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05/04/2011
Houdini Escaping from Straitjacket

One of the photos taken of Houdini while escaping from a straitjacket. This feat brought him tons of NEWS and, of course, tickets sales for his theatre shows. He typically performed this stunt right outside the theatre h...

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05/02/2011
Harry Houdini exhibit to appear at Skirball Cultural Center

Reporting from New York —— Ehrich Weiss, the Budapest-born son of an immigrant family, ran away from home at 12 to join the circus. Not the least bit interested in becoming a rabbi like his father, he wa...

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