he relied on brute physical strength and endurance to set himself apart from the average escape artist. In his 1921 book "Magical Rope Ties and Escapes," Houdini explained many of the strategies ...

The famed escapologist had a reputation for death-defying stunts. But his rise to fame and sudden death both came with some ...

Glory is worried that she has heard nothing from her mother for some weeks – but distraction comes when the Hungarian-American escape artist Harry Houdini ... Telegraph Books Sign up to the ...

The greatest magician, illusionist, and escape artist of all time ... Rabbi Drachman acquiesced, and upon receiving the books, Houdini sent a generous donation of $500. At Houdini's funeral ...

The literacy large masses of the American population and the consequent rise of the written press did not escape the mind of the magician, who used that popularity to rob his own. Houdini took ...