Harry Houdini had issued a challenge to every magician, illusionist and escapologist in the world — perform any trick for him three times, he said, and he could tell you how it was done.

The challenge is big news in the press for weeks ... Houdini legally changes his name from Ehrich Weiss to Harry Houdini. On July 17, Cecilia Weiss dies. Houdini faints upon receiving the news ...

When vaudeville impresario Martin Beck "discovered" a struggling Harry Houdini in 1899, it was Houdini's ability to escape from handcuffs which caught his attention. Although Houdini was hardly ...

The greatest magician, illusionist, and escape artist of all time, Harry Houdini ... the illusionist's greatest challenge—keeping the magic alive. As the young Houdini passed adolescence ...