Monday, July 19, 2021

LINK: Amedeo Vacca - Secret Houdini assistant and much more

Dean Carnegie has a wonderful POST at The Magic Detective about Houdini's little-known assistant and collaborator Amedeo Vacca. I especially love that Dean identified Vacca in the photo of the Shelton Pool test "uncover." Dean has also devoted an episode of his Magic Detective Podcast to Vacca.  

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4 comments:

  1. TimJuly 19, 2021 at 6:59 PM

    HH buys a barbershop so he and Vacca can talk in plain sight? Now THAT is a secret service.

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    1. John CoxJuly 19, 2021 at 9:20 PM

      The barbershop thing is so wild. I hope it's actually true. It first appeared in Kalush and the only source is the 1947 Linking Ring article about Vacca. Would love to know more.

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  2. Leo HeviaJuly 20, 2021 at 12:16 PM

    I had no idea he was the same Amadeo in Frank Garcia's book Amadeo's Continental Magic.

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  3. Matt FaustiniFebruary 22, 2023 at 1:50 PM

    So, idk if anyone has any information, our would be willing to talk, I'm Amadeo's great grandson, my dad talked in passing about him but he passed away when I was 12. And my mom is his 2nd wife after his father passed away and he took his first wives name for reasons I still don't know. Would love to learn more about his story though if anyone can direct me to more reading, books, etc.

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