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05/05/2011
Houdini in Chains Promo Photo
More about Harry Houdini Born Ehrich Weisz in Budapest, Harry Houdini was a Jewish immigrant to the United States. His first escape was with his family, when he was four, fleeing anti-Semitism in Central Europe and settl...
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05/05/2011
A rare photo of Houdini, Bess and his Mother
A rare photo of the three of them. Houdini gave Bess a secret code word, that only she knew. If he could reach her from "the other side" she could verify it was actually Houdini by hearing that code word. That ...
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05/05/2011
Houdini’s Water Torture Cell
Houdini died of peritonitis from a ruptured appendix at 1:26 p.m. in room 401at Detroit's Grace Hospital on October 31, aged 52. Tony Curtis portrayed him in the movie Hou...
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