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Magician John Henry Anderson died in 1874, the same year Harry Houdini was born - yet despite the two never meeting, Anderson ...
An advertisement in the Milwaukee Sentinel promoted Harry Houdini's run of shows at the Majestic Theatre in April 1912 as the "Homecoming of a Milwaukee Boy." Another newspaper ad touted the ...
Fox’s new event series Houdini & Doyle may not be set in the 1970s, but its new poster nevetheless recalls the lyrics a certain Diana Ross disco classic: Upside down you’re turnin’ me.
The Harry Houdini 37-cent postage was unveiled at the Society of American Magicians Centennial Convention on July 3, 2002, in New York City. The stamp was created from a 1911 lithographed poster ...
Harry Houdini was born Erik Weisz on March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary (then the Austro-Hungarian Empire). When he was four, the family emigrated to the US, to Appleton, Wisconsin, where his ...
Nearly a century after his death, that same aura of the supernatural still clings to Harry Houdini. ( ‘I hear dead people’: How the world went wild for talking to spirits 100 years ago.
Illusionist Harry Houdini, who stunned audiences with his death-defying escape act, died on this date in history, Oct. 31, 1926. The cause of death was peritonitis, caused by a ruptured appendix.
APPLETON, Wis. (WLUK) -- Thursday marked 98 years since the death of local legend Harry Houdini, and ever since then, there's been attempts to contact the illusionist from beyond the grave.
A Harry Houdini poster from Dr. Timothy Moore's collection. Dr. Timothy Moore, a Columbus dentist, may have one of the largest magic collections in the country. It includes posters and props that ...
A portion of the Harry Houdini King of Cards poster. The full-width print is expected to sell for upward of $12,000. Reprints View Flipbook Version Share a ...