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>> 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, who prefers it as a necklace. did geri wear it?>> she wore