In the annals of history, few figures stir the imagination like Harry Houdini, the famed illusionist and escapologist, known equally for his sensational performances and his crusade against psychic fraud. However, a closer examination of Houdini’s quest to debunk psychics reveals a fundamental oversight:
Historical Background: The Elder Futhark is the oldest form of the runic alphabets, dating from the 2nd to 8th centuries. It was used by Germanic tribes across Europe, including the Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian
Women are powerful creatures; Miss Dodie and her daughters taught me that. I was young and there were a lot of things I didn’t know. Before I met Dodie, my mentors were men. The kind that swore and drank a lot and treated women like cattle. So that was my perception of them. They were playthings, toys to keep your bunk warm. They were a dime a dozen I was told over and over.
I was 15 the summer I first met the old Kentucky lady everyone called Miss Dodie. Our bunkhouses were parked on the grass near the travel trailer she and her husband Bud lived in. They’d arrived on our show after leaving a smaller one that stuck mainly to the smaller Carny circuit. Dodie, her real name was “Doreen,” had a trailer set up on the Midway where she read