THE WEEK IN HOUDINI HISTORY
Nov. 29, 1915: Jess Willard encounter at the Los Angeles Orpheum. [story]
Nov. 30, 1918: Finishes filming The Master Mystery. [more]
Dec. 1, 1977: Publication of Houdini His Legend and His Magic by Doug Henning and Charles Reynolds. [more]
Dec. 2, 1925: Engages in a “lively battle of words with women members of the Spiritualist Church” during matinee in Hartford, CT.
Dec. 3, 1910: Hires Jim Collins as his assistant. [more]
Dec. 4, 1915: Suspended straitjacket escape from the Express Tribune building in Los Angeles. [story]
Dec. 5, 1887: Bess's father Gebhard Rahner dies in Brooklyn at age 43.
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