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79Harry Houdini
The approach of Halloween always reminds me of Harry Houdini. Harry Houdini was a great magician, escape artist and illusionist who happened to die on Halloween. He spent much of the last years of his...
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75Famous Birthday Listings: March 24
Born on this day? HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Below are some very famous celebrities (55 names) past and present who have their birthday today. Some of them you will have heard of and others you may not have! ...
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65Houdini wine openers reviewed and compared.
Opening wine bottles have been a big problem for people since corks where invented to be applied as bottle sealers! Corks forestall wine from oxidizing, and let them to age gracefully, although nearly all...
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75The Seance - History and Origins
A dark room, a mysterious woman; floating objects; knocking sounds; an unworldly voice. This is a séance, where a mysterious medium attempts to contact, or at least pretend to contact, the dead so that they...
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73Houdini - The Legendary Master Magician and Escapologist
Harry Houdini grew up as Erich Weiss in Milwaukee where, for a time, he worked as an apprentice to a local locksmith. Those locksmith skills came in handy when Erich later took the name Houdini, the last name...
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54The Thrill and Mysticism of Escapology
Escapology is an art that has been practiced since ancient times. Artists use this form of magic to escape from restraints, traps and confined spaces. It is a way of jolting our innate fear of not being able...
0 comments53Public Option; Now you see it, Now you don't
For the past few weeks amidst the firestorm known as the Town Hall Health Care Debates the Supreme Czar has seen his glorious vision to nationalize the Health Care System of the United States and in doing so,...
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51Dealing with a difficult baby
LIKE all new mothers, my expectations of motherhood were limited by what little experience I had with friend's babies and young children. With rose coloured glasses I expected to feel that first rush of...
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63Magic vs. the occult
Magician Harry Houdini and Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle had a long and strange friendship, a rivalry at times, because of Spiritualism. Doyle believed that Houdini had supernatural powers and...
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61David Blaine
David Blaine show Street Magic was very popular in the 90's. If you haven't seen this guy, look him up. His magic is mindboggling! In Street Magic Blaine walks every day streets performing his magic...
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