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 ...
Even the world’s greatest escape artist had one weakness: the human mind. In 1899, Harry Houdini declared no illusion could fool him if he saw it three times. He was wrong. One man — a quiet, ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The famed magician and illusionist Harry Houdini will be honored at Jaffrey’s Park ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Once upon a time, Harry Houdini, the famed magician and escape artist, hung upside down from a downtown building in Salt Lake City. Houdini started his career in entertainment at an ...
A Columbus dentist and magician pulled his greatest trick this month: he made his massive, private magic collection disappear. The treasure trove of tricks and history that includes relics from magic ...