For themselves and their families members are able to take back the freedom to make their own decisions about their health care you have the freedom to direct your health care not to be dictated to by big government or insurance company bureaucrats stop letting others tell you what to do exercise your freedom join Liberty Bell share do it today there were no windows no limit in a room it period no penalties you can join liberty halls here at any time 365 days a year I did my family is a member liberty toll free at 85558 liberty for more information that's 5558 liberty or online at liberty health care dot org That's Liberty health care dot org Saudi Arabia's crown prince says the killing of Washington Post writer tomorrow will not drive a wedge between the kingdom and Turkey addressing a high profile economic conference in Riyadh through an interpreter Mohammad the informant said the journalist that could not be justified to bring to justice those who are disposable and for this heinous crime she will know that she and there will be. Before cost edition there's no doubt that you 2 people are dead after a shooting which a rep that at a Kruger grocery store on the outskirts of Louisville Kentucky different than town police chief Sam Rogers says this suspect is in custody but not before he changed gunfire in the store's parking lot the suspect encountered a citizen that was on the citizen engaged the suspect with additional gunfire back and forth out here in the parking lot that gunfire resulted in no way injuries no one else was struck here listening to us radio news look I know this isn't the 1st my post but you're heard if you don't have yours yet what are you waiting for my pillow stays cool keeps a shape all night long you can toss it in your washer and dryer and it's like new again made in the USA comes the 10 year warranty and a great money back guarantee if you don't love your my pillow you have till March 1st to return it how about that go to my pillow dot com click on the Buy One Get One Free special Here's my code USA and get one free pillow when you buy one a regular price plus shipping that's my. Dot com click on the Buy One Get One Free special enter promo code USA That's promo code USA Facebook has been raking in millions thanks to political ads and one Democrat running for Senate is the biggest spender he was says Chris Barnes has details Facebook says in its new ad archive report that between the 1st of May and the 20th of October a total of $256392000.00 was spent on Facebook ads for political campaigns or issues of national importance that paid for 1000000 677184 ads u.s. Senate candidate bet O'Rourke of Texas spending more than any other Us politician during the cycle of the Democratic challenger to incumbent Senator Ted Cruz forking over more than $5400000.00 on Facebook ads since May That's more than 10 times the amount the Republican in the race spent on his reelection bid over that period for us a Radio News I'm Chris Barnes the Dow Jones fell more than 600 points on Wednesday and the Nasdaq dropped 29 market analyst Michael Farr anticipation of higher interest rates and then an earnings season that would be Ok but probably not spectacular leave a lot of market participants feeling here and heading for the exits he says corporate earnings are good and the banking is sound so there's no reason to panic for USA radio news m when he came. To. N.G.O.s and Michael Ballack on our program it really does I think inform you I feel like you get out but you know what I feel like people need help and a little bit of laughter and that's what we try to get down here working like the Donny and Marie of news and information like. I'm Marie weekday mornings Phaidon and again at 11 here on 560 k l z. Another hour of our American stories is coming up on Calle z $560.00. This is our American stories and it's time for our special presentation on the life of the most famous magician and illusionist of all time just yet which brings us the story of the great Harry Houdini. And. We begin the story Harry Houdini the most famous magician the world has ever known night of October 31st 1936 on the rooftop of Nixon bought her hotel and Hollywood California 10 years to the day after Houdini died on hollow wino 1926. We. Have great right to believe them that. They were. Good at it. They are going to regret. It every day of prayer right here going to. The grave to Dini had made a pact with his wife bets that he would make every attempt to communicate with her as a spirit from beyond the grave after he was dead so every year on holiday the widow of Harry Houdini held a seance for him on the night of his departure for the next 10 years without ever making contact. In this the 10th and final officials say off for Harry Houdini gold invitations were sent to some 300 guests and reporters lights as far away as New York were dim and one minute of silence was observed as the ceremony began in prayer. Meditation and prayer. Mats are my kind of you know. Who do you let it get under 70 feet stand around that are covered here in the night. We are. Very. Direct. And we wait for the right the. Man. Table with who Dinis handcuffs was certainly the edge of the roof with the Hollywood sign as the prominent dramatic backdrop lit up in the distance of the hollowing night now the final plea for the great deal to appear in spirit for. The 1st to get. And again like 10 times before who Dean did not come through from the other side. His wife Bess had no other choice but to concede there's been a very you were already. There out have you we. For 10 years best presided over these well publicized seances though she stopped participating in 1938 not a single hollowing has passed since without an official