On April 18, 1918, a terrible accident occurred on the stage of the New York Hippodrome during a performance of Cheer Up. While Houdini wasn't involved in the accident, he was in the theater at the time.
The current issue of The Magazine of the Society for Psychical Research contains two groundbreaking articles about the life, death, and afterlife of Walter Stinson, brother of Mina "Margery" Crandon and her seance room spirit guide.
Ultrarunner Todd Aydelotte has made another historic Houdini run in New York City. This time he's at the site of Huber's dime museum where The Houdinis performed in their early careers.