WILD ABOUT HARRY

Houdini is one of the historical figures who will "come alive" at Greenville Chautauqua's History Comes Alive festival wh...

Original Houdini cabinet photos appear to be doing especially well at auction these days. This beautiful cabinet photo just sold together w...

Let's return to the front of the Princess Theater in Chicago with another terrific image from the collection of the McCord Museum . This...

Ian and Janice Satur with the model Voisin. ( Melton City Council ) Back in February DiggersRest.com reported the distressing news that the...

Here's a wet one for this Memorial Day. You'll often hear the story of how Houdini taught World War I soldiers the secrets of escapi...

This Memorial Day weekend Top Gun Maverick roars into movie theaters and is already setting box office records. I loved the movie and think...

The excellent blog Travalanche by Trav S.D. takes a look back at the 1982 film The Escape Artist which turns 40 today. The movie was produ...

The current issue of Marco Pusterla's  Ye Olde Magic Mag features Houdini on its cover with the headline "Unseen Houdini". I ...

On April 20, 1918, a War Stamp and Liberty Loan parade snaked its way through New York City starting at 6th Avenue and 45th Street. Among th...

To mark their 100th Anniversary, the McCord Museum in Montreal is is allowing free use of their online digital images believed to be in the...

The UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance will present a free workshop of a new musical Death and Harry Houdini on June 2 and 3 in the W...

The earliest known professional photo of Houdini and his brother, Theo, sold today for a whopping $78,000 (including 20% buyer's premium...

Here's a news item that was widely syndicated in late December 1925. This occurred during Houdini's 3 Shows in One at the National ...

Here's a fun review of William Lindsay Gresham's 1959 biography Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls by McNulty's Book Cor...