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On this day, March 24, 1874, the famous magician Harry Houdini was born in Budapest, Hungary.

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 ...

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 ...

Creative Downtown Appleton Inc. wants to erect a state historical marker honoring Harry Houdini's connection to the city.

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 ...

As Barry Manilow famously asked, "Could it be magic?"Tuesday, March 24 marks what would have been Harry Houdini's 152nd birthday, and the legendary escape artist had ties to Milwaukee.

Through the recently digitized scrapbooks of Harry Houdini, you can be transported to the world of 19th-century magic, an era of deception and curiosity about the unknown. Houdini’s “Magicians ...

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.

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 ...