I blew-up my new Houdini Lives! posters at Office Depot "matte finish" and it turned out amazing, I'll hang both on the wall shortly.
Saturday, April 01, 2023
This is no April Fool's Day joke, Houdini is back, HOUDINI LIVES! novel and screenplay by Al Blanchard and Adam Steinfeld. www.HoudiniLives.com
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Saturday, April 06, 2019
HOUDINI LIVES!
by Al Blanchard and Adam Steinfeld
Historical Crime Thriller
Historical Crime Thriller
LOGLINE:
Set in 1966, Miami Beach,
a cocky young magician, the Great Stanford, discovers world-famous Houdini faked his death forty years prior, and attempts to recreate Houdini’s most death-defying escape, as psychic and political presidential hopeful Kirk, plans the assassination of 92-year-old Houdini on live TV.
ABOUT THE WRITERS
AL BLANCHARD:
is former president of, "the New England chapter of Mystery Writers of America" and, author of the nationally published novels; the Murder at Walden Pond, the Mad Season, the Iscariot Conspiracy and Murder on Cape Cod, the Disappearance of Jenna Drago and the Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder.
is former president of, "the New England chapter of Mystery Writers of America" and, author of the nationally published novels; the Murder at Walden Pond, the Mad Season, the Iscariot Conspiracy and Murder on Cape Cod, the Disappearance of Jenna Drago and the Stalker and Other Tales of Love and Murder.
ADAM STEINFELD:
a filmmaker and magician, star of Magic Live!® casino theater shows presented over 2,400 shows at one venue and director of short documentary films; Houdini, talks Houdini, Houdini Girl and Yo Houdini horror series, Ask Madame Wonder? twisted-tales, Creezy, Where are you? thriller. And the comedy short film, Magic Schmuck, 2nd Best Magician, in the Whole-Wide World. BA in Film, Univ. of Miami.
a filmmaker and magician, star of Magic Live!® casino theater shows presented over 2,400 shows at one venue and director of short documentary films; Houdini, talks Houdini, Houdini Girl and Yo Houdini horror series, Ask Madame Wonder? twisted-tales, Creezy, Where are you? thriller. And the comedy short film, Magic Schmuck, 2nd Best Magician, in the Whole-Wide World. BA in Film, Univ. of Miami.
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
..."A most intriguing and entertaining premise -
read the book, before you see the movie that has to follow!"
read the book, before you see the movie that has to follow!"
-John Fisher, acclaimed British TV producer
a novel
by
AL BLANCHARD
and ADAM STEINFELD
Historical Thriller
LOGLINE:
LOGLINE:
Set in
1966, Miami Beach,
a cocky
young magician, the Great Stanford, discovers world-famous Houdini faked his
death forty years prior, and attempts to recreate Houdini’s most death-defying
escape, as psychic and political presidential hopeful Kirk, plans the
assassination of 92-year-old Houdini on live TV.
..."A most intriguing and entertaining premise -
read the book, before you see the movie that has to follow!"
read the book, before you see the movie that has to follow!"
-John Fisher, acclaimed British TV producer
...“historical fantasy,
romance and intrigue tied into a taut false knot.”
romance and intrigue tied into a taut false knot.”
- Mike Caveney, author/publisher
...."Houdini alive and grooving in the sixties."
Wayne Kawamoto, About.com
..."Adam - I enjoyed the book very much - it's excellent, reading with an interesting twist - it should be a best seller."
Sid Radner, foremost authority
on Houdini, Hardeen's protégé.
on Houdini, Hardeen's protégé.
"A new novel, Houdini Lives, asks...what if, Harry Houdini, world famous magician and escape artist, did not die on October 31, 1926."
Tim Quinlin's
Inside Magic
..."is a fun fictional novel that finds Houdini alive and well and living in 1966, Miami Beach".
-John Cox
Wild About Harry blog,
..."this murder mystery features the 1966 return of Harry Houdini who was thought to have died forty years earlier."
-Ronald E. Gray,
Houdini in a Milk Can.
"Houdini Lives! novel is destined for greatness, I can easily visualize it as a feature-film."
Dr. Mark Horowitz
one of the largest Magic Collections in the world.
"Thumbs up to writers, Al Blanchard and Adam Steinfeld for delivering us a thriller that's fun and mysterious and works on every level."
Bret Gorenberg
THIS IS Sixties doc.
Friday, August 10, 2018
It's 1966 and Harry Houdini did not die forty years ago,
as many people thought,
but is planning a dramatic comeback.
as many people thought,
but is planning a dramatic comeback.

