Head coach Ben Johnson compared his quarterback to the most famous escape artist of all time. “He looks like a Houdini back there in the backfield,” Johnson said of Williams in his postgame presser, ...

Escape artist Harry Houdini is shown before being lowered in a packing crate into the ice-covered Detroit River in 1907. (AP Photo) (1907 AP ) DETROIT – There’s an urban legend that Harry Houdini died ...

This piece is excerpted from National Geographic's Book of Magic and the Occult: A Visual History. He’s the most famous magician to ever live, but few realize that Harry Houdini (1874–1926) began life ...

That’s what Harry Houdini wrote in his diary after his death-defying leap into the Erie Canal in Rochester in May 1907. The famous escape artist came to Rochester to settle a bet that he could free ...

Richard Hatch gave up a career as a physicist to become a magician — and a one-man historical preservation society dedicated to a German author killed in the Holocaust. By David Segal In the novel, ...

The Los Angeles Clippers got rocked by the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 on Saturday, losing 120-101 in a blowout that was nowhere near as close as even that wide margin would indicate. With under nine ...

Get a first look at video and photos of Broadway star and multiple Drama Desk nominee Ryan Silverman (Broadway’s Side Show, Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera) as the most famous illusionist and ...

The famed escapologist had a reputation for death-defying stunts. But his rise to fame and sudden death both came with some unexpected twists. A daring escapeBound in chains, Houdini is photographed ...

Stray dogs are a regular sight in many U.S. cities. Most fly under the radar, but one dog in New Orleans has made a name for himself for his ability to evade capture at every turn. Matt Bloom with ...

A rescue dog on the run in New Orleans has become a celebrity of sorts as he's escaped adoptive homes twice and people are reporting sightings of the dog on social media. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news ...