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NEW YORK CITY -- The Houdini Museum of New York in Manhattan unlocks the life of the greatest magician and escape artist who ever lived. Harry Houdini, whose real name was Erich Weiss, was most ...

Legendary magician and escape artist Harry Houdini married Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner on June 22, 1894. When they met, she was performing as one of the Floral Sisters at the Sea Beach Palace in West ...

Harry Houdini, left, and David P. Abbott in Omaha in 1923. The charter for the Omaha Magical Society, signed by Harry Houdini, then-president of the Society of American Magicians, in 1921. An ...

The spookiest time of the year is upon us once more as our attention turns to jack-o’-lanterns, black cats, and things that ...