WILD ABOUT HARRY

Here's a gem of an eyewitness account of Houdini at the Rialto theater in Washington, D.C. in August 1922. This engagement also marks a ...

The great Jim Steinmeyer recently alerted me to this house at 963 North Mariposa Ave in East Hollywood where Bess Houdini and Edward Saint l...

Recently I re-upped my newspapers.com subscription and was excited to see they now have the archive of The Commercial Appeal in Memphis. N...

The Snake's Paw  has produced a 4-part audio drama about Houdini and Margery written by Matthew Morris and Andrew Farrier with help from...

Houdini makes the cover of Scholastic's 2019 release,  Top 20 Daredevils: Countdown to Danger  by Melvin Berger and Gilda Berger with il...

An effort is currently underway to raise the historic Palace Theatre in New York's Times Square 30 feet above the street. This is to mak...

In the book  Houdini His Life Story by Harold Kellock, there is a tale of The Houdinis early career that I've always loved. It tells of ...

The great David Copperfield gives his take on magic in several movies, including the 2014 Houdini Miniseries starring Adrien Brody. You can...

Today we have a very special GUEST BLOG and a real treat. The great Jim Steinmeyer provides us with an exclusive insider's look at the ...

Let's kick off 2022 with a deep dive into what Houdini was up to 100 years ago. Houdini had a foot in two worlds in 1922. He had returne...

Click the headline for a nice article by Keith Norrington in The Waterways Journal about Houdini's performances in New Orleans, particu...

The BBC World Service program The Forum with Rajan Datar takes a look at the life of Houdini with Adam Begley ( Houdini: The Elusive America...

Here's the first major Houdini event of 2022!  Joe Notaro of Harry Houdini Circumstantial Evidence has published Houdini's lost nov...

Welcome to another year of WILD ABOUT HARRY! This year marks the start of what I hope will be a new chapter for me. I've reconfigured my...

We end the year with some sad news. Ron Cartlidge, who wrote the groundbreaking 2002 book,  Houdini’s Texas Tours 1916 & 1923 , passed a...