This duplicate was then put in place in the new museum location. We are not certain, but we think that the Cell that went into the museum that Randi had measured had been left in storage when the museum moved, and a duplicate Cell was made using the parts removed from the original WTC. We purchased the Cell when Dayle had been contacted by the seller and this was because they had found her as The Houdini Girl and thought she might be interested. A fellow performer from Nova Scotia had been approached but he was not in the position to purchase it at that time. Over the years other magicians and collectors had been contacted regarding a sale but there were no buyers. The Cell that was stored remained stored for decades - minus the parts mentioned. Parts from this Cell had been removed (the two back handles, two plugs, one piece of the side hasp, etc). The items that had been stored were moved into the new museum location everything except the WTC. When the museum was being moved to the second location, a local farmer stored the WTC and other items from the museum as a favor. Here is our theory, as crazy as it sounds.

Houdini water torture cell escape