Case file · High strangeness
The Final Houdini Séance
On Halloween 1936, ten years after Harry Houdini's death, his widow Bess held a séance on the roof of the Knickerbocker Hotel in Hollywood, broadcast by radio. Houdini did not come through.
1936 CE · 34.10, -118.33 · status: official
The account
Houdini had agreed a secret code with Bess so a genuine message could be recognised. After the séance she said ten years was long enough to wait for any man.