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

Harry and Bess return to New York to live with his mother. By the end of the year, a frustrated Houdini is considering leaving show business, and mails out a sixteen-page catalogue for "Harry ...

Fearing for his life, Harry Houdini leaves secret codes with his loved ones, promising to use them in any post-mortem messaging. In 1926, Houdini's death shocks the world, but the news that follows is ...

Magician John Henry Anderson died in 1874, the same year Harry Houdini was born - yet despite the two never meeting, Anderson ...

Liberty Larsen, Richard Young, Sam Strange and Fernando Velasco, known as the Champions of Magic, join TODAY to talk about their magic show Chasing ... re-create one of Harry Houdini’s original ...

Despite releasing a new single called "Houdini," Dua Lipa wasn't sure how the actual Harry Houdini died ... for a "Day Drinking" segment with the show's host, the pop star was informed Houdini ...

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 ...

On March 18, 1910, Harry Houdini made three flights in his Voisin, the third lasting about three and a half minutes. NASM 2001-14087 He wasn’t the first magician to attempt flight. As early as ...

When vaudeville impresario Martin Beck "discovered" a struggling Harry Houdini in 1899 ... As old film clips show, Houdini looks like a madman writhing and jerking about; it looks painful and ...

Houdini soon brought his show to Ireland and performed in Cork ... In a new addition to his stage performances Harry Houdini began challenging members of the audience to punch him in the stomach ...