Harry Houdini: A Ghost Story
DISGRACELAND
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4.6 • 13.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Harry Houdini was the world's greatest escape artist and at the height of his powers was one of the world's most famous people. His unearthly ability to escape any prison and to break free of any bondage was matched only by his aggressive self-promotion. Anyone who tried to get in his way, rewrite his story, steal his thunder or question his abilities would find themselves in his crosshairs. When the burgeoning Spiritualist movement tried to make a fool of Houdini, he began a crusade that would last the rest of his life. And when his life was over, the question Houdini left the world was: could he make the greatest escape in history?
This episode was originally published on October 24, 2024.
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| 0:00.0 | Disgraceland is a production of Double Elvis. |
| 0:20.2 | This is the story about a ghost, a ghost story, a ghost who was full of shit. |
| 0:27.3 | A ghost who, many say, represented the greatest illusionist of all time, escape artist Harry Houdini. |
| 0:34.8 | But it's also a story about the occult, about magic, about fame and grief, and about a mansion |
| 0:43.3 | where great music was made. |
| 0:47.0 | Unlike that music I played for you at the top of the show, that wasn't great music. |
| 0:52.8 | That was a preset loop from my Melotron called Laurels Blues MK2. |
| 1:00.2 | I played you that loop because I can't afford the rights to |
| 1:03.7 | I adore me a more by Color Me Bad. |
| 1:08.1 | And why would I play you that specific slice of heart-shaped creola cheese could I afford it? |
| 1:14.9 | Because that was the number one song in America on September 24th, 1991. |
| 1:21.7 | And that was the day the red hot chili peppers released the album Blood Sugar Sex Magic, |
| 1:27.1 | further stoking the myth |
| 1:28.6 | of Harry Houdini's |
| 1:30.1 | ghost |
| 1:30.5 | On this episode |
| 1:32.9 | The occult, |
| 1:34.3 | fame, grief, |
| 1:36.0 | the chili peppers |
| 1:36.8 | and the ghost |
| 1:38.0 | of Harry Houdini. |
| 1:40.4 | I'm Jake Brennan |
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