WILD ABOUT HARRY

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...

Here's an excellent new documentary from PBS station WQLN about Harry Kellar. Great interviews and good Houdini content as well. Enjoy. ...

Just a reminder that the acclaimed play Houdini Speaks to the Living will be at the House of Magic's Smoke & Mirror Theatre in Glen...

Magician  Humphrey Cornthwaite  will perform a one-man show,  They Come To Watch Me Die ,  at Smith’s Alternative in Canberra, Australia, on...

Our friend Joe Notaro has a full report on this year's Magic Collector Expo, with all the Houdini highlights. Click the headline or the ...

Our friend and collector, Fred Pittella, has released two new pieces of Houdini merchandise memorabilia. The first is a high-quality bookmar...

My new store and publishing imprint, Wild About Harry PRESS , is doing well. I've sold out of my stock of signed and sealed Escaping Obs...

The centenary books keep coming! David Haversat has announced the publication of A Strenuous Career: The Personal Challenge and Advertisemen...

I've already talked about how I was bitten by the Houdini bug in late 1975 after the one-two punch of seeing Houdini (1953) and Doug He...

Our good friend Dr. Bruce Averbook will receive the 2026 Milbourne Christopher Award for Magic History Preservationist. This is certainly d...