Illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini the day he performed his famous stunt in which he was submerged in the East River in a crate and escaped in just under a minute on July 7th 1912 in New York ...

Richard Hatch gave up a career as a physicist to become a magician — and a one-man historical preservation society dedicated to a German author killed in the Holocaust. By David Segal In the novel, ...

Nonfiction: “Lincoln’s Ghost” has little to do with the titular president but lots to do with spurious mediums.

An estimated 5,000 people gathered Sept. 30, 1926, at 174-188 Main St. in Worcester to watch the famous Harry Houdini perform his famous copper-casket trick. Little did the crowd know it would be his ...

Written by Jordan Baker, this new play is a period drama about the final years in the life of Harry Houdini, aiming to perform by October 2026. This public reading will be used to gauge an audience ...

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 ...