Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini the day he performed his famous stunt in which he was submerged in the East River in a ...

One hundred and fifty years ago this month, on April 6, 1874, the legendary illusionist Harry Houdini was born in Appleton, Wisconsin. Or so he claimed. The man we call Houdini was actually born Erich ...

Harry Houdini, the remarkable illusionist who stunned international audiences with his death-defying escape act, was shackled eternally by the Grim Reaper on this Halloween in history, Oct. 31, 1926. ...

Harry Houdini, the remarkable illusionist who stunned international audiences with his death-defying escape act, was shackled eternally by the Grim Reaper on this Halloween in history, Oct. 31, 1926. ...

Ehrich Weiss (Harry Houdini) born to Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss and his wife Cecelia on March 24 in Budapest, Hungary. At age nine, Ehrich and some neighborhood friends establish a five-cent circus.

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, ...

DETROIT – On Oct. 24, 1926, the legendary magician Harry Houdini performed what would be his final show before his untimely death at a Detroit hospital. Houdini was 52 years old when he performed at ...

Legendary magician Harry Houdini's final resting place, Machpelah Cemetery in Queens, is closed on Halloween due to vandalism fears. Richard Levine / Alamy Wizard and warlocks are wild about Harry ...

Pick a card ... any card! One of the first decks of cards ever used by Harry Houdini sold for $43,410 Sunday night at Goldin Auctions. The cards were passed to Houdini's wife, Bess, after his death in ...

A show at the Library for the Performing Arts examines the golden age of magic in New York City, from the 1870s to just before World War II. By James Barron Richard Hatch gave up a career as a ...

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 ...