who deeming seance held by magicians somewhere in the world as homage to the Great. Which is somewhat ironic considering that Harry Houdini was well known for his efforts to debunk spiritualist mediums and psychics even wrote a book about called a magician among the spirits and was a member of a Scientific American Committee offering cash prizes to anyone who could demonstrate psychic abilities in the scrutiny of scientific observers Guinea would debunk mediums by wearing elaborate disguises and infiltrating saying Service tricks of the trade could easily be exposed by one with such knowledge and allusions as. Possessed but where did you Deni obtain this knowledge of illusion and what drove him to such great lengths and his efforts to disprove psychics and mediums and spiritualists it was born in Budapest Hungary March 24th 1874 is Eric advice the son of a rabbi and one of 7 children his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Wisconsin Eric began to pursue an interest in magic as his stage name Eric Price became Harry Houdini by adding an eye to the last name of his idol French magician Robert who do legend has it that young Houdini was apprenticed to a locksmith where he learned to assemble and take apart locks with his eyes closed at 17 years old Harry Houdini left his family to pursue his career in magic assisted by his little brother Theodore Houdini began appearing in New York beer halls theaters museums platforms next to snake charmers fire eaters and human oddities they traveled as far west as Chicago with the brothers who Dean did quite well during the 8 to 93 World's Fair in 1904 while performing at Coney Island in Brooklyn New York Houdini met a performer named best and they were married quickly before she joined him on stage to become the husband wife Act known as the Houdinis of the rest of Harry's career best work as his stage assistant yet Houdini began 899 adrift and discouraged he hadn't made much of a name for himself and was trying to make a living by doing card tricks in escaping from handcuffs he was also dead broke a year earlier he had attempted to sell his entire air but there were no takers when we come back the great Dean finds success right here on our American store. On Malkin well found that all why. I rarely write for The Wire that. There are a lot of those out there. Alex Cortez here with our American stories this is me having a strange conversation with my 3 year old Penelope and I'm telling you this was not stage after so many times of her randomly telling me that she wants a premium my pillow too after her old man got one I finally decided to record her complaining on mile k. Well for now but. The sad thing for Penelope is her birthday just passed and her father is money conscious so she was going to have to wait a while but we did just find out that my pillow was running a 4 pack special that's 50 percent off so I just gave and the Get your premium my pillows go to my pillow dot com and use our promo code stories to get the discount . As though I were the producer or the producers and our American stories on our American network and we would like to hear your story if you or someone you know has an interesting story that you would like to share with America simply email us a picture and a paragraph a picture and a paragraph for your story that our American Network dot org That's the picture in a very Yep that's all you need Could you or someone you know serve in the military tell us about send a picture in a paragraph to your story at our American network that work because you were someone you know have some things or magic happen we want to know about and a picture of yourself in a paragraph describing something that happened in your life that you would like to share with America and the rest of the world as someone ever done something for you to change your life to share with us hear it with us here with us we're just having a bad day we want to hear about it we want to hear about share your story with us on our American stories your story is important to us and our listeners to share your story simply e-mails a picture of her and your story at our American Network dot org. How. If you're just figuring out that healthy cooking oils are better than solid fats you may be asking now what am I going to do with all these types of lard or had one of those moments when your favorite skinny jeans tightly tailored generously apply large to your hips and thighs and that was fancy pants down like a tree or here's the family friendly idea you know about making your. Heart closed your driveway with a little to the coat you get the. Time of year having a bad hair day. Little lump of lard contain your flyways in a jiffy so there's no need for that lard to go to waste your way to get your best heart healthy trade up with. Like. Other vegetable oils which can actually lower your chances for heart disease now that's a tip worth keeping for life learn more at heart. Than Canelo info is the national supporter of the American Heart Association they say that that's campaign John Nichols was making major strides in his career when it aged 32 a water skiing accident left him critically injured fortunately he had disability insurance for me disability insurance safety net I did not have to worry about the bills so I did not have the financial concerns thanks to disability insurance that John had through work and on his own he continued to receive an income until he could return to work learn more at Protect your paycheck dot org a message from the nonprofit Life Foundation I'm Holly Thomas group vice president of cause marketing for me sees every baby deserves the best possible start but not all babies get 1 March of Dimes is changing and. You