Nobody Knows How Houdini Died

Sdílet
Vložit
  • čas přidán 5. 05. 2024
  • Listen to my new podcast Random Interesting Facts: bit.ly/RIFThoughty2
    Or watch it on CZcams: bit.ly/RIFPodcastYT
    Thoughty2 Audiobook: geni.us/t2audio
    Thoughty2 Book: geni.us/t2book
    Support Me & Get Early Access: bit.ly/t2club
    Thoughty2 Merchandise: bit.ly/t2merch
    Follow Thoughty2
    Facebook: / thoughty2
    Instagram: / thoughty2
    Website: thoughty2.com
    About Thoughty2
    Thoughty2 (Arran) is a British CZcamsr and gatekeeper of useless facts. Thoughty2 creates mind-blowing factual videos about science, tech, history, opinion and just about everything else.
    #Thoughty2
    Writing: Damien Knightley
    Editing: Matt Murray
    Script Development: Steven Rix

Komentáře • 2,2K

  • @serijas737
    @serijas737 Před 2 lety +6025

    Houdini didn't die, he escaped from his body.

    • @willmfrank
      @willmfrank Před 2 lety +66

      He reincarnated as The Amazing Randi.

    • @_Anonymoose_
      @_Anonymoose_ Před 2 lety +63

      That is fucking cheesy

    • @Supl3xcity
      @Supl3xcity Před 2 lety +105

      @@_Anonymoose_ and I love it

    • @drapoel120
      @drapoel120 Před 2 lety +7

      I'm surprised this hasn't gotten popular yet.

    • @Ultamami
      @Ultamami Před 2 lety +4

      @Skretchit hehe, that was cute😊

  • @adto5942
    @adto5942 Před 2 lety +11462

    Fun fact: during World War I, Houdini taught american soldiers how to free themselves of german handcuffs.

    • @letsfindout1621
      @letsfindout1621 Před 2 lety +455

      Is this real? I need a source. If it’s true that’s actually really cool!

    • @Grodd-pi2oo
      @Grodd-pi2oo Před 2 lety +1078

      My grandpa was in world war I thats why grandma didnt buy any sex cuffs from our germany trip

    • @isakrindahl6467
      @isakrindahl6467 Před 2 lety +537

      @@Grodd-pi2oo dude whaaaat ? lmfao whaaat bro 😭💀

    • @rattled4806
      @rattled4806 Před 2 lety +108

      @@Grodd-pi2oo REAL

    • @jimmywoo7875
      @jimmywoo7875 Před 2 lety +71

      Wasn’t he also a spy along with Crowley

  • @SilentKnight43
    @SilentKnight43 Před 2 lety +750

    Fun fact: Houdini taught himself how to 'half-swallow' keys and other things he needed to open locks, and could regurgitate them at will when needed. He practiced with a small piece of potato tied to a string. He could also dislocate both shoulders when struggling to escape from a strait jacket.

    • @justarandomchannel1319
      @justarandomchannel1319 Před 2 lety +5

      cool

    • @dave.p153
      @dave.p153 Před rokem +7

      Ok the potato thing was for swords swallowers and he never dislocated his shoulder to do the straitjacket escape I know cause I did it for 30 years. In terms of swallowing keys that is another legend that is probably not true he was a magicians he made them disappear. There was also some other techniques he used regularly but I'm not going to give away secrets lol

    • @SilentKnight43
      @SilentKnight43 Před rokem +2

      @@dave.p153 Cool story Dave.p

    • @wasteland.baby.
      @wasteland.baby. Před rokem +9

      @@dave.p153 how would you know he couldn’t do something based on the fact you couldn’t?

    • @dave.p153
      @dave.p153 Před rokem +9

      @@wasteland.baby. I consider myself to be an expert on Houdini considering I've been an escape artist for 30 years I have at least 10 books on the subject, probably lost 10 or 15 over the years from shifting around, had a massive handcuff collection until I was home invaded . I have used many of his techniques and have done many of stunts including escaping from straight jacket hanging by a burning rope which is something he never did . And not that I would promote this but I've actually improved one of the escapes he invented. So not being a smart aleck but yeah I do have a fairly good idea what I'm talking about

  • @Freundschuh
    @Freundschuh Před 2 lety +196

    Houdini was such a good magician we still don’t know how he died, his best performance yet.

  • @pieceofcrab5685
    @pieceofcrab5685 Před 2 lety +5417

    My dad was an amazing escape artist. He went to get milk and now hes gone

    • @Koritrey
      @Koritrey Před 2 lety +52

      😐

    • @pieceofcrab5685
      @pieceofcrab5685 Před 2 lety +133

      @@Koritrey theres no denying it. I don't think anyone would've expected such an escape.

    • @jasonmay6368
      @jasonmay6368 Před 2 lety +19

      @@pieceofcrab5685 I think your dad has been railing my mother. Good on him...

    • @carsick6817
      @carsick6817 Před 2 lety +68

      “Now for my next act I’m gonna disappear!”

    • @ayesharuby6941
      @ayesharuby6941 Před 2 lety +17

      Just that , My whole family did that to me

  • @Topknot60
    @Topknot60 Před 2 lety +6042

    If you can be recognised by just one name (e.g., "Houdini" not "Harry Houdini") 100 years after your death, you are truly "famous".

    • @TheBenjdude
      @TheBenjdude Před 2 lety +392

      Pretty sure Hitler's gonna pass your litmus test...

    • @Topknot60
      @Topknot60 Před 2 lety +92

      @@TheBenjdude So what is your point? Assuming, of course, that you actually have a point.

    • @dieptrieu6564
      @dieptrieu6564 Před 2 lety +45

      @Jackson Five Kobe? You mean the sport star that only american care? He shouldn't be on the same level of someone like einstein, tesla, etc...

    • @Germgeuse
      @Germgeuse Před 2 lety +209

      @@TheBenjdude ah yes the obligatory Hitler mention, sometimes the internet is scarily predictable

    • @loganmcallister4635
      @loganmcallister4635 Před 2 lety +99

      I've never met anyone else named houdini, so I suppose that has something to do with it.

