WILD ABOUT HARRY

This month's The Linking Ring , the official magazine of the IBM (International Brotherhood of Magicians), has a beautiful portrait of H...

David Byron has reviewed  Escaping Obscurity: The Travel Diary of Harry Houdini, 1897–1899  on his recently revived blog, Baroque Potion . T...

I predicted that Dr. Larrian Gillespie's Houdini: The Man Who Died Twice  would be "the spiciest Houdini book of the year," an...

The original Houdini window card that hangs in my office turns 100 today. As you can see on the card header, it was on October 4, 1926, that...

It's October, and you know what that means. It's séance season! But as this year marks the centenary of Houdini's death on Hallo...

I was hoping Genii magazine would do something special on Houdini in its October issue, but this one took me by surprise. The issue contain...

A new exhibition, Abracadabra: Mysteries from Houdini to Hans Klok , has opened at the Jewish Museum in Amsterdam. Houdini is well represent...

As a rule, I don't post about auction lots before an auction, but this one I can't resist. The upcoming Haversat & Ewing Auction...

Here's an excellent article in The Pitch about the recent Kansas City Houdini events by River Louraine, a sharp young writer. Click the...

This weekend, Houdini takes a back seat to Bond, James Bond. That's because I just got my copy of KING ZERO by Charlie Higson, the new J...

Here's a surprise entrant into the 2026 Houdini book sweepstakes. The Houdini Research Files and other magical anecdotes: The definitive...

My new Handcuff King: The Conquests of Harry Houdini 1900–1909 cover reveal promo card (Style C) has arrived, and it's a beauty. The co...

There is no shortage of ways to mark the 100th anniversary of Houdini's death this Halloween, but this is the one that I think surprises...

Nice article at Inside Croydon about Houdini's appearances in Croydon in 1909 and 1910. The central mystery is where exactly Houdini ap...