Is there a power in this world? – Yes.
The magician, Houdini, always survives:
Cuffs, can’t hold him.
(a) A water cell that hangs upside down and cannot hold him;
He’s got a tight dress. He can’t hold him.
At first, people try to crack the magic behind them.
But when he escaped from all sorts of places, people began to wonder whether he was a human being.
Many experts suspect that Houdini is actually a superpower.
Among those skeptics is his friend, the famous Sir Conan Doyle.
But Houdini, the “lethal magician,” used his life to tell the world that there was no superpower, only hard work.
It’s an epic war.
In the 20th century, the greatest pleasure in the lives of ordinary people on both sides of the United States and the United States was…
Eat melons.
Because two world-class celebrities are openly torn to pieces.
Wen Hau Bernard once said:
“There are three most famous people in this age: Jesus, Houdini, and Holmes. I’m sorry.
Except for Jesus, the old man, the only two of them are the protagonists in this war.
Not today, another party has taken the lead in publishing articles in newspapers:
“Old Houdini, when are you going to pretend to be?” You can’t deny your identity as a psychic, you can’t stop looking! I’m sorry.
And at the end, you have your own name, Conan Doyle.
That’s right, the big guy who wrote Holmes.
It’s not yet night.
“The famous detective writer still believes in the superstitions? All psychics are fake! I’m sorry.
“If Watson says those words, he’ll eat Holmes’s two big mouths. I’m sorry.
Both sides had their mouths and their tongues and had been holding headlines for days.
The people are like a guacamole in a field.
But most people, including Houdini’s fans, believe Conan Doyle.
How terrible is the magic of Houdini, that all the world has seen.
Not to mention Conan Doyle and the filter?
Come on, he wrote Holmes!
It is impossible for him to accuse another celebrity without any evidence.
It was only a few days later that the situation escalated.
They’re still fighting, and now they’re going to be real!
Conan Doyle, the best evidence. Didn’t you say that Houdini refused to admit there was a psychic?
Then come to me in England and give you a little psychic shock.
Just thinking about it, Houdini had a world tour and went to see what kind of medicine he sold in the jar.
In 1922, a tip, a met in England.
Conan Doyle, as host, invited Houdini to dinner at home.
Almost ate, and he threw all his food away.
Please give me your wife, and say you’re trying to get out of your mother, who died of Houdini.
Just a moment ago, Houdini thought it was a big party, but I didn’t know that the map was too short.
And I never thought Conan Doyle would be superstitious enough to marry a psychic.
He’s here thinking that Conan Doyle’s wife across the street has begun to do something.
This is the way that Houdini almost got to the port.
Maybe people don’t know what a psychic is.
Actually, it’s just like the one who jumps in the country and asks.
He said he could get the soul of a dead man, so he turned his eyes and shuddered.
It’s basically a kind of feudal mess, a folk habit.
But in the West, it was very popular.
To put it straight, the psychics across the street suddenly stunned and started talking in a very old language:
“Son, you’ve been hiding enough. Listen to me, admit your power to the world. I’m sorry.
In other words, it would take at least a while to figure out the situation.
But Houdini was laughing.
“What a wonderful performance. Unfortunately, my mother is a Jew from Hungary and doesn’t speak English. I’m sorry.
After that, he left only Conan Doyle, which was blue.
And then Houdini’s magic tour in England was a great success.
The undefeated Conan Doyle is more certain.
Houdini on the stage knows that things will not end so easily.
But it doesn’t matter. He’s got a big move in mind.
The psychic stage.
When Houdini returned to the United States, Science American issued a heavy reward:
Psychic stage, come if you dare.
If you can prove your ability before the jury, you will receive a generous bonus.
It’s a great thing to get official certification and money.
As soon as the news came out, the world’s most famous psychics had gone to the United States.
It’s called the World War of Spirits of the Age.
These people are usually the best of all, the best of all.
But in front of the jury, it all went down.
Why?
Because Houdini is the chief judge of the jury.
He also designed the reward collection.
Just tearing off the psychic around Conan Doyle is useless? That’s not enough.
I, Houdini, am trying to bring all the world’s famous psychics together, and I’m going to finish it.
The first challenge is a Spaniard with X-rays.
He was said to be able to see what was in the sealed box.
But Houdini saw him sneak up the lid in a second.
Next!
