Harry Houdini, famed for debunking mediums and exposing frauds, prided himself on seeing through the world’s greatest illusions. Yet even he encountered a sleight of hand so deft, so carefully ...
Even the world’s greatest escape artist had one weakness: the human mind. In 1899, Harry Houdini declared no illusion could fool him if he saw it three times. He was wrong. One man — a quiet, ...
An estimated 5,000 people gathered Sept. 30, 1926, at 174-188 Main St. in Worcester to watch the famous Harry Houdini perform his famous copper-casket trick. Little did the crowd know it would be his ...