The word "answer" stood for the letter "B", for example. The other words correspond to a secret spelling code used to pass information between a magician and his assistant during a mentalism act. Bess' wedding band bore the inscription "Rosabelle", the name of the song she sang in her act when they first met. The message was, "Rosabelle- answer- tell- pray, answer- look- tell- answer, answer- tell". The message was said to be based on both sentimentality and an old vaudeville mindreading routine. Even so, she allowed a séance with Ford in her home on January 8th.Īt that sitting, Fletcher relayed the secret code from Houdini. Houdini as in a "semidelerium" from her illness and medications. A reporter for the New York Evening Graphic, described Mrs. She had fallen down a flight of stairs a week earlier and was also battling influenza. Houdini that Ford was ready to crack the secret code. In January 1929, Arthur Ford's crony Francis Fast claimed that he brought word to Mrs. These séances provided rich publicity and Bess was dedicated to promoting the Houdini name. Every Halloween for the next ten years she held a séance, hoping in vain for Houdini's spirit to turn up.*īess began the tradition of holding a séance to see whether Houdini could escape from death.
His wife Beatrice (Bess) offered $10,000 to anyone who could produce an authentic message from the spirit of her husband. Despite his skepticism, Houdini and Bess devised a secret message that was to be used to test the validity of any so-called spirit message coming from either of them, should one or the other pass.
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