HOUDINI LIVES!
by Al Blanchard
and Adam Steinfeld
MIAMI BEACH. It's 1966 and world famous magician, escape artist, Harry Houdini did NOT die forty years ago as many people thought, he's been in hiding from his political enemies and is planning a dramatic comeback.
..."A most intriguing and entertaining premise - read the book, before you see the movie that has to follow!"
-John Fisher, acclaimed British TV producer,
author of CARDINI, the Suave Deceiver
& TOMMY COOPER:
Always Leave Them Laughing.
AUTHORS of HOUDINI LIVES!
ABOUT the WRITERS
AL BLANCHARD
New England crime novelist, author of The Steve Asher Mystery Series, The Disappearance of Jenna Drago, the James Callahan Mysteries & a Collection of short stories called The Stalker and Other Tales of Love & Murder and many more. And the former President of, the Mystery Writers of America - New England Chapter.
ADAM STEINFELD
Magician/film-maker, director several shorts in film-festivals; Houdini...talks Houdini, Co-author of the novel/ film script, Houdini Lives!, Yo Houdini, Magic Island, Ask Madame Wonder? and long running, Magic Live!®, grand illusions comedy show, at island resort casino, studied to be a filmmaker, Bachelor of Arts, Univ. of Miami.
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(Left) magician/director, Adam Steinfeld, and New England crime writer/novelist, Al Blanchard (right) celebrate on stage, at Steinfeld's Magic Live! show, the publication of their novel Houdini Lives! |
BUY IT
NOW
CLICK HERE
Thursday, November 02, 2017
historical crime thriller, romantic drama
HOUDINI LIVES!
a new novel by
AL BLANCHARD and ADAM STEINFELD
..."a most intriguing and entertaining premise -
read the book before you see the movie, that's sure to follow!
-John Fisher,
acclaimed British TV producer
BUY IT
NOW
CLICK HERE
Monday, September 18, 2017
HOUDINI LIVES!
A NOVEL BY Al Blanchard and Adam Steinfeld
GENRE
thriller
SETTING
in 1966, Miami Beach
LOGLINE
On glitzy Miami Beach, in 1966, world famous escape artist, magician, Harry Houdini did NOT die forty years ago, as many people thought, but is planning a dramatic comeback. Who are these enemies from the 1920s and why are they still trying to kill him? Can Stanford, the young hip, new wave magician and his psychic magic assistant, Solea save his life? Houdini lives or dies is only a matter of time.
AL BLANCHARD
New England crime novelist, author of The Steve Asher Mystery Series, The Disappearance of Jenna Drago, the James Callahan Mysteries & a Collection of short stories called The Stalker and Other Tales of Love & Murder and many more. And the former President of, the Mystery Writers of America - New England Chapter.
ADAM STEINFELD
filmmaker/magician, director several shorts in film-festivals; Houdini...talks Houdini, Co-author of the novel/ film script, Houdini Lives!, Yo Houdini, Magic Island, Ask Madame Wonder? and long running, Magic Live!®, grand illusions comedy show, at island resort casino, studied to be a filmmaker, Bachelor of Arts, Univ. of Miami.
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(Left) magician/director, Adam Steinfeld, and (center) novelist, Al Blanchard celebrate on stage, at the Magic Live! show, the first publication of their novel Houdini Lives! |
THE REAL HOUDINI IS BACK!
HOUDINI...talks Houdini

a short film by filmmaker/magician,
Adam Steinfeld
You'll gasp at every death-defying feat..and thrill to every moment, it's all real, NOT a Hollywood actor, incredible escapes from the 1907 Weighlock bridge leap, to the 1914 Battery Park box escape.
See the greatest magician of all time, America's first superhero, Houdini make a triumphant return, to where it all started in Coney Island.

