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Houdini performed at the Paramount theater in downtown Austin over 100 years ago. If you visit that beautifully restored theater today for any performance (I've
by todd8 10y ago
Houdini performed at the Paramount theater in downtown Austin over 100 years ago. If you visit that beautifully restored theater today for any performance (I've seen Sheryl Crow and Penn and Teller there amongst others), look for a hole in the decorated ceiling on the left side in the front.
It is claimed that Houdini put it there for a levitation illusion.
- saycheese 10y agoThere’s some debate how the "Houdini hole"[1] in the ceiling got there: “The story that Charlie Root told me is a little different than what they say now. There is a national organization of magicians who are sure it was Harry Houdini who cut the hole in order to insert some sort of apparatus to levitate a woman. But, Charlie, who in 1971 was one of the only living people who had been in the theater during its glory days, told me it was Harry Blackstone, a magician who was nowhere near as famous as Houdini. That’s all I know. I have no idea if someone has been up there to see if there was something up there.”[2] [1] Photo of "Houdini Hole" http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iiUFWI6Wdlo/VM52B-US1lI/AAAAAAAAbkw/0BuDhROFUAI/s1600/HoudiniHole.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iiUFWI6Wdlo/VM52B-US1lI/AAAAAAAAbk... [2] http://www.austinmonthly.com/Austin-Amplified/September-2015/10-Things-You-May-Not-Know-About-the-Paramount-Theatre/ http://www.austinmonthly.com/Austin-Amplified/September-2015...