A team of forensic experts will pore over the exhumed remains of renowned escape artist Harry Houdini to determine whether he was murdered more than 80 years ago, the head of the investigative team ...

EXCLUSIVE: Harry Houdini was well known for his disappearing acts, but now the master escape artist and illusionist is set to make a big screen appearance for Walt Disney Studios. Scott Sanders and ...

When Adrien Brody was growing up in Queens, he did magic tricks at kids’ birthday parties. Billed as “The Amazing Adrien,” he says, “I did pretty advanced stuff. I worked with pyrotechnics at [age] 11 ...

Harry Houdini became one of the most famous people in the world thanks to his gifts as an escape artist and a magician. But he also devoted his life to a different kind of mission as well: exposing ...

Escape artist Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926 at age 52 Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in ...

Master illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini was in Detroit when he stepped onto a stage for the last time. He would die a week later — on Halloween, no less, giving an eerie twist to the life ...

The actual Harry Houdini — a Hungarian illusionist who captivated the world with his seemingly impossible stunts — died in 1926, so he can’t stand up unless he’s finally found a way to permanently ...

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. ...

Notably, “Houdini” arrives months after Megan’s “Hiss,” which includes what could be interpreted as an indirect reference to Em. On the song, Meg raps, “I feel like Mariah Carey, got these n****s so ...

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 ...