![]() ![]() Our best guess is that the video above was shot around 1917.Īrthur Conan Doyle Discusses Sherlock Holmes and Psychics in a Rare Filmed Interview (1927)Īyun Halliday’s latest feat is directing 16 homeschooled teens in Yeast Nation, the world’s first bio-historical musical. Sheer open-mouthed amazement is a trick we see precious little of these days. Fastest regulated Posey straitjacket escape. (He also gave advice to genteel, post-WWI female readers on how to escape rope bondage.)įor a more manageable trick, imagine yourself a face in the crowd, gazing upward at the struggling magician, without texting, tweeting, or Instagramming. Houdinis (and many other illusionists) acts showed the straitjacket in action in a variety of ways. In need of more guidance? Have a look below at the how-to Houdini shared with Ladies Home Journal in 1918. Derived from the master’s own 1909 Handcuff Secrets(read the text online here), the directions are both vague and horrifying in their specificity, falling somewhere between assembling an Ikea bookshelf and 127 Hours. ![]() Place a foot on the end of either sleeve, then pull your torso up and back with a jerk to slip out of the straitjacket in one smooth motion. Lean forward until the sleeves of the jacket are draped across the floor at your feet. Should such warnings leave you undeterred, PBS has step-by-step instructions for performing Houdini’s strait jacket escape. Houdini’s uncanny escape abilities depended partly on his great physical strength and agility and partly on his extraordinary skill at manipulating locks. Step on the sleeves and stand up quickly to slip out of the straitjacket. Claustrophobes, take caution, and for pity’s sake, don’t try this at home! ![]()
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