Houdini wanted to sleep in a Haunted House

Attention Houdini fiction writers! Here's a hook for a story that also happens to be true. When Houdini brought his 3 Shows in One to the Academy of Music in Baltimore, Maryland, for the week of November 9, 1925, he took out the following ad in The Afro-American newspaper.

The Afro American, Nov. 7, 1925.

I've never seen anything like this before. Is it just a clever way to advertise his upcoming appearance at the Academy? For sure. But I also think if someone came forward with a "Haunted House," Houdini would have absolutely followed through and spent the night. He also would have mined it for all the publicity it was worth, and that would have been great! Unfortunately, I could not find any follow-up, so it appears a suitable house did not materialize. 

It's up to you fiction writers to tell the story!

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