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17. 2. 2014 - 12:04

Today's Webtip: Houdini's Scrapbooks

An amazing collection of ancient ephemera.

Harry Houdini aside from being one of the greatest magicians ever, he was also a sort of early mythbuster. He spent time later in his life researching and debunking spiritualism.

Houdini

Both of these things required a lot of research, much of which was collected and pasted into scrapbooks. 10 of Houdini's scrapbooks have now been digitized and made available online.