Who Killed Houdini?
It is now thought that he may have been poisoned by spiritualists, psychic mediums whose claims he’d debunked, even mocked - profusely.
There has been much speculation surrounding the death of Harry Houdini on Halloween of 1926. Now, his great-nephew wants the body exhumed to answer questions that persist.
- No autopsy. Appendicitis triggered by a gut-punch was accepted as cause of death.
- Death certificate filed post-burial
- According to forensic pathologists, the certificate listed his appendix on the left side (it’s on the right) and found the diagnosis listed “very unusual.”
On an aesthetic note, I love this photo of him, always have, from a visual and symbolic perspective of a man straining to escape from under lock and key, the chains that bind, but also because he was an all-around bad-ass.
<%DIGG%>