can help us lead the fight for the health and babies join me and me to March for Babies Let's raise funds and be champions for families near and far together we are building a brighter future sign up for me today at March for Babies dot org. We continue the story of the great Harry Houdini who at this point had found moderate success but hadn't yet become famous. His big break came in 899 when he met manager Martin back in St Paul Minnesota who convinced to concentrate on his escape and even toured Europe in the show was an immediate success his salary rose to $300.00 per week. With his newfound wealth he purchased a dress to have been made for Queen Victoria you've been arranged for a grand reception where he presented his mother in the dress to all of the relatives. It was the happiest day of his life in $1000.00 know for he returned to the United States and bought a house for $25000.00 in New York City area who genie out a rock but his popularity was just beginning Joshua Jay's a successful magician and respected Harry Houdini expert who joins us from the contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco All right so let's talk a little bit about dating in a metaphorical sense who is Houdini. Oh Danny is 5 foot 3. He's considered at this time period an outsider hunger area an immigrant at a time when more immigrants are coming to the country than ever before he's a minority he's Jewish so already you have a lot of things that people in that time viewed as stacked against you he was an outsider he wasn't thought of as American and yet somehow he became America's 1st superstar and he really was that's not really even a debatable statement he was America's 1st superstar because although there were. People who are famous actors on the stage and later in silent pictures they were famous for portraying other people other powerful people who didn't he was famous for who he was and who was he's this small Jewish immigrant but chains can't hold he can escape from anything that's an unbelievable metaphor given the time period this isn't a time when most people are feeling repressed most people are feeling like there's a ceiling to how high they can rock Here's a man without education without any money it's the ultimate rags to riches story. From 907 and throughout 19 to know Gini performed with reach success in the United States you freedom so from jails handcuffs chains ropes and straight jackets hanging from a rope inside of a street audience or out in front of a major newspaper for the extra publicity because of him and tutors who do you put his hand cuffed behind him in 1008 begin escaping from a long water filled milk came here again is Joshua. Houdini was largely known for his escapes but truthfully most of his escape for publicize the stunts they were done outside and harbors to get people to come to his magic shows so this is why he would be seen upside down this strait jacket or doing underwater escapes bridge jobs but in 1980 had a brilliant idea to growing the major escapes to the stage. And this was the one that he brought his the milk can escape is an original Houdini illusion and this is the original. He would go inside the can so only his head was emerged and then he would do something brilliant he would say to everybody in the audience I have here the biggest stopwatch in the world and I would bring out a big clock and he would say I want all of you to help me warm up my lungs by holding your breath for a minute with me and he would get everybody in the audience to hold their breath a timer would start and he would go submerge him selfe into the air. Everybody tries to hold their breath 30 seconds go by and. They learn it's hard he comes up after a minute they kick the can and and now it's brilliant because what has he done. He hasn't shown you that what he's doing is impossible like most magicians is showing you that what he's doing is difficult and real and that is a way that everybody remembers even if there were 3000 people in the crowd could understand and identify on a very intimate level the real danger that he was attempting here again is magician Joshua j. With the details on how exactly the milk in the illusion worked so this is how the illusion would work he would say after a moment of meditation. I will now hold my breath much longer and he would receive Mirch 6 assistance would place the top on the can and then the lock the 6th padlocks on the side a small curtain was placed around it this was to protect the secret of his illusion with remains a secret to this day. And then the clock would start to take after a minute almost everybody in the audience couldn't hold their breath after 2 minutes the skeptics would stare at the 3 minute mark. The theater manager would come out with an axe in his hand looking very confused like this had never happened before and of course it happened every night the same exact way this is Houdini's brilliance with orchestrating a play and playing with your emotions at the 4 minute mark everybody in the audience was shouting mercy mercy for Mr Houdini and just as he was about to break open the cans with an axe who would emerge from behind the curtain soaking wet to supply they needed they love then they'd whisk away the curtain and it still. It was as if melted through the side just because this was an illusion it wasn't mean it wasn't truly dangerous Joshua Jay describes one of them were caused to imitate or every scene Dini imitator name Janessa attempted that the milk can escape in 1034 years after Houdini's death what unites the didn't know is that as his crew was unloading the can they drop it and we don't know how Houdini did it but we do know that the nest the did it with a trap door lid a lid that