

The 2004 book "The Man Who Killed Houdini", in which the only known Whitehead remained obscure, until writer Don Bell began his own

Houdini, to collect money under the double indemnity clause. Who needed proof of the incident in order for Houdini's widow, Bess Had to submit an affidavit to the New York Life Insurance Company, Witnesses to the event, Whitehead was never arrested. Performer from seeking treatment until nine days later.Īt the time of this incident, Whitehead had been a McGill The cause of Houdini's death - although the pain inflicted by theīlows may have masked the pain of the appendicitis, preventing the Despite popular belief, the appendicitis and not the blow was Sucker-punched magician Harry Houdini in the stomach on October 22ġ926. Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead (died 1954) is infamous as the man who
