WILD ABOUT HARRY

It's rare that I give a shoutout to a magician or show that doesn't have a firm Houdini connection, but that's what I'm doin...

No, we haven't forgotten that this is the summer of Terror (Island). Joe Notaro has certainly not forgotten, and recently he uncovered a...

Check out the cover of the September 2018 Los Angeles Magazine with some "Must Do L.A." recommendations. Notice what's in the...

Two weeks ago, Joe Notaro and I met at the beautiful Powell Library on the UCLA campus. We were there for, what else, Houdini! Now, I...

In 1997 a Houdini musical played the famous Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut. The play featured Philip Chaffin as Houdini....

Legends Untold: The Adventures of Annie Oakley, Houdini & Paul Bunyan  is a self-published work by E. Gubbins that finds Houdini joini...

During his struggling days, Houdini co-founded and managed a traveling Burlesque show called "The American Gaiety Girls." It was a...

An 79-page self-published booklet called Harry Houdini: A Brilliant Showman by "The History Hour" has appeared on Amazon. The...

An exhibition of pop art by Eric Fleischman is currently on show at the ArcLight Cinema in Hollywood, CA. Among Fleischman's paintings o...

Houdini's escape from the convict ship Success on June 4, 1913 is not one of his more widely known challenge escapes. This could be be...

Tomorrow I'll take a deep dive into one of Houdini's lesser known challenge escapes.  See you onboard!

Currently there is a signed copy of Houdini's The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin on eBay with a Buy It Now price of $6,750.00 (which is wi...

Sally Struthers' performance as Bess Houdini is probably my favorite. Perhaps it's just my rampant nostalgia for The Great Houdin...

Today sees the release of a collected hardcover edition of Cynthia von Buhler's sexy graphic novel Minky Woodcock, The Girl Who Handcuff...