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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		It probably means nothing, but I've been kind of OCD with numbers, lately.

I just happened to notice that if you Mod(26) the numbers (In pairs) The remainders spell out "QUAGIOS".

We now return you to your regularly scheduled gaming.
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 		RazorBlades Illusion... how it was probably done
For those freaked out by the blood
For those grossed out by the razor blade illusion, I thought I'd post how it was probably done.

If you watch closely, when he cuts the paper, it is really hard to see what his hand is doing. I believe it is at that point that he switches from a real razor blade to something less harmful (a fake chewable/disolvable razor blade? a razor blade shaped piece of cardboard?). The real razor blades don't enter his mouth, and all the chewing/swallowing motion is just for effect.

The blood is stage blood (corn syrup and red and yellow food coloring), probably in capsules he has hidden between his cheek and gum which he breaks when needed for effect.

When he takes the floss, you'll notice that he takes the end all the way into his mouth. This is because the piece of floss with the not-sharp razors is already in his mouth, and he needs to actually reach into his mouth to pull it out. (It is possible that he places this packet into his mouth when he's reaching in, having it in his palm, but if it was me, I'd have it in my mouth and ready to go so long as it wasn't too big and I gave up the game when showing my tongue after "swallowing" the blades earlier).

So there you have it. Totally an illusion, with no pain at all (unless he got poked in the cheek with the corner of that cardboard).

It is totally possible that he did it in a totally different way than above, but this is what I saw when I watched him, and I'm pretty confident that this is how it was done.
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 		Well, it's kind of obvious he isn't really eating those razorblades, but even knowing that, it's still freaking me out. Haha.

Anyway, I thought I'd list everything we've found so far, just for reference.

Following the trail:

- Frames in the Tv-series "Room 401" show Ashton Kutcher holding up signs, hints leads to http://www.43475359616771.com/

- 43475359616771.com gives a strange Error 401 message. However, clicking the number 401 pulls up a video of a guy eating razorblades. Video contains a link to http://www.popeinnocenti.com

- Pope Innocenti greets us, and says going further will be worth it. He then asks us to "pay him the respect one pays the holy father" and he will guide us on. Clicking the popes ring sends us to http://houdinisbox.com/

- Houdinisbox.com holds 2 videos. One of a taxi getting hit by a bus (?). Using multiple scrollbars, we find a second one that is made up by a bunch of old stock footage with a voice-over.

Hidden within the video are quick flashes of the words magic, stomach and dotcom. Going to http://www.magicstomach.com you get a countdown timer.

- Hidden within the source of magicstomach.com is http://magicstomach.com/ms.html Which has a picture about baby crabs crawling out of a mans stomach.

Also, in the top left corner at magicstomach.com there is hidden morse code:

Quote:
- .... . / ... --- -. --. / .. ... / .--. .-.. .- -.-- .. -. --. / .. -. / -- -.-- / .... . .- -.. / --- ...- . .-. / .- -. -.. / --- ...- . .-. / .- -. -.. / --- ...- . .-. / .- -. -.. / - .... . / ... --- -. --. / .... ..- .-. - ... / .- -. -.. / .. .----. -- / -... .-.. . . -.. .. -. --.


Which translates into: "THE SONG IS PLAYING IN MY HEAD OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND THE SONG HURTS AND I'M BLEEDING"

The last dot of the morse code links to a sound clip, also in morse code:

Quote:
-.-- --- ..- -- ..- ... - .-- . .- .-. .- .... .- - .. -. --- .-. -.. . .-. - --- - .-. .- -. ... -.-. . -. -.. ... .--. .- -.-. . .- -. -.. - .. -- .


Which translates into: YOU MUST WEAR A HAT IN ORDER TO TRANSCEND SPACE AND TIME.


Looking at Blip.tv account http://j7g5f4.blip.tv/:

- Aside from the videos we have seen, there is one of Houdini which says:

Quote:
YOU FOUND ME. VERY CLEVER. I am hidden... ...in the code... ...will you find me? The greatest trick is yet to come. It may be the last time... ...you find me... ...ever again.


After the Countdown:

- A new video is found on magicstomach.com by clicking the pictures of the stomach repeatedly.

- The video is of a man doing "reversed situps", The audio is an automated voice, reversed and messed with. We have not determined what it is saying.

- The last stomach picture has hidden words in it. They are "Couldn't" and "Escape".

- Included on the site is also a link to Googlemaps, showing The cemetery where Houdini is buried.

- The video is uploaded to a new blip.tv account: http://g3b4j34.blip.tv/


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Twee wrote:
Well, it's kind of obvious he isn't really eating those razorblades, but even knowing that, it's still freaking me out. Haha.

Anyway, I thought I'd list everything we've found so far, just for reference. I might as well put it under a spoiler tag, just in case..

