WILD ABOUT HARRY

Over the past few years, Public Domain Day has become increasingly popular. On January 1st of each year, a new tranche of books, movies, a...

Here's a curiosity from the January 1938 issue of Genii magazine. This is a new one to me. Another Houdini mystery? Or a bit of Ed Sain...

It was 100 years ago today on October 29, 1924, that Houdini gave his spiritualism lecture at the Victory Theatre in San Jose, California. T...

Our friend Joe Notaro at Harry Houdini Circumstantial Evidence is continuing to investigate the mystery of the "Tatler handcuffs"...

Last week I shared the exciting news that David Haversat had acquired photo albums that once belonged to Foster Lardner. For 26 years Lardn...

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the death of Bess Houdini on February 11, 1943, aboard a train outside Needles, California. I thought a...

In 1938 a ghostly phenomena was reported in Jonesville, Virginia, when the Sybert family claimed that the bed of their 9-year-old daughter, ...

Here's a news item that was widely syndicated in late December 1925. This occurred during Houdini's 3 Shows in One at the National ...

Recently magician  Richard Hatch sent me a collection of original Houdini press clippings from the 1930s and '40s. Some real gems in th...

Returning to our Weird Week theme, here's one for all you aspiring palm readers. This article ran in the Moline  Daily Dispatch on Apri...

Here's a nice shot of Hardeen with a challenge packing case from the March 24, 1933 Brooklyn Daily Eagle . This is when Hardeen was appe...

Paranormal investigator Scott Markus has a nice post on his blog What's YOUR Ghost Story? about Houdini and gangster Mickey Cohen. Scot...

In 1656 Eunice "Goody" Cole was convicted of being a witch in Boston. After serving a jail sentence she was again accused of witch...

Those interested in Houdini's extended family will be interested in the new book, Madame Blanche Corelli: Correspondence with Hall Lippi...

A terrific poster for "Mrs. Harry Houdini and America's Most Famous Magicians in The Greatest Magic Show Ever Presented" sold ...

It was 10 years ago that I embarked on a little Hollywood archeology in search of the exact spot seen in a photo of Bess Houdini at Paramoun...

Today I have something very exciting to share. This is the flashlight Houdini is said to have used to expose fake mediums during seances. T...