djc726Nov 9, 20231 min readThe Research Continues While the goal of having the book completed and published by November 2023 unfortunately will not happen, the goal of completing of the...
djc726Nov 22, 20221 min readIn Search Of - HoudiniDo you remember the show In Search Of with Leonard Nimoy? When I was a little kid (5-8 years old) this show regularly freaked me out. I'm...
djc726Nov 19, 20221 min readBehind The Scenes At The Master MysteryWhile unrelated to my Houdini & Kansas research, I did discover something recently of personal interest I thought I would share. My "day...
djc726Oct 20, 20227 min read"If you can get away with a trick before a country audience you can get away with it anywhere."Harry Houdini 1926 This article appeared in the FALL 2020 issue of AMUSE magazine. A few days after Christmas in 1897, a medicine show...
djc726Oct 20, 20221 min readHarry & Bess Houdini in Cherryvale, KS and A Fire!The next stop on my recent exploration of towns Houdini visited during the winter of 1897-98 was Cherryvale, Kansas. Bess & Harry were...
djc726Oct 20, 20222 min readHoudini Opera House Discovered - Scammon, KSDuring a cold weekend in January 1898, the California Concert Company got off the train at the Scammon, KS depot and made their way a few...