The UnXplained: Was Houdini's Mystifying Magic ACTUALLY Real? (Special)

Is there something supernatural about Houdini's extraordinary magic abilities? See more in Season 1, Episode 4, "Extraordinary Abilities."

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[heathb]

David Copperfield has several of Houdini's storage trunks and road trunks where he kept his equipment.
Copperfield will always tell you that magic is not real...and that it is all an illusion.
He has always credited Houdini with being the best escape artist he has even known of.

Houdini is a great escape artist with a hint of magic flare tossed in to wow the onlookers.

[MikerBikerB]

This is insulting to Houdini. He never seriously claimed to be supernatural. You are robbing him of is unique ingenuity, courage and discipline.

[johnshields]

The best asset to a magician is the gullibility of people, our egos think we're so clever, but we're not.

[whatmakesyouwonder]

When I was a kid watching his performance, many people say he sold his soul to the devil.

[MA-gvwg]

The is the ONLY way you can get out of locks within minutes is your bone or joints being able to shift and slip out. There’s no crazy secret, be real. He’s born with that gift.

[bohem]

Wow, ...I'm surprised they didn't say Houdini was using alien technology.

[alg]

Doyle was a firm believer in fairies and mystics as well. No one ever thought there might have two boxes, one of them sunk well before the event and the other that he was lowered into with fake hinges, fake hasps, ropes made of paper, and locks that never closed. Magic.

[Jonnys_Adventrues]

It’s Funny that they even consider that For him! Considering he despised Mediums and supernatural things.

[petej.]

That's why he's Houdini man..lol. ✌️

[BlenderStudy]

There's a Mandela Effect related to Harry Houdini that in another reality he was buried alive. In this reality, Houdini died when someone struck him in the abdomen. 🥶

[EthoChromey]

Houdini hated spiritual magicians he definitely isn’t all that type of magic

[loveydoveyu]

He had 2 cargo boxes. Smarten up, William!

[happytrails]

possibly he was an alien using holo-technologies

[duanebooks]

Oh, come on, people! He clearly had a team of scuba divers already down there with another box with handcuffs already inside. Once he was down there, they quickly got him out and hooked up box #2 that was still nailed shut with extra cuffs and chains inside.

[willamodeling]

Where was Houdini come from? Outer space?

[rebelrouser]

I thought you would be answering your Q? Oh well.

[ponytrekker]

I have a friend who has a video from his great grandfather of Houdini, locking his keys in his car.

[lorig]

The Trump commercial in the beginning is hilarious

[joannajordan]

Magic can be real, but it's actually witchcraft at that point.