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

Do Not Attempt – at least until the title star has a chance to fully recover. “I can’t ever do this again. I’ll, like, die,” ...

Seventy-two-year-old Thomas Gentile traces the roots of Springfield’s Society of American Magicians, Assembly 17, all the way ...

Columnist John Breunig finds himself surrounded by dozens of magicians in Trumbull, and tracks the lost home of a legend.

Harry Houdini is remembered today for his legendary escapes and illusions, but he also had a lifelong obsession with the paranormal. After dabbling in fake seances himself, Houdini made ...

Ehrich teams up with Jacob Hyman, a friend from his job at a neckwear cutting firm, in a magic act they call "The Brothers Houdini." Ehrich, known as Ehrie, starts calling himself "Harry Houdini." ...

When vaudeville impresario Martin Beck "discovered" a struggling Harry Houdini in 1899 ... a man named Walter Gibson published the book "Houdini's Escapes and Magic," which explains how many ...