WILD ABOUT HARRY

The Story of Harry Houdini  by James C. Young is a 20-page booklet that consists of three newspaper articles originally published in The N...

On January 6, 1906, Houdini performed one of his most spectacular jail escapes. It occurred in Washington, D.C. during Houdini's fir...

Here's a terrific new promotional video for the upcoming Midwest Magic History Weekend to be held May 28-30, 2015 in Marshall, Michigan...

Houdini's great powers and abilities, and as far as I know, did not come from the bite of radioactive spider nor a need to avenge the mu...

Here's a remarkable article from the January 21, 1917 Oakland Tribune announcing the retirement of Theo. Hardeen from show business. Th...

Today we have the conclusion of Neil McNally 's fascinating examination of Houdini's testimony before Congress in 1926. Will Houdini...

Houdini himself may have never made it beyond the 4th grade, but he's certainly a strong presence in grade school classrooms these days....

The world premiere of TCM's restoration of Houdini's The Grim Game will happen at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood on Sunday, ...

Not only will the upcoming TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood (March 26-29) feature the world premiere of Rick Schmidlin's restor...

The Houdini miniseries starring Adrien Brody is now streaming on Netflix . Unfortunately, this is the condensed version that aired on HISTO...

Haversat & Ewing Galleries  March auction is now LIVE. Among several nice Houdini items is Lot #191, a rare English Water Torture Cell ...

A printed version of Gene Franklin Smith's magnificent play, Flim Flam: Houdini and the Hereafter , is now available on Amazon . The bo...

We are now only a matter of weeks before Houdini's The Grim Game returns to movie screens with the world premiere of Rick Schmidlin...

On August 8, 1926, the Oakland Tribune Sun ran a lengthy article about Houdini's famous Shelton pool test ("Houdini Exposes Fakir ...