Ehrich Weiss (Harry Houdini) born to Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss and his wife Cecelia on March 24 in Budapest, Hungary. At age nine, Ehrich and some neighborhood friends establish a five-cent circus.

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The circumstances surrounding Harry Houdini's sudden death were as murky as the rivers where he often performed death-defying stunts. Despite a medical explanation, rumors that the escape artist was ...

NEW YORK ” For all his death-defying stunts, Harry Houdini couldn’t escape the Grim Reaper: He died on Halloween 1926, apparently from a punch to the stomach that ruptured his appendix. But rumors ...

When the magician and escape artist Harry Houdini died 80 years ago on Halloween, he was as famous as screen stars Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin. For most of 20 years, Houdini had been repeatedly ...

NEW YORK — For all of his death-defying stunts, Harry Houdini could not escape the Grim Reaper: the unparalleled performer, age 52, died on Halloween 1926, taking with him many of his trade secrets.

NEW YORK – The circumstances surrounding Harry Houdini's sudden death were as murky as the rivers where he often performed death-defying stunts. Despite a medical explanation, rumors that the escape ...

STAMFORD — At least for a little while, Stamford was Houdini’s great escape. More than a century later, he may be the most famous person to ever maintain an address in Stamford during the city’s 375 ...

NEW YORK — Inside the Houdini Museum, worn posters, locks and handcuffs adorn the deep-red walls. A creaky, animatronic Houdini pops out of a box on the ceiling when you least expect it, and old-timey ...