well, since magic folks tend to keep to their own, when bess needs a lawyer, she finds one who is also a magician -- bill larsen, esquire, milt's father. >> my father was a criminal attorney who loved magic. he ended up publishing a magic magazine and knowing everybody in magic. >> but dad's not the only larsen who can pull a rabbit out of a hat. milt's mom, geri, spends years conjuring up magic skills of her own. so she's not the assistant getting sawed in half. she's the actual magician. >> oh, yeah. >> in fact, geri larsen becomes one of the first well-known female magicians and stars in her own weekly tv series, "the magic lady," in the 1950s. >> ♪ come and wander through make-believe land with me ♪ >> milt's parents eventually expand their magical act to include sons milt and bill jr. all the while, the larsens, especially milt's mom, remain close with their old friend bess houdini. >> the two of them just hit it off. >> bess dies in 1943. she had no children, so she wills her beloved items to family and friends. that czar nicholas medal turned brooch goes to milt's mother, wh