WILD ABOUT HARRY

Houdini got a nice namecheck on the last episode of Doctor Who . The new season features Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor. While Houdin...

Continuing my issue by issue look back at the Mystifier , the newsletter of the Houdini Historical Center that ran from 1991-2003. The...

There will be a reading of a new musical play called The Brothers Houdini at the Consulate General of Hungary in New York on Tuesday, Decem...

Today marks the 112th anniversary of Houdini's jump from the Belle Isle Bridge in Detroit on November 27, 1906. This has become one of h...

The rarely shown 1976 TV biopic The Great Houdinis is airing on Talking Pictures TV in the UK this week. It was shown yesterday and will r...

Our friend Scott Wells of The Magic Word Podcast recently visited the home of Ernest Hemingway in Havana, Cuba. Looks like "Papa"...

Sad news today. One of the true giants of the magic world, Ricky Jay, has passed away. He died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles of natur...

C. Michael Forsyth, author of 2015's  The Adventure of the Spook House , is back with a new work of Houdini fiction: Houdini vs. Rasputi...

I shared this to my Twitter yesterday, but I thought it was worth a share here as well. This is the earliest police station challenge that I...

The below is from the The Courier Journal , May 9, 1923. Would have been nice to have seen  The Memories of Robert-Houdin on this list, or ...

Magician David London, who curated the spectacular Inescapable: The Life and Legacy of Harry Houdini exhibition at The Jewish Museum of Mar...

Looks like I didn't need to keep  my secret for long! The Science Channel has officially announced their upcoming docuseries Houdini...

No posts today as I'm currently out of town on a Top Secret Houdini adventure. What could be in this bag, I wonder? UPDATE : The ...

It was 100 years ago today that Houdini's The Master Mystery (episode 1) premiered at the St. James Theater in Boston. Houdini attended...