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The Bellewaerde Park in West Flanders, Belgium, has a "Huis van Houdini" (House of Houdini) ride attraction. This appears to be th...

If you're heading to New York over the holidays and hoping to get a photo in front of 278, heads up that seeing the outside of the house...

Last Sunday, I had the pleasure of acting as Houdini historian during a wedding at the  Houdini Estate in Laurel Canyon (congratulations Ch...

Remember the days when all you could do was stand outside Houdini's famous New York brownstone, 278, and dream what it would be like to ...

The Burbank Leader has posted coverage from The Magic of Kiwanis event last month at the Houdini Estate in Laurel Canyon. I had a nice con...

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

Two fantastic photos of Houdini demonstrating magic inside his New York home (278) sold on eBay yesterday for $965 and $930. These photos wh...

Our friend Neil McNally of The Doug Henning Project recently visited Houdini's 278 in New York. It's been a while since we've s...

The great Jim Steinmeyer recently alerted me to this house at 963 North Mariposa Ave in East Hollywood where Bess Houdini and Edward Saint l...

On the 50th anniversary of Houdini's death in 1976, the New Jersey Sunday Registe r ran an article featuring the boyhood recollections o...

Andrew Basso's chat today with 278 homeowner Vincent T. was an enormous treat for Houdini fans! We got a great look inside magic's m...

I'm taking a break from my break to share news of a fire that broke out in a shed on the  Houdini Estate in Laurel Canyon on Christmas ...

The house at 1616 N Curson where Bess Houdini and Edward Saint lived at the time of the Final Houdini Seance is for sale. The beautiful cra...

The owners of Houdini's New York brownstone (278) have renovated the garden level to include a new door and deck into the backyard. T...

I really enjoyed the new Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon A Time in Hollywood . Not only because I'm a Tarantino fan, but it depicts a b...

Here's a video for "Xmas in November" by The Fens. What does this have to do with Houdini? Plenty, and it's pretty histori...

Earlier this month I had the great pleasure of attending the wedding of Kathleen Martinez and José Nazar at the magnificent Houdini Estate...

Recently Patrick Culliton and I made a fresh search for the location of 2435 Laurel Canyon Blvd., where Bess Houdini and Edward Saint lived ...

The restoration of Houdini's 278 continues with some interesting finds being made. Among them is the discovery of old wires that, accord...

My recent post about the availability of wood lath from Houdini's New York home (278) proved to be wildly successful. Many Houdini buff...