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2. Harry Houdini - Wikipedia

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   Erik Weisz was born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary to a Jewish family. [5] [6] His parents were Rabbi Mayer Sámuel Weisz (1829–1892) and Cecília Steiner (1841–1913).). Houdini was one of seven children: Herman M. (1863–1885), who was Houdini's half-brother by Rabbi Weisz's first marriage; Nathan J. (1870–1927); Gottfried William (1872–1925); Theodore (1876–1945); [7] Leopold D ...

3. Chinese Water Torture Cell - Wikipedia

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   Houdini performing the Chinese Water Torture Cell. The Chinese Water Torture Cell is a predicament escape made famous by Hungarian-American magician Harry Houdini.The illusion consists of three parts: first, the magician's feet are locked in stocks; next, he is suspended in mid-air from his ankles with a restraint brace; finally, he is lowered into a glass tank overflowing with water and the ...

4. Escapology - Wikipedia

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   Hidden is a style of escape performance popularised by the late Harry Houdini that involved much of the performance taking place behind some form of screen or inside a cabinet in order to protect the secrets of the performer. This style of escape performance was popular with the majority of escape artists until the end of the 20th Century and ...

5. How Did Harry Houdini Die? A Look at the Magician's ... - AOL

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   Harry Houdini, the famous escape artist, relaxes on a bench in Nice, France. Houdini died in Detroit at Grace Hospital, according to PBS. He was on tour at the time and in the city to perform in ...

6. Ken Allen - Wikipedia

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   He was nicknamed "The Hairy Houdini". [1] [2] Ken Allen was born in captivity at the San Diego Zoo in 1971. In 1985, he gained worldwide attention for a series of escapes from his enclosure, which had been thought to be escape-proof. During some of his escapes, his female companions joined him.

7. Metamorphosis (illusion) - Wikipedia

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   Metamorphosis is the name of a stage illusion invented by John Nevil Maskelyne, but most often associated with famous escape artist Harry Houdini and performed to some renown (for speed) by The Pendragons, among others. [1] It is also known amongst magicians as the Substitution Trunk (often abbreviated to Sub Trunk).

8. Six Feet Under: The troubled history of magicians burying ...

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   Harry Houdini performed variations on the buried alive stunt across his career. In 1915, the famous illusionist made a go of it near Santa Ana, California. In 1915, the famous illusionist made a ...

9. Hill Harper saves Detroit house where Houdini was embalmed ...

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   A former funeral home in Detroit's Cass Corridor where escape artist Harry Houdini was embalmed and that later became a music school is now in the hands of actor and recent U.S. Senate candidate ...