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This can be seen in a photo of the USD in Sid Radner’s basement in 1970 before it went to the museum in Canada. This split extended horizontally between the screws on that wooden panel. The original USD had a split in the middle upper wooden panel of the stage left side of the cell box. The Water Torture Cell was later returned to the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame in Niagra Falls. This was the first time the cell was displayed in the United States since 1926. After Gaughan completed the restoration, the Water Torture Cell was displayed at the Conference on Magic History in North Hollywood, California. Gaughan restored the Water Torture Cell and he was compensated for the restoration. The cell was then shipped to Gaughan for restoration. They asked John Gaughan to restore the cell to its original condition.

In 1991, the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame decided to have the water torture cell restored.

Richmond Review British Columbia, Canada Jun 11, 1971 Just one tidbit is that there appears to be a bit of chicanery when the museum at Niagara moved location. In 1971, Radner shipped the Water Torture Cell to the Houdini Magical Hall of Fame in Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada, where the cell was on display until 1991.Radner stored the Water Torture Cell in his house in Massachusetts from 1942 until 1971.

In June 1942, Theodore Hardeen gave the Water Torture Cell to Radner, who as then an escape artist and a friend of Hardeen.

The Water Torture Cell was willed from Harry Houdini to his brother Theodore Hardeen, who acquired the cell after Harry Houdini died in 1926.