  • @Pktommy1
    @Pktommy1 Před rokem +23

    I learned in a Arthur Conan Doyle tribute that he and Harry Houdini were apparently friendly and despite Doyle creating Sherlock Holmes, he deeply believed the Houdini had special or even mystic abilities to the point that his insisting upon this ruined their friendship because Houdini just kept telling him it was tricks and got really annoyed. I always found this really funny because Doyle was able to write a character completely aside from his personal biases. Holmes always believed there was a practical explanation for everything no matter what lol.

  • @christ-abel8774
    @christ-abel8774 Před 2 lety +59

    Can we all agree that Thoughty2 is the magician of storytelling ?

  • @the0siren0of0night
    @the0siren0of0night Před 2 lety +1602

    This video makes me think that Houdini is going to turn up somewhere sometime with a shout of "At last! I have escaped death itself! It's taken me a hundred years, but it is I Harry Houdini!"

  • @tobygoodbar
    @tobygoodbar Před 2 lety +1876

    Thoughty2: Most remarkable escape artist in history
    My dog: Hold my beer

    • @Lady_Chalk
      @Lady_Chalk Před 2 lety +3

      Pffftt

    • @707rain
      @707rain Před 2 lety +1

      Lol!

    • @-Tris-
      @-Tris- Před 2 lety +24

      Your dog drinks beer?

    • @tobygoodbar
      @tobygoodbar Před 2 lety +20

      @@-Tris- he’s amazing

    • @k.stewart007
      @k.stewart007 Před 2 lety +19

      😅. I can believe it. My dogs the same. And hes blind! He honestly boggles my mind. He doesn't drink beer though. He does enjoy the occasional brandy and a cigar though 😊

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 Před 2 lety +4

    Houdini had a brief career as a silent film star in the late teens and early 1920s. In the 1919’s serial, The Master Mystery, he played an undercover agent who uses his escape skills to thwart criminals. The serial was a smash hit (and in an interesting side note, it was the first film to feature a robot). Houdini went on to star in two more serials, but neither were nearly as successful, critically or commercially. Houdini gave up movies and returned to live performances for good.

  • @nimbus1398
    @nimbus1398 Před 2 lety +3581

    Crazy times when someone needs talent and dedication to be famous.

    • @Topknot60
      @Topknot60 Před 2 lety +12

      👍👍👍👍👍‼️‼️‼️

    • @Vojife
      @Vojife Před 2 lety +35

      Ok boomers

    • @LeumazDnazor
      @LeumazDnazor Před 2 lety +102

      @@Vojife oof you really got us there ;(

    • @rahellseddek8540
      @rahellseddek8540 Před 2 lety +55

      These comments so stupid an bitter, talented people have always been excluded from the mainstream because of their gender and skin tone. Now more than ever those people would be getting exposure, mf ukly ass boomers sour bout everything

    • @KuKluxKlanYT
      @KuKluxKlanYT Před 2 lety +13

      @@rahellseddek8540fr
      "U got famous from having dedication and talent" then why arent you famous?

  • @ZagMaster_
    @ZagMaster_ Před 2 lety +3198

    Only the OGs know that the original title was “greatest escape artist ever”

    • @user-bm1ky9it1u
      @user-bm1ky9it1u Před 2 lety +58

      he changes his titles a lot

    • @dennisnordlund902
      @dennisnordlund902 Před 2 lety +74

      @@user-bm1ky9it1u It’s most likely a feature that cycles through different names and stops on the name that garners most views.

    • @Person-1812
      @Person-1812 Před 2 lety +6

      also, the thumbnail was different

    • @jonnyd8399
      @jonnyd8399 Před 2 lety +44

      Yup, the title changes when not enough of us click them. And it worked in me. I love his videos, but I'm a nerd, I think I know a lot about Houdini, so I didnt click the first time... and then he changed the title which contradicts my understanding of how he died... so I clicked. Love your channel Thoughty2!

    • @OwenGoetz619
      @OwenGoetz619 Před 2 lety +6

      @@dennisnordlund902 veritasium made a video about thumbnails and titles

  • @redfox4561
    @redfox4561 Před 2 lety +19

    I'm surprised the myth of him returning 100 years after his death wasn't mentioned in the video, let's be honest how amazing and terrifying would it be if someone was able to return 100 years later

  • @margeryfranko1850
    @margeryfranko1850 Před 2 lety +7

    Thank you so much Thoughty2 for this wonderful video. I appreciate that I can now listen to you by podcast, but I would miss all of your brilliant visuals and your wonderful, sometimes comical facial expressions. Mr Weiss, aka Harry Houdini was definitely a man ahead of his time. I really appreciate and enjoy your channel 😁

  • @perceivedvelocity9914
    @perceivedvelocity9914 Před 2 lety +1522

    "He would not sit down at his desk because he was worried that it would make him stiff and sluggish". Harry wasn't wrong about that. Working in a cubicle is not good for your health. A lot of modern offices have adjustable desks that allow you to stand while you work.

    • @killingtime669
      @killingtime669 Před 2 lety +30

      This is so true. I'm a 40 year old mechanic in great health but I get to work and don't sit till I'm done working my 9 to 5 then work for myself till 11pm. If I sit anytime in between I'm screwed lol.

    • @corylyonsmusic
      @corylyonsmusic Před 2 lety +15

      Movement and activitiy= the healthier thing you can do all day

    • @corylyonsmusic
      @corylyonsmusic Před 2 lety +17

      @@killingtime669 same thing with house construction...always moving. I'm already super skinny, but working that job has burned even more fat...that I cant afford to lose personally lol
      People think that it makes your body tired and weak, but its actually very good for the anatomy of the muscles and bones.

