Special Bonus items:

Fighting Against Flim-Flam by Leon Jaroff

http://www.adam.com.au/bstett/SkepticsFLIMFLAM3.htm

 A streaming AUDIO interview with James Randi
The results of Randi's investigations into faith healers

http://www.abc.net.au/science/correx/archives/randi2.htm

Other links to information on James Randi

http://www.uelectric.com/magicstars/randi.htm

http://www.skeptic.com/01.1.randi-paranormal.html

http://www.csicop.org/webmaster/randi

Rare film clips of Harry Houdini (Quicktime)
Movie below with cards is an 'animated gif '

Escape from a straightjacket

Underwater packing case escape

Roped to a chair

With chorus girls

--From The Amazing Meeting--

STILL MORE PHOTOS!

Finally: I'll bet you didn't notice....

Take a second look at the above black and white photo of Randi and Larry. In the background, astute observers will see, from left to right: Prof. Jeff Corey (in the hat, far background)... magician Harry Houdini [what?]... and Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack. Yes, it's a trick photo -- Hal Bidlack wasn't there! ...I'm kidding, of course.

The lesson: Critical thinking also involves critical observing: The next time you happen to view photos of an alleged interstellar spacecraft; space aliens; a mysterious levitation; or a declared ghost or spirital phantom in a "haunted" house" -- we should realize (especially in this intensely digital age) that a photograph can now be worth a thousand lies.