Here's a clip from the 1987 Official Houdini Séance, which was held live on television that year. Here we see Sidney Radner showing the seance handcuffs, which still play a role in Official Séances and will be on the table tonight in Appleton. But then Sid shows a sealed envelope that he says contains "a very interesting document from the date of February 27, 1897."
Unfortunately, Houdini did not come back to tell us what was inside that envelope, and as far as I know, it never reappeared at another Official Séance.
What was in the envelope? I have an educated guess, but let's give Harry another chance. If he fails to manifest at any of today's seances, I will share my guess tomorrow.
Remembering
HARRY HOUDINI
on the
98th ANNIVERSARY
OF HIS DEATH
October 31, 1926
The reveal:
So I was all ready to share what I believed was inside the mystery envelope. Then, in a spooky Halloween coincidence, at the start of the Houdini Museum's Annual Houdini Seance online, Dorothy Dietrich showed this from their collection.
As it turns out, THIS is exactly what I think was inside the envelope. This is a reproduction of an advert in an early Houdini scrapbook that was owned by Sidney Radner. It advertises a spiritualist entertainment that Harry and Bess gave at the A.O.U.W. Lodge in St. Joseph, Missouri, on February 27 (the date "1897" is written on the ad, likely by Houdini himself). Dorothy wasn't aware of my post. It was pure coincidence that she decided to show this at the start of their seance.
Should we consider this a message from Houdini? I said that we would give him one more chance. Did he step in and reveal the contents of the mystery envelope via Dorothy? Believe.
However, there is a trick in this treat. The date on this is wrong. Houdini and Bess gave this show on February 27, but the year was actually 1898. Sid Radner didn't know this at the time. It's no wonder it took Houdini 37 years to figure this out!
Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween.
Now just a minute here! I could swear I read 1:26 pm today.
ReplyDeleteYou did. Change of plans.
DeleteBummer!!!
DeleteWhy I oughta! ✊🏻
DeleteHarry "kinda" keeps coming back every Halloween in some other way. I think that 1898 advert is in Gibson's Scrapbook. Maybe also in Christopher's Pictorial. I really want to believe...
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what book this was in, but I know it was in a book. I do know the original is in the early HH scrapbook that Sid gave to Appleton.
DeleteFound it!!! It's on page 42 of the Henning book.
DeleteGreat. Thanks. That was the first book I checked, but somehow missed it.
DeleteThe first book I checked was Christopher's Pictorial. The Henning book was the second.
DeleteWould the pretty golden hour sunset casting on the autumn trees on the way to my parents house last night be a sign?
ReplyDeleteI believed so.
Believe! 😊❤️
It counts. :)
DeleteThere are spiritual laws. One of them is that just like we can't see through the veil on the other side-it's a matter of privacy-they cannot see here. Can you imagine if they could during private moments? Sometimes under special circumstances, a person on the other side can be granted permission to use the eyes of the person who would like to see something. This is limited. If Harry understood back then, that there is absolutely NO TIME on the other side he would know that his mother could not possibly have known that it was his birthday. He was right though, whatever language they spoke here, they speak there. People on the other side may choose simply not to communicate for whatever reason. Unfortunately, the "spiritualists" of the old days, and far too many here today have no clue how our two worlds function in conjunction with each other and what the spiritual rules are. For instance, they cannot enter into the earthly realm of a person they wish to be near if that person would not want them to. They must obey their decision. One of the greatest mediums, Jane Doherty, rated as one of the top 20 mediums in the country by Hans Holzer, was the medium at the Keane University Official Harry Houdini Seance' in 2008 (don't quote me on the exact year-I'd have to look up Jane's CV). She explained that because she had no personal connection to Harry, that he probably would not communicate through her. She did tell me that just at the end of the seance', she got the image of an apple in her mind and later it was told by one of the other guests that night, that Harry always ate an apple before his acts. She did not know this and was never able to actually confirm it from personal or referenced sources. Therefore, she never claimed that she had made any contact with him even though she's a brilliant medium. So, I guess it's always going to be one of those things where we all so very much want to be in contact with Harry, but it's difficult to know exactly how these things work. Also, as it is difficult for us to move an object across the veil, so it is very difficult for a person on the other side to make something more here. It is a very difficult skill set. Some people on the other side can manipulate electronic devices or televisions because of the energetic frequency. But they can't do other things. Some are able to make their touch be felt, but again, only with permission of the person. In order for them to be seen in the 3rd dimensional reality, they must learn how to slow their energetic frequency down to whatever hertz the earth frequency is. Think of a fan on Slow, you can see the paddles, switch to High and you can't. The paddles are there, but due to the speed, they become invisible. Making objects move, is the most difficult unless that person had tremendous psychic ability while living. I suggest, that for those who wish to contact Harry, learn how to master automatic writing. Once you can do that, then you may be able to call upon him and explain that he has your permission to write through you and that you're holding a pen or pencil and have a pad. If you do make contact, but it is vital that you let Harry know who you are by name, where you are, and why you wish to speak with him. Then you must ask him something about himself that you don't know, but which you can verify. Then you know it's Harry and not someone playing through the mystic switchboard. Remember that Harry has no idea what the year is here. It's the first thing he always asks me. Have fun. Have Harry! Our favorite genius!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tips!
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