One of the big surprises at this year's Magic Collectors Weekend in Chicago was when Arthur Moses played the FULL Houdini voice tapes -- the two uncut versions of Houdini doing his USD patter. Each were 3:30+ minutes. Arthur was also able to show how the familiar 1:20 version we have heard all these years is actually an edited amalgamation of both these recordings.

I posted some details about this on my blog here: http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2012/05/houdini-speaks-at-mcw-in-chicago.html. I'm working now on a full report on the weekend, which had lots of other terrific talks and whatnot.

I've just posted my report on the full MCW on my blog: http://www.wildabouthoudini.com/2012/05/report-houdini-haunts-43rd-magic.html.

I tried to include links to all the websites of those attendees I mention, but if I missed yours, let me know. I'd also love to post links to other reports, so maybe post your own links here or shoot me an email.