WILD ABOUT HARRY

If you're part of the magic-collecting world, you already know about this painful scandal. This  Rolling Stone  article  by Nina Strochl...

This video doesn't have anything to do with Houdini, but it is worth watching as we enter an era of AI-generated Houdini content. I thin...

This is distressing. This beautiful condition copy of Houdini's 1921  book, Magical Rope Ties & Escapes , has been defaced with a f...

Houdini's Water Torture Cell made its last public appearance on the night of October 11, 1926, in Albany, New York. This was the night H...

Gaze above at what A.I. thinks Houdini looks like. As with almost everything A.I. generates in regards to Houdini, it's wrong and weird....

Dalshire International of Carrollton, Texas, is selling via LiveAuctioneers a signed copy of Houdini's Book of Magic and Party Pastime...

As a rule , I try not to post about auctions in progress. However, I feel compelled to chime in on this one. LiveAuctioneers is listing a ...

We are all aware of that pesky Parson's Theater reproduction program from the 1970s that will sometimes appear at auction as an original...

As long as we're on the topic of Houdini biopic props, here's an image I found of the Water Torture Cell from The Great Houdinis on...

It was 95 years ago today that Houdini resumed his testimony before a Congressional committee in Washington in support of a bill amendment t...

On last Sunday's Magic Collectors' Corner ZOOM conference, Roger Dreyer gave a tour of his amazing Houdini Museum of New York at Fa...

Here's a video by Dr. Joe Schwarcz using Houdini (and Abe Lincoln) to illustrate the ease and origins of fake photography. Enjoy. B...

Fake Houdini signatures have been flooding online auction sites such as Liveauctioneers and eBay lately. These all appear to be the work o...

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

Joe Notaro at Harry Houdini Circumstantial Evidence is using his regular Sunday post to provide a great service. Many have seen at auctio...

Last week I posted about a Houdini fake being sold by High End Memorabilia of Gardena, CA via Liveauctioneers. That auction was removed. T...

This "Harry Houdini Signed Photo Sheet" is up for auction by High End Memorabilia in Gardena, California. It is being offered on ...

CNN reports that two photographs which famously fooled Sir Arthur Conan Doyle into believing in fairies sold at a UK auction for £20,400 ...

An 79-page self-published booklet called Harry Houdini: A Brilliant Showman by "The History Hour" has appeared on Amazon. The...

Here's a photo I recently found of the infamous "R.D. Adams" who claimed to have been Houdini's mechanic and privy to all ...