1. Harry Houdini - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Harry Houdini (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) whose birth name was Ehrich Weisz (which was changed to Erich Weiss when he immigrated to America), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini

Harry Houdini From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search "Houdini" redirects here. For other uses, see Houdini (disambiguation) Erich Weiss(Harry Houdini) Harry Houdini became world-renowned for his stunts and feats of escapology even more than for his magical illusions. Born March 24 Budapest Hungary Died October 31 Detroit Michigan U.S. Occupation magician escapologist stunt performer actor ... pilot , and paranormal investigator Harry Houdini March 24 October 31 ) whose birth name was Ehrich Weisz (which was changed to Erich Weiss when he immigrated to the United States), was a Hungarian American magician escapologist (widely regarded as one of the greatest ever), stunt performer , as well as a skeptic and investigator of spiritualists film producer , and actor Contents Birth and name Notable escapes The Mirror Handcuff Challenge The Milk Can ... edit Birth and name Harry Houdini was born in Budapest Hungary . His given name is found spelled differently in different sources, and his birth date is uncertain. However, years after his death , a copy of his birth certificate was found and published in The Houdini Birth Research Committee's Report (1972) . According to that original source,.

2. Harry Houdini Born Ehrich Weiss, Harry Houdini was a master of illusion. Houdini earned an international reputation as an escape artist who dramatically freed himself http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/all/houdini

Harry Houdini Houdini at work Born: March 24, 1874, Budapest, Hungary (Some believe he was born April 6 or 8, 1874 in Appleton, Wisconsin) Died: October 31, 1926, Detroit, Michigan Born Ehrich Weiss, Harry Houdini was a master of illusion. Houdini earned an international reputation as an escape artist who dramatically freed himself from ropes, shackles, and handcuffs. He was married to Wilhelmina Rahner, who, as Beatrice Houdini, was his stage assistant. He performed on vaudeville and was also in many motion pictures. The Start of a Magical Career Scaring the Ghosts Choose another Athlete or Entertainer Harry Houdini A Man in a Milk Can "Houdini's Magic Tricks" Scaring the Ghosts "Houdini Exposes Fraud" The Start of a Magical Career "Houdini as a Young Man" Library Of Congress Legal Notices Privacy Site Map ... Contact Us

3. Harry Houdini Harry Houdini s birthdate, birth name, Tarot card, Rune, and Numerology! http://www.facade.com/celebrity/Harry_Houdini/

Harry Houdini Nickname: Harry Birth Name: Ehrich Weiss Birthdate: Today's Biorhythm Today's Runes Today's I Ching Today's Stichomancy ... Search Google Tarot Card (Equivalent of "3/24/1874") Wheel of Fortune : The path of destiny. Karma on a grand scale. An unexpected turn of good fortune. A link in the chain of events. Success, luck, and happiness. Rune (Equivalent of "Ehrich Weiss") Eoh refers to the Yew tree. The Yew does not go dormant and therefore represents endurance. Even the wood of the tree is strong, resilient, and pliable - the Yew bends, but does not break. The evergreen nature of the Yew is present even in the rune itself, as it cannot be changed even by reversal. This rune is historically symbolic of death, but, as in the Tarot and as suggested by the nature of the Yew tree itself, death is seen only as a transmutation of something eternal and unchanging - the spirit. Birth Mates (Equivalents of "3/24/1874") Alan Moore Barack Obama Charisma Carpenter Colin Powell ... W. C. Fields Public Role (Equivalents of "Harry Houdini") Words that embody your presence are "Communication".

