Escape artist Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926 at age 52. ... Bess, and brother, Theo Houdini, by his side. His final words were whispered to Theo. "I’m tired of fighting, he said.

For 10 years after Houdini’s death, his wife, Bess, attempted to channel him during a séance that took place on his day of death, Oct. 31. Despite not being able to reach him, the tradition ...

The photo postcard, showing Harry Houdini and his wife, Bess, didn’t have the heft of some of the other items in Saturday’s Houdini auction in Chicago. There were one-of-a-kind stage props ...

Harry Houdini's Wife, Bess, Whipped Up His Favorite Treats. The menu for Houdini's favorite dinner likely has to do with his ...

Mrs. Houdini By Victoria Kelly Atria Books, 320 pages, $26. The epigraph of this novel, a fictionalized account of the love story between the escape artist Harry Houdini and his wife, Bess, is a ...

"Bess Houdini, his beloved wife, ... More than 80 years after Harry Houdini's death, his name is still synonymous with magic. As he used to say at the end of his shows, ...

Escape artist Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926 at age 52. ... Bess, and brother, Theo Houdini, by his side. His final words were whispered to Theo. "I’m tired of fighting, he said.

And becoming Mrs. Houdini meant training to be a part of Harry’s daunting magic act. Houdini wanted to teach Bess to appear to be psychic, as well as as­suage her fear of black magic.

In 1898, Harry Houdini considered quitting magic. ... Houdini and his wife, Bess, who was part of his act, made ends meet by working as phony mediums.

Yet Harry Houdini did not die from a magical curse. Instead, a burst appendix killed him on October 31, 1926. As Bess grieved, she hoped to witness her husband’s final trick: contact from beyond ...

In 1908, Harry Houdini—“The World’s Handcuff King and Prison Breaker”—needed a new act. He was thirty-four and had worked in show business for fifteen years. He had toured all over the ...