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  2. Harry Houdini - Wikipedia

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    Erik Weisz (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), known as Harry Houdini (/ h uː ˈ d iː n i / hoo-DEE-nee), was a Hungarian-American escapologist, illusionist, and stunt performer noted for his escape acts.

  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. Chinese water torture - Wikipedia

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    The escape entailed Harry Houdini being bound and suspended upside-down in a locked glass and steel cabinet full to overflowing with water, from which he escaped. There were also the Fu Manchu stories by Sax Rohmer that were popular in the 1930s (in which Fu Manchu subjected his victims to various ingenious tortures, such as the wired jacket).

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

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    Hungarian-American escape artist and illusionist, Harry Houdini on a diving board, preparing for a ball and chain pool escape at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, 28th April 1923.

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Theodore Hardeen - Wikipedia

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    Ferenc Dezső Weisz (March 4, 1876 – June 12, 1945), known as Theodore "Dash" Hardeen, was a Hungarian-American magician and escape artist who was the younger brother of Harry Houdini. Hardeen, who usually billed himself as the "brother of Houdini", was the founder of the Magician's Guild.

  9. 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 ...

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