APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - A master of illusion and the most famous escape artist of all time often called Wisconsin his home. Harry Houdini is a familiar name in Wisconsin, and his life and legacy ...

Harry Houdini, the legendary magician and escape artist, seemed invincible to the public. He had escaped from handcuffs, prison cells, and underwater tanks. But a punch to the stomach delivered by a ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Katie Bender: Instructions for a Séance," presented by Fusebox and Texas Performing Arts, takes place at a séance meant to ...

In the summer of 1926, famous escapologist Harry Houdini began to suffer from mysterious stomach ailments. Was it food poisoning as he claimed, appendicitis, or something more sinister? From the ...

As Chanukah is celebrated in 2010, the Jewish Museum in NYC celebrates the brilliance and the significance of Harry Houdini. Houdini was born in Budapest, Hungary as Ehrich Weisz in 1874, but moved as ...

A community quilt project in Green Bay is bringing hundreds of people together ahead of America’s 250th celebration on July 4, each creating a personal square. The Jean Nicolet chapter of the DAR is ...

Harry Houdini, the famed magician, escape artist and figure of popular imagination who died in 1926, pops up all over the place these days. Three of those appearances are tied to events at the ...