HOUDINI...talks Houdini

a short film by filmmaker/magician,
Adam Steinfeld
You'll gasp at every death-defying feat..and thrill to every moment, it's all real, NOT a Hollywood actor, incredible escapes from the 1907 Weighlock bridge leap, to the 1914 Battery Park box escape.
See the greatest magician of all time, America's first superhero, Houdini make a triumphant return, to where it all started in Coney Island.

Monday, June 20, 2016
HOUDINI LIVES!
by Al Blanchard
and Adam Steinfeld
logline:
It's 1966 and Harry Houdini did not die forty years ago, as many people thought, he's been in hiding from his political enemies and is planning a dramatic comeback.
...“historical fantasy,
romance and intrigue tied into a taut false knot.”
...."Houdini alive and grooving in the sixties."
www.HoudiniLives.com
www.MagicLive.com
copyright, MMXVII-Adam Steinfeld
by Al Blanchard
and Adam Steinfeld
logline:
It's 1966 and Harry Houdini did not die forty years ago, as many people thought, he's been in hiding from his political enemies and is planning a dramatic comeback.
..."A most intriguing and entertaining premise - read the book, before you see the movie that has to follow!"
-John Fisher, acclaimed British TV producer,
author of CARDINI, the Suave Deceiver
& TOMMY COOPER:
Always Leave Them Laughing.
...“historical fantasy,
romance and intrigue tied into a taut false knot.”
- Mike Caveney, author/publisher
of Carter The Great,
awarded the John Nevil Maskelyne
award for literature by England's Magic Circle.
...."Houdini alive and grooving in the sixties."
Wayne Kawamoto, About.com
..."Adam - I enjoyed the book very much - it's excellent, reading with an interesting twist - it should be a best seller."
Sid Radner, foremost authority
on Houdini, Hardeen's protégé.
on Houdini, Hardeen's protégé.
"A new novel, Houdini Lives, asks...what if, Harry Houdini, world famous magician and escape artist, did not die on October 31, 1926."
Tim Quinlin's
Inside Magic
..."is a fun fictional novel that finds Houdini alive and well and living in 1966, Miami Beach".
-John Cox
Wild About Harry Houdini blog.
..."this murder mystery features the 1966 return of Harry Houdini who was thought to have died forty years earlier."
-Ronald E. Gray,
Houdini in a Milk Can.
"Houdini Lives! novel is destined for greatness, I can easily visualize it as a movie."
Dr. Mark Horowitz
one of the largest Magic Collections in the world.
"Thumbs up to writers, Al Blanchard and Adam Steinfeld for delivering us a thriller that's fun and mysterious and works on every level."
Bret Gorenberg
THIS IS Sixties doc.
www.MagicLive.com
copyright, MMXVII-Adam Steinfeld
Wednesday, September 04, 2013
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"Houdini meets Night of the Living Dead"
a new short series, created, by, director-writer /magician,
Adam Steinfeld
MORE INFO:
www.YoHoudini.com
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Houdini Lives! a novel
by: Al Blanchard & Adam Steinfeld
It's 1966 and Harry Houdini did not die forty years ago, as people thought, but is planning a dramatic comeback...
ISBN: 978-0-615-13583-0
Paperback book $12.95
click here:
HOUDINI LIVES! in 1966 Miami Beach....alive 40 years past his burial.
Magician Adam Steinfeld and writer Al Blanchard have authored, Houdini Lives! The fanciful tale weaves around The Great Sanford, a cocky young magician out to make a name for himself. Set in 1966, Stanford discovers that Houdini faked his own death forty years earlier and has been living a very different life in Miami Beach ever since.
Story is scattered over many genres, including mystery, comedy, romance, politics, the supernatural, and magic, with numerous cameo appearances by the biggest names in mid-'60s show biz.
-Magic Magazine, las vegas
ALSO WRITTEN AS A FILMSCRIPT.
MORE ON THE NOVEL
available online including at: www.HoudiniLives.com

