Harry Houdini makes his third appearance at the circle and promises to bring evidence
that will “knock your socks off.”
The Circle of the Silver Chord
April 29th, 2007
Houdini: Zammit, can you hear me?
Mitch: Hello.
Victor: Hello.
Houdini: Zammit.
Victor: Yes, I’m here.
Houdini: Can you hear me?
Victor: Yes, of course I can. Who is it?
Houdini: Who do you think it is?
Renee: Houdini.
Victor: Houdini.
Chris: Harry.
Houdini: That’s right.
Renee: Hello Harry.
Victor: Hello Harry.
Houdini: How are you, Zammit?
Victor: I’m O.K. Thank you so much, Harry. You have something for us?
Houdini: Hey Zammit……
Victor: Yeah.
Houdini: I’ve got something to say to you.
Victor: Yeah, of course.
Houdini: It’s caused quite a stir, me coming through, hasn’t it?
Wendy: It has.
Victor: Tremendous publicity.
Houdini: Well, I’ll tell you something Zammit, what I’m going to do.
Victor: Yeah.
Houdini: I’m going to bring through some information for you.
Victor: Yeah.
Houdini: I’m going to do it when I’m good and ready, not when all those people…..
Victor: That’s O.K. That’s O.K.
Houdini: Maybe I’ll do better than that, maybe I’ll just bring through something….
Victor: O.K.
Houdini:…..an apport.
Victor: Oh, terrific.
Houdini: And that will prove to all and sundry, won’t it?
Victor: Yeah.
Wendy: That would be wonderful.
Victor: It would help a great deal, yeah.
Houdini: Help a great deal, I think that it would crack the nuts of anyone.
(laughter)
Victor: You know me, by now Houdini if any of you have been reading my website
you’ll know I don’t trust anyone, anywhere, anytime, anyplace, until I’m given absolute
proof.
Houdini: You know something Zammit?
Victor: Yes.
Houdini: I’d have given you something a run for your money, I can tell you that.
Victor: Right.
Houdini: You’d ‘ve had your work cut out with me, not unlike that Randy (Swellwigger)
fellow. Yes, I’m sure. I can tell you that.
Victor: Yeah.
Houdini: Zammit, you watch out for what’s happening……because I’m going to knock
your socks off, I can tell you that. You can quote me on that one, Zammit, if you want.
Victor: I sure will, I sure will. You’re making everyone so, you know, excited about all
this.
Houdini: Well, that’s the whole point, isn’t it? What’s the point of me coming through
and just sitting, talking about stupid lily-livered stuff that doesn’t make any difference to
anybody.
Victor: That’s right, yeah that’s right.
Wendy: You’re really clear tonight. You’re speaking beautifully.
: Yes, he is, thank you.
Houdini: And am I speaking to you in a South American accent? I don’t think so.
Chris: No, definitely not, Harry.
Houdini: You know if some of these people would just give me the opportunity to speak,
and then I’d do it in my own good time.
Wendy: Wonderful.
Victor: Tell us Harry, are you still with Beatrice?
Houdini: What’s this Zammit? Not one of these……trials, is it?
You know Zammit, I’ve taken bigger people than you are in my time.
Victor: That’s O.K., that’s O.K.
Houdini: You want to do a bit of debunking, Zammit, then I’ll do it with you, my friend.
Victor: O.K. All right.
Chris: Mr. Houdini, can I ask you a question?
Houdini: And who might you be?
Chris: Chris Howarth.
Houdini: And who’s Chris Howarth?
Chris: Well, I’m a developing physical medium from England.
Houdini: I suppose you can.
Chris: I’d just like to ask you, Harry, and I’m not being flippant or anything, have you
made your peace with Marjorie Crandon yet?
Houdini: Well, let me tell you this: that me and her brother Walter Stinson…..
Chris: That’s correct, yes.
Houdini: We had a few run-ins.
Chris: I’ll bet you did.
Houdini: Well, I suppose because I’m dead I had to accept it, that I was dead.
Chris: Yes, I know.
Houdini: So, let’s say that I buried a few hatchets.
Chris: Well done, my dear friend, well done, well do.
Houdini: That might be the best way to tell you.
Chris: Yes, I can completely understand that, yes thank you.
Victor: Just one thing Harry, twice you said that you were talking to Spiritualists, we are
not Spiritualists.
Houdini: Well, I beg your pardon. I presume ****, that you all would be Spiritualists.
Victor: We’re not Spiritualists.
Houdini: ….but if you’re not well I stand corrected, that just makes my job even better.
Victor: That’s O.K. That’s for the purpose of the record.
Houdini: You know something? I never really liked mixing with the Spiritualists anyway.
Victor: Well then, you’re among friends.
Houdini: Well, I’ve learned a little bit, I’ll tell you that, since I’ve been over, that some of
these Spiritualists – not all of them are fakes and frauds.
Mitch: Harry, hi, Mitch here.
Houdini: And who might you be?
Mitch: We’ve been introduced once before. Now, it’s great sitting in this room and we
have proof, but just listening to a voice on the internet, well I don’t think that’s proof, so
if I were to come back I could think of numerous things that I could say, do, or point to
that would prove that it was me.
Houdini: Yes…..
Mitch: Why cannot you do that for us?
Houdini: And has that, has been one thing that many people have said, and as I have just
said, there’s so much information about me that sometimes fact and fiction becomes
blended into one, so as I have just said this evening that I will bring through an apported
object that was personal and belonged to me, and can be verified to that end.
Mitch: Terrific, thanks.
Houdini: And the rest is up to you. You know words anybody can say – I’ve done this,
and I’ve been here, and I know this person.
Mitch: Exactly, and hence my question – Who in particular will verify that this is a
personal belonging of yours, Harry?
Houdini: Well all you need to do is take it to the Magic Circle and I’m sure that there’s
people there that will verify some of the things that I used.
Victor: So, this is in New York, isn’t it?
Houdini: Yes.
Victor: That’s O.K. Harry, we have a picture of you next door to Conan Doyle. You see
much of Conan Doyle?
Houdini: We’ve had a few conversations, especially if I’m really truthful with you – he
was the one that introduced me to this here circle. Yes, he was the one.
Victor: Tell him we do miss him.
Houdini: Well, I’m sure that given the opportunity he’ll come through again and speak to
you. You know Zammit?
Victor: Yeah.
Houdini: You can always do one of your voice correlations upon my voice.
Victor: Yes, yes.
Mitch: Are we doing that, Victor?
Victor: Yes, we’re doing that.
Houdini: Go ahead Zammit, make my day.
Victor: You got that from my writings, Harry.
Houdini: You know Zammit, I’ve paid an interest in your work, you’re quite a feisty
fellow.
Victor: Right, right.
Wendy: A bit like you, I think.
Victor: A bit like you, Harry.
Houdini: Kindred spirits, Zammit. Kindred spirits.
Victor: That’s right, absolutely.
Houdini: Well, I’d better go, I suppose.
Chris: Can I ask you one question, Harry?
Houdini: You can ask me what you want, whether I answer is another thing.
Chris: Harry, who did you feel that you did the greatest disservice to, who was a medium
in your time, I remember from a previous conversation you said that there was some
people that…..
Houdini: You want my truth, I’ll give you some truth, myself. Marjorie Crandon had the
worst of my wrath. Marjorie Crandon.
Victor: Do you see her?
Houdini: I’ve already answered that Zammit, weren’t you listening?
Victor: I was overwhelmed by your presence here.
Houdini: Clean your ears out, Zammit.
Houdini: I only jest with you, I only jest. Good night.
All: Good night
Wendy: Thanks for coming.
Victor: Thanks for coming.