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 ...

But Harry Houdini was the only illusionist to set a ... scouring books on Houdini’s life and investigating letters and diaries in private collections. Jon Becker, who has spent more than 10 ...

Library of Congress Jack London and Harry Houdini were two of the most remarkable ... comes from brief entries in Charmian’s diaries. They saw each other over several weeks early in 1918 while ...

Harry Houdini, the most famous magician to ever live, died of peritonitis in Room 401 of Grace Hospital on Oct. 31, 1926 -- Halloween. He was staying at the Statler Hotel for his performance at ...

Magician John Henry Anderson died in 1874, the same year Harry Houdini was born - yet despite the two never meeting, Anderson was reputedly among the legendary escapologist's greatest inspirations.

APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - Harry Houdini was honored on Monday afternoon in Appleton on what would’ve been his 151st birthday. Dr, Lynn Miner Ring 398, the local chapter of the International ...

Long before Harry Houdini became a household name, Aberdeenshire’s very own John Henry Anderson was dazzling crowds across the globe, and inspiring the man who would become the world’s most ...