WILD ABOUT HARRY

The Weekly View has an excellent article by Al Hunter about Houdini's interest in Abraham Lincoln. This is from last year, but I only j...

A new production of the 1997 play Side Show will run March 3 through March 18, 2018 at the Gallery Players in Columbus, Ohio. The play is ...

The good folks at Barrignton Stoke have provided us with a first look at a new fictionalized biography aimed at young readers, Houdini and ...

The fourth book in  Vivianne Perret 's French language "Houdini Magicien & Detective" series,  La Maison Mystère  (The M...

Today sees the release of Rough Riders: Ride or Die #1, which kicks off the third Rough Riders storyline by Adam Glass and Patrick Olliffe....

An early handwritten Houdini letter from 1897 sold for a whopping $18,720 (including 17% premium) at Haversat & Ewing 's Winter Magi...

On Tuesday, February 13, I had the extreme honor of visiting David Copperfield 's International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts...

I'm only learning this morning that The Man From Beyond screened last night in Chicago with a live organ score by Jay Warren . Had I ...

Last week I had the extreme honor of visiting David Copperfield 's International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts in Las Vegas. ...

There are several Manhattan theaters linked to Houdini history: the Hippodrome, the Palace, the Times Square, and Tony Pastor's. But you...

"...Where the drums beat till dawn and the wild dances madden the blood." Our expedition to Catalina Island this weekend in sear...

A pair of Houdini handcuffs can be seen as part of an exhibition devoted to World War I at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in R...

I'm off on another Houdini adventure this weekend. This time I'm headed to "Terror Island" itself (a.k.a. Catalina) wit...

Here is a remarkable photo of Dr. Edward Saint . This comes from George Martin, a vintage camera collector, who discovered this while rummag...