““Charles says that the secret of Houdini’s needles trick has been explained in any number of magic books; in 1898 Houdini’s own magic book offered it for five dollars. Apparently, though, Teller figured out a better way to do the trick, and, according to David Rosenbaum, if Houdini saw Teller perform it now he wouldn’t know how it was done. As Penn said in Boston, Teller has been working on that trick.””
