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Questions still haunt Houdini’s Halloween death 100 years later

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NPRQuestions still haunt Houdini’s Halloween death 100 years later
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Harry Houdini's death 100 years ago was officially blamed on peritonitis, but theories about punches, mediums and murder still fuel debate today.

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