Who Is The Great Houdini

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the Master of Mystery

Magician Harry Houdini was the first great magician of the 20th century, building a sensational career by becoming a master of the escape act and for a time was the highest paid performer in the US. Many people still consider him one of the greatest magicians even today, more than 80 years after his death.

Who Was Houdini? 

Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 - October 311926) whose birth name in Hungary was Erik WeiszThe Houdini Birth Research Committees Report Reproduction of Houdinis birth certificate on page 4. Also see Houdini!!! The Career of Ehrich Weiss by Ken Silverman, page 8. (which was changed to Ehrich WeissThe Orignal Houdini Scrapbook by Walter B. Gibson, reproduction of a 1901 Will doubled singed as Harry Houdini and Ehrich Weiss, page 178. when he immigrated to the United States), was a Hungarian American magician, escapologist (widely regarded as one of the greatest ever) and stunt performer, as well as a skeptic and investigator of spiritualists, film producer and actor. Harry Houdini forever changed the world of magic and escapes.

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See Houdini's Magic via Videos 


Harry Houdini Live!

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Houdini Straitjacket Escape

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Houdini Rope Escape

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Houdini Speaks

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Houdini escape

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The History of Houdini 

Harry Houdini - Biography
This essay is based primarily on material provided in the biography Harry Houdini by Adam Woog
Houdini whodunit
Montreal author Don Bell's two-decade quest to answer a local mystery is finally published
The Great Houdini
Harry Houdini's Cuff Keys, personal lock picking tools and Tower Single-Lock Handcuffs examined.
Variety Stage: Harry Houdini
The Houdini component of the American Variety Stage Collection comprises 143 photographs and 29 related items of personal memorabilia that document the career of Harry Houdini, the legendary magician and "Genius of Escape Who Will Startle and Amaze." Collection materials have been drawn from the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, and the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, and date from 1886 to the years following Houdini's death in 1926.
Houdini Club of Wisconsin
Established 1938
Home of the 70th Annual Houdini Convention
Houdini at the History Museum at the Castle
The A.K.A. Houdini exhibit lets you experience some of Harry Houdini's tricks of the trade through hands-on activities. It is great fun for the whole family!

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