Unmasking Houdini
HARRY HOUDINI: THE WORLD'S GREATEST MAGICIAN, SPY, AVIATOR, RIVAL, INVENTOR, AND MYSTERY
Modern magicians marvel at the death defying performances of magic legend, Harry Houdini. Houdini’s acts remain the ultimate standard for compelling and terrifying illusions of magic and sorcery, all the while his sacred code of silence remained sealed throughout his lifetime and beyond. Not a soul knows the secrets to his extraordinary practices and life, until today.
In UNMASKING HOUDINI, upcoming illusionists, skilled engineers, and members of his own bloodline seek evidence to understand the methods to his magic, and madness. This revealing series follows Houdini’s successors, along with his grandnephew George Hardeen, as they investigate the life and mystifying feats of the world’s greatest magician. UNMASKING HOUDINI explores Houdini’s own lost blueprints, journals, scrapbooks, and letters, engineering and recreating his most baffling escapes and illusions, revealing his process and following his legacy to unlock the mystery behind the man.