Harry Houdini, famed for debunking mediums and exposing frauds, prided himself on seeing through the world’s greatest ...

Harry Houdini built his reputation on exposing frauds and unraveling the world’s most complex illusions. Yet, history records a rare moment when the master of escape was left confounded. This piece ...

Houdini died on Halloween night 1926, as if on cue to ensure his shadowy legend for nearly a century, and likely well beyond it. He died of peritonitis, the inflammation of infected tissue that ...

‘Houdini’: TV Review Oscar winner Adrien Brody's dynamic performance brings Harry Houdini's illusions to life in History's two-night miniseries event By Allison Keene August 25, 2014 11:30am ...

Houdini created spectacular illusions in ways that were practical and immediate, a contrast to a modern moment when most dazzling effects are created by people huddling over computers in dark rooms.

A creaky, animatronic Houdini pops out of a box on the ceiling when you least expect it, and old-timey piano music plays faintly through speakers. It's here that Adrien Brody seems to be in his ...