WILD ABOUT HARRY

I'm always concerned that the volume and speed of posts here on WILD ABOUT HARRY causes people to miss something they might have otherwi...

Here's a mystery for the end of the month. This appeared in the November 12, 1924 issue of The Film Daily and shows Houdini formed some...

The 4-part series Houdini's Last Secrets will air on the Discovery Channel in the UK starting next Wednesday, February 6, 2019. Discov...

On February 23, Potter & Potter will auction the first part of The Magic Collection of Jim Rawlins. Jim is a very nice guy who has a fo...

Houdini's Last Secrets goes out on a positive note with an investigation of Buried Alive. This was a good choice of subject for the ...

This is a bit of a spoiler for tonight's fourth and final episode of Houdini's Last Secrets , but it's a good article by Mental ...

Last Sunday I had the great pleasure of spending the morning with Eric Colleary who curates the Houdini Collections (and more) at the Harry...

Arthur Moses sends over this gem of photo that I've never seen before. This shows Houdini arriving in Los Angeles on April 20, 1919 to b...

Joe Posnanski has officially completed his Houdini book. Joe shared the news today on Twitter. Every step of the book writing process i...

Here's a well done motivational meme by spoken word artist Prince Ea that uses Houdini as a way to illustrate the hazard of "overth...

Today is Bess Houdini's birthday. She was born January 23, 1876 in Brooklyn, New York. For the occasion, I thought I'd share a piece...

In the new play, Minerva–Queen of the Handcuffs, Houdini, played by Richard Lee Hsi (right), is portrayed as the villain; representative o...