Channeling The Sprit Of Eric Weiss
No son or grandson -- not even a distant relative
And yet all this interest, to get a hold of a dead guy. Well not the guy, but his spirit.
"And maybe tonight will be the night," said Sheila Lyon, a medium who reaches out to spirits.
Maybe.
Lyon never knew Eric Weiss, but Midge knows everything about him!
He was the first man to escape naked from jail cells. He was the first man to hang by his feet upside down outside of a building while escaping from a straight jacket.
I should tell you something else about Eric Weiss. He changed his name to Harry Houdini.
Houdini was simply the greatest escape artist, and magician who ever lived. The only thing he couldn't escape? Death.
Houdini, by the way, died on Halloween in 1926. And ever since, people have tried to reach him on Halloween!
Why? Maybe the question should be, why not?
Why here at Woodinville's Willows Lodge? It's because Harry Houdini slept here, and performed magic. This was someone's home at the time and Houdini was the guest of honor.
In fact, walk into the Willows Lodge you can see the actual Chinese water torture cell that Houdini used to escape and wow audiences.
For the record, Hollywood got it wrong when it claimed the water torture is how Houdini died. Actually, it was so much less dramatic.
Houdini's appendix burst.
So now, we wait to see if Harry Houdini can be brought back from the dead.
We did get any word -- nothing.
Maybe it's because when you die, you only answer to your real name.