even one locks you could escape through when they dented the can they stopped the method of a skate trap door wouldn't open Jeanette's the didn't know this until he was under water inside the can with the padlocks logs no way to shout for help no way to signal what had happened it took his wife who was watching the trip from the wings 3 minutes before she realized something had gone wrong she uttered all the assistance in to help unlock the can but of course remember the way the trick is supposed to work they never have to unlock the padlocks they couldn't remember which he's went to which locks so they got mixed up and they lost another precious minutes by the time they don't lock the can they open it and that's the lived only long enough so they could explain to him how he had been. There Eugenio out a few close calls from. Self over the years being buried alive was one of the most dangerous stunts that the magician ever pulled off assistance shackled and covered Houdini with Earth 6 feet deep. Trying to dig his way out he soon became exhausted and panicked while calling for help his hand finally broke the surface of the earth and he passed out in his personal diary wrote that it was a very dangerous escape and that the weight of the earth is killing 8 per Dinis daredevil behavior wasn't just for the stage but very much a part of who he was in $1009.00 he became fascinated with aviation and purchased a 60 horse power French biplane for $5000.00 Dini made his 1st flight near Hamburg Germany on November 26th $1000.00 know not just 6 years after the 1st flight of the Wright Brothers Some reports say that Houdini was the 25th person to ever fly an airplane it's at a time when air travel was highly experimental this was truly another death defying act to add to his repertoire Houdini was also at this fully recognized as the 1st person to ever make a controlled flight in Australia by the Australian areally beating a great. Big regret not born with. It or not and why. And by played. A record. For getting off the ground I quickly got back. And wrote about our all girl. But there. Will. Be 3 and became a. A lot of bank airplanes for many years appropriate representatives would be anywhere upgrade your group their plane like. Just a few years later on July 17th 1013 guineas mother Cecilia vice time after suffering a stroke when news of her death reached to Dean who was performing in Copenhagen he fainted. It took Houdini several days to make it back to New York a family delayed burial against Jewish custom just so who Dean could have one last look at his mother every day for a year and visited his mother's grave in every night at 15 minutes past midnight the instant of her death in lay flat on the ground is arms and bracing her grave is face pressed close to the earth there he talks to her begging her to let him know her last words. The great Harry Houdini magician and cuff King jail breakers escape artist Daredevil was painfully bound by his mother's death and when we come back can Houdini escape the grasp of depression this is our American story. You hear a lot about Hillsdale College here on our American stories it's a special place where students study all the things that matter in life all the things that are beautiful in life and I know I do. Each there every year for a couple of weeks and then we have some of Hillsdale finest come here and tell their own stories and produce stories and I can tell you there's no better place to teach and they teach everything that matters as I said before history and philosophy literature the constitution and so much more and here's the good news if you can get the Hillsdale Hillsdale can come to you with their terrific and free online courses go to Hillsdale dot edu to learn more the courses are free the lessons are priceless and it's a perfect summer education to tell your friends tell your folks to church at school and anywhere else friends and family gather go to Hillsdale dot edu and sign up for their free courses now that's Hillsdale dot edu My name is Judy cheater and I'm the mother of 3 boys my youngest child was a great kid he loved sports music and. One day Joe asked me to drive him to an after school event which was about a mile from our home. I was driving through a green light when a car in cross traffic ran a red light. And drove right into the side of our car killing. The driver was talking on her phone so she never even saw the red light she was so absorbed in a phone call before the crash I didn't realize just talking on a cell phone while driving was so dangerous now it's something I think about every day. The National Safety Council about one in 4 car crashes involve the cellphone handsfree is no safer when you're behind a wheel put away your phone for Joe and for the thousands of needless deaths every year remember there is no safe way to talk on the driving. Find out more of an estate at Arques last call scale. You know they actually did. Have. A lot more really. Started to run into That's Mike I go hard he ended up in prison and in prison he found his father in heaven and turned his life around he's now the biological father of 2 children with his wife Terri and they're also intrusted with the lives of 10 other children all through the Palmer home for children and children who were just like him abused abandoned or neglected a man that had no father. Or ever is now being able to be a father to. Really was there was life like that somebody would have got good 1000000 want to be at that. Thankfully there is a loving home for these children at the Palmer home 126 children are there today and they can change so many more children's lives with your support consider making a donation today at Palmer home dot org John