WILD ABOUT HARRY

I've always felt like Houdini's escape from the famed prison ship Success on June 4, 1913 doesn't get enough attention as one o...

Our friend Joe Notaro at Harry Houdini Circumstantial Evidence has made a fantastic discovery in the October 16, 1920 issue of Pictures and...

Ever hear the one about Harry Houdini and Fleischmann’s Yeast? Sounds like the start of a joke, doesn't it? But it's not. Houdini...

Attention fans of Houdini's movies! This month's reward for  patrons  is a free PDF of the complete pressbook for  The Man from Beyo...

Broadway World reports that a new musical, Houdini Among the Spirits , will be presented at two private industry readings on June 5 and Jun...

Sad news today. Milt Larsen, who co-founded the Magic Castle in Hollywood with his brother Bill, has passed away at age 92. Arlene Larsen r...

On May 11 Houdini again showed up on Jeopardy! The category was Grandma for $1600. But this one was a triple stumper as none of the contest...

Two weeks ago I gave a lecture on "Houdini in Cleveland" at the Magic Collectors Expo 2023. After the conference I spent a day vi...

Here's a well done video from the YouTube Channel MetaPixel Lab . They take the unique approach of slowly colorizing Houdini images as t...

This came to my attention via one of my favorite blogs, Travalanche , where the great Trav S.D. did a post about Huber's New York Dime M...

Our friend Joseph Hanosek has updated his terrific booklet on Houdini in Columbus, Ohio . This new edition is twice as long (29 pages) and f...

The 97th Official Houdini Séance will be held this year at Holy City Magic in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, on October 31, 2023. I r...