WILD ABOUT HARRY

Here is the full documentary The Magic of Houdini with Alan Davies . This first aired in the UK on Easter Sunday, 2014. It's well done a...

A packet of 24 T. Hessin & Co nickel plated Darners Needles that Houdini used in his popular  East Indian Needle Trick sold in Haversat...

The Society of American Magicians held their annual wand breaking ceremony Tuesday at Houdini's grave in Queens. The members wore masks ...

While the big boys were slugging it out in last week's Potter & Potter auction, spending thousands on some important Houdini lots (a...

Today our good friend Fred Pittella shares the story of a special pair of handcuffs that were precious to both Houdini and their long time ...

The Paris Review has a well-researched article by Will Stephenson about the reappearance in 2014 of Houdini's lost silent film The Gr...

On May 15, 1976, the BBC documentary The Truth About Houdini aired on American television for the first time. The film footage in this wel...

Houdini is one of four performers profiled in the new paperback  Lives of the Conjurers, Volume Three by Professor Solomon. The book also c...

Some important news in the word of magic today. Houdini collector and all around good guy Fred Pittella has inherited the estate of Larry W...

If you're looking for something to watch this Labor Day, I have great news for you. The 2014 documentary The Magic of Houdini  with Al...

The Grim Game restorationist Rick Schmidlin dropped a bombshell comment at Joe Notaro's "Harry Houdini Circumstantial Evidence...

Colleen Bak, our girl in Queens, took a stroll through Machpelah Cemetery today and noticed that Houdini collector Larry Weeks now has a bea...

In the recent Potter & Potter auction of Houdiniana , a major Houdini scrapbook sold for a whopping $43,000 (not including commission...

Teller of the great magic duo Penn & Teller has posted his thoughts on The Grim Game at EatDrinkFilm.com , and when Teller talks Houdin...

Here's an intriguing YouTube video showing each page of what appears to be an original Houdini scrapbook. Inside are newspaper clipping...

Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing Rick Schmidlin who produced the TCM restoration of Houdini's The Grim Game . I posted my ...

Today we continue our interview with Rick Schmidlin, the man who produced the restoration of Houdini's The Grim Game . From the first hi...

Today I'm thrilled to offer the first of my two part interview with Rick Schmidlin, the man who produced the restoration of Houdini...