Houdini

Video Of The Quest For Houdini From WeirdThings.Com

by podblack on November 1, 2009

Recorded earlier today (well, late on Halloween) – here’s the seance that was conducted (love the waiter jokes by Randi!): Justin Robert Young and Andrew Mayne, along with help from Brian Brushwood, James Randi, Penn & Teller, the chat room and more.

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Death Defying Acts – Houdini Horror

by podblack on March 23, 2008

From (Australian) ABC’s At The Movies: The year is 1926, and the world-famous illusionist, Harry Houdini, (GUY PEARCE), is on a world tour including Sydney, Australia, where the Harbour Bridge is nearing completion. Houdini offers a reward of $10,000 to any psychic who can tell him his mother’s last words, and by the time he [...]

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Right Way to Do Wrong

by podblack on November 16, 2007

I like my friends in weird places. Well, I call America ‘weird’, but they sure do produce some good stuff on occasion. Can weird be a synonym for ‘charming’? Today’s reading material was sent to me by a fellow who isn’t a ‘skeptic’, nor really one for online interactions – since I had a nasty [...]

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