2019 was an amazing year for Harry Houdini Circumstantial Evidence (HHCE) for a number of reasons.

Celebrated the 100 year anniversary of The Grim Game movie by attending screenings and sharing some incredible ads, photos, and not widely known info about the movie:

• B.S. Moss Broadway Theatre Screening
• Private Showing of The Grim Game In New York
• M U M SAM Monthly
• The Grim Game Still 298-63
• Houdini Breaks Wrist
• Aeroplane Crash Tidbit continued
• Aeroplane Crash Tidbit
• HHCE attends Screening on Terror Island plus more
• The Original Grim Game Story
• HHCE attends Screening at Sierra Madre Playhouse

Also, shared info about some of his other movies.

• White Studio Houdini Movie Photos

Terror Island:

• Italian “Terror Island” Posters
• Under Water Escape Photo(s) connected to Terror Island?
• HHCE attends Screening on Terror Island plus more

Master Mystery:

• Swedish Master Mystery Posters
• “The Master Mystery” Broadside of Newspaper Reviews
• The New York Review
• The Morning Telegraph
• Variety
• Exhibitors Trade Review
• The Billboard 
• Motion Picture News
• The Moving Picture World

Received Joe Posnanski’s new book, “The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini”, which included how I discovered the name of the daily mirror reporter, my current thoughts on how Houdini escaped the mirror cuff, and my research on two other endings to the Tony Curtis movie.

• Hanging out on Maui without a book to read

Shared some special posts that included not widely known information about Houdini:

• Where was the Checker Flag Photo taken?
• Aquarium Challenge AKA Houdini Upside Down
• Chicago Footlights Theatre Magazines with Harry Houdini
• Summary of 1950 Houdini Screenplay (Property of Film Producers)
• What really happened on October 24th, 1926 between the train arriving and the show in Detroit?
• The Doctor Evaluates Nature of His Patient
• History of Famous Patient Reviewed by His Doctor

Shared my research on the McGill Lecture:

• Houdini Looked Deathly at Lecture
• Houdini’s McGill Union Lecture on Fraudulent Mediums
• Interview by J.G. Nelles appears Day of Lecture
• Happy 2019 from HHCE and the McGill Union Ballroom

Shared a number of items from my personal collection:

• Houdini Souvenir Program Variants 1925-26 season
• Houdini Souvenir Program Variants 1926-27 season
• Houdini Souvenir Program Season 1926-27 p 9-11
• Houdini Souvenir Program Season 1926-27 p 12-14
• Happy Birthday Ann Forrest (Houdini’s Leading Lady in The Grim Game)
• Ehrich born in 1873?
• Escape From a Nailed Packing Box Advertising Calendar
• M U M SAM Monthly
• The Grim Game Still 298-63
• Aeroplane Crash Ads continued
• Aeroplane Crash Ads
• Under Water Escape Photo(s) connected to Terror Island?
• “The Master Mystery” Broadside of Newspaper Reviews

Shared a number of McCord Museum Collection related posts:

• Parson’s Theatre Program 1925 Original?
• Near Death Photo
• Happy Birthday to the King of Cards
• The Amazing Exploits of Houdini – The Bride & The Orangutan.
• The Amazing Exploits of Houdini -The Jewel Thieves.
• The Amazing Exploits of Houdini – “Stop Thief!”
• The Amazing Exploits of Houdini – Out of The Sky.
• Houdini, Hanging by Feet, Slips Straight Jacket Before Crowd on Minneapolis Street
• “HOUDINI” NITE at CHECKER INN

Shared additional information on the Mirror Challenge:

• Replica Key for Mirror Challenge Handcuff and more
• Magician’s Spirit Refuses to Respond and Open Handcuffs

Shared news from Houdini Museum – Scranton:

• Houdini News: Scared to Death; Legacy of Houdini; Masonic Magician; Hopewell professor and Houdini’s Mysterious Death
• Travel Channel Mysteries At The Museum Scared to Death and More
• Celebrity Magician Dorothy Dietrich featured in Stories For Kids Who Dare To Be Different
• Halloween Happenings at the Houdini Museum
• New Houdini Book Celebration at The Houdini Museum
• Writers Who Knew Houdini

Ended the year by receiving, studying, and commenting on unpublished Houdini footage to be shared next year.

• Two reels of Houdini Film

All of this said, the highlight of 2019 for me, was the discovery of a message from the clouds, the Australian Grim Game Advertising Card, used as a bookmark:

• Australian The Grim Game Premiere Advertising Card Found
• Aerial Delivery: “A Message From The Clouds” Dodger (Leaflet)

2020 should be another amazing year for Houdini.