Aint that the truth or That aint the truth Harry Houdini is best known for being an escape artist, able to get out of shackles and straight jackets. In his time, though, he was a fierce opponent of “spiritualists,” mediums who performed séances to “contact” the dead relatives of those who paid them. They were often tied up to show they could not move as bells rang, tables floated, and other “paranormal activity” took place. Houdini would show up to reveal them as charlatans. Once, a spiritualist was placed in a box from which only her head and hands protruded. Nevertheless, things happened across the room. Houdini opened the box and pulled out a folding six-foot ruler, holding it high for all to see and indicating that the medium likely used it to reach objects at a distance. She vehemently denied it. Years later, one of Houdini’s assistants revealed that it was he who had put the ruler in the box earlier, on Houdini’s orders. As it turned out, Houdini’s great truth was just as false as the mediums.
Posted on: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 11:05:57 +0000
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