Wild About Harry- Magic Collector Expo 2024 aboard the Queen Mary
- Restoring Hardeen
- Dean Carnegie looks at the enigmatic Edward Saint
- Off to the Magic Collector Expo
- Is the Margery Box still out there?
- Searching for Houdini in Columbus, Texas
- A Magician Among the Spirits turns 100
- Houdini Unbound by Alan Attwood
- The Houdini movie book we've been waiting for
- Houdini in the April The Linking Ring
- Carnegie Magic Detective
- Dr Edward Saint The Houdini Archivist & More
- The Magic Detective Podcast Breaks the 50,000 Mark
- The Baker Challenge Belt
- Happy Birthday Joseph Dunninger!!!
- Houdini Playing Cards For Sale
- The Next Podcast Will Be on Dr. Sesrad Meyers. Who???
- Doug Henning Styled Shoes - For Kids
- Majinga Is Gone But Not Forgotten
- Exposing Magic!
- February is Over And the Moon Is Still Here: David Copperfield Update!
- New York Times
- The Real Lives of Early 20th-Century Celebrities, as Depicted in ‘Ragtime’
- When Harry Met Harry
- A Mysterious Autograph Hound’s Book Is Up for Auction
- Overlooked No More: Rose Mackenberg, Houdini’s Secret ‘Ghost-Buster’
- He’s a Young Black Magician. People Ask: ‘Are You the New Houdini?’
- Part of a Magic Act
- Tony Oursler’s Paranormal Possessions
- The Musical ‘Houdini’ Travels a Bumpy Path
- A Box of Tricks, Studio Size
- ‘Houdini,’ With Adrien Brody, on the History Channel
- Google News
- Don’t miss the Magic Show happening this Sunday! - PAHomePage.com
- Harry Houdini at 150: A look at the master magician's Jewish roots - The Jerusalem Post
- Who Killed Harry Houdini? - Theories About His Mysterious Death - Popular Mechanics
- Harry Houdini's 150th birthday magic and history on display in Appleton - Fox11online.com
- On this day in history, October 31, 1926, escape artist Harry Houdini shackled eternally by Grim Reaper - Fox News
- Why Dua Lipa References Harry Houdini on 'Radical Optimism' - Showbiz Cheat Sheet
- Houdini's Columbia Connections | Columbia Magazine - Columbia Magazine
- Why Dua Lipa References Harry Houdini on ‘Radical Optimism’ - imdb
- Today's Jewish Birthday: Harry Houdini - San Diego Jewish World
- Harry Houdini: The Man Who Inspired Superheroes - IGN
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Blogcast #6: Houdini Optical Illusion on National Geographic Brain Games
By Tom Interval In 2013, National Geographic’s Brain Games commissioned artist Pete Fecteau to create a Rubik’s Cube mosaic of the Houdini two-face optical illusion I made that year. I wrote about it at the time, and that’s the subject of today’s blogcast. Hope you … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Audio, Mosaics, Multimedia, Optical Illusions, Patreon, Photoshop, Photoshop Art, Podcasts, Sculptures, Videos
Tagged ambiguous, art, artists, bistable, brain games, harry houdini, houdini, illusions, magicians, mosaic, multistable, national geographic, new york, new york city, newyork, newyorkcity, nyc, optical, optical illusions, perception, pete fecteau, peter fecteau, rubiks cubes, sculptures, shows, television, tom interval, tv, two-face illusions
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71 East Eagle Street: Another Houdini Address?
