WILD ABOUT HARRY

I love finding new shots of Houdini hobnobbing with Hollywood royalty. Here's a photo of him with director Cecil B. DeMille and star Wal...

Here's a work of paper mache art by Vittorio Marino that recreates Houdini's 1916 Water Torture Cell poster. I really love that he i...

Yesterday saw the gala opening of the S.A.M. Hall of Fame exhibit at the Whittier Historical Society & Museum in Whittier, California. ...

Remember that scene in the 2008 film Death Defying Acts that shows Houdini posed like a preening beach boy atop his Water Torture Cell at t...

I recently discovered a lengthy obituary for Edward Saint in the Oct. 23, 1942,  Hollywood Citizen . Some terrific quotes from Bess in it. B...

Critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert talk about movies they loved as kids on a special episode of their famous television show in 1991. Guess...

The podcast Backyard History recently released a two-part episode devoted to Houdini's ill-fated 1896 Maritime tour. The podcast is hos...

I recently discovered this intriguing advertisement in The Sandusky Register for March 27, 1919. An unknown suspended straitjacket escape, p...

Students at  Murray County Central Schools in Slayton, Minnesota, will present The Last Illusion as part of their One Act Play series on F...

One of the great things about reading Houdini's letters is that he sometimes gets into a mood to reminisce. In these moments, you can fi...

The Bat is a mystery-comedy play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood that became all the rage when it first played on Broadway in Au...

Houdini's story told via marching band? That's right! Last Fall, the talented students at Rock Hill High School Band of Distinction ...

As we begin 2024, I thought it would be nice to give everyone an update on where things stand with the Houdini diary book.    For those who ...

The S.A.M. Hall of Fame collection will once again be exhibited at the Whittier Historical Society & Museum in Whittier, California. Th...