Another photographer with a ghost photo.
Houdini didn’t say anything. He showed the forgery on the spot.
Next!
I don’t know.
A round of sifting down, Houdini found out that the psychics were not so sophisticated.
The medium can deceive, relying on little tricks that hide their ears.
But who is better than the magic master, Houdini?
In his view, the psychics were good at lying to ordinary people.
But in a professional magician, there’s no way out.
Houdini shows the photo forgery process.
At the end of the day, there was no psychic that could pass through Houdini’s test.
One of the most famous is Mrs. Mina Cranden.
She claims to have the most powerful psychic capability, but was identified as a fake by Houdini.
Mrs. Cranden’s loss brought Houdini’s reputation to its highest.
But at the same time, it caused Conan Doyle’s anger.
Because he himself is a big fan of Mrs. Clandon, and the old man is in charge.
Houdini had no idea that his own approach was counterproductive.
Not only did Conan Doyle not prove that the psychics were fake, but he considered it a pure declaration of war:
You have superpowers to deny it. I can’t help it.
But you faked it, didn’t you?
Conan Doyle took his pen and did one of the most unimpressive acts:
He sent a death curse letter to Houdini.
“Hodini is a traitor among the heathens who will soon be punished, and shall not die. I’m sorry.
Houdini did not respond to this at that time, but stated publicly that he would continue to be determined.
Wait!
But there were already some people who at the time felt wrong.
It’s a little too much now.
Not to mention Houdini’s craziness, and Conan Doyle’s not as calm as Holmes.
What’s the special reason why they’re trying to build the bad guys?
Unfortunately, most of the visitors didn’t think much.
They’re all looking forward to what Houdini’s gonna do.
But no one thought it would be cooling time.
A sudden death.
On the eve of November 1926.
Houdini died suddenly after a performance.
The extraordinary extent of this death has so far been embraced by countless conspirators.
Why are you talking about strange?
As a master of escape, Houdini is confined to water tanks or hung upside down on the roof.
I’ve lost my foot and foot, and I’ve lost my foot.
But his cause of death was in doubt, precisely because he died too simply.
Houdini, he was killed!
Harry Houdini.
In late-career shows, he often randomly picks up a lucky audience to beat himself up.
It’s called the “Golden Bell Covers Iron Shirt”.
For more than a decade, all the big guys have tried, and Houdini’s gone.
On this occasion, however, a college student, who was said to be a boxing association, was beaten with one punch.
Two weeks later, Houdini was declared dead.
The cause of death, published at that time, was appendicitis complications caused by a broken appendix.
As soon as word comes out, fans around the world are unbelievable.
Come on, that’s Houdini!
Whether it’s buried alive or jumping off a building, you’ll be safe and sound, the Master of Escape!
I can’t believe I got shot in such a simple trick.
Would you believe Bruce Lee was knocked out by his own double-string?
Houdini’s death in the eyes of his fans is just as incomprehensible.
They launched a petition for an official autopsy, but received a more bizarre message:
On the day that Houdini confirmed his death, the body was urgently buried.
By the time the news of death was known to the outside world, people were buried deep underground.
That is, all the evidence, however dead, has been completely destroyed.
This obscurantist approach has given rise to public suspicion.
However, no one was able to produce evidence to challenge the cause of death.
It was then that someone suddenly remembered Conan Doyle’s curse letter.
I don’t think so.
Conan Doyle shouldn’t really do this shit.
But the psychics who got fucked up.
Shortly after Houdini’s death, a number of psychics began to shake off the market.
The more this talk spread, the more it is recorded in the biography.
Everyone thought that “Fake King” Houdini was the last loser.
At that point, a woman stood up and announced to the public the last words of Houdini.
After the last words were made public, the whole world blew up.
Death, within Houdini’s plan.
That’s Houdini’s power!
Deadly.
The person who published the last words was Houdini’s wife Beth.
The husband did not say anything superfluous before he died.
It’s just that she said a code in her ear and made an agreement:
Every year after his death, a psychic is called for a psychic every year on the day of his sacrifice.
If the psychics were able to state exactly the code he had agreed to before he died, it would mean that there was a real superpower.
I really lost.
But if nobody ever succeeds, it means that psychics are nothing but self-defeating scams.
Houdini and his wife.
All those who knew the news were shocked, shocked, or admired.
