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March 24 1879 was the birth of the great and power ful Houdini
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Houdini's real name was Erik Weisz
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Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner was born in Brooklyn New York in 1876 to German immigrants Gebhard Rahner and Balbina Rahner A popular myth has it that Bess and Houdini met when he was performing at her school and accidentally spilled acid on her dress. In reality Bess was working at Coney Island in a song and dance act called The Floral Sisters when she was first courted by Houdini's younger brother. But it was the older Houdini brother,
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He meried Bess his true love
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Just as soon as Houdini got maried his father Mayer Samuel Weisz Died.
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The escape this got croweds of about 50000 people.
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In 1904, thousands watched as he tried to escape from special handcuffs commissioned by London's Daily Mirror, keeping them in suspense for an hour.
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The chinesetorcher cell his legs would be shackled and lowerd in a upsidedown ina water filled tank and the top would be locked
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He died when he was punched in his stomach.