    • @Fischjesicht
      @Fischjesicht Před 2 lety

      while you're working*

    • @peepeepoopoo1042
      @peepeepoopoo1042 Před 2 lety +2

      Way to announce the most obvious fact of all time

  • @user-vn7ce5ig1z
    @user-vn7ce5ig1z Před 2 lety +717

    18:22 - Houdini wasn't a skeptic; he was a hopeful. He _wanted_ there to be more than just the corporeal. He was devastated when his mother died and desperately wanted there to be an after-life and a way to reunited with loved ones, but he hated charlatan mediums and psychics who preyed on people at their most vulnerable; that's why he debunked them. As for the password for his wife, it's because one medium once told him that after he's gone, the psychics can "conjure" Houdini's spirit and make him say whatever they wanted. 🤦

    • @nataliekennedy4646
      @nataliekennedy4646 Před 2 lety +22

      Well we still don’t know what happens after we die and if we do we can’t tell anybody because we’re dead but I do reckon we got a soul and I reckon it goes some where else when we die

    • @alexisjuillard4816
      @alexisjuillard4816 Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah that's a sceptic. We could be hopeful or anything were are just also sceptic

    • @Chris-hx3om
      @Chris-hx3om Před 2 lety +4

      @@nataliekennedy4646 When you consider the facts, like we are just molecules and electrical signals, and all life is just that, and death is the cessation of the electrical signals, then what happens after we die is.... we rot away, just like everything else. Our conscientiousness has gone, and we are no more.We return whence we came, to the environment as fertilizer, or as ash and dust if we end up barbecued. Sorry to burst your bubble, but what we are now is all there is... There is no 'soul' or 'spirit'. That is just the way you arrange your own personal electrical signals.

    • @bobspizza7444
      @bobspizza7444 Před 2 lety +4

      @@nataliekennedy4646 haha so you say know one knows what happens after we die then proceed to tell us some of what happens. Hahahahahahahhahahaha

    • @tsquaredtim
      @tsquaredtim Před 2 lety +9

      Has any of you pompous people who comment on @Natalie Kennedy actually read what she said? It's pretty clear that she was expressing an opinion, which I'm sure everyone is entitled to. As for @Chris who the hell are you to tell anyone what happens to us after we die. How do you know for sure? My father used to say before he died that he would rather be a believer, die, and be proven wrong then be a non-believer, die, and be proven wrong. Makes sense to me.

  • @neilacrabtree1617
    @neilacrabtree1617 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Another fantastic video Arran. Im completely hooked on your content. You always have such interesting picks for your video. Lots of things to learn.

  • @CissyBrazil
    @CissyBrazil Před 2 lety +4

    I love how you enthusiastically use your hands while speaking to your audience! I really do. I find myself responding to you with my hands flicking at the screen lol 😁😅

  • @xanderguldie
    @xanderguldie Před 2 lety +561

    Imagine doing dangerous stunts for 30 years and getting killed by some idiot punching you in the gut

    • @TheOGDisco
      @TheOGDisco Před 2 lety +30

      Lol couldn’t be me, I died by a metal pipe to the head.

    • @NoNameEst1992
      @NoNameEst1992 Před 2 lety +1

      @@TheOGDisco Tough break

    • @Ace_Up_My_Sleeve
      @Ace_Up_My_Sleeve Před 2 lety +5

      @@TheOGDisco [extended sounds of brutal pipe murder]

    • @frensis_cutie2083
      @frensis_cutie2083 Před 2 lety +1

      I could survive with lung issues, but I couldn’t survive falling off a swing 😔

    • @SilentKnight43
      @SilentKnight43 Před 2 lety +7

      He wasn't an idiot. He was an amateur boxer and a friend of a sketch artist who knew Houdini and was invited backstage after a show to meet the magician. J. Gordon Whitehead asked Houdini if his claim was true that he was physically fit enough to take a punch to the abs without hurting him. Houdini said yes, but before he could tighten his ab muscles the boxer hit him. The timing was accidental. After Houdini died of a ruptured appendix the boxer lived with the guilt the rest of his life.

  • @crustyjuggler382
    @crustyjuggler382 Před 2 lety +499

    I was told he after allowing strong men to punch him, a man who didn't know he needed to harden his abs punched him when he wasn't expecting it and he died from the punch

    • @IfGodWereEvilHedBeMe
      @IfGodWereEvilHedBeMe Před 2 lety +33

      This is what I heard too

    • @richardkuehn7015
      @richardkuehn7015 Před 2 lety +32

      That’s exactly what I grew up thinking.

    • @The_D0C70R
      @The_D0C70R Před 2 lety +54

      Yeah didn’t the hit rupture his appendix? Then he collapsed mid show or something

    • @crustyjuggler382
      @crustyjuggler382 Před 2 lety +25

      @@The_D0C70R the story I heard is he was lying down(maybe sleeping) not expecting anything and someone punched him hard in lower torso and died from complications stemming from a ruptured liver

    • @TheDrunkenDudes
      @TheDrunkenDudes Před 2 lety +2

      me too i think i saw it in the movie

  • @juancarlosnunezf96
    @juancarlosnunezf96 Před rokem +3

    Hudini was a master of his craft. Thoughty2 is a master of his. Thank you for making such a great work bringing amazing stories to life in a magnificent way. You rock!

  • @JerrodVolzka
    @JerrodVolzka Před 2 lety +1

    Good show, and thank you. I did a report on him once and became a real fan. He is an inspiring character.

  • @justanotherfreakinchannel9069

    "It's unknown whether Houdini had appendicitis before the blows..." EXCUSE ME?!? 🤦🏻‍♂️ No, it isn't. Punches don't cause appendicitis. Everyone with any medical knowledge knows this. He definitely did have it before. The question isn't whether or not he had appendicitis beforehand, it's whether or not the punches aggravated that condition. Which, I dare say, there are very few modern medical professionals who have examined the case who are in doubt of the fact that it did. It's a pretty clear cut case.

  • @aceknowledgable9403
    @aceknowledgable9403 Před 2 lety +84

    Peritonitis is the official cause of Houdini's death.
    It was caused by several punches by a fan of his backstage in October 1926 because he was well known for taking a punch to the gut without flinching.