4. The My Hero Project - Harry Houdini Harry Houdini is my hero because he was an awesome magician. Houdini could escape from anything that you put in front of him. http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=houdini

5. Harry Houdini - Wikiquote Harry Houdini (24 March 1874 – 31 October 1926) Hungarianborn American stage magician, escapologist, stunt performer, actor, film producer and investigator http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini

Harry Houdini From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search Houdini in a scene from The Man From Beyond Harry Houdini 24 March 31 October ) Hungarian-born American stage magician, escapologist, stunt performer, actor, film producer and investigator of spiritualist claims; born Weisz Erik he used the name Ehrich Weiss until legally changing his name to "Harry Houdini" in 1913. edit Sourced Rosabelle - answer - tell - pray, answer - look - tell - answer, answer- tell. The secret message devised with his wife to test spiritualist s©ances should he or she die. In their secret stage-code it spells out the word: "BELIEVE". I'm tired of fighting. Last words (31 October 1926) edit Unsourced I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager to see something new and out of the ordinary I think my escape from the Siberian Transport was my most difficult performance. I was placed in the great vault usually assigned to political prisoners, and when the great door was shut, I had the hardest time of my life, perhaps, in releasing myself. But nevertheless, it took me 18 minutes to walk out, and face the dazed officials. I think that in a year I may retire. I cannot take my money with me when I die and I wish to enjoy it, with my family, while I live. I should prefer living in Germany to any other country, though I am an American, and am loyal to my country.

6. Harry Houdini - Wikipedia Harry Houdini (ovdal. Ehrich Weiss, r. njuk amánu 24., 1874, Budapest – j. golggotmánu 31., 1926). Vi ojuvvon ujuhusas http//se.wikipedia.org/wiki/ http://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini

Harry Houdini Wikipedias Njuike: navigaÅ¡uvdna oza Harry Houdini Harry Houdini (ovdal. Ehrich Weiss , r. njukčam¡nu 24. Budapest – j. golggotm¡nu 31. Viččojuvvon čujuhusas http://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini Pl¡Ä‘emat Artihkal S¡gastallan Ođasmahte Historj¡ PersovnnalaÅ¡ gaskaoamit R¡hkat konttu dahje sisač¡lit iežat NavigaÅ¡uvdna V¡ldosiidu G¡ffestohpu igeguovdil Varas rievdadusat ... Skeaŋkkat Oza Neavvobumb¡ Siiddut mat čujuhit deikke D¡n siiddu varas rievdadusat S¡dde fiilla Erenom¡Å¡ siiddut ... Cite this page Ear¡ gielaide Bosanski Catal  Dansk Deutsch ... Svenska Siidu lea maŋimust¡ rievdaduvvon 12 juovlam¡nu 2007 diimu 19:01. Sisdoalu s¡htt¡ geavahit liseanssain GNU Free Documentation License Wikipedia birra Friijavuohta v¡stideamis

7. Harry Houdini - Tag Story Index - USATODAY.com The family of Harry Houdini s widow wants to block a plan to exhume the escape artist s remains, saying a disinterment to determine whether he was murdered http://asp.usatoday.com/community/tags/topic.aspx?req=tag&tag=Harry Houdini

8. Houdini Harry Most people know Harry Houdini as a master magician, but most people don’t know that he was a psychic investigator, too! Harry Houdini was born on April 6, http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00689/Pages/Houdini.html

Harry Houdini He called himself Harry Houdini because of a famous French magician, Jean Houdini. In the year 1926 Harry Houdini (Eric Weiss) died of a ruptured appendix. For ten years after his death his wife, Bess, presided over annual Back to "History of Ghosts and Spirits" Back to "Index"

9. Harry Houdini - Wikipedija Harry Houdini (24. ožujka 1874., Budimpešta, Ma arska 31. listopada 1926, Detroit, Michigan, SAD) je ameri ki iluzionist. Ro en pod imenom Erik Weisz. http://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini

