STEVE EMBER: Harry Houdini had a long career as a magician and an escape artist. He became the most famous magician in the world. He wrote books and acted in movies. He made a lot of money and lived ...

But the master magician Harry Houdini was no stranger to stunts that would make other people sweat. In 1915, he performed a trick in Santa Ana, California, that saw him buried beneath six feet of ...

Harry and ‘Bessie’ practiced this trick so often they got their switch time down to an astonishing three seconds. The East Indian Needle Trick was done very much tongue-in-cheek 8.

Harry Houdini's 'trick' steel crate is selling in New York City, New York; Bonhams New York is selling the crate between $50,000 to $70,000; ...

Yet Harry Houdini did not die from a magical curse. Instead, a burst appendix killed him on October 31, 1926. As Bess grieved, she hoped to witness her husband’s final trick: contact from beyond ...

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. On what ...

Champions of Magic re-create one of Harry Houdini’s tricks. Posted: April 3, 2025 | Last updated: April 3, 2025. Liberty Larsen, Richard Young, Sam Strange and Fernando Velasco, known as the ...

Salem, Mass., is where Harry Houdini famously escaped from a jail cell in 1906, ... WILL: Well, I did like all the magic tricks, and I'm still wondering how some of them are done.

Harry Houdini, the world’s most famous magician, died in Room 401 of Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, on October 31, ... Much like trying to figure out a magic trick, ...