Houdini soon brought his show to Ireland and performed in Cork’s Opera House, some evidence also exists of him performing in ...

Before the silver screen, there was vaudeville—the vibrant form of ... in San Diego’s entertainment scene when magician Harry Houdini arrived in 1907. Fresh off his growing fame as “The ...

When vaudeville impresario Martin Beck "discovered" a struggling Harry Houdini in 1899, it was Houdini's ability to escape from handcuffs which caught his attention. Although Houdini was hardly ...

The famed escapologist had a reputation for death-defying stunts. But his rise to fame and sudden death both came with some ...

During his life, legendary escape artist and magician Harry Houdini shocked crowds with his stunts and illusions. Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary on March 24, 1874, moved to the U.S ...

Library of Congress Jack London and Harry Houdini were two of the most remarkable ... same year Ehrich Weiss was breaking into big-time vaudeville -- Jack London began publishing a series of ...