"The seats, if memory serves, were on the right side of the orchestra and we were in the fourth or fifth row." "I bought six tickets for the opening performance as soon as they were put on sale," Mr. Gantz said she had no prior knowledge of magic "but we could see through his tricks." The Gantzes were the guests that night of Harry Rickles, Toledo, O. A young woman who assisted him seemed concerned and nervous about his condition. Several times during the show he touched his side. "The show was scheduled to start at 8:30 but it didn't begin until after 9 o'clock. "My husband and I were married that month," Mrs. October, 1926, is brightly vivid in the memory of Mrs. "Houdini's performances or exhibitions were far removed from the commonplace or natural," Smith declared, "and it is my belief and always has been that of all the people I have read about, seen or come in contact with, Houdini was one of two people that have been able to master the power of mind over matter - call it supernatural or what you may." Smith, also of Detroit and a long-time Houdini fan, was present at the show, but did not recall anything that set it apart from other programs. He looked down at the footlights and said goodbye to the audience, and then walked backward, bowing at each step, as if it were quite an effort."Ĭ. "His departure from the stage was very impressive. You may be sure that he was quite shrewd in concealing pain," Maple said, "but it seemed to me that throughout the program, and especially the latter part, he was a sick man." Maple, a Detroit businessman, remembered Houdini as "calm and careful, but he did nothing that required unusual physical exertion. Recollections of Houdini's final show at Detroit's Garrick TheatreĮ. Taken at the November 21, 2002, broken wand Thanks to Tony Parisi, NY, for the next photos Thanks to Ginny Michaels for the next photo Houdini's Brother Theo (Hardeen) Inherits Secretsīess Attempts to Contact Houdini Each Year on Halloween Thanks to William "Wild Bill" Cutter for obtaining the next photo.
Houdini's grave site - Recent David Medd Photoīess and Theo (Hardeen) at Houdini's Grave
Thanks to Mick Hanzlik for obtaining the next photo Thanks to Fred Sneathern for obtaining the next photo Houdini's Body Arrives at Grand Central Station, New York Kennedy, Houdini's surgeon, and Houdini's brother (Hardeen)
Room 401 - actual room where Houdini diedĭr. Knickerbocker Hotel - site of Bess's 1936 Seance to Contact Houdini Houdini's last venue - The Garrick Theatre, Detroit, MIĪdvertisement for Houdini's last shows at Garrick Thanks to Scott Michaels from for obtaining the next six photos Houdini's last venue - Close-up - The Garrick Theatre, Detroit, MI Houdini's Grave - Close up of Weeping Woman Statue Thanks to Elliott from Stamford, CT, for the next six GREAT photos Stevens and Bradhurst Avenues, Hawthorne, New York. Machpelah is a Jewish cemetery, and Bess was Catholic.īess Houdini died on a train in California enroute to NYC,Īnd is buried at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery, His entire family is buried there, mother, father, sister and brothers -Ī plot next to Harry was planned for her,īut she couldn't be laid to rest there, because on October 31, 1926, Halloween.Ĩ2-30 Cypress Hills Street, Queens, New York. Houdini died of peritonitis resulting from appendicitisĪt 1:26 P.M. Houdini | Harry Houdini | Houdini's Death
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