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  Magical Death Match

  By : Michael Leaverton | Wed, January 11, 2012

  Of all the magicians telling stories at “Abracadabra! Stories about Magic with Porchlight,” one will be given a wide berth: James “the Amazing” Randi. An accomplished magician, in 1956 he beat Houdini’s time trapped in an underwater coffin by 13 m... More >

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  Get Into the Escape

  By Heidi De Vries | Wed, December 21, 2011

  Those of us of a certain age and musical inclination might remember the cover of Kate Bush's 1982 album The Dreaming. On it, the singer is dressed as Harry Houdini's wife and co-conspirator Bess, depicted in the act of passing her husband – throug... More >

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  Lost Girls

  By Heidi De Vries | Wed, November 16, 2011

  The books of the Torah are strewn with stories of women who don't have the easiest time of it, to put it mildly. There is Miriam, who despite her status as a prophetess was struck down with leprosy for questioning her brother Moses' leadership. O... More >

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  … Or Die Trying

  By Michael Leaverton | Wed, October 26, 2011

  We should all go out as well as William Ellsworth Robinson did: In 1918, the legendary American magician (with the stage name Chung Ling Soo -- these were racist times) ended the famed Bullet Catch trick by dying. He caught the bullet. You're not ... More >

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  Artifacts of Escape

  By Jonathan Curiel | Wed, October 12, 2011

  More than 80 years after his death, the escape artist who called himself Houdini still commands the popular imagination, with new books arriving this year (including The Last Greatest Musician in the World) and big-budget movies in the works (incl... More >

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