This episode explores the life and legend of Harry Houdini, the world’s most extraordinary showman and escape artist. Famous for feats that defied every earthly restraint, Houdini’s legacy lived on ...

This dramatic video shows the moment a man in custody crashed an ambulance amid claims he escaped from restraints before commandeering the vehicle. Michael Buckner has been noted for his Houdini-like ...

When vaudeville impresario Martin Beck "discovered" a struggling Harry Houdini in 1899, it was Houdini's ability to escape from handcuffs which caught his attention. Although Houdini was hardly the ...

Master magician Harry Houdini made a living wowing audiences and escaping from death-defying situations. But this day in 1926 the Great Houdini was unable to cheat death one more time and succumbed to ...