This story is a collaboration with Biography.com.. One hundred and fifty years ago this month, on April 6, 1874, the legendary illusionist Harry Houdini was born in Appleton, Wisconsin.. Or so he ...

Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was a Hungarian-American escape artist, magic man, and stunt performer, noted for his escape acts.[3]... Moviefone App Coming Soon. Sign Up Now ...

Harry Houdini’s unlikely last act? ... He likely discovered the phrase in a Houdini biography. And so on Halloween night in 1936, Bess hosted what would be the last séance.

A new biography of the legendary performer, who was born to a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, in 1874, suggests Houdini worked as a spy for Scotland Yard, monitored Russian anarchists and ...