In my last post, I asked how the twins (above) are related to Houdini. The answer is revealed in the image below:

The twins image appeared in a March 19, 1926 newspaper, along with some other incredible Grandmother images of Houdini:

Houdini Bares Fake To Fool Mothers

Mediums will go to any length to fool their dupes. There is an actual case on record of a medium who materialized a pair of twin babies out of his cabinet to convince a mother who had lost her babies through death. The babies looked very lifelike in the dark but they were produced very easily. The medium simply painted baby faces on each of his knees. He had baby caps and gauze concealed in his cabinet and rolling his trouser legs, dressed the tables in short order and stuck his knees through the slit in the curtains of the cabinet.

Dupes Grandmother

Another medium was famous for his materializations of a stooped little old grandmother. He merely put on long robes and an old fashioned cap and bent over as he came out of the cabinet, speaking in a squeaky voice.

Special thanks to Joe Fox for March 19, 1926 newspaper image.