WILD ABOUT HARRY

Our friend Dean Carnegie at The Magic Detective Podcast has an episode devoted to Bess Houdini. Some stories here I've not heard. Enjoy...

I have some exciting news today about the upcoming Houdini diary book . Michael Albright has come onboard as the book's designer. If you...

It was 100 years ago today that Dai Vernon fooled Houdini with his Ambitious Card at an S.A.M. banquet at the Great Northern Hotel in Chicag...

Let's kick off 2022 with a deep dive into what Houdini was up to 100 years ago. Houdini had a foot in two worlds in 1922. He had returne...

There are no shortage of videos on YouTube of magicians demonstrating Dai Vernon's famous "trick that fooled Houdini." One of ...

In what must be a record for a signed Houdini book, a copy of The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin inscribed by Houdini to his friend Chung Ling ...

Potter & Potter have posted their February 27 magic auction listings and among the Houdini rarities is a true bombshell! It's an or...

Continuing my issue by issue look back at the Mystifier , the newsletter of the Houdini Historical Center that ran from 1991-2003. The ...

The Travel Channel's  Mysteries at the Museum  will once again feature a segment about Houdini. The new episode will air January 12 . No...

Potter & Potter 's auction of "Old & New Conjuring" is set to go live tomorrow at 10AM CST. As always, there are sever...

In 1946, Maurice Zolotow penned The Great Balsamo , a novel about a famous magician and escape artist. Even though the author states in his ...

The October 2013 Magic Castle Newsletter has launched a new column, "Storytime with The Professor", featuring memorable tales to...

Here is the entire 1979 documentary Houdini Never Died . This was produced by John Watson and Pen Densham who later wrote and directed TNTs ...

The aim of this series has been to focus on issues of Genii that have featured Houdini on the cover. From the time Genii was founded in 19...

In October 1972,  Genii The Conjurors' Magazine produced a beautiful "Special Houdini Issue." It started with a cover that fe...

Click here to see cover #2 Last week I had the extreme pleasure of attending Magicana 's 43rd Magic Collectors Weekend in Chicago, w...