The Houdini Hearings
The Houdini Hearings
The Houdini Hearings
The Houdini Hearings
The Houdini Hearings

The Houdini Hearings

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Houdini’s 1926 Congressional Testimony on Fortune Telling

Facsimile scanned from the original
Originally published 1926
Testimony by Harry Houdini
Additional statements by Houdini’s undercover colleague Rose Mackenberg
Witness statements by fortune tellers, mediums, and others

172 pp.
Hardbound (casebound)
6.25 x 9.25 in.
Gorgeous glossy cover
High-quality satin-finish paper

In 1926, Houdini testified about his crusade against fortune-telling before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee about a proposed law banning divinatory pros in Washington D.C. The Government Printing Office published a long report transcribing the exact full-length testimony of Houdini, his colleague Rose Mackenberg, and various fortune-tellers.

These precise transcriptions are among the longest existing passages of Houdini speaking, and his often-contentious conversations with the politicians and the colorful witnesses are fascinating. In these eye-opening records, Houdini grandstands and rambles as the congressmen vainly try to keep him focused on the bill they’re considering.

Our facsimile reproduces the 1926 first edition from the Karr Collection. Like our other reprints, we haven’t re-typeset the text, so you can see the actual original pages.

Note: You can also purchase this book with some of our other Houdini-related works and save. See: The Houdini World Bundle

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Contents

1. Statement of Rep. Sol Bloom
2. Statement of Harry Houdini, New York City
3. Statement of Miss Jane B. Coates
4. Statement of Remigius Weiss
5. Additional Statement of Harry Houdini
6. Statement of Miss Rose Mackenberg
7. Statement of Rev. H. P. Strack
8. Statement of Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher
9. Additional Statement of Mr. Harry H. Houdini
10. Statement of Harry Houdini – Resumed
11. Statement of Miss Jane B. Coates
12. Statement of Alfred H. Terry
13. Statement of Mrs. Ella McLaren
14. Statement of Mrs. Grace Marcia
15. Testimony of Miss Rose Mackenberg
16. Statement of Mrs. Ella C. Hiawatha
17. Statement of Rev. H. P. Strack
18. Statement of J. B. Hubbell
19. Statement of Mrs. J. M. Warneke
20. Statement of W. H. Sears
21. Further Statement of Rev. H. P. Strack
21. Statement of E. C. Palmer
22. Statement of C. Larimore Keeley
23. Statement of Madame Grace Marcia
24. Statement of Rev. Rose Mackenberg
25. Statement of Miss Julia Sawyer
26. Statement of S. Scharbau
27. Statement of R. J. Abbasicchio
28. Statement of Charles William Myers
29. Statement of Rev. C. V. Marrow
30. Statement of Mrs. C. H. Stone
31. Closing Statement of Harry Houdini

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