Nichols was making major strides in his career when it aged 32 a water skiing accident left him critically injured fortunately he had disability insurance for me disability insurance was the safety net I did not have to worry about the bills I did not have the financial concerns thanks to disability insurance that John had through work and on his own he continued to receive an income until he could return to work learn more at Protect your paycheck dot org a message from the nonprofit Life Foundation Hi I'm Dr Sam Nussbaum with the anthem foundation. Premature birth is the leading cause of death of babies and disability for children and that's why we support the March of Dimes to help mothers have full term pregnancies and healthy babies. Join us in supporting cutting edge research or treatment outreach to help moms during their pregnancy and give every baby a healthy start in life learn how you. Help at March of Dimes dot org. This is our American stories and for all that we do by the way go to our American Network dot org stories about everything in that last segment we heard about how Houdini was the 25th person to fly in the air his years after the Wright Brothers did go to our American Network dot org and listen to David McCullough for the hour talking about the Wright brothers his terrific new book The Wright brothers are not so new but new if you haven't read it and you can hear the whole story at our American Network dot org Just type the Wright Brothers in there and you'll hear David McCullough walk us through and all of us through one of the great stories of American life. And now we return and continue with the epic tale of the great Harry Houdini where he was suffering greatly over the loss of his mother after the death of his mother the Great who Dean was in the throes of depression the story from here usually goes that after his mother died Houdini attended Sanchez in the hopes to communicate with her and that all he found it was fraud even set out to expose fragile and mediums and launched a new a new wave of his career as an anti spiritualism persuader and debunker it's a good story trouble is it's just not true the notion that his mother's death led directly to his anti spiritualism crusade has grown to become one of the most popular Houdini minutes it would be 10 years before Houdini unmasked his 1st meeting the true genesis of the anti spiritualism crusade is rooted in his friendship with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and creator of Sherlock Holmes after World War One spiritualism became extremely popular Arthur Conan Doyle who lost his son in the war became a passionate champion of the movement. Although communicate with him privately rest Houdini had warned her husband that lady Doyle had been peppering her with questions about his relationship with his mother just the day before nevertheless Houdini agreed to the sale. To his. Son. During the seance Houdini's mother appeared to return writing a process in which Lady Doyle transcribed the words from. One to a note that immediately could see problems the pages were in English language his mother did not speak she also made the sign of a cross top of the 1st page not something you would expect from the wife of a rabbi but concealed his doubts and think the boy is for Saints Sir Arthur told the press that Houdini had been converted to the religion of spiritualism Harry Houdini countered publicly that he had not been converted and that he was more skeptical than ever this raised of the question. Whether Houdini thumped the door and frankly the public exchange put a strain on the friendship and Harry Houdini begin to import hurriedly be bunking of spiritualism into stage performances those who would have you believe that they can foresee the future. He'll want to. Talk to the day and. Talk to the dead. I've met hundreds. Table toppers trumpet blowers at 2 plastic sinks and rather we exercise our fantasies that brains. Have invested years reaching across a psychic cost to get would like. To Believe. I want to talk to one single song How hard could that be. She died with one thought on her lips. For me. There are $20000.00 mediums practicing today and none of spoken those words and I want for my $10000.00 or 2 thirds of that truck if spirits are genetically you think they want us there been no passengers on the Titanic that have been no deaths in the sepsis go quick. If ghosts if Ghost can inhabit any self-proclaimed bottoms us not one of the lower forms of life. Why doesn't your poodle wish to warn us about the next train. Or your your Persian to want to murder why. Animals don't have bank accounts. Here again as magician Joshua j. With his perspective on Houdini's quest to challenge spirituals so. Here who did By this time you've achieved more fame than probably was ever even thought possible for a magician is one of the most famous figures alive but something's happened he's getting older right he's famous for being a dashing young. Immigrant magician making these escapes with young assistants showing off the physicality of his body but now he's bordering 50 years old he's not quite as quick on his feet and he realizes that the last part of his career will not be as dynamic physically as the 1st part so what do you do Where'd he go from here is the same question great actors and great singers when they achieve so much but now have to reinvent themselves because you're Houdini you go on a crusade against an emerging religious spiritualist and I call spiritualism a religion on purpose looked at today as a cult or sort of a phase in history but at that time period people believed in spiritualism as a faith and he was very close to his mother as I've told when she died more than