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The SECRET Life of Harry Houdini: Escape Artist, Spy, and Skeptic
May 19, 2025
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In the pantheon of performers, few names loom as large—or as mysteriously—as Harry Houdini. He didn’t just escape from handcuffs, jails, or underwater coffins. He escaped obscurity. He escaped death (at least metaphorically). And he escaped the grasp of every critic who ever said it couldn't be done.
But behind the curtain of applause and headlines lies a web of controversy, conspiracy, and contr...