Why do you love houdini so much? From Chris in California
I love magic, everything about it, and Harry Houdini was just such a great magician. Everything he did, all his acts and tricks, just amaze me. When I first started learning magic, he was my biggest inspiration. I would just study his acts and read about him, I loved it.
How did Houdini die? From Jennifer in Maine
If you know Houdini, you will probably think he died from getting punched by a McGill student, that is correct. Everything else you may have heard, from people saying that did not kill him, are really just lying. Some will say he died from some other disease that he had before he got hit, but that doesn't make any sense! If he showed no signs of infection before getting hit, and no pains from his stomach area or any sort of problems before getting hit, and then he gets hit by a McGill college student, showing pain during the blows and after, and starts feeling pain and then gets a case of a burst appendix after getting hit, then it is only logical to say that getting hit in the stomach was what killed Harry Houdini.
I heard Harry Houdini is not really from America, is this true? From Tim in Florida
Yes there is evidence that has been found proving Houdini is actually from Hungary, and immigrated to America at the age of four. It was shown on his birth certificate.
