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Witness History: Harry Houdini

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Harry Houdini

31/10/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Harry Houdini

How a performance in London made the reputation of the world's greatest escape artist

How a performance in London's West End made the reputation of the world's greatest escape artist.

In 1904, the great American escape artist, Harry Houdini, made his reputation with a sensational performance at a theatre in London's West End. It became known as the Mirror Handcuff Challenge. Simon Watts introduces contemporary accounts of the show, and talks to magician and Houdini expert, Paul Zenon.

(Photo: Houdini later in his career. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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