The cause of death was not even so important at this time.
Who would have thought that Houdini would bet his life on fakes!
But for some psychics, it’s not sleepy.
This is a good time for them to win.
At one point, Beth’s door was filled with liners, and everyone wanted to win the first place and be famous.
Unfortunately, the first year of psychic failure.
The same is true for the second year.
In the third year, a psychic called Ford said the code was correct, but Beth was publicly punched.
Fourth and fifth years…
There’s never been a psychic that can tell the code.
Until after the defeat of the psychics of the tenth decade, the wife himself blew out the candle that had never been extinguished by the leftovers of Houdini.
She said: Ten years is long enough for anyone. I’m sorry.
While the agreement was declared closed, the wife also published the code that was agreed 10 years ago.
After translation, you can spell the word “rebel.”
Believe what?
Or who do you want to believe?
The explanation for this is mixed.
There’s one thing I believe most in:
Houdini actually wanted Conan Doyle to believe that everything he said was true.
There is no so-called weirdo in this world.
Unfortunately, Conan Doyle didn’t receive this information.
He died in 1930, the sixth year after Houdini died.
It was also after Conan Doyle died that the answers to many questions were made public.
For example, because his son died in World War I, he wanted to go to psychics.
For example, he and Houdini were so close friends.
It’s just that the friendship between the two sides quickly collapsed in a simple psychic struggle.
Now, one last doubt remains.
Why is Houdini so determined to fake, even to turn his back on his best friend, or to give up his life?
Looking back at his life, the answer is clear.
Since we were small.
March 24, 1874.
Houdini was born in a Jewish family in Hungary.
His whole childhood can be described in one word: poor.
At the age of four, he emigrated with his family to the United States for a living.
His father, basically, was working part-time around the country.
If you’re poor, you’re hungry.
Seven kids in all. Houdini’s a big baby.
I can’t help it. I can’t help it.
A weak child can’t find a job.
But Houdini had already discovered his advantage:
Brave.
He began by worshipping the street vagrants who performed fire and rock.
At the age of 9, Houdini had an alias, “Air Prince”.
Why?
Because he’s the youngest performer in the classic circus Airfly.
Hadini was playing with his life while his peers were in compulsory education.
But to say he’s not afraid, it’s also a bluff.
After flying several times, Hardini began to wonder if he could still fly to 18.
He decided to move to a safer show track — magic.
You may not have thought that Houdini was the first to learn, not his most famous escape.
It’s a card trick.
Just like before, Houdini gave himself a stage name before he left.
Isn’t it the “Air Prince” last time?
This time it’s called “The King of Cards,” and it’s called an old fairy fart — it’s a big deal.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been here.
But after two and a half years of practice, he realized he wasn’t the material.
One word: there’s a little, but not much.
They can be seen seven or eight times in ten.
A few days later, his magician Joseph found him.
“Student, don’t be a card magician. I’m sorry.
Why, Master?
When he saw Houdini’s innocent eyes, he couldn’t bear to change his mouth:
“I have to change. Don’t say I taught you. I’m sorry.
In that case, the fool should have understood.
Houdini knew the magic of cards. He couldn’t make it.
But what else can I do but perform magic at the club?
Are we going to go back to the streets and live the bitter days of selling and running by the city?
Houdini remembers what happened in the street.
Because he’s young and slowest, he’s always wearing silver bracelets.
But it’s also what he’s been through.
Wait, there it is!
Isn’t this a magic show?
Houdini is confident in this technology.
Then he disappeared for a while.
Nobody knows what Houdini did.
It was only known that when he appeared again, it was easier to get rid of his handcuffs than to take off his underwear.
At that time, it was a new thing.
Houdini quickly sounded his own personal identity with a pair of handcuffs.
In 1893, even went to the Chicago World Expo.
Once on the stage, Houdini felt like he was finally turning over.
But back in New York, we are still poor.
It is also simple to say, mainly because the media channels were not well developed.
The generals know only that there’s a World Expo, and they don’t know anything about it.
The freeing of handcuffs, a hot field programme, is also rarely reported in newspapers.
Houdini soon learned two important lessons:
One is for traffic;
Second, there’s the ground.
You see, it’s spring and evening, and there’s not really an abstract web of fans.
The logic is clear, and the next thing you know, it’s real-life.
Houdini will tell you by his actions that he’s going to live in modern times.
