Harry Houdini on conjuring

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Harry Houdini stands in a wooden box on a boat above the East River, holding up his handcuffed wrists, surrounded by onlookers in 1912.

Black and white photo of Harry Houdini with folded arms and gold chains around his wrists, set against a theater audience background with the text: the wild TRUTH about Houdini.

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Black and white photo of Harry Houdini with folded arms and gold chains around his wrists, set against a theater audience background with the text: the wild TRUTH about Houdini.

How Harry Houdini Became the World's Most Famous Magician

Houdini could escape anything—even the truth.

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Harry Houdini stands in a wooden box on a boat above the East River, holding up his handcuffed wrists, surrounded by onlookers in 1912.

Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini preparing to be submerged in a box in the East River, New York City,...

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