Escape artist Harry Houdini is shown before being lowered in a packing crate into the ice-covered Detroit River in 1907. (AP Photo) (1907 AP ) DETROIT – There’s an urban legend that Harry Houdini died ...

On Halloween night in 1936, the tiny, white-haired widow of Harry Houdini made her final attempt to contact him from beyond the grave. Beatrice "Bess" Houdini fell hard in love with the escapologist ...

This piece is excerpted from National Geographic's Book of Magic and the Occult: A Visual History. He’s the most famous magician to ever live, but few realize that Harry Houdini (1874–1926) began life ...

That’s what Harry Houdini wrote in his diary after his death-defying leap into the Erie Canal in Rochester in May 1907. The famous escape artist came to Rochester to settle a bet that he could free ...

It's tough to imagine a time before USB, when connecting devices to your computer meant juggling between a myriad of proprietary ports. As a solution, Intel, alongside other companies like Microsoft ...

Over the past 40-some years I've had the pleasure of towing trailers loaded with cattle, horses, furniture, cars, and, lately, nearly all of my worldly possessions as I traipse around the country ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. To celebrate the magic of “Houdini”—which was created alongside Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, Caroline ...

The 2024 MTV VMAs are airing live from New York's UBS Arena on Wednesday, Sept. 11 Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared ...

The Real Slim Shady was the first to stand up on Wednesday, opening the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards with a performance of his multi-nominated single "Houdini." And as a cheeky little throwback to his ...

“There’s two ‘Houdini’s on the radio right now, one from Eminem, one from Dua Lipa,” frontman Mark Foster says in the video. “Thought it’d be fun to bring in our OG ‘Houdini’ from our first record and ...