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Following the trail:

- Frames in the Tv-series "Room 401" show Ashton Kutcher holding up signs, hints leads to http://www.43475359616771.com/

- 43475359616771.com gives a strange Error 401 message. However, clicking the number 401 pulls up a video of a guy eating razorblades. Video contains a link to http://www.popeinnocenti.com

- Pope Innocenti greets us, and says going further will be worth it. He then asks us to "pay him the respect one pays the holy father" and he will guide us on. Clicking the popes ring sends us to http://houdinisbox.com/

- Houdinisbox.com holds 2 videos. One of a taxi getting hit by a bus (?). Using multiple scrollbars, we find a second one that is made up by a bunch of old stock footage with a voice-over.


Looking at Blip.tv account http://j7g5f4.blip.tv/:

- Aside from the videos we have seen, there is one of Houdini which says:
YOU FOUND ME. VERY CLEVER. I am hidden... ...in the code... ...will you find me? The greatest trick is yet to come. It may be the last time... ...you find me... ...ever again.


I probably missed a whole bunch of stuff, just tell me and I'll fill it in.
After you get to blip.tv,
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
look for the video that's titled h0ud726. Its the only video that you haven't seen before if you followed this trail. Hidden within the video are quick flashes of the words magic, stomach, dotcom. Going to magicstomach.com you get the countdown timer. Hidden within the source of the page is http://magicstomach.com/ms.html

If you fool with the flash controls and fast forward the timer to the end, you see Houdini again. This is as far as I got. I think you have to wait till the timer's up to press any further.


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 		It would seem there are two new pictures on magicstomach.com. Check the source to find them. I'm lost to their meaning though.

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 		Some more in the stomach...
There is something more on the stomach site...
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
On upper left of the stomach there is an hidden text (white on white) written in morse code :
- .... . / ... --- -. --. / .. ... / .--. .-.. .- -.-- .. -. --. / .. -. / -- -.-- / .... . .- -.. / --- ...- . .-. / .- -. -.. / --- ...- . .-. / .- -. -.. / --- ...- . .-. / .- -. -.. / - .... . / ... --- -. --. / .... ..- .-. - ... / .- -. -.. / .. .----. -- / -... .-.. . . -.. .. -. --.

The dot at very end of it links to another text in morse code, but this one is only audio

Hope that helps...

Laurent



(sorry for my English…. I'm French ! Wink

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 		Re: Some more in the stomach...
Laurent / Celephaïs wrote:
There is something more on the stomach site...
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
On upper left of the stomach there is an hidden text (white on white) written in morse code :
- .... . / ... --- -. --. / .. ... / .--. .-.. .- -.-- .. -. --. / .. -. / -- -.-- / .... . .- -.. / --- ...- . .-. / .- -. -.. / --- ...- . .-. / .- -. -.. / --- ...- . .-. / .- -. -.. / - .... . / ... --- -. --. / .... ..- .-. - ... / .- -. -.. / .. .----. -- / -... .-.. . . -.. .. -. --.

The dot at very end of it links to another text in morse code, but this one is only audio

Hope that helps...

Laurent



(sorry for my English…. I'm French ! Wink
Your English is great, thanks for the tip.

That says
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
"THE SONG IS PLAYING IN MY HEAD OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND THE SONG HURTS AND I'M BLEEDING"


Edit : the sound file is as follows. Thank goodness Morse it easier to read in a sound editor than it is to translate on the fly.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
-.-- --- ..- -- ..- ... - .-- . .- .-. .- .... .- - .. -. --- .-. -.. . .-. - --- - .-. .- -. ... -.-. . -. -.. ... .--. .- -.-. . .- -. -.. - .. -- .

YOU MUST WEAR A HAT IN ORDER TO TRANSCEND SPACE AND TIME


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 		About Houdini's stomach...
found at : http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=509


"On October 22, 1926, while in Montreal, Canada, giving a lecture on spiritualism, he (Houdini) was asked by a college student if he could withstand a blow to the stomach. Before he could prepare himself for the blow, the student suddenly hit him three times, the last blow rupturing his appendix. Harry thought he would recover, and went on to perform several times over the next few days. By the time he was properly diagnosed, it was too late, and he died of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix on October 31."

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Uberg33k wrote:
stuff I missed


Thanks! I added everything to the list. It's nice to have things gathered in one place. Smile


Quote:
"THE SONG IS PLAYING IN MY HEAD OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND THE SONG HURTS AND I'M BLEEDING"


Isn't this said in the video with the stock footage at houdinisbox.com? I might transcribe the video if I'm feeling patient. Hah

ETA: It is said in that video.

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 		Some more things found from Paris, France... )

Maybe that could help in solving the morse sentences:

About time and place...

