ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO Escape artist Harry Houdini is shown in chains circa 1899.
The Houdini Museum, 1433 N. Main Ave., Scranton, will hold two free sessions of the Original Houdini Seance on Thursday, Oct. 31.
Museum directors and magicians Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz will lead the seances at 1:29 p.m., the time of his death on Halloween 1926, and at 7:30 p.m., the time of his final show.
The museum will offer free snacks and movies, including parts of Houdini’s “The Grim Game,” starting at noon and at 6 p.m. Doors open a half-hour prior to the event.
Reservations are suggested but not required and can be made by calling 570-342-5555. Free parking is available at the museum.
Caitlin Heaney West is the content editor for Access NEPA and oversees the Early Access blog in addition to working as a copy editor and staff writer for The Times-Tribune. An award-winning journalist, she is a summa cum laude graduate of Shippensburg University and also earned a master’s degree from Marywood University. Caitlin joined the Times-Shamrock family in 2009 and lives in Scranton. Contact: cwest@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5107; or @cheaneywest
