Moved by Kellar's words, Houdini never did the trick. Please, Harry, listen to your old friend Kellar who loves you as his own son and don’t do it. And you owe it to your friends and your family to cut out all stuff that entails risk of your life. You have enough good stuff to maintain your position at the head of the profession. There is always the biggest kind of risk that some dog will “job” you. Now, my dear boy, this is advice from the heart, DON’T TRY THE D-N Bullet Catching…no matter how sure you may feel of its success.

But in a letter, Harry Kellar made an impassioned plea for Houdini not to do it: Robinson) was tragically killed onstage while performing it in England. In 1918, Houdini announced that he would do the infamous trick after his friend and fellow magician Chung Ling Soo (William E. Houdini's association with the bullet catch is well known. The danger is pretty well spelled out in the title of a book about the effect by Ben Robinson called, Twelve Have Died.

The bullet catch is generally considered the most dangerous trick in magic.

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