“Practically anyone who read a newspaper in any language knew that this man seemed to have an inexplicable power to liberate himself from anything.”
Summary
The young Ehrich Weiss needed money, but he lived for fame. By the time he was 17, he had decided how to get it—he would become Houdini.
Resources
- Earliest “motion picture of Houdini in action.” Jumping handcuffed from the Weighlock Bridge, Rochester, New York, with ten thousand people watching.
- Houdini’s Suspended Straight Jacket Escape
- The Water Torture Cell
- Wild About Harry
- Houdini: The Elusive American by Adam Begley
- The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini by Joe Posnanski
Credits
- Narrator: Chris Flannery
- Audio Producer: Derek Wood
- Music Supervisor: Blake Huxell
