The stunt was one of Houdini's trademark escapes - fans of the famous American
escapologist will know he once performed at the Corporation Road venue during his heyday in the early 1900s.
Britain's Got Talent paramedics forced onto stage mid-performance after
escapologist 'nearly dies' live on air
Houdini, who died in 1926, had a massive impact on a young Chris who dreamt of becoming a magician and
escapologist from a young age.
"There is quite a story of how I became an
escapologist but I won't go into that now.'' Len, 81, who was born in Charleston in West Virginia, said: "Many years ago I had a request from a gentleman who was writing a book on the history of London's Palladium requesting a copy of the programme when I appeared there in 1971.'' Len went on to say: "During our subsequent correspondence he discovered to the best of his records that I had the doubtful honour of being the only other act to perform escapology at the Palladium other than the great Houdini who appeared there in the 1920s.'' One place where Len had a captive audience with his act was Dartmoor Prison but he doesn't say whether he gave any tips on how to escape to any of the inmates!
Meanwhile,
escapologist Jonathan Goodwin's set includes escaping from a straitjacket while hanging upside down, and on fire.
Close-up conjurer Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg, right),
escapologist Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher), mentalist Merrit McKinney (Woody Harrelson) and street magician Jack Wilder (Dave Franco) are The Four Horsemen.
AN
escapologist had to be rescued from a grave after he failed an attempt to free himself with handcuffs on.
Which
escapologist and magician was born Ehrich Weiss?
Melbourne, August 30 ( ANI ): Hugh Jack is going to play the great
escapologist Harry Houdini in a Broadway musical, which would feature music by Stephen Schwartz.
TODAY INDEPENDENCE DAY IN BURKINA FASO 1926: Houdini, famous
escapologist and magician, survived for one-and-a-half hours in a bronze coffin in a hotel swimming pool in Los Angeles.
In this thriller Max Cassidy is an English 14-year-old
escapologist or, as the press in the story likes to call him, 'a Half-Pint Houdini'.
They see their chance when, in 1926,
escapologist Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) arrives in Scotland, offering EUR10,000 to whoever can put him in touch with his dear departed mother and reveal her final words.
She stars as Edinburgh psychic Mary McGregor in Death Defying Acts, a biopic of
escapologist Houdini.