PHOTO by: Kevin Hare - the Enquirer
A new traveling exhibit from the American Museum of Magic, soon to be on public display at; Houston Museum of Natural Science, featured in "Magic...The Science of Wonder", an exhibition running in a few months, Feb. 26 to Sept, 6, 2010, then it travels to NYC at the Jewish Museum.
About 75 historical Houdini Magic items from all of the country with be displayed, reports, the Enquirer.
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Houdini Lives! a novel
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Houdini Lives! a novel
a novel
by: Al Blanchard & Adam Steinfeld
It's 1966 and Harry Houdini did not die forty years ago, as people thought, but is planning a dramatic comeback...
ISBN: 978-0-615-13583-0
Paperback book $12.95
click here:
BUY IT NOW
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

PHOTO:
HARRY HOUDINI upsidedown in tank,
in his original creation the Water Torture Cell of death, ...first public performance was at the Circus Busch in Berlin, on September 21, 1912, Houdini continued to perform the escape until his death in 1926.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
sponsored by;
HOUDINI LIVES! a novel & filmscript
by Al Blanchard & Adam Steinfeld
....he's back , newly discovered Corbis photo of "People Surrounding The Body of the Late Houdini" , November 2, 1926.
HOUDINI LIVES! a novel & filmscript
by Al Blanchard & Adam Steinfeld
....he's back , newly discovered Corbis photo of "People Surrounding The Body of the Late Houdini" , November 2, 1926.
Original caption: The body of the late Harry Houdini arrives in NY from Detroit, where he died.
READ THE NOVEL & filmscript
HOUDINI LIVES!
by Al Blanchard & Adam Steinfeld
HOUDINI LIVES! in 1966 Miami Beach....alive 40 years past his burial.
It's 1966 and world famous magician, escape artist, Harry Houdini, did not die forty years ago as many people thought, but is planning a dramatic comeback...
http://www.HoudiniLives.com/
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Death Defying Acts new Houdini movie opens today in New York City & Los Angeles
DEATH DEFYING ACTS, new houdini movie opens today.
MOST Houdini movies are all stuck in time in the 1920's, this one set about 1 year before his death in 1925, on his tour of Scotland, where Houdini (Guy Pearce) meets up with the lovely Catherine Zeta-Jones, check out the trailer below.

MOST Houdini movies are all stuck in time in the 1920's, this one set about 1 year before his death in 1925, on his tour of Scotland, where Houdini (Guy Pearce) meets up with the lovely Catherine Zeta-Jones, check out the trailer below.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
HOUDINI LIVES! in 1966 Miami Beach....alive 40 years past his burial.
Magician Adam Steinfeld and writer Al Blanchard have authored Houdini Lives! The fanciful tale weaves around The Great Stanford, a cocky young magician out to make a name for himself. Set in 1966, Stanford discovers that Houdini faked his own death forty years earlier and has been living a very different life in Miami Beach ever since. Story is scattered over many genres, including mystery, comedy, romance, politics, the supernatural, and magic, with numerous cameo appearances by the biggest names in mid-'60s show biz.
-Magic Magazine, las vegas
MORE ON THE NOVEL
available online including at:
www.HoudiniLives.com
Friday, April 18, 2008
Houdini Lives! a novel
Rosabella, BELIEVE
Based on the secret "code" Houdini left for his wife:
"Rosabella, answer, tell, pray, answer, look, tell, answer, answer, tell"...which translates, based on an old Vaudevillian mindreading act to; "Believe".
Rosabella, was the song that was playing when Houdini met Bess.
Based on the secret "code" Houdini left for his wife:
"Rosabella, answer, tell, pray, answer, look, tell, answer, answer, tell"...which translates, based on an old Vaudevillian mindreading act to; "Believe".
Rosabella, was the song that was playing when Houdini met Bess.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
HOUDINI LIVES! new web site.
NEW OFFICAL HOUDINI LIVES! web site almost finished, check out a preview, by clicking below.
CLICK HERE:
HOUDINI LIVES!
CLICK HERE:
HOUDINI LIVES!
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Houdini Lives! a novel.

