WILD ABOUT HARRY

Our good friend Eric Colleary, Cline Curator of Theatre and Performing Arts at the Harry Ransom Center, has revealed the final cover art for...

Escapologist Karl Bartoni has launched a YouTube channel featuring vintage film and television footage of his many escapes. There's som...

Our friend Ben Winn has written a superb article for the June issue of Genii Magazine about Houdini's clash with the Rigoletto brothers...

Here's a little something I just found for all you folks who need some extra Flair. American Press, October 8, 1973. Don't get caugh...

How would you like to spend the 100th Anniversary of Houdini's death at a séance inside his actual house? For the first time in over 50 ...

This weekend, the magician Dynamo performed a death-defying escape that saw him bound in a straitjacket, locked inside a burning car, and su...

One of the big problems in the world of specialty magic publications these days is the cost of international shipping, especially for books ...

Last month marked a different kind of anniversary. It was 50 years ago that Melville Shavelson and his crew filmed The Great Houdinis on lo...

Here's an ad for Steve Baker's Houdini Tribute show in Eugene, Oregon, on Halloween 1974. I especially like the juxtaposed images of...

Back in 2017, American Pinball  released its acclaimed Houdini-themed pinball machine. Now the company has released an updated version to ma...

This week I received my copy of A Strenuous Career: The Personal Challenge and Advertisment Scrapbook of Harry Houdini by Dr. Bruce J. Aver...

Our friend Charles Greene III is the guest on Adrian Tennant's excellent The Magic Book Podcast . Charles tells the full story of how he...

I recently had the pleasure of being on The AP Strange Show podcast. We had a great talk about you-know-who. On this week's episode of ...

These events at the New York Public Library keep sneaking up on me! Below are two more events coming up in early June. These are part of the...