Illusionist Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926. Multiple theories about what actually happened persist a century later.

The following is an article from history.com “Harry Houdini, the most celebrated magician and escape artist of the 20th century, dies of peritonitis in a Detroit hospital. Twelve days before, Houdini ...

Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-American escape artist, magic man, and stunt performer, noted for his escape acts.[3] His pseudonym is a reference to his spiritual ...

Weaver’s (Hudson) well-researched biography of Harry Houdini paints a complex picture of the escape artist who worked tirelessly to fill the public’s appetite for thrilling stunts. Her wide-ranging ...

NEW YORK _ The family of Harry Houdini's widow wants to block a plan to dig up the remains of the escape artist. They say the whole thing smacks of a publicity stunt. Houdini's grandnephew announced ...

FARGO - Thad Ellsworth caught the magic "bug" in 1983, when his third-grade teacher gave the class a reading assignment on Harry Houdini. The Bismarck native asked his mom for a magic set that ...

Summit Entertainment has picked up the movie rights to controversial Harry Houdini biography The Secret Life Of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero, says The Hollywood Reporter. William ...

When journalist Joe Posnanski decided to write a book about the great magician and escape artist Harry Houdini he created a Google Alert to ping him when Houdini was mentioned somewhere. That was ...

On Halloween night in 1936, the tiny, white-haired widow of Harry Houdini made her final attempt to contact him from beyond ...

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