Harry Houdini
Witness History
English - October 31, 2016 09:00 - 8 minutes - 4.07 MB - ★★★★★ - 853 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1904, the great American escape artist, Harry Houdini, made his reputation with a sensational performance at a theatre in London's West End. It became known as the Mirror Handcuff Challenge. Simon Watts introduces contemporary accounts of the show, and talks to magician and Houdini expert, Paul Zenon.
(Photo: Houdini later in his career. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)