any like all of us to a very loose on the beginning. And there was a particular incident in which he was told that he would he was told had made contact with his mother and it was a scam he realized very quickly that the same techniques he was using to deceive the public they were using to deceive people for real and he went on a crusade against spiritualism when we return the infamous ring theory he lost the only known audio recording of his voice in just this. Story. As though I were the producer for the producers and our American stories on our American network and we would like to hear your story if you or someone you know has an interesting story that you would like to share with America simply email us a pitcher and a paragraph a picture and a paragraph or your story at our American Network dot org That's the picture and yep that's all you need Could you or someone you know serve in the military tell us about send a picture and a paragraph to your story at our American network at work who are someone you know have something dramatic happen we want to know about and a picture of yourself in a paragraph describing something that happened in your life that you would like to share with America and the rest of the world as someone ever done something for you to change your life to share with us carry it with us here with us for just having a bad day we want to hear about it and we want to hear about share your story with us on our American storage Your story is important and our listeners to share your story simply a picture of her your story at our American Network dot org. I name is Judy teeter and I'm the mother of 3 boys my youngest Joe was a great kid he loved sports music and. One day Joe asked me to drive him to an after school event which was about a mile from our home. I was driving through a green light when a car in cross traffic ran a red light. And drove right into the side of our car killing. The driver was talking on her phone so she never even saw the red light she was so absorbed in a phone call before the crash I didn't realize just talking on a cell phone while driving was so dangerous now it's something I think about every day according to the National Safety Council about one in 4 car crashes involve cell phone hands free is no safer when you're behind a wheel put away your phone for Joe and for the thousands of needless deaths every year remember there is no safe way to talk on a cell phone while driving. Find out more at Annecy got Orks last call scale how it's got to go Collins radio show if you're just figuring out that healthier cooking oils are better than solid fats you may be asking what I couldn't do with all these terms of lard ever had one of those moments when your favorite skinny jeans too tightly tailored generously if I lied to your hips and thighs and that was fancy pants down like a tree or here's the family friendly idea about making your yard into a large family hard to try hard with the moon if we could get the. Time of year having a bad hair day yet a little number of large container fly away when it should be so there's no need for that lard to go to waste words to your way to be cured best heart healthy trade off with healthier oils like canola further vegetable oils which can actually lower your chances for heart disease now that's the tip worth keeping for life learn more at heart daughter were flash based but that canal info is the national supporter of the American Heart Association space that's campaign Christian faith publishing is looking for Christian authors of all types of books and unlike most publishers Christian faith publishing reviews each and every book submitted to them and they give you their feedback and if they like what they read they'll get your book into bookstores and for sale online at Amazon the Apple i Tunes Store Barnes and Noble and other outlets they handle everything editing cover desired copyright protection printing publisher the and distribution So whether you've written an inspirational work a novel a children's book poetry or a biography and want to get it published you need to call Christian faith publishing and do it immediately call 807234587 now for your free author submission kit that's 807234587 again for your free author submission kit call 873-4587 that's 87234587 work with a publisher who shares your core Christian values of integrity and honesty called Christian faith publishing at 87345 b. . The 7 for your free. On the life of the great Harry Houdini and now we hear from famous magicians of our time about the life of this epic entertainer but 1st we are the voice of the escape master himself. Yet. On October 29th 1914 The audio was recorded on an Edison wax cylinder and is now the only known vocal recording of Harry Houdini to exist the recording captures Harry Houdini delivering an introduction to his Chinese water torture cell escape the audio allows us to hear Houdini's measured cadence and careful enunciation. From our. Own group in. Our in the. Film got. Them look at. Our we're very lucky. That. I'm. Hooked up to. One hour an hour. And. That it. Comes. Down to that when I muck up in the ember good girl in a manner. I am. Not. Her only down her one on the. Line not our luck good. Luck I'm going to cut the. Cardboard in my room full of the girls that are on the block the car over Cancun now we're not. I really hope. That the book I'm. Not good on that he asks. World renowned street performer and magician David Blaine tells the story of a befriended librarian at an early age who introduced him to a book that would set the course for his highly successful career in magic it was called The Secrets of Houdini you know at the age of 54 you see a man chained up. Sideways to the