WILD ABOUT HARRY

The book is out, but the discoveries continue! In Escaping Obscurity: The Travel Diary of Harry Houdini 1897-1899 , we did our best to decip...

A new immersive play, Lucky Charm , written and performed by Louise Casemore, will be part of Edmonton’s Found Festival, July 10-20, 2025. B...

The first review of Escaping Obscurity: The Travel Diary of Harry Houdini, 1897-1899 , is up on Joe Notaro's excellent blog Harry Houdin...

Here's a curiosity I just stumbled across in the December 11, 1951, issue of the Toledo Blade . Toledo Blade , December 11, 1951. I beli...

To celebrate the release of Escaping Obscurity: The Travel Diary of Harry Houdini, 1897-1899 , I'm offering 50% off new Patreon members...

This is an on-the-spot interview I did with Scott Wells of The Magic Word Podcast during last year's MAGIC Live in Las Vegas, where I g...

It's here! I'm super excited to announce the publication of Escaping Obscurity: The Travel Diary of Harry Houdini, 1897-1899 . This ...

It was inevitable that I would one day stumble on an article linking Houdini and Evel Knievel. That happened today with a Houston Post piece...

On April 16, actress Joanne Gilbert passed away at age 92 in her home in Los Angeles. I missed this news at the time, even though her Hollyw...

Here's a new Spanish-language novel with a Houdini connection: Las Mujeres de Houdini (Houdini's Women) by Sonia Chocrón. Below is ...

Potter & Potter held their fourth auction of memorabilia from Ken Klosterman's The Salon de Magie yesterday. One lot that really ca...