Inside Magic

Have you been? Are you experienced? Have you gone to Appleton, Wisconsin? Have you seen this sacred ground where young Erich Weiss and his family moved after leaving Budapest, Hungary and where his father Mayer Samuel Weiss served as Rabbi for the reformed Synagogue?

Have you seen the Houdini Museum in this bucolic hamlet? It is truly a magical experience. You can walk the streets where young Erich walked and see the Synagogue where his father served until supplanted by a younger Rabbi.

Soon, you?ll be able to see how Houdini?s most famous effect, The Metamorphosis, was not only performed but also how it was accomplished. That?s right, you?ll be able to see and crawl through the trunk and learn the secret of the effect that fed Houdini and his brother, Hardeen, and later Houdini and his beloved Bess.

In Jim Steinmeyer?s new book, Hiding the Elephant, he credits Houdini with improving Metamorphosis by increasing the speed of the effect. And what an effect it was and still…
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