The Original Houdini Metamorphosis Trunk

I never really owned Houdini's trunk. I guarded it for forty-five years. During that time, I gathered some excellent documentation on it, and I proved conclusively to myself (and Joe Long) that this was Houdini's original Metamorphosis Trunk. That he had created it with his own hands with a man named Frank Allen. I had beautiful footage of Hardeen performing the substitution with it. Documentation of Hardeen introducing it as the "Original Metamorphosis Trunk which I performed with my brother."
There were scoffers, Milbourne Christopher being the loudest and least sincere. I had everything but a photo of Houdini with it.
Now you can see four of them.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Metamorphosis ... amorphosis

The Metamorphosis: The Apprenticeship of Harry Houdini$24.95

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I've been in that trunk!

Here are a few posts about the trunk on my blog. This is really a pretty big deal. While there are several Houdini sub trunks out there, this is the only one with photographic evidence that proves it was used by Harry and Bess.

This is Houdini's sub trunk
http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2012/10 ... trunk.html

How Houdini's sub trunk escaped
http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2012/10 ... caped.html

I never really owned Houdini's trunk. I guarded it for forty-five years. During that time, I gathered some excellent documentation on it, and I proved conclusively to myself (and Joe Long) that this was Houdini's original Metamorphosis Trunk. That he had created it with his own hands with a man named Frank Allen. I had beautiful footage of Hardeen performing the substitution with it. Documentation of Hardeen introducing it as the "Original Metamorphosis Trunk which I performed with my brother."
There were scoffers, Milbourne Christopher being the loudest and least sincere. I had everything but a photo of Houdini with it.
Now you can see four of them.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Metamorphosis ... amorphosis

The Metamorphosis: The Apprenticeship of Harry Houdini$24.95

Goose Lane Editions Amazon

Great information. Thanks for the posts and the information on the new book. More great history.

Ron