handcuffs.

i have great respect for houdini. even more so, now that i have watched the history channel special on him. apparently, after his mother died, houdini became really anti-spiritualism. (as in, calling up the dead...) he felt like the mediums were taking advantage of the individual's loss and using the tricks to completely deceive them. and of course houdini is the master trickster, so he very quickly was able to recognize and pick them apart. he had this whole campaign against the mediums, and would trap them. and expose them as frauds. which is really quite amazing. and he knew that when he died people would try to bring him back, so he made this code with his wife, and said. if you are able to do this, this is what i will say, and if i don't, you know it's fake. which i thought was -strange, definitely, but it shows some very specific planning and insight on his part. anyways. thought that was interesting....