Houdini is one such name. The greatest magician, illusionist, and escape artist of all time, Harry Houdini, was born 150 years ago last Sunday, March 24, as Erik Weisz into a Jewish family in ...

In the last years of his life, Harry Houdini became, to borrow the title from one of his books, "A Magician among the Spirits." As the most famous illusionist in the world, Houdini was naturally ...

Library of Congress Jack London and Harry Houdini were two of the most remarkable Americans of the early twentieth century. That they quickly became friends when they met just before Thanksgiving ...

The Amazing Kreskin would Have turned 90 years old next month. Kreskin got his name from combining his name with Harry Kellar a famous magician and Houdini. The name was Kreskin was born." ...