Harry Houdini's connection to Kansas City started out by accident, but it lasted throughout his legendary career. A new historic marker will commemorate the debut of his first escape from a ...

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.

STAMFORD — At least for a little while, Stamford was Houdini’s great escape. More than a century later, he may be the most famous person to ever maintain an address in Stamford during the city’s 375 ...

Harry Houdini, two officers from the New Orleans Police department and a straightjacket in 1916. Harry Houdini's name was already synonymous with show business when he came to New Orleans a century ...

When journalist Joe Posnanski decided to write a book about the great magician and escape artist Harry Houdini he created a Google Alert to ping him when Houdini was mentioned somewhere. That was ...

The adaptation of William Kalush/Larry Sloman biography has been stuck in development since March 2009. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer BUDAPEST — As Harry Houdini mounts his return to Hollywood with ...