Houdini Final Days Revisited
Recorded 2026-10-20 · In The News
Was a punch really the event that led to Harry Houdini's death?
As the centennial approaches, a retired surgeon is challenging the familiar explanation.
Larrian Gillespie argues that a bowel obstruction was central to the magician's final illness, and even disputes his recorded date of death.
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