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APPLETON (WLUK) -- It was a magician’s dream in Appleton Thursday morning. Hundreds of magic enthusiasts descended upon Houdini Plaza to not only witness death-defying escapes, but to make history.

APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – Harry Houdini died 100 years ago, but his legacy still lives on in Appleton and in the magic community alike. Hundreds of people gathered in Houdini Plaza Thursday morning to ...

As an amateur magician of long standing, I was naturally interested in Daniel Mark Epstein’s “The Case of Houdini” (October, 1986). His attempt to refute a showman who insisted that magicians always ...

African American magician and escape artist Houdini II will perform at the Society of American Magicians Convention in Appleton, Wisconsin, on Thursday, July 2, 2026, in a history-making live escape ...

Pick a card ... any card! One of the first decks of cards ever used by Harry Houdini sold for $43,410 Sunday night at Goldin Auctions. The cards were passed to Houdini's wife, Bess, after his death in ...

Famed magician Harry Houdini was one of the 20th century’s biggest celebrities, and remains a global household name to this day. His impossible feats of death-defying escape, otherworldly mystique and ...

Air quality remains poor all across Wisconsin thanks to smoke, and while the smoke clears tomorrow it comes with an increasing risk for severe thunderstorms Fish Creek named a 'stressful' tourist town ...

On Saturday night, Dynamo attempted "the most ambitious and dangerous stunt of his career," escaping a burning car suspended ...

Illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini the day he performed his famous stunt in which he was submerged in the East River in a crate and escaped in just under a minute on July 7th 1912 in New York ...

A show at the Library for the Performing Arts examines the golden age of magic in New York City, from the 1870s to just before World War II. By James Barron Richard Hatch gave up a career as a ...