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 ...

This episode explores the life and legend of Harry Houdini, the world’s most extraordinary showman and escape artist. Famous for feats that defied every earthly restraint, Houdini’s legacy lived on ...

There’s an urban legend that Harry Houdini died in Detroit on Halloween after performing at the Majestic Theater.

Illusionist Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926. Multiple theories about what actually happened persist a century later.

More than 80 years after his death, the escape artist who called himself Houdini still commands the popular imagination, with new books arriving this year (including The Last Greatest Musician in the ...

Oct. 17, 1924, was a magical day for Denton residents. Harry Houdini gave a lecture and demonstration at the College of ...

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 ...