Near brushes with death are his métier. Defying death, his hobby.

Built as a vaudeville theatre in 1912, the dark red brick building at 501 Selkirk Ave. harkens back to an era when acts including Buster Keaton and Harry Houdini alakazamed into town. The theatre ...

The Career of Ehrich Weiss, the author described Harry Houdini as “happy-looking ... Keaton never shied away from the spotlight. His parents were vaudeville performers, so he had been in show business ...

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

APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - Harry Houdini was honored on Monday afternoon in Appleton on what would’ve been his 151st birthday. Dr, Lynn Miner Ring 398, the local chapter of the International ...

The City of Appleton marked the birthday of the legendary magician, Harry Houdini, on Monday, honoring the man who claimed Appleton as his hometown despite being born in ...

Harry Houdini finds an ally in his fight against spiritualism, a brilliant detective called Rose Mackenberg, who’ll do whatever it takes to expose a fake. Together, the two head to ...

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

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

Glen Gerard is a magician, illusionist, and Harry Houdini Historian. He joined What's Brewing Wisconsin to talk about Houdini's deep Wisconsin ties in honor of the escape artist's 151st birthday.

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