WILD ABOUT HARRY

What better way to wrap up 2022 than with an unpublished photo of Houdini that also provides a peek at an unknown poster. This gem comes fro...

Before I take my traditional year end break, I wanted to give a shout-out to the first big Houdini happening of 2023. In January the excelle...

Today's New York Times Crossword features this Houdini-related clue. 40 Across. Four letters. Don't look below if you don't wan...

David Muller, author of Growing Up With Houdini , recently sent me an extraordinary recording of Joseph Dunninger verbally cataloging his en...

Deadline Hollywood has posted this year's Black List, a roundup of Hollywood’s "most-liked unproduced screenplays." Coming in...

Continuing my scene by scene dissection of Paramount's classic 1953 biopic Houdini . Last time Harry and Bess decided to cash in their M...

This week sees the release of Unmatched: Houdini vs. the Genie , the latest in a popular series of role-playing fighter games from Restorati...

The historic Park East Synagogue in New York City will remember their "most magical member" with a Shabbat Chanukah Dinner on Dec...

While at the Harry Ransom Center last summer I found this invoice among papers related to the Houdini Picture Corporation. It's from th...

Did anyone spot the Houdini reference in the popular new Netflix series Wednesday ? Check out the third paragraph. Click to enlarge. Houdini...

Here's an interesting ad from the  December 1, 1922   Richmond Times Dispatch  that may flag the moment Houdini went from being a "...

I remember encountering Mister Miracle early in my Houdini mania. I thought I had discovered gold. I liked comics and I liked escape artist...

In 1938 a ghostly phenomena was reported in Jonesville, Virginia, when the Sybert family claimed that the bed of their 9-year-old daughter, ...

This month's reward for patrons is a free PDF of Houdini's book Handcuff Secrets . Appropriately enough, this was a Christmas releas...