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How did Harry Houdini do his signature "Metamorphosis" escape, in which he was handcuffed inside a sack and locked in a trunk and yet somehow managed to switch places with an assistant on the outside?
“’Houdini Unchained: The Legacy of Harry Houdini’ is a collection from one singular collector,” said Kelly Chidester, executive director at Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center.
SCRANTON, Pa. — Illusionist Harry Houdini has inspired more than stunts since his time performing in the late 1800s and early 1900s. And it's all on display inside the Houdini Museum on North ...
“Inescapable: The Life and Legacy of Harry Houdini” runs through Jan. 21, 2019 at the Jewish Museum of Maryland, 15 Lloyd St. $4-$10. Call 410-732-6400 or go to jewishmuseummd.org. mmccauley ...
NEW YORK CITY -- The Houdini Museum of New York in Manhattan unlocks the life of the greatest magician and escape artist who ever lived. Harry Houdini, whose real name was Erich Weiss, was most ...
Houdini died in 1926 at age 52 on Oct. 31. Getty Images. But all is not lost. The Houdini Museum in Scranton, Pa. is holding its annual seance Monday afternoon — Harry died at 1:26 p.m. Eastern ...
A Pennsylvania museum honoring illusionist Harry Houdini is raising money for a limited-release Monopoly-like board game for collectors. Officials at Scranton's Houdini Museum have started a ...
Harry Houdini remains an endlessly fascinating figure even almost a century after his death. The world-famous magician and ...
The museum, founded by Robert and Elaine Lund, made an attempt to contact Houdini 38 years ago on Halloween, the anniversary of Houdini's 1926 death at Detroit's Grace Hospital.
The Houdini Museum of New York has several hundred of the rarest and most important pieces that were used and personally belonged to Harry Houdini on display. In the museums, archives are over ...
Even at age 4, the boy who would become Harry Houdini had the mesmerizing gaze that would enthrall audiences when he was a grown man. The lad peering out at viewers from the old family photograph ...