You're absolutely right to question the word "Torture" — while it's historically accurate in the context of Houdini’s Water ...

The Water Torture Cell was practiced from 1912 to 1926 and the only known recordings of Houdini’s voice are said to have been recorded in Flatbush, Brooklyn, as introductory speeches for the ...

The Water Torture Cell, which Houdini first used in 1912, was an apparatus of which the famed escape artist was particularly proud. In this illusion, the shackled Houdini was lowered upside down ...

Across the upper section in yellow, red and black, the words "The Sensational Houdini Water Torture Escape" appear in a curvilinear banner on a green field. In the center, the figure of Doug Henning ...

Lady Houdini's Escape Act Breaks Through Not Just Handcuffs Kristen Johnson, also known as Lady Houdini, ... Harry Houdini made the water torture cell famous more than 100 years ago.

Houdini called the Milk Can "the best escape that I have ever invented." What made it great was not its difficulty -- it was perhaps the simplest of all his escapes -- but his dramatic presentation.

Houdini originally made his bones doing card tricks and garden variety magic acts, but was most famous for his ability to escape just about anything, including handcuffs, water torture cells ...

During his life, legendary escape artist and magician Harry Houdini shocked crowds with his stunts and illusions. Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary on March 24, 1874, moved to the U.S. … ...