Harry Houdini made a career out of defying death — and yet it wasn't his thrilling escapes from water-filled vessels or skyscraper ledges that caused his untimely demise. According to the Yale ...
Famed magician Harry Houdini was one of the 20th century’s biggest celebrities, and remains a global household name to this day. His impossible feats of death-defying escape, otherworldly mystique and ...
This piece is excerpted from National Geographic's Book of Magic and the Occult: A Visual History. He’s the most famous magician to ever live, but few realize that Harry Houdini (1874–1926) began life ...
Escape artist Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926 at age 52 Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in ...
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