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

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 ...

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

Born in 1814 in Kincardine O’Neil, Anderson rose from humble beginnings to become one of the biggest stars of 19th-century ...

Harry Houdini remains an endlessly fascinating ... paving the way for modern illusionists like David Blaine and Criss Angel ...

In the last years of his life, Harry Houdini became, to borrow the title from one of his books, "A Magician among the Spirits." As the most famous illusionist in the world, Houdini was naturally ...

Ehrich Weiss (Harry Houdini) born to Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss ... But the hour-long first act, featuring fifteen tricks and illusions, is a real departure for him. As biographer Kenneth Silverman ...

But Harry Houdini was the only illusionist to set a record recognized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale: On March 18, 1910, he made the first heavier-than-air flight in Australia ...

She then had to persuade her parents that joining the great illusionist was a suitable career move. Houdini’s wife, Bess, fitted her for a silk stage costume. In the show the two women performed ...