His family immigrated to the U.S. in 1878, when Houdini was 4 years old, and he cherished his childhood memories of Appleton.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini the day he performed his famous stunt in which he was submerged in the East River in a ...

Houdini's 100th anniversary fuels an Austin surge, from a UT Ransom Center exhibit to a séance play and new book release.

NEW YORK CITY -- The Houdini Museum of New York in Manhattan unlocks the life of the greatest magician and escape artist who ever lived. Harry Houdini, whose real name was Erich Weiss, was most ...

Through the recently digitized scrapbooks of Harry Houdini, you can be transported to the world of 19th-century magic, an era of deception and curiosity about the unknown. Houdini’s “Magicians ...

He's the godfather of escapism and illusion, a magical mastermind whose tricks dazzle to this day. But how much do you know about the man in the handcuffs? Here are 10 fun facts about the genius known ...

Ehrich Weiss (Harry Houdini) born to Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss and his wife Cecelia on March 24 in Budapest, Hungary. At age nine, Ehrich and some neighborhood friends establish a five-cent circus.

An interest in spiritualism drew the escapologist and the Sherlock Holmes author together but, as actor-playwright Haig’s drama Magic shows, also threw them into conflict ...

In 1899, the world-famous escape artist Harry Houdini issued a bold challenge, claiming that no magic trick could fool him if he watched it three times. Many magicians tried and failed, until one ...

A show at the Library for the Performing Arts examines the golden age of magic in New York City, from the 1870s to just before World War II. By James Barron Richard Hatch gave up a career as a ...

Harry Houdini made a career out of defying death — and yet it wasn't his thrilling escapes from water-filled vessels or skyscraper ledges that caused his untimely demise. According to the Yale ...