LINK: Does Appleton or Milwaukee have the right to claim Houdini as its own?

Controversy! Who has the right claim themselves as Houdini's "hometown"; Appleton or Milwaukee? (You just shut right up, Budapest.) The cases are made for each by magicians Glen Gerard and Ron Lindberg in the Wausau Daily Herald.

I'm pretty sure Houdini himself would be Team Appleton (they do have that great statue), but I'll leave it to Wisconsinites to debate.

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• Houdini returns to Appleton in 1897
• Ehrich Weiss in Milwaukee
• Houdini Tribute Show in Milwaukee