side of a building straight jacket looking really scary you don't forget that and I started looking through the book and I started seeing all these amazing things that he was doing and what I liked about what he was doing as you could very easily tell from the pictures that he was doing things that were real so it wasn't like an allusion or a magic trick even though he employed that into what he did but what the guy was doing was clearly real and physical and dangerous and it was the things that I think are amazing to this day Criss Angel is another highly successful and popular magician and illusionist who was directly influenced by the great Harry Houdini he was more than a magician or an escape artist he was a proc a tour he was somebody who was popular culture he was by all means the biggest star of his era and I think part of his success came because he understood what the public wanted and even more so understood how to create that interest I always said that if you cut Houdini with a knife. Blood wouldn't come out press would he was a master at that and that inspired a magician illusionist and comedian Penn Jillette who's famous for his work as half of Penn and Teller is a fascinating thing about Houdini. Deeply fascinating in that I can't think tried to maybe sort of put Bob Dylan in this category but it's very hard to think you could maybe sort of try to. Try to sneak in because so try to sneak. Davis but trying to find someone who in their career made a philosophical or moral change while they were famous someone who has come out and redefine themselves in a moral way Houdini became hugely famous as an escape artist saying to a nation of immigrants a man born in Budapest and then standing and it is a picture of Houdini in Times Square hanging upside down in a straight jacket with a whole sea of men in hats picture makes me cry every time and then who Dinis publicity statement. I defy the jail's of the world to hold me to do a badge of more heavy more I mean from a rabbi son from Budapest I mean these are anything more. Purely American than that he gets to be a superstar as an escape artist he gets himself into dictionaries as an escape artist we look back on the 20th century 100 years and look at entertainment the only 2 people in the running for being remembered in the 20th century are Elvis Presley Houdini and as time goes on winning. When Harry Houdini and his entourage arrived at the Garrick theatre Detroit Michigan on October 24th $1026.00 he was running a fever 2 days earlier Houdini had been resting in his dressing room prior to a show in Montreal when a college student named Gordon Whitehead approached him it's difficult to determine exactly what happened from here his accounts from eyewitnesses are slightly conflicting However the general story seems to be that White had asked if the claim that he could withstand any punch to the abdomen and any truth to it. That it was true and gave him permission to see for himself Whitehead immediately took several jabs. In addition supposedly didn't have a chance to. A pair for the blows from overexuberance j. Gordon Whitehead the punches inflicted more pain than Houdini and has the paid yet he insisted that the evening's scheduled performance must go on. As you're reading the newspapers this morning Bodine I'd been childish The Liberators out from my Steelers jacket I began the performance with several vanishing acts culminating with making a woman disappear in conjuring a flower shrub and replace him made it through the 1st act but his condition worsened and he was forced to finish the show Houdini finally gave in and agreed to go to Grace Hospital in Detroit to have an emergency appendectomy doctors performed the surgery but the damage was already done. Harry Houdini held on for about a week agrees ospital I only succumbed on October 31st 1926. He was 52 years old. Which is where our story ends as it began on the night of October 31st 136 and roof top of the Nixon bought her hotel in Hollywood California 10 years to the day after he died the great Houdini made a pact with his wife best that he would make every attempt to communicate with her as a spirit from beyond the grave after he was dead so every year on hollowing the widow of Harry Houdini held a seance for him the night of his departure for the next 10 years without ever making contact in this the 10th and final Saints gold invitations were sent to 300 guests reporters in Hollywood elite lights as far away as New York were dim one minute of silence was observed before the ceremony reached its climax of the final plea for the great Harry Houdini to reveal himself to the world. Get it. Right we. And great job as always and that's just he had words and my goodness when he hits a good he hits it out of the park and just listening to that what a stunt Harry Houdini created for all those lawyers and all those false prophets he exposed them even in his grave setting him up for the kill a master at the big event. And by the way what an American story born in 1904 Budapest Hungary son of a rabbi a Jew an outsiders outsiders in his new country and he becomes the biggest star there ever was and again it was pointed out early he didn't play someone else like the Valentino's of the early movie world Houdini played himself. Through the rocket tour and the understood as one person said with the public wanted a life of Harry Houdini What a story here on our American stories and Alyson all that we do go to our American Network dot org That's our America Network dot org. How it's got to go colleagues a radio show if you're just figuring out that healthier cooking oils are better than solid fats you may be asking What am I going to do with all these types of larger