Located in a sprawling 200-acre cluster of cemeteries not too far from my old apartment in Glendale, Queens, it holds the tomb of the legendary magician Harry Houdini, who died on Halloween in 1926. I’ve visited his grave many times: It has a massive, weathered marble headstone, surrounded by sto...
This date commemorates a seventh-century victory where a Christian emperor regained relics of the cross Jesus died on from a Persian ruler who had stolen them. To ready ourselves, Joe and I both purified our bodies and spirits with our usual, pre-exorcism black fast. On the day of the exorcism, w...
