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Var Harry Houdini et unikum, eller var han fake?

RÉCIT - Pour l’anniversaire de sa disparition, le 31 octobre 1926, le grand maître de l’illusion sera l’objet de dizaines d’expositions à Blois, Detroit ou Los Angeles. Trois séances de spiritisme dans sa maison de New York et des visites de sa tombe sont également prévues.

The legacy of magician Harry Houdini still looms large in Detroit 100 years after his death there. Some mark the anniversary of Houdini's death by trying to make contact with his spirit.

Ever the political survivor, Binyamin Netanyahu retains a chance at a fresh term even after the failures of October 7th

Harry Houdini liess sich von Hochhäusern hängen und in reissenden Flüssen versenken. Doch am Ende soll der Entfesslungskünstler an einer Blinddarmentzündung gestorben sein. Oder doch nicht?

Ever the political survivor, Benjamin Netanyahu retains a chance at a fresh term even after the failures of October 7

The prime minister might still falter. But he topped the polls despite an all-out effort to bring him down.

Harry Houdini, the greatest escape artist who ever lived, died 100 years ago on Halloween – a fact that has only burnished his image as a daredevil who often cheated death. But was there a cover-up involving the circumstances of his death?

Harry Houdini, the greatest escape artist who ever lived, died 100 years ago on Halloween – a fact that has only burnished his image as a daredevil who often cheated death. Correspondent David Pogue examines the life, and after-life, of a man who seemingly performed the impossible while also debunking seances and fake mystics; and looks into the mystery surr