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This blog is dedicated to Harry Houdini, the amazing illusionist, escapologist, magician, & actor! A collection of my favourite images, etc. Stuff we've all seen before—with my occasional fangirl commentary. ;) Semi-hiatus. Mobile Navigation.

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HARRY HOUDINI ↳ 24 March 1874 - 31 October 1926

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It’s that time of year again.

Me: Yay, it’s Halloween! :) Also Me: Aw, Harry died on this day. :(

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<3

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HARRY HOUDINI ↳ 24 March 1874 - 31 October 1926

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It’s that time of year again.

Me: Yay, it’s Halloween! :) Also Me: Aw, Harry died on this day. :(

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<3

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HARRY HOUDINI ↳ as Quentin Locke in The Master Mystery // mis-captioned

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HARRY HOUDINI ↳ as Quentin Locke in The Master Mystery // feet

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View from my computer desk. My mom got me an awesome Houdini blanket for Christmas and hung it up on my closet door. Was quite the happy surprise when I came in here and saw it!

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HARRY HOUDINI ↳ 24 March 1874 - 31 October 1926

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It’s that time of year again.

Me: Yay, it’s Halloween! :) Also Me: Aw, Harry died on this day. :(

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<3

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HARRY HOUDINI ↳ as Quentin Locke in The Master Mystery // tied/hooks

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Hi. I understand you're under hiatus for a while owing to health difficulties, but when you're healed and feeling better, could you please do a GIF of Houdini in (I think it's Episode 6 or 7) of The Mastery Mystery, where he's coming-to after being knocked out and tied up on hooks at the Chemist's office. You could also do a GIF of him getting knocked out and tied up to begin with. A notable scene for showing what Houdini looks like with eyes closed or when "asleep". [Like a doll/angel, imho!]

Hi! Hopefully you're still around. The gifs you requested are posted in the next post. That's one of my fave scenes and he does look sweet there. Oddly enough, when I first started watching the movies, I assumed this one was his most recent. He just looked older to me. I was shocked when it was the earliest! Anyway, hope you like the gifs!

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Hi. Have a few colourised Houdinis.

Very cool! Thanks for sharing them! I've always preferred older Harry but younger Harry is not bad at all, hehe!

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Prompt 2: The magician

A little boy who believed in magic

"I am the greatest magician in the world"

He told his mother, and his sister

And all the little boys in his class.

He flaunted his skill

Unfazed by any fail

Unaffected by any laughter

Completely confident in his ability

People could doubt card tricks

People could doubt smoke and mirrors

People could doubt him

But nobody could doubt death.

Everybody believed in death.

Everybody was awed by death

Nobody could escape death

Except for him.

That's what he told them.

"I am the greatest magician in the world"

He wove his skill into chains

So easily he could succeed

With his arms tied behind his back

"I am the greatest magician in the world"

He drowned out their doubts

All is quiet underwater

"I am the greatest magician in the world"

The greatest phenomenon of all.

Not a trick, but a confirmation.

That death is witnessed by everyone

That death is escaped by no one

Not even

The greatest magician in the world.

Hm. Idk how I feel about this. I wrote it on Saturday but wasn't sure about it, and decided to wait. That didn't go anywhere so I'm posting it here and now. Enjoy, or maybe don't

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I like it!

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“Harry Houdini”, ink on paper, 29,7 x 42 cm

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Nice job!

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👀👀

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Love Clone High and this is awesome!

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HARRY HOUDINI ↳ with rope // 1920s // colour edit

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Hiatus info

Off-topic update: I’m cross-posting this to some of my blogs to let people know why I haven’t been able to update for months. Some of you may know I have Multiple Sclerosis and have walking difficulties. I was o my way downstairs one night to use the bathroom and my leg gave out halfway down. I fell. I only remember some of it (luckily). I was taken to the ER. Broke my left wrist in two places, fractured the C7 vertebrae in my neck, fractured the bone below my right eye and got several stitches above my right eye. [Photo of me from earlier.]

I had to stay in the hospital for almost a week, then went to another hospital for about 2 weeks for rehab physical, occupational....and a bit of speech/memory just cos of the concussion and to be safe....and waste time out of my room, lol). My arm was set in the ER (omg....just ouch!!), put in a splint, then a bright orange cast (lots of signatures! but ouch again) and just recently a Velcro brace cos it isn’t healed yet (and one bone is lower from my wrist than it should be, ug). Still typing with one hand.

Nobody told me about my neck until someone refused t do therapy cos I didn’t have a brace on. A doc came in and told me one wrong move and I’d be paralyzed from the neck down! So a brace was put on and I still have it on. So uncomfortable.

I  have a hospital bed at home for now and it’s metal with a crank (!) to raise it and lower it. It’s uneven and awful but my mom got one of those foam covers and it helps, She moved my stuff downstairs to our spare room I was eventually gonna use so I’m no longer doing stairs. Currently I have to go to appointments in an ambulance-style transport ride via stretcher cos of my neck. The use a motorized chair to get me in/out of the house cos we have stairs. Scary,

Anyway, it’s a slow recovery but hopefully I can be back to updating in the near future. I missed my mom’s birthday for the first time ever, but I got to come home a day earlier to beat the snow and I was home for Christmas. I fell on 28 November and came home on 15 December. Seemed like forever!

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HARRY HOUDINI ↳ 24 March 1874 - 31 October 1926

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It’s that time of year again.

Me: Yay, it’s Halloween! :) Also Me: Aw, Harry died on this day. :(

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HARRY HOUDINI ↳ as Harvey Hanford in The Grim Game // hand // colour edit

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HARRY & BESS HOUDINI ↳ on their anniversary in Coney Island // 1925 // colour edit