WILD ABOUT HARRY

It was 100 years ago today, on September 2, 1926, that Houdini began his 1926-27 "Coast to Coast" tour of 3 Shows in One at the L...

In 1937, a mystery guest at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles claimed she had a coded message from Houdini, and even caught the attention ...

Here's a nice article about our friends Jeff and Debbie Blood, Houdini's grandnephew and grandniece. Jeff and Debbie are working to ...

Okay, this is a big one. Dr. Eric Colleary, Cline Curator of Theatre and Performing Arts at the Harry Ransom Center, has been working tirele...

Houdini banners are going up at the University of Texas at Austin. What's this all about? If you know, you know. If you don't, check...

A new exhibit, "Harry Houdini in Salem," will be on view at the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) from September 3 through November 2. L...

I'm very pleased to see a review of Escaping Obscurity: The Travel Diary of Harry Houdini, 1897–1899 by our friend Dean Carnegie on his...

The Houdini Centennial celebrations continue next month with a major event in Kansas City, Missouri, that I'm excited to be part of. On ...

To mark Houdini's centenary, Todd Karr at The Magician's Bookstore is offering a remarkable collection of Houdini's books, pamp...

On Saturday, Joe Notaro and I had the pleasure of attending a sold-out illustrated lecture by Rob Zabrecky and Marcie Hume on "Houdini ...

After two and a half years of hard work, Handcuff King: The Conquests of Harry Houdini, 1900–1909 will soon go to press . The book contains...

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting the Motion Picture Academy Library with Diego Domingo and reading several drafts of the Houdini ...

Great news! The 9:30 pm séance at 278, which had been reserved for professional magicians only, is now open to everyone. Think of this as th...

Houdini performed in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and he rests in peace today in Queens. Staten Island was the only one of the five New Y...