Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Has Houdini Ever Been Contacted with a Séance?<br> <br> <br> <br> Has Houdini ever been contacted with a séance? Pat and Rebecca are celebrating October with a month of spooky episodes on seances and talking to the dead. Houdini seances have been an annual event on Halloween since his death in 1926. Special Guest <a href="https://www.mayfieldmagic.com/">Jacob Mayfield</a>, mind reader, mentalist, and psychic entertainer from Chicago, will be recreating this spectacular event this year and he’s here to talk about the history of Harry Houdini and his séance. Pat and Rebecca then debate whether Houdini has ever appeared. What do you think?<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/houdini">Harry Houdini in Handcuffs</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Questions Explored in this Episode<br> <br> <br> <br> Who is Harry Houdini? How did he become a magician? What happened to Houdini? What were his most famous tricks? Who is Bess? What made Houdini a skeptic? Why did he and Bess make a pack to contact each other in the afterlife? What is the Houdini séance? What are some of the most famous Houdini séances? Has a Houdini séance ever worked?<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/houdini">Houdini and his wife, Bess</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Vote on the Episode<br> <br> <br> <br> Done listening? Go vote on what you think at <a href="http://www.ghostlypodcast.com/polls">ghostlypodcast.com/polls.</a> #TeamBeliever #TeamSkeptic<br> <br> <br> <br> Listener Mail and Questions<br> <br> <br> <br> This week’s listener came in the mail! Have a spooky story or question of your own (or someone you know)? Send your story or question to <a href="mailto:info@ghostlypodcast.com">info@ghostlypodcast.com</a> or leave a voicemail at 630-448-2138 and we might read or share it on the podcast. You could be on a future episode of Ghostly!<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/houdini">Houdini Lyceum Theatre Poster</a><br> <br> <br> <br> History of Houdini and Houdini Seances<br> <br> <br> <br> Pat and Rebecca interview Mentalist Jacob Mayfield about Harry Houdini’s history and the history of his seances.<br> <br> <br> <br> The Debate<br> <br> <br> <br> Rebecca and Pat debate several instances where people claim to have heard from Houdini as part of the seances.<br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/houdini">Bess Houdini and Eddie Saint as they prepare for the last Official Houdini Seance in 1936 — 10 years after Harry’s death</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Poll Results<br> <br> <br> <br> Find out what listeners said for the Interview with a Medium episode – Are seances real? Still need to listen to our previous episode? Check it out <a href="http://www.ghostlypodcast.com/">here</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> Ghostly Podcast Book Club<br> <br> <br> <br> Ghostly Book Club<br> <br> <br> <br> Interested in joining our new Ghostly Book Club? If you want to read spooky books and talk about them with fellow Ghostly listeners, sign up at <a href="https://ghostlypodcast.com/book-club/">ghostlypodcast.com/book-club</a>. Our first meeting is October 29th.<br> <br> <br> <br> Ghostly Gear<br> <br> <br> <br> New merchandise store right on our website at <a href="http://ghostlypodcast.com/store">ghostlypodcast.com/store</a> for all your Ghostly Gear! Several new items including Microclimate shirts! Also grab a Ghostly mask.<br> <br> <br> <br> Done Listening to the Houdini Episode?<br> <br> <br> <br> Please subscribe to Ghostly and give us a rating on iTunes or any podcast app where they let you. Tell your friends! Then you can debate the truth yourselves. Word of mouth is one of the best ways to grow our audience,