HOUDINI LIVES!
a novel
by AL BLANCHARD
& ADAM STEINFELD
IS NOW ON
SALE!!!
...."Houdini alive and grooving in the sixties." Wayne Kawamoto, About.com
BUY IT TODAY,
click here:
Lulu books, www.lulu.com/content/419992
Watch the
1 min. book promo
click on screen below
media info contact: Adam@MagicLive.com
October 2, 2007
Houdini Lives, said to be Alive and Well, in Miami Beach
Magician contends famed escape artist appeared 40 years past his death.
(Miami Beach) What if, Harry Houdini, world famous magician and escape artist, did not die on October 31, 1926, but faked his own death, appearing forty years later in 1966.
Houdini always said he'd be back. Could it be he was planning a major comeback on the Jackie Gleason television show on Halloween night 40 years past his burial?
This theory is presented as Houdini Lives! a novel by Al Blanchard & Adam Steinfeld, available online including at: HoudiniLives.com
"I posed my theory to mystery novelist Al Blanchard in April, 2002 in Aruba, where I presented my grand illusions magic show, Adam Steinfeld MagicLive! at a local beach casino," Steinfeld says.
The show ended with the famous Houdini Water Torture tank - - Steinfeld would escape from 200 lbs of freezing cold water while locked in chains and steel shackles.
"Blanchard handed me his business card. 'Send me more on the story,' he said. So began our two years of collaboration on Houdini Lives! a novel. Wherever I was performing in the world, we would exchange story drafts by e-mail," Steinfeld says.
Al Blanchard is also author of the Steve Asher Mystery Series, the James Callahan Mysteries & a Collection of short stories called 'The Stalker and Other Tales of Love & Murder'.
The story, which is fiction based on fact, is a murder mystery, and combines humor and political drama, with a touch of romance.
Houdini has been in hiding from his political enemies and is planning a dramatic comeback. Who are these enemies from the 1920's, and why are they still trying to kill him?
No autopsy was performed. He was buried within a few days. His wife Beatrice, was poisoned, a week earlier before his death, but survived.
"I'm convinced a mysterious old rabbi with an old black robe, who showed me my first magic trick in Miami Beach was the legendary escape artist," Steinfeld says.

Houdini Lives! a novel. Magic Live! publishing.
BUY IT TODAY, click here: Lulu books, www.lulu.com/content/419992
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PHOTO: Adam Steinfeld, magician-illusionist, writer-filmmaker. Co-Author of Houdini Lives! a novel, contends famous escape artist, Houdini alive 40 years after his burial. www.HoudiniLives.com
PHOTO 2: Harry Houdini (r), escape artist, magician, actor, showman.
Houdini Lives, said to be Alive and Well, in Miami Beach
Magician contends famed escape artist appeared 40 years past his death.
(Miami Beach) What if, Harry Houdini, world famous magician and escape artist, did not die on October 31, 1926, but faked his own death, appearing forty years later in 1966.
Houdini always said he'd be back. Could it be he was planning a major comeback on the Jackie Gleason television show on Halloween night 40 years past his burial?

"I posed my theory to mystery novelist Al Blanchard in April, 2002 in Aruba, where I presented my grand illusions magic show, Adam Steinfeld MagicLive! at a local beach casino," Steinfeld says.
The show ended with the famous Houdini Water Torture tank - - Steinfeld would escape from 200 lbs of freezing cold water while locked in chains and steel shackles.
"Blanchard handed me his business card. 'Send me more on the story,' he said. So began our two years of collaboration on Houdini Lives! a novel. Wherever I was performing in the world, we would exchange story drafts by e-mail," Steinfeld says.

The story, which is fiction based on fact, is a murder mystery, and combines humor and political drama, with a touch of romance.
Houdini has been in hiding from his political enemies and is planning a dramatic comeback. Who are these enemies from the 1920's, and why are they still trying to kill him?

"I'm convinced a mysterious old rabbi with an old black robe, who showed me my first magic trick in Miami Beach was the legendary escape artist," Steinfeld says.

Houdini Lives! a novel. Magic Live! publishing.
BUY IT TODAY, click here: Lulu books, www.lulu.com/content/419992
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PHOTO: Adam Steinfeld, magician-illusionist, writer-filmmaker. Co-Author of Houdini Lives! a novel, contends famous escape artist, Houdini alive 40 years after his burial. www.HoudiniLives.com
PHOTO 2: Harry Houdini (r), escape artist, magician, actor, showman.
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