Harry Houdini Izvor: Wikipedija Skoči na: orijentacija traži Harry Houdini 24. ožujka Budimpešta Mađarska 31. listopada ... SAD ) je američki iluzionist . Rođen pod imenom Erik Weisz. Najpoznatiji po svojim trikovima oslobađanja iz nemogučih situacija poput zatvorenih spremnika ispunjenih vodom dok su mu svi udovi zavezani lancima. Jedan od najpoznatijih iluzionista u povijesti čiji život i smrt i danas budi mnoge nedoumice. Sadržaj Biografija Rani život Prvi nastupi Brak ... uredi Biografija uredi Rani život Za života, a i mnogo godina nakon, biografi su se sporili oko datuma, pa i mjesta njegova rođenja. On je tvrdio da je rođen u Americi, u Appletonu , gradu u državi Wisconsin , no pokazalo se da to nije točno. Tek je poslije pronađen rodni list iz kojeg se vidi daje rođen 24. ožujka 1874. u Budimpešti te da mu je pravo ime Erik Weisz (po nekim izvorima može se pisati i Erich Weiss). Njegovi roditelji, mađarski Židovi , emigrirali su u Ameriku 3. srpnja 1878., kad su njihovom sinu bile četiri godine. U useljeničkim knjigama njegovo je ime zapisano kao Erich Weiss. Uz dotadašnji nadimak Ehrie, obitelj ga je počela zvati i amerikaniziranim imenom Harry. Budući slavni magičar bio je jedan od šestero djece rabina Mayera Samuela Weisza i Cecilije Steiner, koji su osim njega imali i sinove Theodora, Leopolda, Nathana i Williama te kćer. Roditelji su se često svađali pa su djeca trpjela. Nije ni čudno što je Harry, najosjetljiviji među njima, kao tinejdžer nekoliko puta bježao od kuće, zabrinutoj majci slao razglednice koje je potpisivao s "tvoj sin bjegunac" i opet se vraćao kući.

10. Harry Houdini - Vicipéid Doilfeoir, draíodóir, éachtóir agus éalúeolaí ab ea é Harry Houdini. Rugadh faoin ainm Ehrich Weisz (leagan eile Erich Weiss) é i mBudapest san Ungáir ar http://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini

Harry Houdini “n Vicip©id, an chiclip©id shaor. Jump to: navigation search Harry Houdini (1899) Doilfeoir, dra­od³ir, ©acht³ir agus ©alº-eola­ ab ea © Harry Houdini . Rugadh faoin ainm Ehrich Weisz (leagan eile: Erich Weiss ) © i m Budapest san Ung¡ir ar an 24 M¡rta , agus d'©ag s© ar an 31 Deireadh F³mhair Giºdach Ung¡ireach ab ea © Ehrich Weisz, agus chuaigh s© ar imirce go Meirice¡ in ©ineacht lena thuismitheoir­ agus lena chuid dearth¡racha nuair a bh­ s© ceithre bliana d'aois. Shocraigh an teaghlach s­os in Appleton i st¡t Wisconsin , ¡it a raibh a athair ag obair ina raib­. B'©igean don teaghlach aistriº go Nua-Eabhrac nuair a bh­ Ehrich ina dh©ag³ir. Bh­ Ehrich ag cleachtadh eala­ona ©agsºla sorcais ³ bh­ s© ³g, agus sa bhliain 1893, chuir s© suim sa doilfeoireacht agus sa dra­od³ireacht. B'ansin a thosaigh s© ag tabhairt Harry Houdini air f©in. Bh­ a chuid cairde ag tabhairt "Harry" air le fada - bh­ s© n­ b'fhusa le fuaimniº n¡ "Ehrie" - agus fuair s© an sloinne ³ Jean Eug¨ne Robert-Houdin, doilfeoir Francach a mhair sa naoº haois d©ag. Ar dtºs, bh­ s© ag cleachtadh cleasanna c¡rta­ den chine¡l thraidisiºnta, ach n­ raibh m³r¡n ratha air san obair sin. Nuair a chuaigh s© le h©alº-eola­ocht, ¡fach, d'©irigh leis go gleoite. Sa bhliain 1893, casadh bean ³g, Bess Rahmer, air i g