    • @tylerdurden639
      @tylerdurden639 Před 2 lety +24

      One of the punches burst the inflamed appendix that he had at the time.
      Had Houdini known that the college student was going to slug him, he would have clenched his abs and taken the hit in stride and Houdini would have had surgery to fix the appendicitis.

    • @aceknowledgable9403
      @aceknowledgable9403 Před 2 lety +19

      @@tylerdurden639 The problem is that Houdini needed to get treated right away, but he had a show to do so he refused treatment until it was too late.

    • @Chomperoni23
      @Chomperoni23 Před 2 lety +1

      That's how I thought he always died is this not true ?

    • @aceknowledgable9403
      @aceknowledgable9403 Před 2 lety +10

      @@Chomperoni23 yes, in fact he cared more about his fans than his health. His ego is what contributed to his downfall.

    • @tommymarco
      @tommymarco Před rokem

      i heard it was covid related bs .

  • @Ratok1
    @Ratok1 Před 2 lety +625

    The fact that his performances where hidden by curtains for up to an hour is very strange to me. Wouldn't that make his escape untrustworthy? And also the audience must've had some otherworldly patience haha.

    • @hopscs2914
      @hopscs2914 Před 2 lety +159

      yes and no… escapology is more focused on completely unexplainable escape and apologies if you are a believer but escapologists use fake locks, hidden pins to remove handcuffs, velcro restraints that are metal on the outside, chains that are tied in a way you can wiggle out of and lots of other gimmicked restraints. however, he was indeed submerged in water which is what makes his illusions unexplainable. the fact his head was submerged and he still had to wiggle out of restraints and move around so kuch while not being able to breathe is incredible, it is a physically demanding act and for sure is not easy to do especially while not breathing. hope this clears some things up

    • @jackdurden466
      @jackdurden466 Před 2 lety +53

      @@hopscs2914 you said it best. Plus it was a very different time. Now we as a paying customer want far more for our dollar, and combined technology and sheer genius, we are able to get it. In those years, just as Aaran (sp?) said, the showmanship and integrated audience even at a most basic level was more than enough to satisfy and make him seem near superhuman. Plus what HopsCS also said about all of the hidden slips and keyholes that aren’t visible from about a good 20 feet away, all that and more were used and still very much are to this day. Still it takes far, far more to get appreciated by today’s modern viewer. But his name will live on.

    • @Ratok1
      @Ratok1 Před 2 lety +53

      @@hopscs2914 I'm not a believer haha, I just find it a little weird that anyone could be when there's a curtain blocking the view of the escape. How would the audience know that someone didn't just waltz up with a key?

    • @lightningonlycommentsonce5824
      @lightningonlycommentsonce5824 Před 2 lety +10

      Just even more proof that people were just as stupid back then as they are now.

    • @Stephan1988
      @Stephan1988 Před 2 lety +7

      No people were stupid back then. Scientifically proven.

  • @Babbaha
    @Babbaha Před 2 lety +1

    Nice work man. I really love the content. Thanks

  • @eggstatus5824
    @eggstatus5824 Před rokem

    This youtube channel is absolutely top tier. Whenever my insomnia refuses to let me sleep, this is one of the couple channels I turn to in order to avoid going insane

  • @jamesdaniels8297
    @jamesdaniels8297 Před 2 lety +337

    The name “Thoughty2” implies the existence of a stronger and more mustached “Thoughty1”.

    • @brantleyhester6641
      @brantleyhester6641 Před 2 lety +23

      Or "Forty-one"

    • @loganmcallister4635
      @loganmcallister4635 Před 2 lety +10

      You mean forty2?

    • @brazygrewup800
      @brazygrewup800 Před 2 lety +7

      @@loganmcallister4635 no thoughty 2 it sounds like forty tho😂

    • @speleokeir
      @speleokeir Před 2 lety +6

      Or that he's the answer to life, the universe and everything?

    • @eg_manifest510
      @eg_manifest510 Před 2 lety +3

      nah, since the 2 is an exponent so Thoughty1 would be less powerful, since Thoughty2 is himself times himself once

  • @gumbycat5226
    @gumbycat5226 Před 2 lety +52

    In March 1966's edition of Playboy magazine Bob Dylan entered into the following exchange:
    Bob: I know what my songs are about.
    Playboy: And what is that?
    Bob: Oh, some are about four minutes, some are about five, and some, believe it or not, are about eleven or twelve.
    Playboy: Can't you be a bit more informative?
    Bob: Nope.
    I think it is a great thing to be able to keep professional secrets.

    • @m.b.boyack2228
      @m.b.boyack2228 Před 2 lety +8

      Glad to see someone was reading 'Playboy' for the 'articles'

    • @ExtremelyOnlineGuy
      @ExtremelyOnlineGuy Před 2 lety +6

      In the first film Jimi Hendrix starred in “See my Music” he was asked if it was true or how he played guitar with his teeth.
      He responded by saying he plays with his ears actually.

    • @owie4070
      @owie4070 Před 2 lety

      @@m.b.boyack2228 🤣

    • @owie4070
      @owie4070 Před 2 lety +2

      Never heard about that. It gave me a laugh.

  • @iLLsauce
    @iLLsauce Před 2 lety +11

    David Blane really seems like the next Houdini after watching this video and watching the things Blane does. You can see the influence and inspiration Houdini had on him

    • @tommymarco
      @tommymarco Před rokem

      sry who

    • @dave.p153
      @dave.p153 Před rokem

      David Blaine is a bulshit artist and has absolutely no skill he uses camera tricks or store-bought magic

    • @craigmann7168
      @craigmann7168 Před 7 měsíci

      David is that you😊

  • @kurtkritzler1992
    @kurtkritzler1992 Před 2 lety

    Thats was wonderful!!!
    Thank you for posting.

