Harry Houdini is most often remembered as an escape ... handcuffs and locked trunks in vaudeville shows beginning in the 1890's. “His name constantly comes up in popular culture any time someone ...

Draped in chains and locked in a trunk that was tossed overboard, Harry Houdini would be free and ... the first WRR on Aug. 9, 1890 had a field of 13 starters. The 300 spectators at the finish ...

RELATED: When Harry met Edna ... artisans who worked there and learned secrets of the trade. Houdini took his stage name in 1890 after reading the autobiography of French magician Jean-Eugene ...

Illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini the day he performed his famous stunt in which he was submerged in the East River in a crate and escaped in just under a minute on July 7th 1912 in New ...

In the early 20th century, no one was more mystifying and mysterious than Harry Houdini — a magician that defied the odds and wowed crowds with his escape acts. In a way, it’s fitting that the ...

One of the most well-known stunts of famed illusionist Harry Houdini, remembered for his escape acts, was the milk can escape, first performed in 1908 at the Columbia Theater in St. Louis.

DETROIT – On Oct. 24, 1926, the legendary magician Harry Houdini performed what would be his final show before his untimely death at a Detroit hospital. Houdini was 52 years old when he ...

An incredible collection of hand-signed letters by world-famous illusionist Harry Houdini has come up for sale for a staggering $50,000. The globally-recognized Hungarian-American magician was ...

Escape artist Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926 at age 52 Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in ...