11. Harry Houdini Harry Houdini was a skilled escape artist. He was born in Budapest, Hungary, on March 24, 1874. His family came to America and settled in Appleton, http://www.lycos.com/info/harry-houdini.html

var topic_urlstring = 'harry-houdini'; var topic = 'Harry Houdini'; var subtopic_urlstring= ''; LYCOS RETRIEVER Retriever Home What is Lycos Retriever? Harry Houdini built 140 days ago Retriever Arts Magic Magicians Harry Houdini was a skilled escape artist. He was born in Budapest, Hungary, on March 24, 1874. His family came to America and settled in Appleton, Wisconsin. His real name was Ehrich Weiss. He had three sisters and three brothers. Source: myhero.com Daily Express - THE BODY of escape artist Harry Houdini may be ex humed to find out whether he was poisoned. His family believe that he was murdered by spiritualists after debunking claims that they could contact the dead. Houdini, 52, died on Halloween 1926, three Canada East - The unparalleled performer died on Halloween 1926, at age 52, taking with him many of his trade secrets. The rumours that he was murdered... soon took on a life of their own. TORONTO (CP) - The so-called green movement that has swept most of Washington Post - A doctor in a Detroit hospital tried injecting him with an experimental serum, but he died on Halloween, at the age of 52. But authors Kulash and Sloman maintain that Houdini was the victim of a thuggish cabal of psychics. Source: m0o.org

12. Harry Houdini Harry Houdini. Harry Houdini AKA Ehrich Weisz. Born 24Mar-1874 Birthplace Budapest, Hungary Wife Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner Houdini (m. 1893) http://www.nndb.com/people/949/000026871/

This is a beta version of NNDB Search: All Names Living people Dead people Band Names Book Titles Movie Titles Full Text for Harry Houdini AKA Ehrich Weisz Born: 24-Mar Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary Died: 31-Oct Location of death: Detroit, MI Cause of death: Appendicitis Remains: Buried, Machpelah Cemetery, Queens, NY Gender: Male Religion: Jewish Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Magician Nationality: United States Executive summary: Best-known magician and debunker [1] Grace Hospital, Detroit, MI. Father: Mayer Samuel Weiss (d. 5-Oct-1892) Mother: Cecilia Steiner Weiss Brother: Theodore Hardeen, (b. 4-Mar-1876 as Ferencz Deszo Weisz) Wife: Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner Houdini (m. 1893) Freemasonry St. Cecile Lodge #568 (17-Jul-1923) Shriners Mecca Shrine, New York City (Oct-1926) Hollywood Walk of Fame 7001 Hollywood Blvd Rotten Library Page: Houdini Do you know something we don't? Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile

13. And Now... Houdini ! Houdini Biography And Information |- MagicTricks.Com: Magic Little known facts about the life of magician harry houdini. Rare photos, posters. Hear him speak, see him perform. Online anniversary seance. http://www.magictricks.com/houdini/

Master Magician Harry Houdini Search MagicTricks.com for: Ordering Info/Help Order online Order by phone Order by mail ... Trade links with us! The life and times of America's greatest magician Houdini! Research, read and learn about the most famous magician in history. Find out about Houdini's life, discover what is fact and what is (surprisingly) fiction, brush up on Houdini trivia. View rare photos of this master magician, hear Houdini's voice, even watch him perform! See Houdini's most famous posters or turn yourself into a magician WHO WAS KNOWN AS THE MAN WHO FOOLED HOUDINI? Houdini's Biography The true story behind America's most famous magician Houdini Trivia Do you know these fascinating facts about Houdini? Houdini's Halloween Connection The eerie connection revealed Houdini Odditorium Hear Houdini speak, see Houdini perform The Houdini Séances Houdini's promise to return after death Photo Gallery Rare photos of the master magician Poster Gallery Reproductions of Houdini's most famous posters Commemorative Postage Stamp Image and information about the U.S. commemorative stamp

14. SPECTRUM Biographies - Harry Houdini The world s most famous magician, harry houdini was born as Ehrich Weisz in Budapest, Hungary on March 24, 1874. His father, Mayer Samuel Weisz, http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/Houdini.html

