WILD ABOUT HARRY

Our friend Joe Notaro has added the October 26, 1952  Parade Magazine  to his collection. This issue contains an article about Houdini and J...

Last month, I had the pleasure of being a guest on Liam Heffernan's America: A History podcast. Click below to listen on Apple or the w...

Continuing my scene-by-scene dissection of Houdini (1953).  Last time , we discovered what Houdini had been doing in seclusion for two whol...

David Blaine told the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast that he is planning on giving up stunt work at age 52, in honor of Houdini. ...

Here is a very well-researched video from Dr. Daryn Reyman-Lock at the Barnum Museum exploring the story of Shirley the Elephant and Houdin...

I know I'm on a holiday break, but I felt I had to drop back in to comment on the news of a Houdini project in development at Disney. Ac...

It was 49 years ago today that I first saw Houdini (1953), and it changed my life. What better day to continue my scene-by-scene dissection...

On the eve of the publication of Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls , this article appeared in the Detroit Free Press . I think we ca...

Magician Greg Chapman will debut his new show, The Legend of Houdini , at Alvechurch Village Hall in Birmingham, England, on October 23, 202...

I'll just share this here without much comment. It speaks for itself. I was perplexed when David said this back in 2018 , and I remain p...

I've shared to Patreon today a photo of Houdini like you've never seen him before. Click below and gobble it up! Related: Coppe...

Recently I came across this intriguing article from the February 11, 1912 Washington Post . The quotes here come from an interview Houdini g...

As far as I know, the myth that Houdini died in his Water Torture Cell began with the 1953 Houdini biopic starring Tony Curtis. But the myt...

Today is the 95th Anniversary of the death of Harry Houdini in Detroit. How did Houdini die? Let's take a look at what Hollywood tells u...

Houdini is the subject of the third episode of the new series Man Vs History with Bil Lepp. The show had its first airing last Tuesday on H...

Last night I stumbled on The1920sChannel on YouTube, and by coincidence they had just uploaded a video related to Houdini. In it they read ...