.png)
What's Shakin with Shaner
Where we celebrate the passion and the madness of the Geek, the Nerd, and often the Absurd. Each episode will be a different topic such as Saturday morning cartoons or Superheroes, favorite books, debates on absurd issues, movies and lesser known historical people and events.
What's Shakin with Shaner
Psycho Bob Says Why did Harry Houdini Testify Before Congress?
•
Shakin Shaner
•
Episode 45
Shaner and Bob dive into Harry Houdini testifying before Congress.
Never before had a congressional hearing been described as “UPROARIOUS,” until master magician and escape artist Harry Houdini provided expert testimony in which he delivered a lively and compelling case against the supernatural.
For years, Houdini had worked tirelessly to debunk mediums who claimed to communicate with the dead. He viewed them as “ghost racketeers,” charlatans conning grieving and vulnerable people out of money. However, one of them even made a chilling prediction about his death, that came true.