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I mean who ever truly believed that he died by getting punched in the stomach when he wasn't ready rupturing his appendix. It always seemed strange to me. They are going to dig him up to see if he was poisoned.

2007-03-23 03:48:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities History

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Yes.....but the murderer escaped.

2007-03-23 03:51:33 · answer #1 · answered by lou b 6 · 0 0

I have never heard anyone say he was murdered. He was able to take punches, like me and Wang Tsu-Chin, but a college boy hit him unexpectedly. That could cause a ruptured appendix. Then Ehrich Weiss-Harry Houdini developed peritonitis and fought it a while. On Hallowe'en Day of 1926, he told his wife he thought it was going to get the best of him and soon died. I see no reason to believe he was deliberately murdered. Conspiracy theory buffs are never satisfied with simple explanations about such matters.

2007-03-23 04:30:16 · answer #2 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0 0

Houdini's last performance was at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, on October 24, 1926. The next day he was hospitalized at Detroit's Grace Hospital. Houdini died of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix at 1:26 p.m. on October 31 (Halloween), 1926, at the age of 52.

The most widespread account is that Houdini's ruptured appendix was caused by multiple blows to his abdomen from a McGill University student, J. Gordon Whitehead, in Montreal on October 22. Another possibilty suggested is poisoning. The eyewitnesses to this event were two McGill University students named Jacques Price and Sam Smilovitz (sometimes called Jack Price and Sam Smiley). Their accounts generally agreed. The following is according to Price's description of events. Houdini was reclining on his couch after his performance, having an art student sketch him. When Whitehead came in and asked if it was true that Houdini could take any blow to the stomach, Houdini replied in the affirmative. In this instance, he was struck several times, before Houdini protested. Whitehead reportedly continued hitting Houdini several times afterwards, and Houdini acted as though he were in some pain. Price recounted that Houdini stated that if he had had time to prepare himself properly, he would have been in better position to take the blows. After taking statements from Price and Smilovitz, Houdini's insurance company concluded that the death was due to the dressing room incident and paid double indemnity.[12]

Despite this, modern medical knowledge gives no reason to believe Houdini's acute appendicitis was caused by any physical trauma. McGill University's archive supported this idea: It appears that Whitehead's punch to Houdini's stomach, while not fatal, aggravated an existing but still undetected case of appendicitis. Although in serious pain, Houdini nonetheless continued to travel without seeking medical attention."

Some people have suggested the possibility that Houdini died of poisoning. Houdini attempted to debunk the work of a group of psychics known as the 'Spiritualists', and members of this group, such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, were clearly at odds with him in the later part of his life. There is evidence which suggests that one or more supporters of the Spiritualists murdered Houdini, possibly by poisoning his food with arsenic or another deadly substance. In 2007, some of Houdini's descendants and several notable forensic pathologists tried to gain permission to exhume Houdini's remains and search for evidence of poisoning. Dr. Michael Baden, who chaired panels reinvestigating the deaths of President John F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., pointed out an oddity in Houdini's death certificate: It noted his appendix was on the left side, rather than the right.

2007-03-23 03:57:50 · answer #3 · answered by Irene Soh 3 · 1 0

On October 22, 1926, during a series of performances in Montreal, Houdini met with three young men. One of them, Joselyn Gordon Whitehead, asked if it was true that Houdini could withstand any blow to his upper body. Houdini allowed Whitehead to test him, but Whitehead punched before Houdini had time to prepare himself for the blow. By the afternoon, Houdini had severe stomach pain, but still performed that night and the next day.[12]

When Houdini arrived at the theater in Detroit, Michigan, on October 24, 1926, for what would be his last performance, he had a fever of 104 degrees F. Despite a diagnosis of actue appendicitis, Houdini took the stage. Afterwards, he was hospitalized at Detroit's Grace Hospital.[13] Houdini died of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix at 1:26 p.m. on October 31 (Halloween), 1926, at the age of 52.

Despite this, modern medical knowledge gives no reason to believe Houdini's acute appendicitis was caused by any physical trauma. McGill University's archive supported this idea: It appears that Whitehead's punch to Houdini's stomach, while not fatal, aggravated an existing but still undetected case of appendicitis. Although in serious pain, Houdini nonetheless continued to travel without seeking medical attention."

Some people have suggested the possibility that Houdini died of poisoning. Houdini attempted to debunk the work of a group of psychics known as the 'Spiritualists', and members of this group, such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, were clearly at odds with him in the later part of his life. There is evidence that suggests that one or more supporters of the Spiritualists murdered Houdini, possibly by poisoning his food with arsenic or another deadly substance. In 2007, some of Houdini's descendants and several notable forensic pathologists tried to gain permission to exhume Houdini's remains and search for evidence of poisoning. Dr. Michael Baden, who chaired panels reinvestigating the deaths of President John F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., pointed out an oddity in Houdini's death certificate: It noted his appendix was on the left side, rather than the right.[14]

Houdini's funeral was held on November 4, 1926, in New York, with over two thousand mourners in attendance. He was interred in the Machpelah Cemetery in Queens, New York, with the crest of the Society of American Magicians inscribed on his grave site. The Society holds their "Broken Wand" ceremony at the grave site on the anniversary of his death to this day. Houdini's wife, Bess, died in February, 1943, and was not permitted to be interred with him at Machpelah Cemetery because she was a non-Jew. Bess Houdini is interred at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.

2007-03-24 00:29:29 · answer #4 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 0 0

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2016-10-19 10:16:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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