On 8/2/2014 9:53 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote:
My favourite Houdini trick
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Harry Houdini was the fourth of seven children born to Rabbi Mayer
Samuel Weisz and the former Cecelia Steiner. According to what I've
read, there is considerable debate over the question of whether Harry
Houdini ever lived in the Laurel Canyon home known locally as the
"Houdini Mansion". However, Brad Meltzer Decoded in a recent segment
unreservedly identified it as the former Houdini estate.
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was one time when he visited some one-horse town in the States to
demonstrate his jail-breaking skill. The local sheriff locked him in the
jail and everyone then waited outside the building for the great
magician to emerge. All the townsfolk were there to witness the great
event.
Inside Harry was doing his usual trickery. He had a lock pick hidden
on his person (best not to ask where). Now the locks were placed too
far away for a man's arm and hand to reach so should have been secure.
But Houdini had developed his dexterity to such a degree that he could
use his legs and feet to manipulate the pick. In this case however,
despite his best endeavours spending hours trying to work the
mechanism, he completely failed. He was about to give up and call in
the witnesses when he leant against the cell door and it swung open.
He then realised that the sheriff had been so overawed by having a
mega celebrity in town that he'd completely forgotten to lock the door.
Houdini emerged to an ecstatic crowd who cheered and clapped an
astonishing feat. But there had been no trick at all in reality; it
was all illusion. Fantastic!
