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Harry Houdini (1874-1926)--The Great Houdini--is a name that will forever define the term ''escape artist." As the Budapest-born, American-bred performer would so often proclaim, "No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle...

Before there was a Doug Henning, a David Copperfield, or a Siegfried and Roy, Harry Houdini was the celebrity magician without peer. A worldwide celebrity thanks to his relentless touring, he was the first entertainer to take full advantage of the...

Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 311926) whose birth name was Ehrich Weisz (which was changed to Erich Weiss when he immigrated to America), was a Hungarian American magician, escapologist (widely regarded as one of the greatest ever),...

The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero BY WILLIAM KALUSH AND LARRY SLOMAN SIMON & SCHUSTER, pounds 18.99, 624 pp T pounds 16.99 ( pounds 1.25 p&p) 0870 428 4115 On 29 April, 1911 at...

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A team of forensic experts will test the remains of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini once his body is exhumed from a New York cemetery, searching for clues to his rumored murder, the head of the investigative team said Friday."Everything will be thoroughly analyzed,"...

The family of Harry Houdini's widow wants to block a plan to exhume the escape artist's remains, saying a disinterment to determine whether he was murdered smacks of sensationalism."It is our firm belief that Bess Houdini would never approve of this," said a statement from...