Purportedly, people still hold seances on Halloween night near where Harry Houdini was living in Los Angeles. These are no longer visible from the street. “Houdini Ruins” off Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles, ca. The seemingly “undefeatable” Harry Houdini died of sepsis on Halloween, 1926. Doctors discovered his appendix had ruptured and immediately had it surgically removed, but by then it was too late. Again, rather than seek medical attention, Houdini soldiered on with his shows until his wife, Bess convinced him to go to the hospital once her husband developed a 104 degree fever. – but without warning, Whitehead punched Houdini (reportedly more than once) which sent the magician writhing to the floor in pain. Of course, this required physical preparation by Houdini – tensing his abdomen muscles, etc. While in Montreal Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead, a student at McGill University, asked Houdini if he could punch him, as the illusionist was famous for withstanding a punch to the gut. Ever the showman, he refused to get medical attention choosing instead to continue his travels to Montreal where he was scheduled to speak on the fakery of mediums. On OctoHoudini broke his ankle during a show.
Houdini’s words couldn’t have been more prophetic. Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead (on the right) (from ).
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