From : Red Magic Houdini's Secret

The secret extends from his uncertain birth date to his mysterious death to his shadowy life after death. For instance, there is the knotty question of Houdini's birthday. According to the Amazing Randi, Houdini was born in a "miniature time warp." The world-famous magician explains, "when the designers of the Gregorian calendar attempted to reconcile the error in the Julian calendar, they dropped several days...Houdini had two birthdates--March 24 and April 6, 1874--a fitting beginning to the life of an illusionist" (17).
Also in question is Houdini's place of birth. The great escape artist himself claimed Appleton, Wisconsin, but actual birth records show his birthplace to be Budapest (Christopher, 9-10).
There Erich Weiss was born to Samuel and Cecilia Weiss, along with brothers Herman (1863), Nathan (1868), William (1870), Theo (1876), Leopold (1879), and sister Gladys (1891). Samuel Weiss was an impoverished rabbi who died in 1892.


About the song :

At Coney Island Houdini found the love of his life, excepting his mother. Beatrice (Bess) Rahner was a member of a sisters act; her big number was "Rosabelle Believe":
Rosabelle, Rosabelle
I love thee more than I can tell....

More on that topic from : http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20061026/AE/110260072
He made a pact with Bess that, if he died first, he would try to come back. If it were at all possible, he would communicate with her. They established a secret coded message between them, part of which contained the words "Rosabelle, answer, tell, pray, answer, look, tell, answer, answer, tell." "Rosabelle" was the name of a popular song Bess used to sing in her vaudeville act and was engraved in her wedding band; the other words represented an alphabetic code the two had used in a mind-reading act, the letters of which spelled out the word "Believe."

"Rosabelle, Believe." This was the crux of the code.

I'll try using those in different URLs

Laurent

shortened super long link ~ varin

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 		Houdini' secret code and the 10.000$ reward...
Much to read and know here :
http://www.ial.goldthread.com/houdini.html

That man is definitely a magic story in himself ! Worth an ARG indeed...

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Twee wrote:
I might transcribe the video if I'm feeling patient. Hah

ETA: It is said in that video.
Who loves ya? Very Happy
Quote:

Chaos.
And then its a moving target.
And then I am sick in bed for a week, a day, a month, a year.
52 years and 52 years.
Dunk, dribble, drip, drop.
Into the can.
Out of the can.
Into the can.
Out of the can.
Don't move.
Don't change a thing he said.
I said I'm sane.
And you're crying, yes.
You're crying but I can't tell you.
I can't say anything.
Its killing me that I can't say, do, dance, walk, run, trot.
I'm flying and he is standing at the sea.
And I love to talk to you, but I really can't.
And then I am there.
And then you are watching me change.
And I am watching your reaction.
And then I am observing.
I'm breaking the rules but your not.
And we can do everything together if I'm not part of it.
You're creating and I am expiring.
The song is playing in my head over and over and over.
And the song hurts and I'm bleeding.
And then I'm not.
And then they're hitting me.
And then I'm in the can.
And then you're crying.
And then its over.
And then it begins.
And then in theory I'm falling.
And you're sitting there again, crying.
I'm so sorry.
And then I am not sorry.
And then back in the can.
And then the can crashes.
And then the acid burns.
And the doctors.
And then the darkness.
Ok, so its really my speech to text program that loves you. Whatever.

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Uberg33k wrote:
Who loves ya? Very Happy
Ok, so its really my speech to text program that loves you. Whatever.


So who do I turn to to ask for your speech to text programs hand in marriage? Laughing

ETA: Ok, so.. 52 years, sick in bed a long time, can't talk, walk, dance.. He watches someone who is crying for him, and creating while he is expiring. And then the darkness. Death? Hrm..

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 		Houdini's movies
The video could even been made out of Houdini's movies. I didn't find any of them here http://www.houdinitribute.com/movies.html (even if I only had a very quick look at all this) but Houdini was a film maker.

Last thing, I found this info dated May 4 2006 :

"Guy Pearce is Confirmed for the Harry Houdini Pic
Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago) may join Guy Pearce for the movie Death Defying Acts, based on the life of magician Harry Houdini.
Gillian Armstrong will direct the film from a screenplay by Tony Grisoni and Brian Ward. Death Defying Acts takes place during the height of Houdini's career in 1926 when the famed magician was in demand across the globe. Zeta-Jones would play Houdini's lover (Rachel Weisz had been rumored to be in negotiations for the part in July 2005).
Filming is expected to begin this summer."


Laurent

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Twee wrote:
Uberg33k wrote:
Who loves ya? Very Happy
Ok, so its really my speech to text program that loves you. Whatever.


So who do I turn to to ask for your speech to text programs hand in marriage? Laughing

ETA: Ok, so.. 52 years, sick in bed a long time, can't talk, walk, dance.. He watches someone who is crying for him, and creating while he is expiring. And then the darkness. Death? Hrm..


I now pronounce you dataprogramm and fruga. You may kiss the ... eh ... screen?

Actually, its 52 years and 52 years. So, 104. If you read the text and read the accounts of Houdini's death and the events there after, it sorta matches up. Its almost like they've captured his last thoughts possibly. If you go from Houdini's death, that puts us at Halloween 2030. It does say we have to put on a hat to move through space and time. Who knows?

I also now understand the counter. Its counting down to the next episode of Room 401 on MTV.

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