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Episode 042 - The man the world came to know as Harry Houdini, stunt performer, illusionist, magician was obsessed with magic and illusion from an early age. That obsession and drive to be better led him to become the most famous person ever to have practiced the magical arts. There was a darker thing driving Harry too. He wanted to prove the existence of an after life. This not only led him to years of heartache after the deaths of his parents. Harry made many enemies of would be spiritualists as he debunked them. Some say this is what led to the events in a Montreal dressing room that eventually caused the Great Houdini's demise. Web: https://darkpoutine.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darkpoutine/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/darkpoutinepod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkpoutine/  Email and PayPal tip jar: darkpoutinepodcast@gmail.com Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne) Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics) Sources:https://www.thegreatharryhoudini.com/https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdinihttps://ladailymirror.com/2015/06/01/harry-houdini-an-interview-by-marcet-haldeman-julius-october-1925/http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42723 The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin by Harry Houdini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprisoned_with_the_Pharaohshttps://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2014/10/harry-houdinis-rare-magic-books/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/death-of-houdini/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r8qr-p9z5g straitjacket escape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQfWw1m1Qos The Greatest: Houdini (1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ9lNRAjTQM How Houdini Died https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItDbVyT85kw Discovery Channel - Houdini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onG-ktpHiDM How Did Houdini Actually Die? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D50yh3WV-OQ Harry Houdini's Voice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IczEq22-rPU The Final Houdini Seance (Full Audio) https://www.amazon.ca/Secret-Life-Houdini-Americas-Superhero-ebook/dp/B000MGAU66/ Book: The Secret Life of Houdini https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keywords=houdini#https://librivox.org/author/4549?primary_key=4549&search_category=author&search_page=1&search_form=get_resultshttps://archive.org/search.php?query=1920%27s&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22audio%22&page=2https://archive.org/stream/pdfy-bDUVAOt69erDtFOJ/The%20Original%20Houdini%20Murder%20Theory_djvu.txthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Crandonhttp://www.houdinifile.com/ Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

In the summer of 2014 a five year old and his grandparents went missing. Foul play was suspected right away and rightly so.

In the summer of 1959 a family of 7 was found murdered in Stettler, AB. Who committed the crime was the most shocking of all.

The small town of Berwick, N.S. was horrified by the death of a local street person. The circumstances surrounding his death were even more horrendous..

In early July, 2010, Lyle and Marie McCann, retirees, beloved grandparents and great-parents packed up their RV and SUV in St. Albert, Alberta to head west to BC and visit more family. They were never seen again.

Elisa Lam, a University student from Vancouver, BC was on a solo trip in California in January of 2013. When she disappeared, foul play was suspected. She was found two weeks later. The truth of her whereabouts begged even more questions.

This is part 2 of of our first away game covering Andrei Chikatilo, one of the most prolific serial killers of all time killing as many as 56 in the USSR.

Andrei Chikatilo was one of the most prolific serial killers of all time killing as many as 56 in the USSR.

Episode 032: On August 14 1980, 20-year-old Vancouver B.C. born Playboy Playmate of the year and former Dairy Queen employee, Dorothy Stratten, was found dead ...

Episode 030: In August of 1982, Bob Johnson had not come back to work at the saw mill in Kelowna for over a week after his expected ...