Houdini vs Conan Doyle: is the spirit world real or a trick?

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HARRY HOUDINI vs DOYLE go head to head — and every jab is rooted in real history.

HARRY HOUDINI

Every séance I've exposed used hidden wires and trumpet tricks - I know, because I could do them all myself in the dark.

DOYLE

Yet you, Houdini, possess mediumistic powers you refuse to admit; my wife's spirit-writing reached your own departed mother.

HARRY HOUDINI

My mother spoke no English, Sir Arthur - so why did your wife's 'message' from her arrive in perfect King's English?

DOYLE

The spirits translate for us, Harry; it is your stubborn heart, not my evidence, that keeps the veil drawn shut.

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