06 King of Traffic
What’s the flow?
After seeing Houdini’s operation, you’ll find that old times are actually the same logic.
What’s wrong with Tiger?
On the streets of Shenyang, a declaration of independence was issued: “I declare something.”
The main hit was the thick skin, however, to harvest a wave of attention.
What happened to the knife?
If you don’t live, you bite the lighter. You play with danger.
But I’d say it’s all Hu’s play.
Just over a hundred years ago, Houdini stood on the streets of New York and shouted, “All eyes to me.”
They were then handcuffed by police officers who came to maintain law and order.
The crowd was unclear and thought it was a psychopath who had fled.
Didn’t expect Houdini to get out of his handcuffs.
What kind of extralegal maniac is that?
People look stupid.
And this operation?
The police are stupid too.
Dude, we’re tools now, right?
This is what we’re doing right now.
But Houdini didn’t panic, wave.
I know you’re in a hurry, but don’t worry.
The crowd came out with some big brothers with cameras and said hello to the police.
It turns out that Houdini had already said hello to the local newspaper.
They’ll send someone to film their wonderful street escape.
Face the camera, the police are having a bad time.
And then when they got pissed off, they found it interesting, and they let Houdini go.
After the show was published in the newspaper, he was finally on fire.
An agent was shocked when he watched the Houdini handcuffs show.
He suggested that Houdini would throw away poker and everything from now on, and the main attack would escape.
And introduced Houdini to the British show.
In England, Houdini went to the famous Scotland Yard.
That’s right. It’s Conan Doyle.
After having worn all the handcuffs over and over again, he subdued all the viewers.
Too many people were queuing, resulting in Houdini having to make additional reservations for six months.
During that time, his salary increased to $300 a week, almost $10,000 now.
There’s nothing wrong with that.
But as we all know, if there’s a vent, there’s plenty of pigs who want to fly.
When Houdini returned to the United States, he was shocked.
Guess what?
I’ve got three to five people on the street asking for arrest!
After all, with a lead role model, all of our colleagues know the good of the audience and follow suit.
But soon, not only did the audience get tired of it, but the police couldn’t stand it.
I’m asking the police to cuff myself every day.
To go further, the presence of foreign friends and the presence of so many handcuffed people in the streets have had a negative impact.
Houdini was acutely aware that his cuff magic would soon be impossible.
If you don’t work hard, sooner or later you’ll have to turn people around.
One bite, he’ll have a big one.
They’re all on the same side, so let’s see who’s gonna get killed!
07, peak.
Houdini understood that it was no longer exciting to get rid of the handcuffs.
What’s the point of the silver bracelet?
The more serious the consequences of failure, the more exciting it is.
Moreover, it must be a new device that has never been used before.
In 1908, Houdini launched his first major original performance: milk cans escape.
In this performance, he needs to be handcuffed and locked up in an oversized milk can.
Then escape behind the curtains.
He also wrote in his ads as a stunner:
“Failed is drowning. I’m sorry.
That’s the irritation.
It’s not over yet, and Houdini is a groundbreaking invitation to the audience to hold his breath when he enters the jar.
I have to say, he really understands the audience. He’s just playing with his feelings.
Soon the audience will be suffocating.
One after the other until all the viewers couldn’t stop breathing.
At this point, however, Houdini was still not out.
The curtain was opened at a time when everyone was concerned that there was a real danger.
The milk-filled Houdini had been uncuffed and bowed to the audience.
It’s boiling.
Everyone can’t figure out how Houdini got out of here, even though normal people can’t breathe anymore.
The next Houdini, it’s like no bottlenecks.
He even publicly initiated the escape challenge, inviting the crowd to design the device and then to escape.
All the viewers were trying to make Houdini fail once.
The device is also more varied than one:
Woodboard boxes, boilers, beer drums…
What’s most ridiculous is the belly of a whale that comes ashore.
Clearly, the consequences of failure are more serious than one.
But Houdini, not once.
It seems to me that this was the way the audience looked at it, and in 1912 Houdini did a more ridiculous job: the China Water Prison escaped.
We don’t know why it’s called China Waterhouse. It doesn’t seem to matter.
The biggest difference from milk escapes is that the one side of the water is transparent glass.
It is clear to the audience that Houdini was actually hung upside down into the water.