Harry Houdini Researcher: Rachel Sahlman Artist: Dick Strandberg The world's most famous magician, Harry Houdini was born as Ehrich Weisz in Budapest, Hungary on March 24, 1874. His father, Mayer Samuel Weisz, was a religious scholar and teacher, who moved his family to Appleton, Wisconsin when Houdini was two years old. Times were difficult for the Weisz family, and they were required to move many times to avoid the bill collectors. Because of the family's financial situation, all of the children began to work at an early age. When Houdini was eight years old, he sold newspapers and worked as a bootblack. However after his father took him to see Dr. Lynn, a traveling magician, Houdini's interest in performing soon consumed him. At the age of 12, Houdini ran away from home and ended up in Kansas City. He was gone for approximately one year, but then rejoined his family in their new home in New York City. In New York, Houdini held various jobs to support his family. He spent his free time studying magic and competing in various athletic events, including swimming and track. During this time, Houdini happened upon a book entitled "The Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, Ambassador, Author, and Conjuror, Written by Himself." The book changed his life. Houdini added an "i" to his idol's name and assumed the name that would go down in history.

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ENTER HOUDINI TRIBUTE click above HoudiniTribute.com contains 400+ Harry Houdini photos, audio of Harry Houdini's voice, Houdini video clips, Bess Houdini's voice, Harry Houdini animations, Harry Houdini's biography, multimedia of Harry Houdini and much more honoring the life and death of the world's most famous magician and illusionist, Harry Houdini. Houdini was a masterful performer on a most unconventional world stage and a genius at media manipulation and self-promotion. He reached the public through a variety of means, including the circus; under-water packing crate escapes; prison breakouts; manacled bridge jumps; upside-down straitjacket escapes; newspapers, magazines, and books; radio; silent films; and as a magician at the bedside of hospitalized children. Omnipresent, he transcended the individual venues of his time. Houdini compelled an international audience to enter his performance; as he broke through one barrier after another he liberated their imaginations with his own. He knew he could make many people in an audience think and feel as he chose. He knew the power of his art and he knew its danger. Houdini Tribute highlights - Houdini, Harry Houdini, Houdini pictures, Houdini video, Houdini magic, Houdini's death, Houdini's voice, Bess Houdini, illusions, Houdini biography, metamorphosis illusion, Houdini Brothers, who fooled Houdini, The Houdinis, handcuffs, Houdini, Harry Houdini, Bess Houdini, Houdini, Hardeen, Dai Vernon, water torture cell, arsenic, exhume, exhumation, milk can, escape, Houdini, king of handcuffs, Harry Houdini, king of cards, Halloween, Houdini stamp, stamp, Houdini bust, bust

16. Harry Houdini - Biography Throughout his life, harry houdini claimed that he was born April 6, 1874 in Appleton, Wisconsin. In fact, he was born with the name Ehrich Weisz on March http://www.apl.org/history/houdini/biography.html

Harry Houdini A biographical essay by staff at the Appleton Public Library This essay is based primarily on material provided in the biography Harry Houdini by Adam Woog (Lucent Books, 1995). Early Life Professional Career Houdini the Man Houdini was able to perform his difficult feats by remaining in excellent physical and mental condition. He pushed himself relentlessly. To develop his capacity for holding his breath, Houdini installed an oversize bathtub in his house so that he could practice regularly. Through extensive training, he was able use his left hand nearly as well as his right. While casually chatting with friends, he would perform card and coin tricks without looking at his hands, or tie and untie knots in pieces of rope with his feet. Determined to stay on top of the entertainment field, Houdini refined techniques he had already mastered and continually developed new and more daring escapes. In 1909, just six years after the Wright brothers proved that human flight was possible, Houdini became fascinated with airplanes. He bought his own plane, and learned to drive a car solely in order to get to the airport faster. In 1910, he became the first to successfully fly a plane in Australia. After that flight, however, his interest ended and he never piloted a plane or drove a car again. Houdini was also a great collector, with extensive collections of locks, magic memorabilia, autographs, historical items and, especially, books. Houdini collected so many books that he hired a full-time librarian to care for them, and traveled with hundreds at a time.

