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 York ...

Grand Rapids residents gathered at Monroe and Ionia to witness the legendary escape artist free himself from restraints.

Pick a card ... any card! One of the first decks of cards ever used by Harry Houdini sold for $43,410 Sunday night at Goldin Auctions. The cards were passed to Houdini's wife, Bess, after his death in ...

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. Houdini, ...

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.

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 ...

NEW YORK — Over a colorful career that’s included an Oscar win for a Roman Polanski film, collaborations with unconventional directors such as Rian Johnson and Wes Anderson and — of course — that ...

This is no trick — you actually can sleep in the home of the famous illusionist Harry Houdini. The five-acre property is located in the Hollywood Hills, less than 10 minutes from Beverly Hills and the ...

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 known ...

Presto! Harry Houdini's film lab from the 1920s is now a magical latte shop in what was once West Hoboken, N.J. Details below ...