By Tom Interval
The Inner Circle at the 66th official Houdini seance, Houdini Magical Hall of Fame, October 31, 1992 (clockwise from center): Sidney Radner, Dorothy (Kiamie) Young, Dr. Bernard Dolenz, Henry Gordon, Moira Thomas, Joan Higbee, Dr. Morris Young, Henry Muller, and Bernice Golden (Photo: Doug Johnson)
Doug Johnson, a photographer living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, attended and photographed the 66th official Houdini seance, held on October 31, 1992, at the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame in Niagara Falls, Canada. Almost 23 years later, Doug scanned more than 40 of his photos, negatives, and documents from that event and was kind enough to send them my way. I’ll share a few of them here, but you can view all of them in an album on my Houdini Magical Hall of Fame Facebook page. To my knowledge, these images have never been published before Doug recently brought them into the light. If you’d like to use any of them, please write to Doug for permission at silvedor@shaw.ca.
66th official Houdini seance, Houdini Magical Hall of Fame, October 31, 1992 (seated at table, from left): Sidney Radner, Dorothy (Kiamie) Young, Dr Bernard Dolenz, Henry Gordon, and ? (Photo: Doug Johnson)
66th official Houdini seance, Houdini Magical Hall of Fame, October 31, 1992 (clockwise from left): Bernice Golden, Sidney Radner, Dorothy (Kiamie) Young, Dr Bernard Dolenz, Henry Gordon, ?, Moira Thomas, Joan Higbee, and Dr. Morris Young (Photo: Doug Johnson)
1992 Houdini seance press kit and the famed envelope containing Houdini’s code (Photo: Doug Johnson)
Props used at the 1992 official Houdini seance (Photo: Doug Johnson)
Front cover of the 1992 Houdini seance program (Scan: Doug Johnson)
News release issued before the 66th annual Houdini seance, p. 1 (Scan: Doug Johnson)
News release issued before the 66th annual Houdini seance, p. 2 (Scan: Doug Johnson)
