Interesting follow-up by the wife considering how Houdini felt about Spiritualists.
A couple of interesting podcasts on After Death Communications (ADC):
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World - After Death Communications (ADCs)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World - Analyzing After Death Communications
Seriously grieving people have been known to do unusual things. It has been said that Bess and Harry were very much in love.
I will admit to having an after-death visit from my maternal Grandma, Anita. We were very close - she raised me from birth while Mom & Dad both worked until I started Kindergarten. And of course then I saw her every day after school and we spent a LOT of time as a family with her.
She died when she was only 72; I was in my mid-30’s at that time. As a kid, when I was sleeping, she’d always shake my foot to wake me up.
A few weeks after she passed and the dust had settled, one night while sleeping I felt that familiar foot shake and I woke up. She was standing at the end of my bed in her usual house dress and apron and she looked me straight in the eye and said, ‘Everything is going to be just fine!’ And then she vanished.
It was comforting, more than scary. And it WOULD be just like her to make sure I was OK without her. ;)
Was it grief? Could be. Did it really happen? It sure seemed real to me. Was it love? Absolutely!