  • @jackdurden466
    @jackdurden466 Před 2 lety +109

    Damn he knew showmanship with the crowd holding their breath also, that was genius! This all reminds me of the film “The Prestige”. A period piece about two dueling magicians played by Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. Also co starring Michael Caine. Absolutely fantastic movie.

    • @JLo83
      @JLo83 Před 2 lety +7

      I mean he's one of the biggest inspirations for the characters in those movies. Houdini was probably the greatest showman of all time.

    • @vadermasktruth
      @vadermasktruth Před 2 lety +2

      I remember when that movie came out. I never saw it but I think I should.

    • @lachlanmadden740
      @lachlanmadden740 Před 2 lety +6

      @@vadermasktruth honestly anything Christopher Nolan is always worth a watch. Sometimes even multiple viewings. That man would have to be one of the best director/screenwriters of this generation. Inception, interstellar, the prestige, the dark knight trilogy, tenet, memento, Dunkirk. Truly a one of the greats

    • @jesseoriger7212
      @jesseoriger7212 Před 2 lety +7

      And don't forget David Bowie in the role of Nikola Tesla!

    • @mistral-unizion-music
      @mistral-unizion-music Před 2 lety +4

      @@jesseoriger7212 Yes! And I think it was the first movie showing Nikola Tesla. I was so hyped about it since I was reading books about him at that time. One of the best movies ever made.

  • @LetsbeHonestOfficial
    @LetsbeHonestOfficial Před 2 lety +222

    Yet another example of your fantastic ability for storytelling. Cheers

    • @maazkapadia5891
      @maazkapadia5891 Před 2 lety

      people write his scripts for him

    • @LetsbeHonestOfficial
      @LetsbeHonestOfficial Před 2 lety +11

      @@maazkapadia5891 I know that he obviously has a team. I meant more the way he speaks. Like timing, tone, expressions, etc.

    • @maazkapadia5891
      @maazkapadia5891 Před 2 lety +2

      @@LetsbeHonestOfficial ah yeah facts!!

    • @imaspoon4522
      @imaspoon4522 Před 2 lety +2

      @@LetsbeHonestOfficial And that wink, I adore his winks.

  • @johnnypeterson8547
    @johnnypeterson8547 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you kindly, I always enjoy your content.

  • @shahinshms
    @shahinshms Před 2 lety +2

    this man's narration is brilliant ❤️🙏🏼

  • @priestessholleywood
    @priestessholleywood Před 2 lety +328

    That sly smile when you say, "a debt he never had to pay." Actually maybe he was just the first king of bondage, afterall he even left his wife a safe word.

    • @dave.p153
      @dave.p153 Před rokem

      I really get pissed off when people are so stupid that they bring up bondage I've been doing escapes for 30 years and I really get sick of that

  • @NoName-ds5uq
    @NoName-ds5uq Před 2 lety +32

    Houdini is credited with the first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air aircraft flight in Australia too, in 1910. During his time in the then new nation of Australia he came to my home state, Tasmania. Apparently he did a tightrope walk across a street in the isolated west coast mining town of Zeehan.

    • @lilynewman7656
      @lilynewman7656 Před 2 lety +1

      no way! down here in tassie of all places, that’s so cool

    • @sahtification
      @sahtification Před 2 lety

      16:44

    • @dave.p153
      @dave.p153 Před rokem

      I know it worked in a circus but I didn't think he walked on a high wire

  • @shanesearle1
    @shanesearle1 Před 2 lety

    Really well produced mate, one of your best efforts for sure.

  • @4Beats4Me
    @4Beats4Me Před 2 měsíci

    I feel a sprecial closeness to this man. He stayed in our farm cottage while touring through Athol, Massachusetts in an attempt to debunk the seances of the two ladies living there. They may have had no psychic instinct whatsoever, but visitors have seen mysterious residents here on a regular basis ever since, it seems. I can only hope our visiting performer enjoyed the stmosphere.

  • @markzuckergecko621
    @markzuckergecko621 Před 2 lety +500

    Several of my ex girlfriends would probably say I'm the greatest escape artist of all time.

  • @fuijika
    @fuijika Před 2 lety +339

    I do believe him to be the most famous magician ever, you can ask many people if they heard the name and most would reply yes. Ask the same about David Copperfield, not sure you're going to get as much yes for an answer.

    • @jasonbull6560
      @jasonbull6560 Před 2 lety +6

      Great magicians invented not copied.

    • @sabersz
      @sabersz Před 2 lety +24

      I literally don't know who David Copperfield is, only proves your point 😂

    • @fuijika
      @fuijika Před 2 lety +9

      @@sabersz he was an on screen magician. And was exposed by a masked magician about all his tricks could not be performed in face of a live audience. Just a smoke show that trended a while ago.

    • @k.stewart007
      @k.stewart007 Před 2 lety +28

      I thought David Copperfield was a Charles Dickens character 🤷‍♀️

    • @ImAlwaysHere1
      @ImAlwaysHere1 Před 2 lety +1

      @@k.stewart007 Yes. I thought most people would know the name. Maybe not the correct reference, but the name

  • @themodernfreelancer
    @themodernfreelancer Před 2 měsíci

    I love your content and the way you deliver it, brother!

  • @diogoferreira8397
    @diogoferreira8397 Před 2 lety +4

    Houdini death: A demonstration of his abilities - the "incredible abdominal strength" - caused his death. After presenting the number to an audience of students in Montreal, Canada, one of the students invaded backstage and without giving Houdini time to prepare his muscles, hit him in the abdomen with three punches. The violent blows tore his appendix, and nearly a week later he died in a hospital in Detroit. Harry Houdini died of secondary peritonitis due to a ruptured appendix caused by multiple abdominal trauma.

    • @CptnCld
      @CptnCld Před 2 lety +1

      That is exactly what I know of his death

  • @howrylo
    @howrylo Před 2 lety +18

    The story of him being punched without being notice is what I've always heard. I legend right there.

