You might not guess it from the video, but Houdini tells us the secret to rope escapes is not so much getting slack, nor concealing a hook-knife. No, it really depends on what kind of shoes you wear.
At least, that's what he wrote in the Ladies Home Journal in June 1918. Escape artists ever since have preferred Congress-Gaitors.
They're still available, and their characteristic side-gussets make them not a bad place to secrete the occasional hook-knife.
Another one of Harry's red herrings like the dislocated shoulder to get out of a straitjacket. The long rope is the giveaway here--not the Beatle boot.
ReplyDeleteThis is great. Now we know what shoes Harry wore and why.
ReplyDeleteOne thing's for sure. If he said it was the shoes, it really wasn't!
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