When vaudeville impresario Martin Beck "discovered" a struggling Harry Houdini in 1899, it was Houdini's ability to escape from handcuffs which caught his attention. Although Houdini was hardly the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Harry Houdini was born 136 years ago today. To mark the day, Susan King ...

H e was the most famous magician of the 20th century. Yet Harry Houdini’s peers were often scathing about him. His tricks were “awful stuff” and “a bunch of junk”, they sniffed. “Watching him play the ...