  • @gundy650
    @gundy650 Před 2 lety +55

    Well, Dai Vernon said "he didn't do any magic, he did escapes!". He also said he was far from average with card, he was utterly bad at it. And Dai Vernon fooled Houdini over and over again with his ambitious card routine and became known as the man who fooled houdini.

    • @lillycastitatis6807
      @lillycastitatis6807 Před 2 lety +8

      "The man who fooled Hoodini" sounds like the most epic title ever

    • @free2radke777
      @free2radke777 Před 2 lety +11

      But no one reminders that guy's name 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @willmfrank
      @willmfrank Před 2 lety

      There's an episode of "The Canadians" that features Dai Vernon, and it's available for viewing here on CZcams.

  • @deathisonlythebeginning5098

    Houdini's belief/non-belief of the afterlife and especially contacting the living, is to me--much more interesting than his escape tricks. He wanted to believe, but he couldn't because there was never proof. I feel the same way about things that MIGHT be possible (aliens, ghosts, cryptids), but I will never profess true belief without some tangible evidence.

  • @thereshope7389
    @thereshope7389 Před 2 lety

    Just found this channel really like it same old you tubers get boring you needa series on Netflix man🤙🏼

  • @colbertops1007
    @colbertops1007 Před 2 lety +50

    I didn't know I was supposed to be using my eyeballs here. This channel works perfectly as a podcast already. 👍

  • @Cander617
    @Cander617 Před 2 lety +8

    I enjoyed this one a lot, I'm a real big Houdini fan. By the well you told the story I could tell you admired the man as well, truly one of a kind that's for sure! Thanks for the video great work as usual!

  • @mccalljeff
    @mccalljeff Před rokem +8

    12:52 did not realize that Houdini knew Abe Lincoln.

  • @robertortiz8540
    @robertortiz8540 Před 7 měsíci

    @Thoughty2, Harry Houdini was his stage name, and he was born Erich Weisz on March 24, 1874, in Hungary. It is believed that he died from peritonitis on October 31, 1926, when he was 52 years old.

  • @dlbstl
    @dlbstl Před 2 lety +82

    Since I was a kid I was always fascinated by Houdini. The man that sucker punched Houdini should have been flogged.

    • @ericbogar9665
      @ericbogar9665 Před 2 lety +13

      It wasn't a sucker punch. Houdini said he could take the punch in the stomach and the guy punched him.

    • @TheBenjdude
      @TheBenjdude Před 2 lety +1

      The way I heard the story (not sure if it's true or not) was that after he was punched by the guy (only once in my version), Houdini set his muscles and let the guy hit him again and he broke his wrist.

    • @shadowxxe
      @shadowxxe Před 2 lety

      @@ericbogar9665 repeatedly as hard as he could without warning.

    • @ericbogar9665
      @ericbogar9665 Před 2 lety +2

      @@shadowxxe If he was a fan though, why would he do that? That sounds like more than a fan. Thats an enemy.

    • @dave.p153
      @dave.p153 Před rokem

      Whitehead 😡

  • @willh3339
    @willh3339 Před 2 lety +15

    3.99M subs! gotta get him to 4M, been here since 300k 🙏🏻 congrats bro

    • @darylaquino2193
      @darylaquino2193 Před 2 lety

      Wdym since 300k he joined 2012 and you joined from 2019

  • @jacobbujnowski7892
    @jacobbujnowski7892 Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you thoughty2 always wanted to see you do a video on the great Harry Houdini 👍👍🇦🇺

  • @Nylak-Otter
    @Nylak-Otter Před rokem

    I just listen to your videos with the screen off, inside my vest pocket, and synched with my noise-canceling headphones while I'm at work. No fancy podcasts necessary. New apps confuse me and my phone storage is full anyhow.

  • @wetmustache1
    @wetmustache1 Před 2 lety +9

    Okay first, and again, I love this channel and all the work that gets put into each production. I feel the sense of the fourth wall being broken so to speak (there's probably a word for it that I don't know) at times in videos, all creators who are reading a script while making the videos. I see the people in front of me glancing for what seems to be a fraction of a second, which thoughty2 is quite good at for sure. but I can't stop seeing it, in all youtube videos I watch that are read from a script of some sort. I used to watch videos with the feeling that these creators are somewhat having a conversation with me and I am non-verbally continuing the conversation. but once I noticed the eye zap to the side of the screen once with one creator I cannot un-see it, it is everywhere. I translate this feeling to be like if I were actually talking with someone and they have several times in a short period where they quickly glance over my shoulder at something; that's what I mean by fourth wall breaking. Still a fantastic video mate.

    • @wastedviking6280
      @wastedviking6280 Před rokem

      Uuuh okay? Weird.

    • @Tucolilliii
      @Tucolilliii Před rokem

      Same I always feel like I’m having a conversation with them even if I’m not talking myself or they’re telling a story specifically to me

  • @sebastianelytron8450
    @sebastianelytron8450 Před 2 lety +21

    What did they call that place with the collection of escape artist memorabilia?
    Now Museum, Now You Don't

  • @zwaki3k667
    @zwaki3k667 Před 2 lety +3

    I love how this 42 guy shares his knowledge with others

  • @p1nkfreud
    @p1nkfreud Před 2 lety +3

    Congrats on 4 mil bro, been watching you since like 2016 - never stop being you

  • @cornpop1363
    @cornpop1363 Před 2 lety +94

    I love Houdini, but he was no "king of cards". he was once thoroughly fooled 3 times in a row by a double backer, something most people don't know about but everyone slightly into card magic will be acquainted with.

    • @mrecksie
      @mrecksie Před 2 lety +31

      you do understand that things people know about now adays might not have been common knowledge back when this little thing called the internet didnt exist?

    • @ExtremelyOnlineGuy
      @ExtremelyOnlineGuy Před 2 lety +46

      I bet he would’ve lost his shit if I pulled an iPhone out with xvideos pulled up. “Watch as she makes the _whole_ thing disappear dude”

    • @AnotherWittyUsername.
      @AnotherWittyUsername. Před 2 lety +2

      Maybe that's why Houdini "Frew his cards out".

