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

Glen Gerard is a magician, illusionist, and Harry Houdini Historian. He joined What's Brewing Wisconsin to talk about Houdini's deep Wisconsin ties in honor of the escape artist's 151st birthday.

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 ...

A pair of handcuffs which once belonged to Harry Houdini were found to have been altered to allow the legendary escapologist to easily unlock them The secret behind Harry Houdini's incredible ...

Columnist John Breunig finds himself surrounded by dozens of magicians in Trumbull, and tracks the lost home of a legend.

Ehrich Weiss (Harry Houdini) born to Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss and his wife Cecelia on March 24 in Budapest, Hungary. At age nine, Ehrich and some neighborhood friends establish a five-cent circus.