Short History Of...

BONUS: Harry Houdini


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Harry Houdini is undoubtedly the best-known escape artist of all time. Even today, almost 100 years after his death, his celebrity lives on, and his incredible tricks, illusions and escapes have become the stuff of legend.


But how did Houdini, a Hungarian immigrant, lift himself out of abject poverty to become a vastly wealthy celebrity? And why did he risk his life again and again, for over 30 years?


This is a Short History Of…Harry Houdini.


A Noiser production, written by Sean Coleman.

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