By Tom Interval In September 1856, homeowner E.A. Rockwell petitioned the Buffalo Common Council to build a 7 x 14′ addition to his one-story home at 71 East Eagle Street in Buffalo, New York. Little did he know that 39 … Continue reading
Posted in 305 East 69th St., 71 East Eagle St., Buildings, Homes, Life Phases, Locations, Young Man
Tagged 1895, 71 east eagle street, buffalo, clippings, e, harry houdini, Homes, houdini, houses, lived, living, new york, news, newspapers, quarters, residence, residents, st, young houdini, Youth
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Houdini’s Suspended Straitjacket Escape at Police Field Day Games
By Tom Interval There’s no enviable day to die, but if you’re a magician, and you have to cash in your chips, anyway, it might as well be on Halloween. That’s exactly what Harry Houdini did 91 years ago today: … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Death, Escapes, Halloween, Straitjacket
Tagged athletics, clippings, competitions, coney island, contests, escapes, events, exhibitions, fairs, games, gravesend, harry houdini, horses, hotel mcalpin, houdini, images, new york, new york times, newspapers, nypd, photos, pictures, police, police field day games, pomp and circumstance, race track, races, racetrack, sam, sheepshead bay, society of american magicians, straight-jackets, straightjackets, strait-jackets, straitjackets, suspended, upside down, upsidedown
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NPR Story: Unpublished Houdini Straitjacket Photo
By Tom Interval This morning, NPR’s Pam Fessler interviewed a gentleman by the name of Chris Shweie, coauthor of The Voice of the City: Vaudeville and Popular Culture in New York and collector of all things vaudeville. Shweie said he recently … Continue reading
Posted in Buildings, Collecting, Ephemera, Escapes, Photoshop Art, Straitjacket
Tagged harry houdini, houdini, new york, straight jacket, straightjacket, strait jacket, straitjacket
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Houdini’s Voice Recorded 100 Years Ago Today
By Tom Interval It was exactly 100 years ago today that Houdini recorded his voice on Edison wax cylinders. This particular version is one I put together a couple of years ago. It’s about 3½ minutes long and is different … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Audio, Multimedia, Videos, Voice
Tagged 1914, flat bush, flatbush, flatbush ny, harry houdini, houdini, new york, ny, October 29, speaks, voice
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Houdini in The New York Times Turns 10: Its Origin and Future
By Tom Interval This year marks the 10th anniversary of Houdini in The New York Times, a website housing more than 125 articles and letters in The New York Times written by or about Harry Houdini. Please enjoy this brief … Continue reading
Posted in Anniversaries, Collections, Digital, Houdini in The New York Times, Houdini in The New York Times, Letters
Tagged articles, clippings, harry houdini, houdini, houdini in the new york times, houdini museum, houdini website, houdini websites, houdinimuseum, new york, new york times, the new york times
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Did this man live at 278 W. 113th St. before Houdini?
By Tom Interval We know a few things about Harry Houdini’s New York City home at 278 W. 113th St. and even got a glimpse inside last year when the New York Daily News interviewed Fred Thomas, the current owner. … Continue reading
Posted in 278 W. 113th St., Bess, Buildings, Family, Homes
Tagged 1904, 278, 278 w 113th st, 278 west 113th street, acris, agriculturalist, agriculture, australia, bess houdini, bio, biographies, biography, bios, brownstone, city of new york, david lubin, ehrich weiss, fred thomas, harlem, harry houdini, home, houdini, house, invention, inventions, inventor, inventors, kenneth silverman, larry sloman, manhattan, marie hinson, new york, new york city, new york daily news, ny, nyc, patent, patents, sydney mail, the sydney mail, william kalush
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Breaking News from Queens re Houdini Grave
They’re calling this “an unprecedented act of theft and vandalism.” The news broke this morning. Here’s a quick excerpt, but you can read the full story by clicking on the link below. Body of Harry Houdini Stolen From Queens Grave … Continue reading
Posted in Grave, Machpelah Cemetery
Tagged death, glendale, grave, gravesite, harry houdini, houdini, machpelah, machpelah cemetery, new york, ny, queens
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Carrie Gladys Weiss Died in mid January 1959
By Tom Interval There seems to be a lot of uncertainty about when Carrie Gladys Weiss (Houdini’s sister) died. Until today, even the Wikipedia page about Houdini stated that the year of Gladys’s death is unknown (I changed it). But … Continue reading
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