He became internationally known for his sensational handcuff and straitjacket escapes. Houdini performed with Bess for decades, traveling across the country many times. In the 1890’s, Houdini performed his act on Coney Island where he met his wife, Bess Rahner. He performed small magic acts and card tricks for extra money and eventually quit his job at the necktie factory and changed his name to Houdini. After passing through the immigration center at Castle Gardens, Erik Weisz became Ehrich Weiss.Īs a teenager, Ehrich worked as a messenger boy in New York and later in a necktie factory. Two years later, Rabbi Weisz brought the rest of the family to Appleton, Wisconsin where he became the Rabbi of a synagogue there. His father, Meyer Samuel Weisz was a Rabbi who left for America in 1876. Harry Houdini was born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary in 1874. Perhaps it is poetic justice that, 70 years after Houdini's death, he has performed yet another amazing escape: emerging with his own deepest secrets left unscathed after a painstaking investigation by one of America's leading biographers.Harry Houdini is performed by professional magician/performer David London. So, on many occasions, he tried to stop his imitators by exposing their tricks. Houdini was especially infuriated by the dozens of second-rank magicians who performed second-rate versions of his best escapes and illusions. Silverman's adherence to this code of silence seems especially quaint because Houdini was one of the most infamous violators of the code. In a few cases, Silverman bends this rule, but Houdini's greatest escapes remain a mystery. Silverman occasionally performs as a magician himself, and in "HOUDINI!!!" he claims to be adhering to a longstanding rule among performers that they will not reveal another magician's secrets. Readers should be warned, however, of an ethical line that Silverman tries to draw in this new book.
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