(Harry Houdini’s unlikely last act? Taking on the occult.) Houdini was fiercely critical of spiritualism, a hugely popular practice at the time. He regarded it as fraudulent. One reading of his ...

Ehrich Weiss (Harry Houdini) born to Rabbi Mayer ... with the world-famous author and leading proponent of Spiritualism. In July, Houdini has his first sittings with the celebrated Boston medium ...

In the last years of his life, Harry Houdini became ... becoming one of its most vocal opponents. At first Houdini was drawn to Spiritualism out of genuine curiosity, as well as out of his ...

Harry Houdini is remembered today for his legendary escapes and illusions, but he also had a lifelong obsession with the paranormal. After dabbling in fake seances himself, Houdini made it his ...

Harry Houdini finds an ally in his fight against spiritualism, a brilliant detective called Rose Mackenberg, who'll do whatever it takes to expose a fake. Together, the two head to Washington to ...

During his life, legendary escape artist and magician Harry Houdini shocked crowds with his stunts and illusions. Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary on March 24, 1874, moved to the U.S ...

Erik Weisz, better known professionally as the great escapologist, illusionist and stunt performer Harry Houdini, had many links with Ireland. He first came to public attention in vaudeville in ...