This Halloween marks 99 years since the death of legendary magician Harry Houdini. Preparations are underway for a yearlong ...

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 ...

There’s an urban legend that Harry Houdini died in Detroit on Halloween after performing at the Majestic Theater.

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

Harry Houdini made a career out of defying death — and yet it wasn't his thrilling escapes from water-filled vessels or skyscraper ledges that caused his untimely demise. According to the Yale ...

Escape artist Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926 at age 52 Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in ...