His family immigrated to the U.S. in 1878, when Houdini was 4 years old, and he cherished his childhood memories of Appleton.

SALT LAKE CITY — Once upon a time, Harry Houdini, the famed magician and escape artist, hung upside down from a downtown building in Salt Lake City. Houdini started his career in entertainment at an ...

APPLETON, Wis. (WLUK) -- Thursday marked 98 years since the death of local legend Harry Houdini, and ever since then, there's been attempts to contact the illusionist from beyond the grave. The famous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An advertisement in the Milwaukee Sentinel promoted Harry Houdini's run of shows at the Majestic Theatre in April 1912 as the ...

September provides an opportunity to look back as well as look forward. The celebrations for the centenary of Francis Newton Souza’s birth culminated in the first half of 2025. A unique piece of ...

Houdini's 100th anniversary fuels an Austin surge, from a UT Ransom Center exhibit to a séance play and new book release.

NEW YORK -- For all his death-defying stunts, Harry Houdini couldn't escape the Grim Reaper: He died on Halloween 1926, apparently from a punch to the stomach that ruptured his appendix. But rumors ...

On Halloween, the anniversary of his death, Harry Houdini will be back on stage. The Jewish Museum in New York is opening a new exhibition, “Houdini: Art and Magic,” on Oct. 29, and curator Brooke ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Handcuffs, shackles, a torture chamber and straitjacket used by renowned escape artist Harry Houdini will be part of a major exhibit that delves into the life and legend of the ...

NEW YORK - For all his death-defying stunts, Harry Houdini couldn't escape the Grim Reaper: He died on Halloween 1926, apparently from a punch to the stomach that ruptured his appendix. But rumors ...