overhead one of those moments when your favorite skinny jeans tightly tailored generously apply large to your hips and thighs and those fancy pants right on my country or here's a family friendly idea how about making your yard into a large funny part was to drive away with the nuts because it gives the kid. Time of year having a bad hair day. A little number of large container fly away when it should be so there is no need for that large to go to waste or to your ways to keep your best heart healthy trade off with healthier oils like an all out further vegetable oils which can actually lower your chances for heart disease now that's a chip worth keeping for life you learn more at heart dot org slash based that Canelo info is the national supporter of the American Heart Association space that that's campaign. Using today's Express to kill z. $560.00 or those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect those who profit broadcasting station management employees associates or advertisers kills the 5 sixty's or Crawford broadcasting God and country station honoring God and country this is calle z 560 am calle z f l 100.7 k l z h d Denver and streaming at 560 the source. For USA Radio News I'm Wendy King. The f.b.i. Confirmed that 2 additional suspicious packages addressed the Congresswoman Maxine Waters had been intercepted there similar to other packages found that were from to high profile Democrats and also $1.00 to $4.00 men addressed the former CIA Director John Brennan at an event in Austin Brennan last out at the president's rhetoric maybe it makes him and you know his his people feel good at a rally that is going to sort of generate the type applause because it shows that he's being tough and strong but it's really showing I think a weakness at a rally in Wisconsin President Trump suggested his opponents and the media are to blame as part of a larger national average to bridge I divides and bring people together the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone I just stop false attacks and stores you're listening to USA radio news there's no question you need omega 3 s. But which form should you take fish oil or Crowell scientists have debated this for years Luckily there's a new solution to satisfy everyone it's called Carrillo may go 50 plus it combines all trip your fish oil and joint soothing krill oil together in just one tiny pill it's so powerful it can promote the health of your heart and your arteries and if that wasn't enough it could also boost your joint comfort intrust days we're so sure krill Omega 50 plus. Word for you will even see and you will free bottle to put to the test the debate is over it's not fish oil or krill oil it's both and now it's free just pay for $95.00 for shipping and claim your free bottle call now 18039963921803906392 that's 180-399-6392 the strongest storm to hit u.s. Territory this year super typhoon you 2 made a direct hit as a Category 5 storm in the u.s. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands early reports came in of catastrophic winds that ripped roofs from their houses and blew out windows meteorologists say that you twos the kind of storm that future weather disasters will be compared to none of the weather services equipment survived after recording 93 mile per hour winds national security adviser John Bolton has been holding talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin Bolton says one thing they discussed was Moscow's interference in disgust air attenuate concerned with Russian meddling in the elections and why it was particularly harmful to Russian American relations without producing anything for them in return President Trump and Putin may need next month when both are at an event in Paris you're listening to USA radio news. Hi I'm Wade Alaric the conservative warrior my show war now airs every day right here on USA radio from 6 to 9 pm eastern most of the star of the Wayne Allard show on Newsmax t.v. Reaching over 50000000 homes but my favorite role is speaker extraordinary I was open speaker at many Donald Trump for president events I speak at Republican conservative and college g.o.p. Events and I'm available to be the star your next event contact me to arrange for a wayward keynote speech call toll free 88444 route that a date for 4 for our o.t. Or email wave Root dot com and b c News host Megan Kelly is now apologizing for which she originally said about using black face as the when costume he was lays Chris Lawrence has more details Megan Kelly made the comments in a Tuesday's segment of Megan Kelly today and they immediately drew widespread criticism on social media Here's a portion of them what is racist or is it because this it's really what you do get in trouble if you are a white person who puts on the ladder yet always or a black person who puts on white fear all we go back was a kid that was Ok as long as you were dressing up as like a character on the network later releasing an e-mail written by Kelly who says in it that she now realizes quote that such behavior is indeed wrong and that she's sorry for USA Radio News I'm Chris Barnes secretory of my Pompei you have a message for those in the migrant caravan inching its way to the for the u.s. Border John Clemens reports that message was loud and clear from Secretary of State Mike thumb pale you will not be successful in getting into the United States illegally no matter what President Trump has announced that he will use the military if the caravan reaches the southern border Mr pump fails says the u.s. Is historically a generous nation when it comes to immigration over $33000000.00 people to total are currently here who have immigrated to this country illegally I'm John Clemons for USA radio news.