WILD ABOUT HARRY

The 1995 Houdini-Holmes mash-up novel, Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright by Val Andrews, has been released for the Amazon Kindle ...

A nice original photo of Houdini testifying before Congress on May 20, 1926 has sold on eBay for $224.72. One thing I really like about this...

There is a great deal of buzz in the magic world today as word is the September issue of Genii Magazine , which will be released tomorrow,...

A signed Houdini calling card is one of several magic related items being auctioned as part of a massive estate sale of actor Tony Curtis...

Reader Joe Hanosek alerted me to this photo, featured as part of a retrospective at gothamist.com . It shows a graffiti-filled New York subw...

Recently, noted Houdini expert Patrick Culliton, author of several books including the most recent Houdini The Key , generously gave me a ...

Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz have posted a special page to their Scranton Houdini Museum website documenting their recent discoveries ...

Magician and actor John Calvert has turned 100 years old. Calvert knew Bess Houdini and Edward Saint when they lived in Hollywood in the ...

Patrick Culliton has just posted on his website, Houdini's Ghost, memories of his good friend Dave Stevens. Stevens was a talented artis...

When Houdini came to Hollywood in 1919 to make his two films with Famous Players-Lasky, he and studio publicity men apear to have traveled a...

The Secret Life of Houdini   author Bill Kalush points me toward corroboration for my (somewhat controversial) post about the medical condi...

Following two sell-out preview performances in October 2009 at the Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton, Little Earthquake, a UK based theatre com...

The DVD of the PBS American Experience Houdini documentary is now available for pre-order at on Amazon.com . Price is $24.99, but it is cu...