015, when hopefully we all get to see the Grim Game:

• LINK: There Will Be No Fighting Over The Grim Game…Period!
• LINK: Sometime in March

Enjoy the rest of 2014 and see you next year.