Charles Greene III: Exposing Houdini

About this episode

Charles Greene III discusses his new book about lost images of Houdini.

Charles Greene III returns to The Magic Book Podcast to discuss his new book, "Exposing Houdini: 52 Lost Glass Plate Images." The book features a previously unknown cache of Houdini negatives Charles traced from an abandoned safe deposit box in Ohio to the mentalist Joseph Dunninger. Hear stories about the first photographs ever taken of the Milk Can Escape, why a single tugboat moved one image from Australia to Philadelphia, the rest moment hidden inside the Water Torture Cell, and the one photograph no expert has been able to identify.

People in this episode

Guest: Charles Greene III

Topics covered

• Houdini
• photography
• magic history
• mentalism
• lost artifacts

Keywords

• Houdini
• Charles Greene III
• photographs
• Milk Can Escape
• Water Torture Cell

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Exposing Houdini: 52 Lost Glass Plate Images

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