Harry Houdini: a true magician among false spirits.

In my last post I described Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as one of the leading figures of the spiritualism movement. I also referenced Harry Houdini but only in passing as one of the great entertainers of that era.

Houdini Handcuff King and Prison Breaker

Winnipeg's occult connection: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

You wouldn't know it now but back in the heyday of the 1920's Winnipeg, the Chicago of the North, was a hotbed of spiritual investigation.

Ectoplasam at a Hamilton seance - Note the image of Doyle suspended in the ectoplasm 2 years after his death.  (Photo - June 27, 1932)