{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65b9bec20210690018d12df4/66f125f262c94c3d774832e3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Magician Among the Spirits","description":"<p>In this episode, we dive deep into the life of the legendary escape artist, Harry Houdini, and his surprising and eventually strained friendship with the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Houdini dazzled the world with his death-defying stunts and escapes, but as much as he wanted to believe in spiritualism, he couldn’t escape the doubts he had about its validity. In contrast, his friend Sir Arthur was so enamoured with the idea of the afterlife, Houdini couldn’t even convince him that he himself did not have true magic powers. Sp grab your handcuffs, hold your breath, and take a journey with us through magic and mediums!</p><p><br></p><p>CORRECTION: The world record for longest time spent awake is actually 18 days!</p><p><br></p><p>See photos discussed in this episode on our<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/conjuringcuriosities/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> instagram</a></p><p>Follow us on<a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@conjuringcuriosities\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> tiktok</a> for videos that cover a condensed version of each topic!</p><p><br></p><p>SOURCES:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-Houdini\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Britannica - Harry Houdini</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/houdini-timeline/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PBS - Timeline of Houdini's Life</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.biography.com/celebrities/harry-houdini\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Biography - Harry Houdini</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/p/houdini-biography.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wild About Houdini - The life of Harry Houdini</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/30/harry-houdini-and-the-art-of-escape\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker - Harry Houdini and the Art of Escape</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia - Harry Houdini</a></p><p><br></p><p>Villa Finale - The Spiritualist Versus the Illusionist: The Battle Between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini <a href=\"https://villafinale.wordpress.com/2023/02/27/the-spiritualist-versus-the-illusionist-the-battle-between-sir-arthur-conan-doyle-and-harry-houdini-part-one/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PART 1</a> <a href=\"https://villafinale.wordpress.com/2023/03/01/the-spiritualist-versus-the-illusionist-the-battle-between-sir-arthur-conan-doyle-and-harry-houdini-part-two/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PART 2</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.splicetoday.com/writing/harry-houdini-s-spiritual-feud-with-arthur-conan-doyle#:~:text=Conan%20Doyle%20told%20reporters%20he,hope%20has%20now%20been%20dissipated.%E2%80%9D\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Splice Today - Harry Houdini’s Spiritual Feud With Arthur Conan Doyle</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2020/11/19/sir-arthur-conan-doyle-spoke-dead-spiritualism-sherlock-holmes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">American Magazine - When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (maybe) spoke with the dead</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://murder-mayhem.com/sir-arthur-conan-doyle-and-spiritualism\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Murder &amp; Mayhem - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Enduring Obsession With the World of Spiritualism</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/01/28/1227217274/sleep-deprivation-record\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NPR - Lessons from sleeplessness: The 60th anniversary of Randy Gardner's world record</a></p>","author_name":"Clara and Sabrina"}