When vaudeville impresario Martin Beck "discovered" a struggling Harry Houdini in 1899 ... In his 1921 book "Magical Rope Ties and Escapes," Houdini explained many of the strategies he used.

Glory is worried that she has heard nothing from her mother for some weeks – but distraction comes when the Hungarian-American escape artist Harry Houdini ... Telegraph Books Sign up to the ...

Fuel was important for the most famous escape artist of all time, Harry Houdini. He spent much of ... "The Stag Cook Book: A Man's Cook Book for Men." Here, the escape artist shared his favorite ...

Harry Houdini is remembered today for his legendary escapes and illusions, but he also had a lifelong obsession with the paranormal. After dabbling in fake seances himself, Houdini made ...

In the last years of his life, Harry Houdini became, to borrow the title from one of his books, "A Magician among the Spirits." As the most famous illusionist in the world, Houdini was naturally ...