WILD ABOUT HARRY

Here's an ad from 1980 for all old-time style Bell telephone that evokes nostalgia for 1913. They had me at "Ragtime," and sol...

Here's a video of Robin Fox's recreation of the infamous Houdini-Hodgson challenge during the  UKEA  convention at Shrewsbury Prison...

If you were a Houdini fan 100 years ago, you would have woken up to some big news this morning, as reported in The New York Daily News . New...

Word is Robin Fox beat my challenge to recreate the infamous Houdini-Hodgson challenge at yesterday's UKEA convention at Shrewsbury Pr...

One of my favorite YouTube channels is The1920sChannel . Founded in 2013, there are a wealth of videos related to the 1920s, and several rel...

On Thursday, June 26, there will be a workshop reading of "Untitled Houdini Project" by Jen Silverman as part of the 2025 Profile...

Recently, the New York Public Library shared artifacts from their upcoming exhibition, "Mystery and Wonder: A Legacy of Golden Age Magi...

Here's another photo re-share from my 2013 series of unpublished images provided by our good friend John Hinson. This shot shows Houdini...

Here's an eBay oddity that caught my attention. This is a 1980 fanzine produced in Bristol, England, called HOUDINI. It's not a maga...

The next New York Magic Conference takes place on Saturday, June 14, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The focus will be close-up magic, and 100...

Our good friend Charles Greene III attended an exclusive preview of an upcoming magic exhibition at the New York Public Library for the Per...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TONY CURTIS!  Let's celebrate what would have been Tony's 100th by continuing our scene-by-scene dissection of Houdi...