World-famous illusionist Harry Houdini passed away on Halloween 1926 despite cheating death numerous times with his jaw-dropping stunts — and nearly a century later, his great-nephew is looking for ...

You'd think if you were a relative of someone as famous as Harry Houdini, you'd know it. But George Hardeen, 59, didn't find out he was Houdini's... Houdini Relative Unlocks Some Family Secrets You'd ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Growing up, George Hardeen never thought too much about being related to arguably the most famous magician of all time, whose name is synonymous with great escape. But at 66, the ...

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 ...

Hardeen and Cyrene Houdini made a believer out of Daniel Morganti on Friday. From the cynical look in his eyes, it was clear the boy did not think the two magicians could divine the card he had pulled ...

As workers pulled the packaging off the milk can from which Harry Houdini once escaped, anyone watching might have expected the earth to shift or lights to flicker. Too much drama, maybe. But that is ...

Harry Houdini escaped from countless handcuffs, once with a possible assist by a wife who slipped a key into his mouth as she kissed him. He escaped from an oversized milk can that was locked inside a ...

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 ...

, where a sizable chunk of the Appleton museum's collection was auctioned off, at the Liberace Museum, in 2004. If all goes according to Elizabeth Dobrska's plan, we can add Holyoke to this list ...

One of the most well-known stunts of famed illusionist Harry Houdini, remembered for his escape acts, was the milk can escape, first performed in 1908 at the Columbia Theater in St. Louis. Houdini, ...