![]() Because of it being true that a few famous performers were spies, this fiction that the history channel put out there about Houdini being a spy could turn into one of those myths that people start to believe and it is hard to correct. In world war 2 the allies used some famous performers as spies. This is a big disappointment to me that they would take that liberty. There is no real evidence for him being a spy. In fact MI5 was not in existence when he did is first tour of Europe. In the show they had him working for MI5 using his show as a cover. This baffled me quite a bit that they didn’t mention it. Also, Houdini was an active Freemason and in the show they did not talk about this at all. I wish they would have went into why his family moved from Austria-Hungary to the United States in July of 1878. Normally I would not talk of a persons descent but in this case it is some what important because of the area that his life took place which was right before the first and second world wars. After I watched the docudrama I looked more in to the man and the magician and I have to say they did take some artistic liberties with the story.Īfter watching I talked to some family and friends and I was surprised to find out that they did not know that Houdini was of Jewish descent. ![]() I did not know a lot about Harry Houdini but I have always been curious about the man more than the magician. I was not disappointed it was one of the most exciting docudramas I have seen in a long time. I waited a long time for this to be aired. Houdini was a two part mini series on the History Channel. ![]()
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