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unusual facts about escape artist



Arioch

Arioch is also the name of an escape artist and magician who rose to fame in the 1990s after performing on MTV.

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.


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A Just View of the British Stage

The staging of Harlequin Sheppard — a play by John Thurmond based around the exploits of the famed criminal and escape-artist Jack Sheppard — by the three impresarios of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane: Colley Cibber, the actor Barton Booth, and Robert Wilks, in November 1724, spurred Hogarth into immediate action.

Boysetsfire

One of their songs, "Handful of Redemption", is featured on the video game MVP Baseball '03 by EA Sports. Their song "Rookie" from the After the Eulogy album was featured on the Legends of Wrestling video game. "Rookie" from After the Eulogy and "Handful of Redemption" from the Tomorrow Come Today album were also featured in the video game 1080° Avalanche. Additionally, their song "High Wire Escape Artist" is featured on the soundtrack to The Daredevil motion picture.

Intellectual rights to magic methods

David Merlini escape artist's Hyberna -frozen in ice- effect, patent filed in 2001, for the method of "freezing" an alive being in a tank of water.

Newport Bridge, Newport

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

Soldier of Fortune, Inc.

David Eigenberg - Nick Delvecchio (former DEA Special Operations GS-13; undercover operations, escape artist)

Theatrical séance

Before Walter died he passed on the tradition to magician, escape artist and co founder with Dick Brookz of The Houdini Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Dorothy Dietrich.

Tomorrow Come Today

The track "High Wire Escape Artist" appeared on the soundtrack for the 2003 movie, Daredevil.