As before, Houdini asked people to stand up with him.
This time, the audience could hold its breath while watching how Houdini escaped.
But even if hundreds of people were watching, no one could see the door.
Just like taking off clothes, Houdini easily broke out of his handcuffs and escaped from the water cell.
Then, perhaps, it wasn’t exciting enough, and Houdini made a move that no one could imitate until now.
He was hung upside down by a crane in a psychiatric institution wearing a tight-knit cap.
Then he escaped in the sight of those who were beneath him.
Every time Houdini performs this, it causes a city to collapse.
Hundreds of people gathered at the intersection to watch him escape or die.
But Houdini, it worked again.
He was the fastest one, from hanging to getting away, only 2 minutes and 37 seconds.
With these axes down, Houdini became the world’s most famous magician.
At first, people try to figure out what’s behind them.
But when Houdini escaped from all sorts of places, people began to wonder whether he was a human being.
Many experts suspect that Houdini is actually a superpower.
There are certain superpowers that are used to survive each time.
Among those skeptics is his friend, the famous Sir Conan Doyle.
08, no return.
Early 1918.
Conan Doyle has just finished Holmes’ character in the Final Salute.
Shortly after writing about the names of the dead, he welcomed the death of his family.
Conan Doyle’s eldest son was wounded in World War I and died in the year after the war ended.
A year later, another son was killed by the flu.
Conan Doyle, who was so sad, chose to join the congregation to see his son again.
At that time, World War I and influenza claimed many lives.
It also led to the appearance of psychics known as psychics, like springs after rain.
In the dark, Conan Doyle heard his son’s whisper and even felt someone kissing his forehead.
He was so shocked that he believed it was his son’s inspiration.
Not only did he spend his money on psychics, he also devoted his writing to the spiritual truth.
At that time, Conan Doyle was a world-renowned writer.
Readers think that even Holmes’ authors believe in psychics, which may be something.
Houdini also saw these articles, and some of them didn’t feel good.
He never created a psychic for himself in his previous life.
Even some hate being called that.
The only way I can get to this point is by myself.
When did you ever escape dancing on the line of death?
It can be said that Houdini’s acting career is a gamble with death.
It’s all about decades of technology and some little luck.
Now, a word of “psychiatrics, superpowers” can erase all his efforts.
Magicians reveal themselves to themselves and have always been a taboo for the industry.
In order to give himself the proper name, as well as the fellow magicians, Houdini began to reveal some of his own tricks.
For example, the loss of a restraining suit is due to the fact that when you were young, you practiced over and over again so that you could take the two shoulders off;
The key to the handcuffs was also swallowed up in the stomach early, and when it escaped, it came back.
These, which look at cruel magic principles, are ignored by popular selectivity.
The trick of taking a bite at Houdini is the sign of God.
Even Conan Doyle found himself three to five, hoping to get his son out.
The best friend’s request brought Houdini’s frustration to the top.
Why don’t you believe me?
Now, there are two ways before Houdini:
One is to follow the water and admit that they have superpowers.
As one of the most famous magicians, no one can monopolize the world’s psychic markets, and the fans will be known as psychics.
Being rich is not impossible.
Second, it’s using one’s own technology and eyes to fake it.
It’s easier for anyone to see it as the first road.
And yet, Houdini went on the false road.
It is not just to help friends and others to be protected from deception, but to be able to face up to their own efforts.
And he will prove that the magician’s three words, and what is behind them, are not in any way understated.
This was followed by a series of incidents such as the breakdown of friendship and the psychic stage.
The impact of this sham continues until after life is lost.
In the following decades, most psychics have been successively arrested for fraud and imprisoned with the punishment they deserve.
Today, magicians from all over the country hold a “Serb” every year on the occasion of the Houdini Festival.
Of course not.
It is a tribute to Houdini’s contribution to magic and false superstition.
Although it had not been possible to awaken a good friend, Houdini ‘ s purpose had been achieved.
He told the world that there was no superpower, only effort.
References:
The breakdown of Conan Doyle’s friendship with Houdini, the Chinese Reader.
The real or not of the sentinel — Conan Doyle and Houdini — is talking about science.
Conan Doyle — encyclopedia.
Harry Houdini — Wikipedia file number: YXA104y6QGgH0onn0Zs2Z0E
I don’t know.
Keep your eyes on the road.
