HARRY

HOUDINI
Prince Sozi
 Born in Budapest.
Born in 1874 to a Jewish family.
Father was a rabbi.
Born Erich Weisz.

EARLY LIFE
• Six Siblings.
• Immigrated to America in 1878.
• Lived in Wisconsin.
• Father led a congregation.
Career
• Settled in New York in 1882.
• Performed vaudeville shows.
• Trapeze from an early age.
• Had to work to provide
• Gained fame as ‘KING OF
HANDCUFFS.’
RISE TO FAME

• MARRIED WILHELMINA RAHMER

IN 1894.
• SHE BECAME HIS ASSISTANT.
• MET MANAGER MARTIN BECK.
• ORPHEUM VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT
TOUR.
EUROPE

•TOURED THE WHOLE

CONTINENT.
•BECAME ONE OF THE
HIGHEST PAID
ENTERTAINERS.
•STARTED A STUDIO.
•UPGRADED TRICKS.
NOTABLE TRICKS
• OVERBOARD BOX ESCAPE.1912
• UPSIDE DOWN STRAIGHT JACKET.1905
• MILK-CAN ESCAPE.1908
• EAST INDIAN NEEDLE TRICK. 1908
• BELLY OF A WHALE ESCAPE. 1911
• CHINESE WATER TORTURE CELL.1912
• BURIED ALIVE. 1915
LEGACY

•Died in 1926.
•Annunal Halloween Seances.
•Left no children.
•One of the greatest magicians of all
time.
THE END.
SOURCES

• HISTORY INC.
https://www.history.com/news/1
0-things-you-may-not-know-about
-harry-houdini
• BRITTANICA
https://www.britannica.com/biog
raphy/Harry-Houdini
• Smithsonian Channel
https://youtu.be/mbBF_3WbrRk