Questions still haunt Houdini’s Halloween death 100 years later
Mystery cloaked the life and performances of escape artist Harry Houdini—and it followed him into his death, perplexing experts for the past century.Houdini, a Hungarian born Erik Weisz, became one of the most famous magicians and vaudeville performers in history after immigrating with his family to the United States at 4.He died 100 years ago on Oct. 31, 1926, at 52.His official cause of death was listed as peritonitis, an […]
