Escape artist Harry Houdini is shown before being lowered in a packing crate into the ice-covered Detroit River in 1907. (AP Photo) (1907 AP ) DETROIT – There’s an urban legend that Harry Houdini died ...

On Halloween night in 1936, the tiny, white-haired widow of Harry Houdini made her final attempt to contact him from beyond the grave. Beatrice "Bess" Houdini fell hard in love with the escapologist ...

This piece is excerpted from National Geographic's Book of Magic and the Occult: A Visual History. He’s the most famous magician to ever live, but few realize that Harry Houdini (1874–1926) began life ...

That’s what Harry Houdini wrote in his diary after his death-defying leap into the Erie Canal in Rochester in May 1907. The famous escape artist came to Rochester to settle a bet that he could free ...

Erik Weisz aka Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American magician, escapologist and illusionist living in the late 1800s to early 1900s. He was incredibly strong – a necessity when performing ...

Get a first look at video and photos of Broadway star and multiple Drama Desk nominee Ryan Silverman (Broadway’s Side Show, Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera) as the most famous illusionist and ...

Magician John Henry Anderson died in 1874, the same year Harry Houdini was born - yet despite the two never meeting, Anderson was reputedly among the legendary escapologist's greatest inspirations.

EXCLUSIVE: Harry Houdini was well known for his disappearing acts, but now the master escape artist and illusionist is set to make a big screen appearance for Walt Disney Studios. Scott Sanders and ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. To celebrate the magic of “Houdini”—which was created alongside Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, Caroline ...

The Real Slim Shady was the first to stand up on Wednesday, opening the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards with a performance of his multi-nominated single "Houdini." And as a cheeky little throwback to his ...