https://freerepublic.com/tag/oct30/ en-us Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:54:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4401233/posts Harry Houdini died 100 years ago on Halloween, and depending on who you ask he either died whilst performing a stunt inside a water torture cell, as the result of being punched in the abdomen, at the hands of spiritualists he had annoyed, or, according to one book, "by a crew of malevolent circus midgets who surreptitiously entered his hotel room to add arsenic to his morning tea". Not to complicate things further, but a recent book has suggested that none of these are correct, and that he didn't even die on Halloween. Harry Houdini used his time here on... IFL Science https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4401233/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:54:43 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2617788/posts I think there were more "faces of color" on stage than in the crowds. How about that, OlberFuherer? Matthews? Gonna call *them* racists? The average age of the crowd seemed to be about 21 as well. And the only signs allowed, appeared to be plants by Stewart/Colbert and their production crew. Comedy Channel broadcast https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2617788/posts#comment Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:35:34 GMT