    • @cornpop1363
      @cornpop1363 Před 2 lety +2

      @@mrecksie of course. you understand a card with the back design printed on both sides isn't exactly the height of modern technology, right? even back then anyone calling themselves "the king of cards" should have been aware of double backers. they did exist. and so did blank cards. shocking, I know, but true.

    • @tommymarco
      @tommymarco Před rokem

      bunga bunga .

  • @GJ-ly1mv
    @GJ-ly1mv Před 2 lety +5

    Aaran, if that were a eulogy for Harry Houdini that would really have been a wonderful way to commemorate his life. Very nice video.

  • @jacoblin3551
    @jacoblin3551 Před 2 lety +8

    I want this voice to wake me up everyday

  • @darkscrotus3614
    @darkscrotus3614 Před 2 lety

    This one was a real banger, thanks thoughty!

  • @glorygloryholeallelujah
    @glorygloryholeallelujah Před 2 lety +72

    I had always heard that Houdini faked his death…so he could “retire as a legend, before his body started breaking down with age”. 🤷‍♀️

    • @jackdurden466
      @jackdurden466 Před 2 lety +11

      That is a probable theory. As he would want that for sure and I’m positive that it could’ve been pulled off at that time.
      BTW: Hilarious name Glory!!! 😂😂😂

    • @glorygloryholeallelujah
      @glorygloryholeallelujah Před 2 lety +6

      @@jackdurden466 exactly! He definitely seems like the kind of person that would really emotionally struggle when the inevitable aging process started to slowly prevent him from doing what he loved most!
      Plus like you said, it would’ve been incredibly easy to do back then…and honestly, I don’t think *ANYONE* at the time would’ve be more capable and qualified to pull it off, than the most talented, intelligent and globally renowned escape artist/illusionist of their era!
      (Thanks☺️ I’m glad my screenname gave you a smile!)

    • @tommymarco
      @tommymarco Před rokem +1

      glory be thy name : )

    • @dave.p153
      @dave.p153 Před rokem

      I've been an entertainer for 30 years and the adrenaline that he would have got from doing those shows for thousands of people in the theatre is totally addictive and he was making ridiculous amounts of money. 20000 a months in 1910 now I don't want to use stereotypes but no Jewish man would give that up

    • @glorygloryholeallelujah
      @glorygloryholeallelujah Před rokem

      @@tommymarco 🤣💗👍

  • @sondraoppedisano9440
    @sondraoppedisano9440 Před 2 lety +8

    My favorite magician And Entertainment since I was twelve!
    In fact, I had a magician set and tried it for a bit but got disillusioned...he is Still the greatest showman of all time!🎉💜

  • @SpoopyGhost95
    @SpoopyGhost95 Před rokem +8

    Not even Houdini could escape death

  • @fathammy5955
    @fathammy5955 Před 2 lety

    I just think it’s funny that there’s just random black and white clips of him just rolling around on the floor trying to get out of a straight jacket. Freaking lost it every time the sped up clip appeared on screen 😂
    Love your videos man keep it up

  • @zenmonjoshin9996
    @zenmonjoshin9996 Před 2 lety +6

    the first fifteen seconds of advertising absolutely sold it.

  • @lobotomusprime1443
    @lobotomusprime1443 Před 2 lety +6

    Yes! A new episode! This mustache effichiotto has become my latest binge. This fella has conquered CZcams.
    Don't ever stop. And that's doing US a favor.

    • @markzuckergecko621
      @markzuckergecko621 Před 2 lety +1

      "effichiotto" sounds like a type of bread. Mmmmm, I bet it's good.

    • @JennaLeigh
      @JennaLeigh Před 2 lety

      Are you saying "aficionado"?

  • @sphinxrising1129
    @sphinxrising1129 Před 2 lety +5

    Curious, as a child, I held my breath for 1 minute, 15 seconds, just to see how long I could go before I had to take a breath. Of course, I was completely relaxed, which Houdini would not have been, & there in, lays the challenge of how he could exert himself while holding his breath.

    • @napzilla
      @napzilla Před rokem

      Easier to hold your breath if you dont have a brain hogging the Oxygen...

  • @danielbradley5255
    @danielbradley5255 Před 2 lety +11

    regarding his escape from the London handcuff maker of the worlds most secure handcuffs, it should be mentioned that after almost an hour of struggling, his wife walked on stage to give him a "kiss" for luck. within a few mins after that he escaped.
    it's widely agreed upon that she passed him a specific pick/key to assist his escape

  • @kingonmythrone2259
    @kingonmythrone2259 Před 2 lety +20

    Finally a new video, I've been waiting forever (32 hours) love your content.

  • @aadamtx
    @aadamtx Před 2 lety +22

    Have you seen James Randi's replication of Houdini's escapes? Some of them are available here on YT. He'll always be most prominently remembered as an escape artist, arguably the greatest who has ever lived (or that we know of). Every illusionist has a specialty, whether it be cards, mindreading (The Amazing Kreskin was a master of that art, along with being a publicity hound), or Charles "Think-a-Drink" Hoffman. I've had the privilege of seeing David Copperfield, Criss Angel, and Penn & Teller in Las Vegas - all great shows!

  • @hobbybugs1286
    @hobbybugs1286 Před 2 lety +3

    Fun fact Harry Houdini's dog was called Bobby and was a very good escape artist in his own right

  • @rhemywagner6366
    @rhemywagner6366 Před 2 lety +6

    He said he had such a strong gut, you could punch it and he wouldnt feel it. One day some teens walked into his dorm asking if it was true. He said it was, he also said they could test it, but before he could tighten his stomach... SHABLAMO, he got puched so hard, he died decades later due to the injury.

  • @hawkeyestegosaurus5680
    @hawkeyestegosaurus5680 Před 2 lety +3

    What a truly tough dude, worthy of the legend

  • @jeanproctor3663
    @jeanproctor3663 Před 2 lety +3

    Beautifully told, as always.Thank you for this

  • @picklikeapro6952
    @picklikeapro6952 Před rokem +1

    Wow, 24 minutes is impressive. That’s 95% mental strength. A true little engine that could mind set.

