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12 unusual facts about Harry Houdini


Ajeeb

A particularly intriguing piece of faux mechanical technology (while presented as entirely automated, it in fact concealed a strong human chess player inside), it drew scores of thousands of spectators to its games, the opponents for which included Harry Houdini, Theodore Roosevelt, and O. Henry.

Handcuffs

During his shows, Harry Houdini was frequently secured with multiple pairs of handcuffs.

Houdina Radio Control

In July 1925, Harry Houdini and his secretary, Oscar Teale, broke into offices of Houdina Radio Control.

Joseph Grossman

(William is said to have died as an indirect result of copying Harry Houdini's famous illusion featuring an escape from a tank of water.)

Magician Among the Spirits

The album title was inspired by a book written by Harry Houdini co-authored with C. M. Eddy, Jr. (uncredited) in 1924 and published by Harper & Brothers in which the famed magician discussed his investigations of spirit mediums.

Newport Bridge, Newport

On the 5th March 1913 the famous escape artist Harry Houdini jumped off Newport Bridge with his hands manacled & feet shackled.

Premature burial

During his career, Hungarian-American magician and escapologist Harry Houdini performed two variations on a "Buried Alive" stunt/escape.

Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo

Shaggy tries to use the staff against the gryphon by the power of "Houdini, the Wizard of Oz, and the English kid with the glasses", meaning Harry Potter.

Tamatebako

It was also documented by Harry Houdini as a "Japanese hexagon puzzle box" in 1922 without the simple cube version, in the company of several other traditional models which he learned from a Japanese acquaintance.

The Great Simpsina

After Demon states that he is going to present it at his next magic show (he claims that he learned the trick after being met by the ghost of the trick's creator, Harry Houdini), a betrayed Raymondo rejects Lisa's apology and orders her to leave his home.

The Linguini Incident

Lucy (Arquette) is a frustrated magician, specifically an escape artist, who is obsessed with becoming a modern female version of Harry Houdini.

William Melville

In June 1900 Melville met future stage magician Harry Houdini when he came to Scotland Yard to showcase his abilities as an escapologist.


Glendale, Queens

Some of these cemeteries are the resting places of many famous people, including Jackie Robinson, Mae West, and Harry Houdini, at whose tomb devotees gather each year on Halloween to see if he can pull off the ultimate escape trick and return from the grave.

Simon Lovell

Fantasma's training DVD also includes scenes from well-known magicians such as Harry Houdini and Harry Blackstone, Sr..

Symphony Center

Lectures and other programs were held at Orchestra Hall in the 1920s and 1930s, with speakers including Harry Houdini, Richard E. Byrd, Amelia Earhart, Bertrand Russell and Orson Welles.

The Dragon's Apprentice

John, Jack, Fred the Badger, the Tin Man (Roger Bacon), Laura Glue, Richard Burton, Harry Houdini, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the mysterious End of Time, a friend of Burton's, travel to Avalon and the Archipelago but discover it in ruins and learn that two thousand years have passed in the Archipelago since their last visit.