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Re:Houdini was an inventor, but didn't want anybody to know by moomin on Sunday January 29, 2017 @03:14PM (#13516310)
Amongst the odd little details about Houdini: he employed HP Lovecraft as a ghostwriter.
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Re:Houdini was an inventor, but didn't want anybody to know by saycheese on Sunday January 29, 2017 @03:39PM (#13516481)
"Imprisoned with the Pharaohs" (1924), a short story ghost written by HP Lovecraft:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprisoned_with_the_Pharaohs

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Re:Houdini was an inventor, but didn't want anybody to know by aptwebapps on Sunday January 29, 2017 @10:58PM (#13518524)
You can read it here: http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/up.aspx
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