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

A young Harry Houdini, the great escapist of history (Wikipedia: Library of Congress of the United States) It is that Houdin - whom the general public has forgotten - changed the paradigm of the ...

The greatest magician, illusionist, and escape artist of all time, Harry Houdini ... him as one of the great figures of his time. Like all good Jewish boys, Houdini was also particularly tenacious ...

Harry Houdini finds an ally in his fight against spiritualism, a brilliant detective called Rose Mackenberg, who’ll do whatever it takes to expose a fake. Together, the two head to ...

When vaudeville impresario Martin Beck "discovered" a struggling Harry Houdini in 1899 ... What made it great was not its difficulty -- it was perhaps the simplest of all his escapes -- but ...

Harry Houdini is remembered today for his legendary escapes and illusions, but he also had a lifelong obsession with the paranormal. After dabbling in fake seances himself, Houdini made ...

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Harry Houdini became, to borrow the title from one of his books, "A Magician among the Spirits." As the most famous illusionist in the world, Houdini was naturally drawn into the great debate over ...

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