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Bess & Harry Houdini
Kristen Connolly and Adrien Brody star as Bess & Harry Houdini in HISTORY's HOUDINI
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Adrien Brody as Harry Houdini
Adrien Brody stars as world-renowned magician Harry Houdini in HISTORY's HOUDINI.
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Houdini and his team
Kristen Connolly plays Bess, Adrien Brody is Houdini and Evan Jones portrays the illusionist's assistant Jim Collins.
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Bess Houdini
Bess married Houdini on June 22, 1894. They were known as The Houdinis for many years until he hit it big as The Handcuff King.
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The Handcuff King
Way before David Copperfield, David Blaine or Criss Angel the name synonymous with "master of illusion" was Houdini.
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Houdini Flirts
Harry Houdini impresses the future Mrs. Houdini with a few magic tricks.
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The Houdinis
Bess and Harry performed early on as The Houdinis.
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The Great Houdini
Houdini was a master of self-promotion. Dubbing himself "The Great Houdini" he performed throughout the 1910s freeing himself from jails, handcuffs, chains, ropes, and straitjackets.
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The Great Houdini Performs
Houdini's suspended strait jacket escape was extremely popular among street audiences.
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Houdini and Jim
Jim Collins was the man behind many of the illusions that Houdini performed.
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Houdini and the Chinese Water Torture Cell
Houdini is probably best remembered for his Chinese Water Torture Cell act. No, he did not die inside it. Check out the miniseries to learn the truth.
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Houdini Performs for Anastasia
Houdini performs at a private event for Anastasia and the Romanovs while a skeptical Rasputin looks on.
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Houdini and Spiritualism
After his mother's death, Houdini became obsessed with communicating with her spirit. This lead to very public battles against Spiritualism.
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Bess and Her Séances - Houdini
Every Halloween for 10 years after his death, Bess hosted a séance attempting to communicate with her husband's ghost. The "Final Houdini Séance" took place in 1936.