That was a bit strange for George Hardeen, because admittedly, he knows little about his great-uncle. 'And I think that's the purpose of these seances - to give an opportunity for folks to come back and talk about Houdini,' he says. They would beseech him to just show a sign, move something on the table.'Īfter about half an hour, he says, 'they threw in the towel, and then it was over.' The group went to a really nice bar, drank some scotch and just talked. 'They had a medium, and he was very entertaining, calling upon Houdini in a very dramatic way. They had some articles that belonged to Houdini,' he says. 'The Houdini legacy has taken a new branch,' says Hardeen, 'because my wife is Navajo, and my children are enrolled members of the Navajo Nation.' Planning on writing a book about his bro.George Hardeen is shown with his wife, Lena Fowler, and one of his three children, Shonie Fowler Hardeen. From 1938 to 1941, he was featured in Olsen and Johnson's Broadway revue, Hellzapoppin, and during WWII he performed for the troops. After his brother's death in 1926 he played the vaudeville circuit, doing many of Houdini's routines.

He was the first magician to conceive escaping from a submerged straitjacket in full view of the audience, rather than behind a curtain. Hardeen, who usually billed himself as the 'brother of Houdini', was the founder of the Magician's Guild. In 1893, he performed with Houdini at Coney Island as 'The Brothers Houdini'. Theodore Hardeen (MaJune 12, 1945) was a Hungarian magician and escape artist who was the younger brother of Harry Houdini. Mentalist supreme, Princess Yvonne, the mystery girl' lithograph poster created by Traingle Poster Printing Company, 1931. Entitled 'On the stage - in person, Hardeen, brother of Houdini handcuffs and jails will not hold him the greatest mystery show of all times.

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