17. HARRY HOUDINI! MASTER MAGICIAN & PSYCHIC INVESTIGATOR harry houdini is still considered today as one of the greatest illusionists and magicians in history. In addition to his fantastic escapes and stunts, http://www.prairieghosts.com/houdini.html

- THE HAUNTED MUSEUM - HOUDINI! A Magician Among the Spirits Harry Houdini is still considered today as one of the greatest illusionists and magicians in history. In addition to his fantastic escapes and stunts, he was also well known in the 1920’s for his debunking of fraudulent Spiritualist mediums. In this, modern information about Houdini tends to be skewed. Today, many skeptic organizations have claimed Houdini as one of their own, but this is far from the truth. Unlike these groups, Houdini did not start out attacking fake mediums because he did not believe in the supernatural. In fact, he had gone to them in an attempt to try and contact his dead mother, but found that the mediums he met were often frauds. This was when he turned to exposing them, still searching for the truth. Before his death, Houdini stated that should it be possible to contact the living from the other side, he would do so. The question remains as to whether or not he actually succeeded. Houdini was born in Budapest, Hungary on March 24, 1874 but grew up as Erich Weiss in the small Wisconsin town of Appleton. Later, his father, Rabbi Meyer Samuel Weiss, moved the family to Milwaukee and he took over a Jewish congregation there. At about this same time, Erich became interested in magic and stage performing. Legend has it that he was apprenticed to a locksmith, where he learned to assemble and take apart locks with his eyes closed. If this part of the story is true, it was a skill that served him well later in life. Many aspects of Houdini's life remain a mystery today (which is likely how he wanted it) and he had been credited with the famous line about his biography that says "when the legend is greater than the truth print the legend!"

18. HOUDINI: A BIOGRAPHICAL CHRONOLOGY Beatrice and harry houdini celebrated their silver anniversary in 1919. One year later, Funk and Wagnall s dictionary turned their surname into a verb. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vshchrn.html

HOUDINI: A BIOGRAPHICAL CHRONOLOGY 1878-1898: From Hungary To America, The First Stage The future "Genius of Escape Who Will Startle and Amaze" ran away from home when he was twelve. A postcard from "Your truant son, Ehrich Weiss," to the mother he adored is the earliest example of Houdini's handwriting in the collections of the Library of Congress, relic of the early evasion by the young man who had been born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary, on March 24, 1874. When this postcard was written, Rabbi Mayer Samuel Weiss was father and husband to the impoverished immigrant family struggling to become established in America while communicating primarily in German, Hungarian, and Yiddish. Their name had been changed from Weisz to Weiss by immigration officials upon their arrival in the United States c. 1878. Mayer Weiss was to serve as rabbi of the German-speaking Zion Reform Jewish Congregation in Appleton, Wisconsin. His tenure proved short, however, and after a life of hardship he died on October 5, 1892. Having lost his father at an early age, Houdini sustained an exceptionally strong relationship with his mother, Cecilia Steiner Weiss,

19. HOUDINI BIOGRAPHY: Harry Houdini Biography & Seance, Magician, Escape Artist, Lo houdini BIOGRAPHY harry houdini biography, Magician, Escape Artist, Lock Picker.Seance information houdini magic museum, houdini magic show, http://www.houdini.org/houdibio.html

Houdini Biography: Harry Houdini Magician-Escape Artist Harry Houdini Biography: The most famous magician of all time. Houdini's actual name. Houdini's actual name was Ehrich Weiss. Houdini's actual birthplace and date. The performer known world wide as Harry Houdini was born on March 24, 1874 in Budapest and died in Detroin in 1926. After his death his wife held seances as a test, to no avail. Although Houdini often claimed to be born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Houdini actually came to the United States when he was four years old. To this day many connected with the small town of Appleton still claim the untruth that Houdini was born there strictly to attract tourists. It is clear from copies of birth records and early family records on file at the Houdini Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania in the Pocono region, that Houdini was in fact born in Budapest, on March 24, 1874. Historians are now finally agreed on this fact. In later years, in a magazine interview, Houdini said about Appleton, "the greatest escape I ever made was when I left Appleton, Wisconsin." Houdini's early years.

20. Harry Houdini --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on harry houdini American magician noted for his sensational escape acts. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9041180

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