  • @ILoveDirtbike
    @ILoveDirtbike Před rokem

    Thanks for keeping me up until 12:23 AM waiting for my laundry to be ready for the dryer

  • @PrairieWolf62
    @PrairieWolf62 Před 2 lety +7

    Hey Thoughty2 !
    Give us a hint what you're doing for the 4Mth subbers!
    I think you might celebrate with some wine and friends, so why not remake your first vid, Alcohol.
    Q & A would be nice too......
    Congratulations to you and your team!

  • @luisalonso7349
    @luisalonso7349 Před 2 lety +8

    Aaayy best way to spend my lunch break with some new fun facts! :'D

  • @kittymervine6115
    @kittymervine6115 Před 2 lety +1

    when my brother was in the Boy Scouts, he learned the trick that almost all "Tie me up!" tricks use, even to this day. He taught me. I performed a very bad version at a "Talent Show", at. The Amazing Meeting. The trick was fine, but the group that helped me (we'd never performed before the public before, especially some of the best magicians in Vegas!).....well we were amateurs. But this trick works so well

    • @fleetskipper1810
      @fleetskipper1810 Před rokem

      Can you please describe this trick? I haven’t heard how it works.

  • @zakkoenig9342
    @zakkoenig9342 Před 2 lety +2

    Houdini literally proved he wasn’t an imposter by leaving. RIP

  • @RonAlbert
    @RonAlbert Před 2 lety +16

    2:23 that scary face on that transition overlay. Creeped me out lol.

  • @nathalie_desrosiers
    @nathalie_desrosiers Před 2 lety +8

    Fun fact: *legend* says he was the one that gave Joseph Keaton Jr his nickname "Buster".

    • @JennaLeigh
      @JennaLeigh Před 2 lety +1

      What??!? No way!! Thank you for that awesome tidbit!

  • @Fortjul
    @Fortjul Před 2 lety

    Please make more podcasts I listened to all of them

  • @rosscosier8751
    @rosscosier8751 Před 2 lety +1

    Great stuff!

  • @Yes_this_is_my_cat
    @Yes_this_is_my_cat Před 2 lety +22

    Why is no one talking about how close he is to 4 MILLION!
    🤯🥳

    • @sebastianelytron8450
      @sebastianelytron8450 Před 2 lety +2

      Because nobody cares

    • @kabir4133
      @kabir4133 Před 2 lety

      Congrats thoughty2!

    • @theklaus7436
      @theklaus7436 Před 2 lety

      If you go back to his early work you can see how much work he put into his success. But no doubt he’s very good, funny and English humor is so much better than American humor. If you want a good comparison go and see the original lady killers and look how awful even the funny coen brothers were able to ruin it!. The English version is so good I wonder how bad even the Coen brothers could make it!. But respect to mr arran

    • @clairehartney7525
      @clairehartney7525 Před 2 lety

      oh yeah! Didn't notice.

  • @davidlancaster6941
    @davidlancaster6941 Před 2 lety +33

    Good job. You look totally different with a moustache. Saw earlier clips. Please keep doing what u do. Thanks. Shalom. D

  • @jay108D
    @jay108D Před 2 lety

    Most excellent. Thank you.

  • @davidmalone2580
    @davidmalone2580 Před 2 lety

    Really enjoyed the content and your channel

  • @RomanoPRODUCTION
    @RomanoPRODUCTION Před 2 lety +3

    Arran is the Houdini of storytellers ❤️❤️❤️

  • @NoNameEst1992
    @NoNameEst1992 Před 2 lety +23

    It always amazes me how gullible our ancestors were... "I'm just gonna close this curtain so you can't see what's happening, but don't worry it's all totally legit"

    • @NoNameEst1992
      @NoNameEst1992 Před 2 lety +4

      @Not RickRoll 👇 Do you really think I would insult people for being gullible and then click a link posted by someone whos username is "Not rickroll"?
      Edit: he changed his name

    • @markzuckergecko621
      @markzuckergecko621 Před 2 lety +2

      Makes me think of that Family Guy cutaway where they say Jesus' miracles may have been overstated, and it shows him just making hand gestures behind his back and changing them to different hand gestures before he shows them again.

    • @yahwehisdead
      @yahwehisdead Před 2 lety +3

      @@NoNameEst1992 lol I didn't notice the irony there...lol. classic. However I do agree with him. I was literally just thinking that then read his post seconds later.

    • @lilheinz9496
      @lilheinz9496 Před 2 lety

      @Not RickRoll 👇 why do little kids think it’s still funny? The only person being laughed at anymore is the guy who posts the link, not the grandmas who click on it.
      U do realize that so many other Memes exist now right? Lol u caught on WAYY to late to the internet obviously.

    • @okaydetar821
      @okaydetar821 Před 2 lety +1

      @@lilheinz9496 Okay okay look, I agree, spam is annoying, but rick roll is and will always be the best meme.

  • @vtudster
    @vtudster Před 2 lety

    happy early Christmas i have been watching you for over 3 months now

  • @plugshirt1684
    @plugshirt1684 Před 2 lety +2

    My entire knowledge of Houdini’s death has been based on an episode of a thousand ways to die my whole life and I’m glad it was accurate for the most part

  • @peterwulfenstein4526
    @peterwulfenstein4526 Před 2 lety +4

    This is awesome

  • @chonkyhonky1887
    @chonkyhonky1887 Před 2 lety +12

    I love the idea of a thoughty2 hosted podcast! Going to use the link after this video!

  • @lumpyspaceprince7687
    @lumpyspaceprince7687 Před 2 lety +2

    I honestly love your intro 😂😂 cause it fits me so well while I watch you stoned in my bed

  • @olafcarlson1046
    @olafcarlson1046 Před 2 lety

    great vid Thoughty! /cheers