WILD ABOUT HARRY

A new Musical HOUDINI by our good friend and frequent commenter Tom Frueh will play the 2019 United Solo festival at Theatre Row in New Yor...

David Merlini's The House of Houdini museum in Budapest welcomed two very special visitors recently: Joe and Merna Guttentag. Merna'...

Okay, here we go! The winner of the early copy of  The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini by Joe Posnanski is... Keith Ahlstrom Keith...

French publisher Fantaisium has released Houdini's 1920 book  Magical Ropes Ties and Escapes as Manuel des noeuds magiques (Manual o...

UPDATE : This competition is now closed. Winner announced here . Thanks to Avid Reader Press , today I can offer readers a chance to win...

I just wanted to thank everyone who came out yesterday to hear my talks on Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the Homestead Museum 's...

October always means a lot of Houdini action, but this year will be especially loaded as October 22 sees the release of Joe Posnanski...

Tomorrow I will be presenting a talk on Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle at the Homestead Museum's  Ticket to the Twenties festival i...

The blog Valley Girl Views ("Locations & Events in the Susquehanna Valley, through the lense of a local farm wife's camera...

Magician and escape artist Lee Terbosic will present a very special Houdini-themed show at his Liberty Magic Theater in Pittsburgh from Oct...

This month sees the release of Joe Posnanski's highly anticipated, The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini.  But a copy of the book has ...

Here's a rundown of posts by category that appeared on WILD ABOUT HARRY in September. Most Viewed Post Hardeen meets Copperfield ...

Our friend Joe Notaro has a nice post today about Houdini's  second (as far as we know) suspended straitjacket escape from the Tribun...